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by marssaxman 4771 days ago
Laziness is first of the three great virtues of a programmer (http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LazinessImpatienceHubris), so that's probably a successful example of social signalling.
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I had a tough time growing up due to this "virtue". I was always looking for ways to simplify and automate. I even had my computer connected to my alarm clock. So that a basic program I had running on it would automatically wake me up depending on the time I shut it down (which meant I was going to sleep.) But I then had problems waking up before noon, so I connected that little hack to a stereo system with 15-inch speakers. The whole neighborhood could hear my alarm clock to off. It's actually quite funny now that I think about it. Imagine being able to hear a loud beep beep beep two streets over.