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Re:Admiral Grace Hopper Explains the Nanosecond (1983) [video] on Tuesday September 01, 2020 @12:28PM (#24343518)
She died in 1992, so I highly doubt it was recorded in '93.
Re:Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Software Project on Friday January 24, 2020 @01:10PM (#22140880)
There's no such thing as perfection, only the pursuit of perfection.

Hindsight is a crucial part of making sure you don't make the same mistakes. Don't worry, you'll have plenty of opportunities to make brand new mistakes.

Re:Questions to Ask at the Start of a New Software Project on Friday January 24, 2020 @09:46AM (#22138691)
Both mindsets are necessary, and it's also possible to go too far in both directions. I've been on teams that took planning to an absurd end, which resulted in obsolete plans as soon as implementation started. I've also been on teams which went around in circles because they didn't have any direction and their implementation/discovery wasn't focused on a clear goal.

Long term plans are only inaccurate or wrong if they're over reaching. Plans, like every other part of a project, have to be able to change and grow throughout implementation. It's not long-term planning that is the issue, it's the stagnation of overbearing plans.

Re:Stack Overflow Outage Postmortem on Wednesday July 20, 2016 @06:04PM (#12132885)
A bottle of Tres Commas?