Category Culture

On Stack Overflow

Jared Porcenaluk with a brain overlaid on top of him.

In software, a stack overflow occurs if the call stack pointer exceeds the stack bound. Wikipedia A stack overflow is, in short, bad. It means that more information has been crammed into memory that can fit and there’s nowhere for new information to go. Stack Overflow,…

On Technological Debates

Jared Porcenaluk as debater, or ENTP personality.

A Debater (ENTP) is a person with the Extraverted, Intuitive, Thinking, and Prospecting personality traits. They tend to be bold and creative, deconstructing and rebuilding ideas with great mental agility. They pursue their goals vigorously despite any resistance they might encounter. 16personalities.com I was easily triggered into…

On Deciding Quickly

Making decisions quickly

Look at all this peanut butter! There must be three sizes of five brands of four consistencies! Who demands this much choice? I know! I’ll quit my job and devote my life to choosing peanut butter! Is ‘chunky’ chunky enough,…

On Motivation

We open on a young tomato. He’s had some tough times down at the farm. You know, rabbits, and… Eugene Dupree This possibly ad-libbed line is from the movie Elf. Eugene Dupree is played by Kyle Gass of Tenacious D…