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Comment all programming IS typing (Score 2) 545

How many programmers do you know that use Dragon Naturally speaking? Face it, a lot of programming and markup is mundane shit. Say you are a hunt and peck typist and you'll eventually need to write 4000 lines of code, tell me you are not really any better than if you can type at 40 wpm vrs 10? Is a mechanic with 2 fingers going to be as productive as one with 10? We have a word for this, its called a disability. If you are a hunt and peck typist you owe it to yourself to learn touch typing. It only takes 2 weeks, one hour a day, to be at least 25 words per minute and then after that you only get better. Of course there is code that requires absolute brilliance to come up with a single 40 character line. It might take an hour to make that line. I'm not saying I'm a brilliant programmer, because I am not, but I do know that if I'm having problems with a single line of code I might have to rewrite it 10 times to get it right. But we are not all algorithmic scientists working on global illumination shaders.

Comment Any one the summery thinking that... (Score 1) 595

One of these ships emit the same amount of pollution as 50 million cars should do themselves a service and read the article. They are only talking about sulfur pollution. Big damn deal. Gas powered cars emit hardly any sulfur emissions. Most diesel is ultra low sulfur now too. Preposterously bad editorializing.

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