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A "Showerthought" is a simple term used to describe the thoughts that pop into your head while you're doing everyday things like taking a shower, driving, or just daydreaming. The most popular seem to be lighthearted clever little truths, hidden in daily life.
Here are some examples to inspire your own showerthoughts:
- Both “200” and “160” are 2 minutes in microwave math
- When you’re a kid, you don’t realize you’re also watching your mom and dad grow up.
- More dreams have been destroyed by alarm clocks than anything else
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- All posts must be showerthoughts
- The entire showerthought must be in the title
- No politics
- If your topic is in a grey area, please phrase it to emphasize the fascinating aspects, not the dramatic aspects. You can do this by avoiding overly politicized terms such as "capitalism" and "communism". If you must make comparisons, you can say something is different without saying something is better/worse.
- A good place for politics is c/politicaldiscussion
- Posts must be original/unique
- Adhere to Lemmy's Code of Conduct and the TOS
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Proper abstractions should make code more legible, not less. Sadly, most of the code I read both professionally and for fun does not follow this practice.
Code is for other humans to read. The fact that it can compile into something runnable on a computer is secondary.
I like to tell my juniors "readable code is maintainable code". 9 out of 10 times a comment could instead just be choosing better names.
Funny someone downvoted you - clearly they've never dealt with something un- or poorly documented.
Oh, that's just some cunt null@piefed.nullspace.lol who stalks me and downvotes all of my comments.