RE: Bye Steem!

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Bye Steem!

in hive •  5 years ago 

Je n'ai fait celle-ci plus longue que parce que je n'ai pas eu le loisir
de la faire plus courte. (I have made this letter so long only because I
did not have the leisure to make it shorter.)
-- Blaise Pascal (Lettres Provinciales)

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Heureux l'étudiant qui comme la Rivière peut suivre son cours sans
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The human brain starts working the moment you are born and never stops
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New eyes have X-ray vision. [someone that hasn't written it is more
likely to spot the bug. "someone" can be you after a break]
-- William S. Annis

Ils ne sont pas forts parce qu'ils sont forts. Ils sont forts parce que
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It is practically impossible to teach good programming style to students
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are mentally mutilated beyond hope of regeneration.
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If you choose not to decide, you still have made a choice.
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Seize any opportunity, or anything that looks like opportunity. They are
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In God I trust; I will not be afraid. What can mortal man do to me?
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The choice of the university is mostly important for the piece of paper
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your toil? Who have you empowered to dangle the carrot before you and
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long forgotten to yourself that "I want" exists only as an idea in your
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in an ocean of "have to," then rise up and overthrow your master. Begin
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drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine no unnecessary
parts. This requires not that the writer make all sentences short or
avoid all detail and treat subjects only in outline, but that every word
tell.
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You think you know when you learn, are more sure when you can write,
even more when you can teach, but certain when you can program.
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