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Programming without coercion | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. One of my core values is clarity. Clarity in what you think, what you write, what you say. In programming, this means clarity in your code. What you write should equally make sense to compilers and people. I remember one program. What they used to call. After the deck of punched cards they were on. Dusty from years sitting on a shelf. It had one constant for two very different purposes. The equivalent of using. Which, by the way, may not be the same as if you write. Does, if...

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02 | January | 2015 | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Day: 2 Jan 2015. When I am talking to someone who is using software in a customer-facing context—a librarian, a pharmacist, a customer service rep, a cashier—I like to ask them about it. Are there tasks you need to do every day that are hard to do in the software, that you’ve learned a cumbersome hack around? Every time the answer is yes. Librarians get distracted. They will forget if they’d scanned a book. A sensible engineer anticipates this and does the righ...I suspect t...

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Programming | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Blinking is notorious as the least justifiable behavior on a web page. (But don’t blame Lou Montulli, who came up with the idea. It’s also British slang. I just looked up something in the online documentation. For PHP. Pages are generally clean and usable as they appear in the browser, although there are a few poor practices if you look at the underlying HTML. However. Take a look at a typical page. And most of the goodwill from how well thought-out the rest is is squandered.

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Check the price tag | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Check the price tag. On The West Wing, in “Guns Not Butter,” Charlie—who I see as the series’ protagonist—tries to reach a pal to ask him a simple question and triggers a memo from the Secretary of Defense, CC’ed to the Joint Chiefs and the Secretary of State. Delegation is a basic principle of engineering. Do what you need and don’t tell you the details. But sometimes you need the details. Would you like me to arrange for someone to pick you up? Don’t bend down to pic...

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family | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. All in the Family – Samuel Becker. In telling you about the many engineers and scientists in my family, my father’s father, Samuel Lubkin, would be an obvious person to start with. But I think that one who was neither is a better choice. My mother’s father, Samuel Becker, had wanted to be an engineer. He had to quit school early to help support the family. Still, he always loved gadgets and science. Where she reported on physics for 45 years. With him, which we both loved.

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30 | December | 2014 | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Day: 30 Dec 2014. All in the Family – Samuel Becker. In telling you about the many engineers and scientists in my family, my father’s father, Samuel Lubkin, would be an obvious person to start with. But I think that one who was neither is a better choice. My mother’s father, Samuel Becker, had wanted to be an engineer. He had to quit school early to help support the family. Still, he always loved gadgets and science. Where she reported on physics for 45 years.

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lubkin | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Stephen Hawking and Me. Eddie Redmayne’s Best Actor win at Sunday’s Oscars for portraying Stephen Hawking. In The Theory of Everything. Has reminded me of a footnote to the story. As my advisor. He was director of the Artificial Language Laboratory. Dr Eulenberg’s passion is inventing ways that computers could bring speech to those who couldn’t speak. Starting with designing the system that in 1974 yielded the first use of a speech prosthetic. My mother, as editor of. For PH...

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Posting | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. What I post is my personal take at the time on a topic. I’d love to hear yours. Keep in mind:. Don’t hesitate to comment on an old post. The truths in engineering remain true. An engineer too. Whether you think you are or not. Comes with the species. Be on good behavior, as if on an interview for a job you really want. Put another way, don’t be a putz. It will not be tolerated here. Which includes:. Be civil. Don’t be hostile. (Not the same thing.). Click to share on Google.

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physics | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Stephen Hawking and Me. Eddie Redmayne’s Best Actor win at Sunday’s Oscars for portraying Stephen Hawking. In The Theory of Everything. Has reminded me of a footnote to the story. As my advisor. He was director of the Artificial Language Laboratory. Dr Eulenberg’s passion is inventing ways that computers could bring speech to those who couldn’t speak. Starting with designing the system that in 1974 yielded the first use of a speech prosthetic. My mother, as editor of. Post w...

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Stephen Hawking and Me | I, Engineer

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Engineering is a way of life. Stephen Hawking and Me. Eddie Redmayne’s Best Actor win at Sunday’s Oscars for portraying Stephen Hawking. In The Theory of Everything. Has reminded me of a footnote to the story. As my advisor. He was director of the Artificial Language Laboratory. Dr Eulenberg’s passion is inventing ways that computers could bring speech to those who couldn’t speak. Starting with designing the system that in 1974 yielded the first use of a speech prosthetic. My mother, as editor of. Eventu...