Jon Evans
Jon Evans
Jon Evansis a Canadian novelist, journalist, adventure traveler, and software engineer...
NationalityCanadian
ProfessionNovelist
CountryCanada
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I don't mind that Bill Gates is a mega zillionaire; he's done a lot of really interesting and innovative stuff. I do mind that a lot of unworthy people rode his coattails to minizillionaire status, e.g. the inventor of Hungarian notation, probably the dumbest widely-promulgated idea in the history of the field.
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It's kind of ridiculous that they fluctuate so much. It's almost like they're trying to get people used to paying higher prices, so when they do come down, they feel good about it. But they're still higher than they were.
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Every time you log in to Facebook, every time you click on your News Feed, every time you Like a photo, every time you send anything via Messenger, you add another data point to the galaxy they already have regarding you and your behavior.
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Their breakouts happened so fast we didn't have a chance to recover. I think we will play better than what we showed today. I think our play can only improve from here.
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Vivisection is wrong because it is an abuse of man's power over the helpless, involving pain and suffering. The name for this is cruelty, and cruelty is immoral, no matter what the reason for its introduction.
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To inflict cruelties on defenceless creatures, or condone such acts, is to abuse one of the cardinal tenets of a civilized society - reverence for life.
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The great irony of management is that the higher up you go, the less actual control you have. When you are but a humble coder, you make the computer do exactly what you want; when you're a manager, you only hope that people understand what you want, and then trust/pray that they do it both correctly and in a timely manner.
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A great coder can easily be 50 times more productive than a mediocre one, while bad ones ultimately have negative productivity.
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I felt like we did not play the way we are capable of today. We made a lot of mistakes, especially with our marks. We made countless errors defending and that really put us behind the eight ball.
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At the end of the day we're going to ask you to return Marcus to the Texas Youth Commission to continue his treatment program with some other time or some other place review if necessary.