Alan Lin

martian botanist

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

don't you hate it when your underpants rip #AnnoysMeMoreThanAnything

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@rubymonk I just finished Metaprogramming: Ascent. Thanks so much for such a wonderful resource. Finally learned the difference between eval, instance_eval, and class_eval.

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@3NolesFan3 So for example 18 + 13 ->20 + 11 -> 31. Seems like more work than 10 + 10 + 8 + 3..

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@Harjeet @paulg @triple_byte @scottwisme reminds me of your blog post on candidates that use vim. Your hunch may be right hah

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@Iam_ZachDestyn what a legend

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@DevonGroff @rands You can gain greater depth in any skill at any level but each improvement does not necessarily yield equal return.

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@DevonGroff @rands A couple of models for thinking about this: law of diminishing marginal returns or 80/20 rule

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

Recently discovered high leverage activity for programmers: quitting sugar #quitsugar #sugarfree

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

One reallyyy useful application of speed reading for programmers: scanning documentation / references

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@CathyVandewater @EnvDefenseFund @EnvDefenseFund please stop the spam and save the paper.

[Dick King-Smith HQ @DickKingSmith]

Gravity causes objects with mass to gravitate toward one another & on Earth it gives weight to physical objects, however, goats DO NOT care.

[Chukwuemeka Afigbo @nke_ise]

If you have ever had a problem grasping the importance of diversity in tech and its impact on society, watch this video

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@spadgos thank you for your ToggleQuotes plugin! 🙂

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@jessesingal @paulg *gender biology

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@jessesingal @paulg and that doesn't come across as helpful to women or any other minority group in this industry

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@jessesingal @paulg Instead of drawing attention to specifc data suggesting ineffectiveness of inclusion efforts, he anchors the issues directly to gender

[Alan Lin @makealanlin]

@jessesingal What are your feelings on his suggestions based on that science?

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Quillette got ddosed for publishing an article about the Google memo. Here's the article they tried to censor: https://t.co/Cljxsx2Pkn