Marc Saegesser

Scala programmer. Software Engineer. Unrepentant Old Whig. Amateur photographer.

[Marc Saegesser @MarcSaegesser]

@strangeloop_stl My credit card was charged, but the registration site is stuck on a Processing message for minutes, now.

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Apropos of today's puzzle: Rose trees are truly elegant.

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Admittedly, this plays into many of my biases, but if even a fraction of this is true then the world is a much better place than I had hoped. Keith Smith on Free Market Health Care https://t.co/FN2TSX4vXh

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Also, _read_ the puzzle. When I get a wrong answer I've usually correctly solved something that wasn't the actual puzzle.

[Eric Wastl @ericwastl]

#AdventOfCode tips:

- Focus on learning; don't worry about the leaderboard.

- It's okay to skip puzzles!

- It's okay to ask for help!

- If you don't know how to solve something, try breaking it into smaller parts. Repeat as necessary.

You've got this! 🌟

[Marc Saegesser @MarcSaegesser]

@TubeTimeUS From the preface. Truth.

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Had a great time hiking @PetrifiedNPS "Off the Beaten Path" hikes with my son. This is from Historic Blue Forest Trail. I loved being able to get away from the ordinary and hike the back country. https://t.co/E3JbGc0Img

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"A change is as good as a rest." I've started exploring some Rye and Bourbon whiskeys for just this reason. Living in mid-western corn country means there are some interesting and fairly local distilleries.

[Marc Saegesser @MarcSaegesser]

"I have a lap cat" is a perfectly good excuse for ignoring work.

[Smarter Every Day @smartereveryday]

I asked my Nigerian cab driver in Chicago about the divisiveness in the country.
“There is no fighting in America, this is heaven.”
“But can’t you see the politics here?”
I protested.
After he absolutely schooled me for 20 minutes, we concluded by declaring ourselves brothers.

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That's it. I've now collected all 200 AoC stars. Bring on December!
I just completed all 25 days of Advent of Code 2016! https://t.co/rACvNt0ONt #AdventOfCode

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@vgr Have you tried The Guides? https://t.co/RPAeG7UDFX

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Hmm. If you write UNIX(tm) in mixed case you don't need to mention the trademark ownership and can use it to advertise your own project? I guess times have changed.

[Hacker News Bot @newsycombinator]

Illumos is a Unix operating system which provides next-generation features https://t.co/7Ow2Vsf12o

[Marc Saegesser @MarcSaegesser]

These articles are wonderful and still useful today. A huge thank you to @vintageTek for keeping this information available. I've now lost my morning to reading an article about FETs from (a little) before I was born.

[vintageTEK Museum @vintageTek]

#electronics_education - Tektronix developed a number of technical publications for general electronics and instrument education. An example is: "Using Your Oscilloscope Probe". Find this and more at: https://t.co/730fDZcbUd

[Russ Roberts @EconTalker]

What is neoliberalism? Depends on who you ask, but @worstall attacks one straw man answer and says something very deep (https://t.co/6r5Y7JSbyb)

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@shamblepop @tpolecat I'm not saying the Ensime was great (disclosure I worked on Ensime for short time and even said we needed Scala Meta). But, for me, Emacs/Metals flat out doesn't work; using their minimal Emacs config. If I can get past that I'll stop being a hater. Working on it.

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@gabro27 @tpolecat FWIW, https://t.co/eg95RB4h72

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@brianclapper @WalkingOlof @tpolecat There is such a rule, but it's my own personal rule so it doesn't apply to anyone else. I don't want multiple text editors and I'll live with crappy Scala support before I'll give up smartparens, avi, multicursor, swiper, tramp, projectile, magit, ...

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@Kasparov63 I have kids.

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Somehow I ended up with a Spotify Daily Mix playlist that includes both Ludovico Einaudi and Apocalyptica. Back to back. I think that's a win.