If you happen to need hospitalization you can make the experience somewhat easier. Having a go-bag of useful items will make it easy to grab and go. You may be unable to remember, write, or talk. In the bag: list of illnesses, previous hospital visits, and surgery list of medicines …

My mother became an atheist at 8, when she read about the Greek gods are recognized that they believed in their gods just as much as christens did. She was raised in a very religious community by very religious parents.

A couple of items. Some tools work oh the desktop, like IDEs, do not work on remote programs. Learn an IDE and a text editor. There is always more than one way to solve a problem. (Larry Wall) On major issues change the algorithm. Don't micro change the code. Understand the user needs.

Use journals. Why have a journal? See: https://medium.com/@jessewright-31185/advance-in-work-and-life-using-a-journal-5052afe59c64 Have a personal journal and a work or school journal. You should store as much as possible electronically. I recommend folders of year and month. Use search for keywords. Make keywords with a # character (most programs use this convention). One concept…

Why it is so hard for them to change. Three of my hero’s are: Galileo Galilei, 1564 to 1642 Isaac Newton, 1642 to 1726 or 1727 Charles Darwin, 1809 to 1882 I think about these people and how they came up with their ideas. They took facts that were: Taught…

Not going to replace programmers anytime soon. — I have been investigating the code generation process by ChatGPT by running experiments. Summary In the current implementation it is useful for simple problems. ChatGPT can also find published libraries (GEMs for example) or utility programs easier than using other mechanisms. The major limitations are that the code is not production…

People ignore packing and alignment rules. People forget programmer productivity. It is common to state that typed languages are better than untyped languages. A standard extension to untyped languages is to add types to create a new language. I will discuss the false assumption of the superiority of typed languages. …

Some idea’s that can help. — Twitter has bled off 50%-75% of employees. Amazon has laid off thousands. Many other companies are downsizing. Even with that there are more programming jobs than people. Especially for people with more than five years experience. This is just going to be a blip not a long term trend. First…

My last word on Holy Books. I am a garbage reader. I read anything with words in a row. When I was young I focused on Science Fiction. In my later years Fantasy. Science and History were always part of my reading material. Let me state for the record. You…