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pgs  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What's your favorite question?

Tell me about the future?

It's open ended, can be interpreted as Tell me about your future, your hopes and dreams and plans and fears, etc.

Plus you never know when you're talking to a time traveler ;-)

Also, when talking to customer support and they ask at the end if there's anything else they can help me with, Can you tell me next week's winning lottery numbers?

pgs  ·  3184 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Which programming language should I learn for software development?

I found it useful to keep a notebook of ideas that I add to as they come along. No idea is too trivial or too stupid to go into it - they might be the tip of the iceberg of a good idea, especially if a theme keeps recurring. I now have 80+ ideas, ranging from simple programming exercises to fully fledged projects.

Do this, and then pick one and implement it in a few languages.

pgs  ·  3189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the last word you learned?

Yes, and not just obesity. Several vitamins can be toxic, and even fatal, in large enough amounts. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypervitaminosis Health is sometimes about keeping things in balance; e.g. when baking a cake, too much liquid can be as bad as not enough, though in a different way.

pgs  ·  3189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What was the last word you learned?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overnutrition

I know about malnutrition, and in hindsight it's obvious it has an opposite. And it's a bad thing, too.

pgs  ·  3189 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: What is your favourite mug?

My favourite mug has a dog, a cat, a bird, a rat and a goldfish in a bowl, all lined up, mug in hand, at a coffee machine. I bought it as a gift for my father, and after he died I got it back. It's a bit worse for wear, now.