grimwall

Ask HN: Do you ever go back and admire a piece of code you wrote?

Posted by grimwall on Thursday May 07, 2020 @08:01AM
from the ask-hn dept.

I switched careers and got into coding about five years ago and I have always wondered about this and am a little embarrassed about it.Sometimes after finishing a big implementation, I just go back and read my own code ... and I like it! I feel proud that I translated some kind of abstract problem solving into a concrete solution, and somehow it works!I feel like I created something that flows...

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Re:Scientists monitored brains replaying memories in real time on Friday March 06, 2020 @04:13AM (#22502095)

They will keep using animals because we know fuck all about how actually brains work and you cannot slice human brains and probe them to see electrical properties all the time since they are supply-constrained. This study is using a information channel of very very high-level, top-down approach.

Re:The man who discovered umami on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @07:36AM (#22246213)

interesting, there is already a review citing this article giving an opposing view:

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6952072/

edit: also a single amino acid salt being harmful really requires some solid evidence, which seems to be not there.

Re:The man who discovered umami on Wednesday February 05, 2020 @06:52AM (#22245963)

Even for non vegetarians, MSG (monosodium glutamate) is a pretty cool addition to the kitchen toolbox, just order some and start experimenting!

Do some controlled ones, for example split a portion into two, ask a 2nd person to sprinkle some onto one of them and try both of them and guess which one has MSG on it.

Re:Accelerating Photosynthesis on Thursday January 09, 2020 @08:06AM (#22000839)

Beautiful work in automating the experiments and increasing the throughput, very innovative approach.