Have you ever heard the famous "he did not have enough imagination to become a mathematician" quote?
There is a reason it is famous and it could be very much projected on programming.
Programming requires be creative.
So I don't know where did the "generally known" comes from. In my 20 years experience, I knew hundreds of programmers and probably majority of them were extremely artistic. Writing games as a hobby, drawing miniatures, some were writing books, music bands...
> Finally, "full stop" is what you say when something isn't up for debate.
Is it the only way you can say "full stop"? Can't you just say it to yourself in the way of "full stop, this shows ME this is based on wrong premise, and I don't need to waste time on keep reading it"
This debate strikes me as misguided. It's just basically "someone who's really good at one thing is unlikely to be really good at a second thing".
Well yeah, there are only so many hours you can put towards a thing. It's not a statement about programmers or artists, it's just about how effort works.
> As I understand in US, if you take vacation longer than week, you're in the fear you will be fired. Is it true?
This is a common misconception which comes from the fact that there are no federal required vacations. That does not mean companies don't offer vacations as a benefit. I have yet see any positions without offering any.
In IT it's pretty much universally quite good.
I had 5 weeks before, but now we switched to unlimited (as long as you do your job ok). I now take around 6 weeks per year, and I don't really need more.
> This is a common misconception which comes from the fact that there are no federal required vacations.
You must never have been pressured not to take your vacation days or sick days. I think most people have been. I've seen people constructively fired for taking vacation, or even for taking their entire entitled maternity leave rather than cutting it short.
I don't mind the search popping as a new window. While I'm not using ++, I still use the feature when using Find All, and the new window expands to show the individual lines in the file/folder at once. Looking for each instance with Ctrl-G type of searching doesn't require that full window to remain open
Just in case you haven't tried it - perhaps it might ignite the love to programming (if you want that).
Python made the programming fun to me again. Especially without the boilerplate code.
Try to ignore the community strong push to use typing everywhere and just write some clean small code and it feels amazing. Designs and ideas in simple implementations.
Isn't it the other way around? Java (in enterprise) is just exceptionally able to suck the fun out of programming? It's not even the fault of the language per se, it's just home to a lot of "best practices" that ultimately end with productivity coming to a grinding halt.
That's just a matter of personal taste. Using python makes me want to pull my hair out. However, I could write C# all day everyday.
A better way to put it would be find a language you like and are productive in, and get very good at it. Then it almost becomes second nature, you can almost forget about the programming itself and focus on the problem solving.
Dark times were when my manager forced me to use GUI to draw diagrams.
I need to convey my thoughts and design. If A related with B - in my head it's "A related to B", not some bubbles in air with different sizes, arrows pixel left, pixel right. Tools like mermaid.js is what makes it beatiful. I describe the design - an it draws it consistent way.
Whether a "treadmill bicycle" counts seems on the level as asking "if the impossible burger is a burger" or "if a hotdog is a sandwich" in terms of failure to gain any clarity by asking.
On the literal sense every dictionary definition of "bicycle" is going to include some variation of "pedal driven". In the practical sense whatever functions enough like a bicycle is going to count, typically alluded to by being called a ${thing} bicycle, but "it moves on wheels and you go on it" isn't going to clear that bar on its own in this "electric suitcase".
In all 3 cases, the forward motion is ultimately provided by human power. So, even if you (for some reason) decided to motorize an elliptical bicycle or treadmill bicycle, the straightforward requirement is that its still mostly functional without power provided to the motor. I feel like an electric-assist handcycle should already exist, but its ultimately the same question. "Does it still work nearly as well after the battery is discharged?" I'm not super fit, but I can definitely hit 30 km/h on my road bike, so pedal assist to get me to 30 km/h is not beyond the reasonable limits of the average user.
You can certainly put a motorcycle into neutral and sort of scoot it around, but to make it usable in that configuration, you'd have to mess with the overall geometry to the point that its not comfortable to ride as a motorcycle.
The first two are probably more literal than you're interpreting them at first glance. E.g. imagine taking a bike and putting a literal treadmill in it to replace the pedals/seat. It's a (niche) thing separate from a treadmill and definitely moves. In the end I think you're right but your conclusion "it's just a variation of a bike" really applies to all 3, hence "${thing} bicycle" instead of something like "electric suitcase".
Arrowhead are literally saying that requirement was always there, it was just temporary not enforced/supported. It's not Sony that suddenly introduced that new requirement.
Arrowhead were the ones having this delayed-change-of-contract.
Arrowhead allowed their game to be sold in countries where you will not be able to play.
> Arrowhead allowed their game to be sold in countries where you will not be able to play.
This is the thing that I'm not sure of and that I think the question of whether to blame Arrowhead depends on. Who authorized selling it in non PSN countries in the first place? Is that Arrowhead's responsibility as a studio, or Sony's responsibility as a publisher?
Considering you can find locations to buy the physical game on Playstation's official website, even in unsupported countries, I'm leaning towards the latter
So I don't know where did the "generally known" comes from. In my 20 years experience, I knew hundreds of programmers and probably majority of them were extremely artistic. Writing games as a hobby, drawing miniatures, some were writing books, music bands...
> Finally, "full stop" is what you say when something isn't up for debate.
Is it the only way you can say "full stop"? Can't you just say it to yourself in the way of "full stop, this shows ME this is based on wrong premise, and I don't need to waste time on keep reading it"