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thegreekdog wrote:I've always wondered about the second one when it comes to various products.
Pharmaceuticals, for example, are man-made, but the components exist naturally. Anyway, I thought - "Aren't all products natural or organic?" I think of weird stuff sometimes.
Haggis_McMutton wrote:I think about stuff like that often, except I usually take it to far more ridiculous lengths.
For instance, based on the idea you mention I then thought about people's tendency to associated "not natural" with unhealthy. Of course this is bullshit, you can find many things as natural as they come (ie. growing out of the ground) that'll kill you and many thinks as artificial as they come (eg: most modern drugs) that'll save your life.
Then I though, if it's a bullshit and potentially harmful idea (especially when taken to extremes, such as not vaccinating your kids cause they'll get autism), then why does it persist? Is it just an unfortunate side-effect of some larger evolutionary system that provides enough benefit to overcome the disadvantage of that particular neurosis?
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ender516 wrote:In the last year, after decades of working in C and wishing I were working in C++, my company finally sent me for C++ training. So I was way past panel 4 (in C at least), went back to panel 2 for four days, then skipped ahead to panel 4 again. By the time I get to panel 5, I may not give a damn (I'll be pushing retirement). However this plan can be modified to "Teach Yourself Anything In 21 Days", so, there's that. It might be best just to start at panel 5 and keep your options open for panel ten.
Haggis_McMutton wrote:ender516 wrote:In the last year, after decades of working in C and wishing I were working in C++, my company finally sent me for C++ training. So I was way past panel 4 (in C at least), went back to panel 2 for four days, then skipped ahead to panel 4 again. By the time I get to panel 5, I may not give a damn (I'll be pushing retirement). However this plan can be modified to "Teach Yourself Anything In 21 Days", so, there's that. It might be best just to start at panel 5 and keep your options open for panel ten.
How do you like C++? I've heard horror stories about what happens to code bases when people switch to C++ and are just itching to try on all the "features".
Haggis_McMutton wrote:Also:
thegreekdog wrote:This comic illustrates (pun intended) my second biggest problem with the United States.
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