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I just experienced the opposite of rant.

I spent 1 entire day ranting about a algorithm I couldn't write with no issues, it occupied all my mind and got me pissed of.

And today, I rewrote it entirely, and it works perfectly everywhere.

I was like : "No it can't work here. Oh ok", "And here's the bug ! No ? Nice.", "Don't tell me it'll work here. I'm a God".

That's why I love being a dev :D
Thank you, you freaking problem I had !

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    I'm an old fart just trying to get back into coding after many years (since grad school mid-80s in fact when I depended on a VAX). Hey it's either learn to dev for retirement or work at Wal-mart.

    I know I'm supposed to go find someone else's snippet but I insist on reinventing the wheel my way.

    Anyway, struggled with an algorithm to transform a large square matrix of double floats.

    (Remember now, I've only just got the hang of pointers. FORTRAN and Pascal and PL/I didn't need no stinkin' pointers!)

    Gave up late one night in frustration. Got up next morning, wrote a bunch of pseudo code and nailed it by noon.

    Personal achievements are the only real ones you know.
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    @bpolhemus
    "I know I'm supposed to go find someone else's snippet but I insist on reinventing the wheel my way."
    Well isn't that the story of all of our lives.
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    @LucaScorpion 1) If I start hunting for some piece of code I won't see what I'm looking for right away, and just start clicking blindly at links

    2) Inevitably I will click on something the search engine *wants* me to see.

    3) Next thing I know I've bought a new SSD or even a new box - which will inevitably be noticed by my wife when the credit card statement arrives.

    4) She will murder me.

    ERGO: hacking my own code keeps her out of prison and me out of the morgue.
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    @bpolhemus That comment just made my day :P Unfortunately I know the feeling... "Do I need this? Not really... But I *do* want it!"
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    @bpolhemus hey it sure beats punch cards. Remember? 😀
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    @LucaScorpion It's almost as if the Google business model, I dunno, works or something.
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    @Jumpshot44 The three things I remember about punch cards:

    1. Waiting for your turn at the card-puncher.

    2. Waiting for your turn at the card-reader.

    3. Dropping your 1,000+ deck as you're trying to get the rubber band on it while reading the printout from the run you just tore off the line printer.

    Good ti...

    Oh, eff no.
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