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@@ -0,0 +1,112 @@ +**Context**: Something that didn't work in Melange before, suddenly started to work without any known reason. + +"**Sometimes computer science is not really science, it's astrology!**" _Mario_ + + +--- + + +**Context**: Reviewal of tests which Praveen wrote. + +"**For testing, you want to test as much as possible. For coding, you may want to code as few as possible. :)"** _Leo_ + + +--- + + + +**Context**: When there is a divergence between a local repo and central mercurial repo and if one tries to push to the central repo. + +"**hg warns you but it says if you still want to shoot yourself in the foot, go ahead, +here is the gun and it gives you hg push -f option. -f is the real gun to shoot yourself in the foot.:D "** _Madhushudan_ + + +--- + + +**Context**: Rebasing of changesets. + +**"There are two schools of thought. They are really really "SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT", so loudly :P. There is always a flame war between the two groups. One of the faction- the faction of "Purists" claim that no history should ever be rewritten or misrepresented. But there is another faction, I call them "Whatever-ists" :P. They don't mind if small changes are missed up."** _Madhushudan_ + + +--- + + +**Context**: Asking the developers the reason behind some design choices, they responded giving blame to other libraries we're using. + +**"I hear a lot of proper nouns and not enough apologizing"** _Nathaniel_ + + +--- + +**Context**: Triaging issue 1921 (on Google Code) + +**"Yes, I think this is fixed, but it's fixed in the same way as closing a toilet seat instead of flushing it."** _Daniel_ + + +--- + + +--- + + +### From June 2013 Melange All Hands + +**Context**: After a new change from Mario has been pushed to a ninja release and it didn't work. + +**"It works locally!"** _Mario_ + + +--- + +**Inspirational quotes from the board** + +_Nathaniel_ + + * "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowchart; it'll be obvious" (_Brooks, "Mythical Man-Month"_) + * "Make illegal states impossible" (_Minsky_) + * "Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they cannot get it wrong." (_unknown_) + * "Symbolic is better than literal" (_Nathaniel_) + +_Madhusudan_ + + * "Work expands to fill the amount of time available" (_Parkinson's law_) + + +--- + + +--- + +### From January 2014 Melange All Hands + +**"Spite-driven Software Development. It works!"** _Nathaniel_ + +--- + +**I still remember your rant... sorry... "constructive reevaluation"** _DrewR_ to _Nathaniel_ + +--- + +**Context**: About encapsulation of related types in an object to be passed to functions. + +**"There is a thingness to it."** _Nathaniel_ + +--- + +**Context**: When choosing the "fun activity" for the week. + +**"You want a fun activity? Pick something from the issue tracker!"** _Daniel_ + +--- + + +--- + +### February 2014 +**"I would not do that myself. I just included that option because you like injecting stuff in constructors."** _Daniel to Nathaniel_ + +--- + + +---
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@@ -1,81 +0,0 @@ -#summary Some awesome statements and thoughts. - -*Context*: Something that didn't work in Melange before, suddenly started to work without any known reason. - -"*Sometimes computer science is not really science, it's astrology!*" _Mario_ - ----- - -*Context*: Reviewal of tests which Praveen wrote. - -"*For testing, you want to test as much as possible. For coding, you may want to code as few as possible. :)"* _Leo_ - ----- - - -*Context*: When there is a divergence between a local repo and central mercurial repo and if one tries to push to the central repo. - -"*hg warns you but it says if you still want to shoot yourself in the foot, go ahead, -here is the gun and it gives you hg push -f option. -f is the real gun to shoot yourself in the foot.:D "* _Madhushudan_ - ----- - -*Context*: Rebasing of changesets. - -*"There are two schools of thought. They are really really "SCHOOLS OF THOUGHT", so loudly :P. There is always a flame war between the two groups. One of the faction- the faction of "Purists" claim that no history should ever be rewritten or misrepresented. But there is another faction, I call them "Whatever-ists" :P. They don't mind if small changes are missed up."* _Madhushudan_ - ----- - -*Context*: Asking the developers the reason behind some design choices, they responded giving blame to other libraries we're using. - -*"I hear a lot of proper nouns and not enough apologizing"* _Nathaniel_ - ----- -*Context*: Triaging issue 1921 - -*"Yes, I think this is fixed, but it's fixed in the same way as closing a toilet seat instead of flushing it."* _Daniel_ - ----- ----- - -===From June 2013 Melange All Hands=== - -*Context*: After a new change from Mario has been pushed to a ninja release and it didn't work. - -*"It works locally!"* _Mario_ - ----- -*Inspirational quotes from the board* - -_Nathaniel_ - - * "Show me your flowchart and conceal your tables, and I shall continue to be mystified. Show me your tables, and I won't usually need your flowchart; it'll be obvious" (_Brooks, "Mythical Man-Month"_) - * "Make illegal states impossible" (_Minsky_) - * "Amateurs practice until they get it right; professionals practice until they cannot get it wrong." (_unknown_) - * "Symbolic is better than literal" (_Nathaniel_) - -_Madhusudan_ - - * "Work expands to fill the amount of time available" (_Parkinson's law_) - ----- ----- -===From January 2014 Melange All Hands=== - -* "Spite-driven Software Development. It works!"* _Nathaniel_ ----- -* I still remember your rant... sorry... "constructive reevaluation" * _DrewR_ to _Nathaniel_ ----- -*Context*: About encapsulation of related types in an object to be passed to functions. - -*"There is a thingness to it."* _Nathaniel_ ----- -*Context*: When choosing the "fun activity" for the week. - -*"You want a fun activity? Pick something from the issue tracker!"* _Daniel_ ----- ----- -===February 2014=== -*"I would not do that myself. I just included that option because you like injecting stuff in constructors."* _Daniel to Nathaniel_ ----- ----- \ No newline at end of file