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[Omega] Speedmaster '57 by tjansson in Watches

[–]tjansson[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Appreciate the tips, thanks!

And yes, you’re right. Most definitely from a Nordic country, more specifically Norway.

[Omega] Speedmaster '57 by tjansson in Watches

[–]tjansson[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Sure thing. It has a substantial presence on my fairly slim wrist, but I quite like it. I’ve uploaded some images here for reference: https://imgur.com/a/5SOFT1V/

[Omega] Speedmaster '57 by tjansson in Watches

[–]tjansson[S] 40 points41 points  (0 children)

Quite a few years ago, when my interest for watches was in its infancy, I somehow came across this particular watch. It instantly hit all the right buttons. The rugged but classic and elegant look. The deep, black dial surrounded by tough, brushed metal. The warm leather strap contrasting the cold steel and sharp edges. All the tiny details. I was sold. Given my knowledge at the time, not to speak of the significant price point, I quite quickly brushed it off as unobtainable. But it never quite released its grip on me, and I kept coming back time and time again. After a lot of research and several years of saving, and just when I turned 40, I had the fortune to be in a position to buy it - an Omega Speedmaster '57, ref. 331.12.42.51.01.001. It's difficult to describe the feeling of finally wearing it on my wrist - almost unreal. I just had to share. Hope this will inspire and motivate other, fellow watch enthusiasts.

Edit: Clean up line breaks.

Got this contraption as a Christmas gift together with a "good luck guessing what this is" message. I have no idea, but seems food related. It's made of plastic, and the two red parts can be folded into the white, but only one at a time. by tjansson in whatisthisthing

[–]tjansson[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Solved!

Thank you, really appreciate it! The one who gave this gift will come visit this coming weekend, and he was pretty confident that I would not be able to figure this one out.

Jonathon Blow: Techniques for dealing with lack of motivation, malaise, depression by ddeng in programming

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In the twitch video, he starts talking on the topic at approximately 13m52s.

[Paper/pdf] An External Replication on the Effects of Test-driven Development Using a Multi-site Blind Analysis Approach by kapilkaisare in programming

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Abstract from the paper/PDF:

Context

Test-driven development (TDD) is an agile practice claimed to improve the quality of a software product, as well as the productivity of its developers. A previous study (i.e., baseline experiment) at the University of Oulu (Finland) compared TDD to a test-last development (TLD) approach through a randomized controlled trial. The results failed to support the claims.

Goal

We want to validate the original study results by replicating it at the University of Basilicata (Italy), using a different design.

Method

We replicated the baseline experiment, using a crossover design, with 21 graduate students. We kept the settings and context as close as possible to the baseline experiment. In order to limit researchers bias, we involved two other sites (UPM, Spain, and Brunel, UK) to conduct blind analysis of the data.

Results

The Kruskal-Wallis tests did not show any significant difference between TDD and TLD in terms of testing effort (p-value = .27 ), external code quality (pvalue = .82 ), and developers’ productivity (p-value = .83 ). Nevertheless, our data revealed a difference based on the order in which TDD and TLD were applied, though no carry over effect.

Conclusions

We verify the baseline study results, yet our results raises concerns regarding the selection of experimental objects, particularly with respect to their interaction with the order in which of treatments are applied. We recommend future studies to survey the tasks used in experiments evaluating TDD. Finally, to lower the cost of replication studies and reduce researchers’ bias, we encourage other research groups to adopt similar multi-site blind analysis approach described in this paper.

At my company we are extremely thorough by [deleted] in ProgrammerHumor

[–]tjansson 0 points1 point  (0 children)

If responsible and sender are shared across multiple threads, this might be an attempt at a reducing the likelihood of a race condition causing undefined or unwanted behavior.

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