How does Lanny remain a programmer/coder when his drug of choice is alcohol?

1. 2018-12-31 at 7:06 PM UTC

   #21
   

   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by vindicktive vinny

   Originally posted by Ghost He hasn't updated ISS code in months

   
   perfection has been attained.

   
   It's reached it's evolutionary peak.
2. 2018-12-31 at 11:16 PM UTC

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   OG_GREENPLASTIC_JOHNSON_III African Astronaut
   neuroplasticity, his mind is used to being soaked in ethanol so he has learned how to work around it in such a way that it isn't a problem
3. 2019-01-01 at 12:22 AM UTC

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   Item 9 African Astronaut
   Hes gifted and can roll with the impediment of being hungover.
4. 2019-01-01 at 1:11 AM UTC

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   Lanny Bird of Courage

   Originally posted by WellHung Unlike psychostimulants… it's not really known to be performance-enhancing. Furthermore, with all due respect, I do not believe Lanny is microdosing, either.☺

   
   Programming can be challenging and mentally demanding but I've been in the same job for a couple of years and there's really only a handful of basic things that ever come up so it's pretty much autopilot at this point. Boredom is more of a problem than any of the work being difficult. Drunk programming makes it a little more challenging (although you kinda get used to it after a while) and just generally less boring.
   
   Also these days I probably write as much email as code. The organization I work in is pretty dysfunctional and has a lot of systems with strict ownership, so I can easily spend more time trying to diplomacy other people into doing the work I need them to do than doing my own.
   
   

   Originally posted by Ghost He hasn't updated ISS code in months

   
   

   Latest commit 84c69ec 14 days ago

   The following users say it would be alright if the author of this post didn't die in a fire!

   • gadzooks
5. 2019-01-01 at 1:21 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]

   Originally posted by Lanny Programming can be challenging and mentally demanding but I've been in the same job for a couple of years and there's really only a handful of basic things that ever come up so it's pretty much autopilot at this point. Boredom is more of a problem than any of the work being difficult. Drunk programming makes it a little more challenging (although you kinda get used to it after a while) and just generally less boring.
   
   Also these days I probably write as much email as code. The organization I work in is pretty dysfunctional and has a lot of systems with strict ownership, so I can easily spend more time trying to diplomacy other people into doing the work I need them to do than doing my own.

   
   I'm still in the honeymoon phase, so I haven't quite reached that point yet, at least not where it's fully stabilized, although there is sometimes some grunt work where I unironically have to use COPY+PASTE programming (with some slight modifications of course), or some other routine stuff where I can go into autopilot.
   
   And yes, that is when the temptation to get high/drunk is at an all-time high.
6. 2019-01-01 at 1:24 AM UTC

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   gadzooks Dark Matter [keratinize my mild-tasting blossoming]
   And Slack messaging and video conferences are a significant portion of my day as well.
   
   And also, in my case especially, just getting used to some of the best practices that I have little hands-on experience in yet (like writing unit tests, making sure everything is linted, etc).
7. 2019-01-01 at 2:19 AM UTC

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   Loing African Astronaut
   
8. 2019-01-01 at 4:36 AM UTC

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   vindicktive vinny Black Hole

   Originally posted by gadzooks Was that meant to imply driving a bus as well?
   
   Should we all be trembling in fear now every time we get on a bus?

   
   no, i mean taking them.
9. 2019-01-01 at 4:52 AM UTC

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   mikeyagain African Astronaut [unalterably regard the persecutor]
   How do skanks, manage to be skanks, but only have very little body odor... It's just what it is..😊
10. 2019-01-01 at 3:27 PM UTC

    #30
     Acolyte

    Originally posted by mikeyagain How do skanks, manage to be skanks, but only have very little body odor… It's just what it is..😊

    
    They always carry a wet rag in their purses.
11. 2019-01-01 at 4:20 PM UTC

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    mikeyagain African Astronaut [unalterably regard the persecutor]

    Originally posted by  They always carry a wet rag in their purses.

    
    😂
    
    That's the low dollar skanks, the high dollar ones invest in generic wet wipes...