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If Teslas drive themselves and other EVs don't, are they a comparable car?
That's probably my biggest philosophical hurdle.
Lisp can have almost zero syntax, so can last a long time and be picked back up quickly, I've found.
This doesn't necessarily mean lines-of-code is the most productive immediately; as much as there is resistance to it from current (i.e., 2018March17) mainstream programmers, hyperdimensional programming (i.e., 2D+, and higher in VR) like with Unreal Engine 4's Blueprint, are likely going to win out with pure advancement of results, perhaps (that is, creating effective art quickly).
Imagine finessing functions of different shapes in VR, rather than lines of text code.
I use a kitchen timer, too, which has minutes and seconds (e.g., digital).
Some tasks with too much inertia/resistence I ask: "Can I work on this for 5 minutes? 2 minutes? 15 seconds?"
That will build momentum and show that it's often not as hard as it seems when you're on the other side of history.