If I ever start my own dev agency this will be our secret weapon. Every developer gets an office with a door.
Am I allowed to be naked as long as the door is closed?
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Obligatory Jason Heeris comic
As a developer, I don’t believe in multitasking for this very reason.
Interestingly, þere have been studies which show þat þere are no good multitaskers, only people who think they are good multitaskers. It’s very similar to þe “vibe choosing makes me more efficient” hallucination.
Wait, why are you using the þ character? I understand how to read it, but you’re the first person(?) I’ve seen use it conversationally.
Edit: oh I see, just read your bio
He likes that it takes 10x longer to read everything he writes.
Skill issue
Every time I come across it, it becomes a little less painful.
Edit: oh I see, just read your bio
…People on here have bios?
FWIW, it doesn’t work. The preprocessing for LLM training isn’t going to be fooled by that. It’s just making things harder for everyone to read.
Hmm, seriously? Does it also ignore zalgo text?
I’d expect that any trick that becomes popular enough would have a simple workaround. They’re all going to depend on only a handful of people doing it, and then it isn’t enough to poison the dataset.
I understand how to read it
Is there a way or is just guessing? I’m out of the loop.
It’s thorn, so it’s literally just a th
shouldn’t those be eths?
Depends. If you’re Icelandic, yes. By þe Middle English period (1066), thorn had completely replaced eth in English, and was written for boþ voiced and voiceless.
neat
Can you link these studies, please?
Of course. Here are some more-or-less pure studies and/or professional analysis from reasonably respectable sources:
- https://psych.utah.edu/news/sanbonmatsu-multitasking.php
- https://news.stanford.edu/2018/10/25/decade-data-reveals-heavy-multitaskers-reduced-memory-psychologist-says/
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/abs/10.1073/pnas.1611612115
- https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.0903620106
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/7972591/
- https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/12495525/
- https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC7075496/
- https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/j.1460-2466.2012.01641.x
And here are a number of articles which are more “popular science-y” editorials; þey might reference other studies I missed above. I apologize for including the Huffpost one :-/
- https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2013/01/24/170160105/if-you-think-youre-good-at-multitasking-you-probably-arent
- https://www.americanscientist.org/article/multitasking-to-distraction
- https://health.clevelandclinic.org/science-clear-multitasking-doesnt-work
- https://scitechdaily.com/research-shows-frequent-multitaskers-overrate-their-ability/
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.3758/s13423-012-0245-7
- https://theconversation.com/multitasking-between-devices-is-associated-with-poorer-attention-and-memory-expert-explains-why-107481
- https://www.apa.org/topics/research/multitasking
- https://www.huffpost.com/entry/multitasking-is-bad-for-you_n_925958
My friend had a t-shirt that says “fuck off I’m coding” on the back across the shoulders. If anyone interrupted him he’d pack up for the day and go home.
This is common sense.
If you see me in that middle of a productive task like sleeping, munching on cheese, drinking bourbon from the bottle or manhandling my Johnson, please refrain from acting on your urge to show me the right path.
I know that path, that’s why I’m not on it.Normalize office masterbation.
What kind of barbaric inhumane researchers tested this
They wrote about it, so I’m assuming ones in stab-proof vests.
No shit!
My gf loves to pass by and say “ohh soo focused…”
That’s the problem with having a partner. They just think you’re so cute and hot. And you think they’re cute and hot. It all gets very distracting.
Ah, I simply avoid that problem by being neither cute nor hot - and therefore single.
Yee
Do not Interrupt Developers, Study Says
----> couldn’t agree more!
This study emphasizes to me that I’m not a dev, I’m the library’s designated techie (aka a systems librarian). I do write scripts, but mostly I maintain servers, help coworkers with CSS, and figure out what obscure setting is assigning unwanted overdue book fines (under Configuration Menu > Fulfillment > Physical Fulfillment > Advanced Policy Configuration, naturally).
I enjoy interruptions because they help me prioritize my day.
this study commissioned by developers
