Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his hand steady

Re:Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his h... by antoniuschan99 on Thursday April 14, 2016 @09:45AM (#11496586)

Willard Wigan does this too, but makes micro sculptures:

http://teamcoco.com/video/micro-sculptor-willard-wigan-pt-1-...

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Re:Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his h... by unwind on Thursday April 14, 2016 @09:54AM (#11496664)

Cool.

Fun quote:

It's a nightmare when I start, and a dream when I finish.

That made me think "so, it's like any large software project in reverse, then". :)

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Re:Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his h... by mbrock on Thursday April 14, 2016 @10:39AM (#11497075)

The nightmare of programming is that nothing is ever finished... endless horror.

There is also something deeply Lovecraftian about the way programmers use the word "logic" as some ominous mass noun of unspeakable complications and strange causality... unfathomable abstractions... like the "alien geometries" of the Elder Ones.

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Re:Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his h... by jdmichal on Thursday April 14, 2016 @03:41PM (#11499743)

Reminds me of Peter Welch's "Programming Sucks" rant from 2014:

http://www.stilldrinking.org/programming-sucks

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Re:Micro-engraver who works between heartbeats to keep his h... by metasean on Thursday April 14, 2016 @09:16PM (#11501451)

Another funny bit was when he mentioned having to be careful not to inhale the work.

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