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No music.
I don't need the distraction.
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I also don't see how music helps to stay in the zone, unless you are already in a place where the music would drown out more annoying sounds.
When taking exams or tests, you don't hear music booming through the class-speakers. Silence works best, because the brain can easily ignore the ear.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
modified 29-Mar-19 9:17am.
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When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing. It starts pressing in on me. And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way. I'm so apt to just go Rain Mode when programming that it's probably good for me to throw down some bread crumbs along the way.
Explorans limites defectum
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Dean Roddey wrote: When you are at the keyboard as much as I am, silence can become an oppressive, scary thing.
I'm continously behind it, every day. If you are busy, you don't notice silence.
Dean Roddey wrote: And I really don't find music distracting, at least not in a bad way.
Most schools will still not allow it, regardless of the amount of kids claiming it helps to study.
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
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Hence why I grew up and stopped letting other people tell me what's good for me I guess.
And I doubt you are behind it nearly as much as me. Not many people are.
Explorans limites defectum
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'stooopid tea' (steeped for at least an hour) and right now Pink Martini, Devil Doll, and The Squirrel Nut Zippers are playing
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Mostly jazz (Boney James, Gerald Beasley, Bob Mamet, Candy Dulfer), some chill, some New Age, and Gregorian chant if I've got a migraine coming on.
Software Zen: delete this;
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Did you read the last paragraph?
[Paraphrased]Both companies are now prohibited from lying to customers.
So it was okay until they got caught?
Microsoft was caught YEARS ago, but all we here from the FTC is crickets.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Great review! 
Quote: Man was my wife pissed, I got drunk and took out a second mortgage. Worth it though. Although I ended up pawning it for a couple hundred.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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I didn't see that. Great stuff! 
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For the person who has everything except a modicum of common sense.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Wow! Amazing that people have that kind of money to throw around.
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The "Customer questions & answers" on the last watch are good!
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
JaxCoder.com
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And I was worried that I spent too much on my latest watch, 250€.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Since I retired I have not paid much attention to a watch. I rather like my slow watch - single hand, full rotation is 24 hours, tick marks every half hour.
Amazon has quite a few....
A human being should be able to change a diaper, plan an invasion, butcher a hog, navigate a ship, design a building, write a sonnet, balance accounts, build a wall, set a bone, comfort the dying, take orders, give orders, cooperate, act alone, solve equations, analyze a new problem, pitch manure, program a computer, cook a tasty meal, fight efficiently, die gallantly. Specialization is for insects! - Lazarus Long
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Y'all probably remember me telling you about developing a MVC5-based project template that will allow us to more quickly get a foothold in a rewrite of our 20 web apps.
So I showed a preliminary video demo of the project template to a) the boss, and b) another interested dev, and it was well-received - the boss was really excited. The demo simply shows the user login stuff, and the home page presented by the template after the user is logged in. They asked a bunch of questions, and I provided answers they appeared to be okay with.
However, another dev is pushing back really hard because "you're just a contractor and your mandate is to maintain one app, not rewrite the entire suite". I had to point out (even though he already knew) that I did this on my own time - at home, and I was just showing a youtube video of what I was doing. Some devs are happy maintaining the status quo, even though they know - and have even vocalized - that the current suite is becoming impossible to maintain due to 12 years of patches being applied by dozens of developers.
After the argumentative dev left the room, the boss told me not to let the guy sway me from the path I was on.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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Obviously he thinks you are going to upset the apple cart and, possibly, his job. Some people are easily threatened. Especially when they have fully embraced the status quo.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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I can't threaten his job. He's a government employee.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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When you pry the gun from my cold dead hands, be careful - the barrel will be very hot. - JSOP, 2013
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I understand that but he probably doesn't.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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Rick York wrote: I understand that but he probably doesn't.
#realJSOP wrote: He's a government employee.
This is the correct order 
No bashing here, my saintly and honored female parent (should she be parent1 or parent2?) is a government employee. She's the first to despise most of her colleagues though.
GCS d--(d+) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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My SOP is a government employee too.
"They have a consciousness, they have a life, they have a soul! Damn you! Let the rabbits wear glasses! Save our brothers! Can I get an amen?"
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You do threaten his peace!
He was happy pretending to work. Now, because of you, he might have to work for real! 
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Sounds like a case of job security. He write it or maintains it?
I do all my own stunts, but never intentionally!
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