Cynical software doesn’t even trust itself, so it puts up internal barriers to protect itself from failures. It refuses to get too intimate with other systems, because it could get hurt.
“You want to invent new ideas, not new rules.”
― Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck
― Made to Stick: Why some ideas take hold and others come unstuck
“As usual, there aren’t enough last minutes.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“Self-betrayal” 1. An act contrary to what I feel I should do for another is called an act of “self-betrayal.” 2. When I betray myself, I begin to see the world in a way that justifies my self-betrayal. 3. When I see the world in a self-justifying way, my view of reality becomes distorted. 4. So — when I betray myself, I enter the box.”
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
― Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box
“Closure is when a function is able to remember and access its lexical scope even when that function is executing outside its lexical scope.”
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
― You Don't Know JS: Scope & Closures
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