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I was sick of hearing C level execs using this word and thinking I knew what it meant, so I double checked its definition.
I then realised that I had not known what the word meant - "the interaction or cooperation of two or more organizations, substances, or other agents to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects."
I also then realised that the definition of the word 'synergy' breaks the first law of thermodynamics.
So people who use this word are either geniuses or uneducated in science and don't understand the basic principles of physics.
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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You are incorrect.
The laws of thermodynamics were stuffed up when they created the story of Goldilocks and the 3 bears.
Big Daddy bear's porridge was too hot.
Mummy bear's porridge was to cold.
OK I can accept that.
However the little bowl with Baby bear's porridge was just right.
What nonsense.
I refused to tell my children that version of the story.
Refused to because of the laws of thermodynamics.
So my sentiments are with you completely.
However synergy is different.
It isn't about energy but about interactions and outcomes.
Sometimes quite complex interactions.
This is how i became interested in regression analysis.
Trying to think of an example....
Like how were one drug has this quantifiable effect and another has this quantifiable effect and the placebo has this quantifiable effect.
However if the two drugs are combined in a 4th group, and the effect is far greater than either of them alone, then that is synergy.
It is like an anti gestalt in a way, where normally the parts are greater than the whole, but in this case the whole is greater than the parts.
It is around us everywhere.
The laws of thermodynamics still stand.
Synergy is real and doesn't threaten any laws of physics at all.
However it is used as a buzzword and that is annoying as well.
Just saying.......
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Blimey - I was just talking out of my arse, I know nothing about physics and didn't expect such a well thought out response.
Thanks!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
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Haha
Your signature quote by Christopher Hitchens is Physics and the truth.
Your arse speaks fine.
"Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read." Frank Zappa 1980
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Are flamethrowers a food fight in Taco Bell?
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Never throw anything away, Griff
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Only on Methane Madness Mondays
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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OriginalGriff wrote: food fight in Taco Bell?
 You can get food in Taco Bell?!
(Or any other fast-food emporium)
Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows.
-- 6079 Smith W.
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Think of a "Bean Burrito" as Embryonic Falafel .
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A Gas-tronomical question if ever there was one!
But nacho fast: this begs the complimentary question: is a burrito a corn chip shivering from cold?
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... Too late, Mr. Jobs![^] 
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Classic.
And as a cat owner servant you can probably relate to this[^] one
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The url tells you that: https://www.pidjin.net/2009/02/16/killer-iphone/
Still accurate for Apple, though ...
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I'm expected to pay attention to URLs now?
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Halp! I've become a slave to naming and style guidelines.
Years of C++ development and years of development prior to advanced compilers and syntax highlighting and intellisense and doc-comments and all of that made me a fascist about it.
To the point where I judge people for not following, say, MS naming and style guidelines for .NET when building C# apps.
To the point where I usually kick myself for not putting constants before vars in equality comparisons if(0==foo), etc.
I already smoke pot (it's legal here) so how do I loosen up? Y'all don't need my judgment.
Nor do any fellow devs. And I need to be able to use other people's code without feeling a little sick about it, or wanting to refactor it before I touch it.
I'm half serious about this post.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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your style sucks, so does mine, oh and that bloke over there: his style sucks too.
each to their own.
If style is an issue you've got a lot more growing up to do.
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You're not wrong.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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Except for 1TB - that's ALWAYS wrong.
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Is that 1TB or 1TiB?
Paulo Gomes
Measuring programming progress by lines of code is like measuring aircraft building progress by weight.
—Bill Gates
Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.
—Albert Einstein
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All coding styles suck. But it's important that everyone in a project is using the same general style to keep the code readable. When available I prefer platform standards/IDE autoformat defaults. (And yes that means I use different brace placement styles in C# and Java.)
Did you ever see history portrayed as an old man with a wise brow and pulseless heart, weighing all things in the balance of reason?
Is not rather the genius of history like an eternal, imploring maiden, full of fire, with a burning heart and flaming soul, humanly warm and humanly beautiful?
--Zachris Topelius
Training a telescope on one’s own belly button will only reveal lint. You like that? You go right on staring at it. I prefer looking at galaxies.
-- Sarah Hoyt
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A person's style is like pot, everyone likes something different!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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I like standards. I'm button-down that way.
When I was growin' up, I was the smartest kid I knew. Maybe that was just because I didn't know that many kids. All I know is now I feel the opposite.
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There is only one (sensible) standard:
The code can be read by another programmer without needing a decoder-ring - consistent with it's own standards and the intent of being informative to not only ones self, but with others who cares to look at the code.
Consider that, even for a given language, a different type of project can be best served by code that is emphasizes its constructs as plainly (and maintainable) as possible.
Also, if it's VB6, just chop off their hands.
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