I find coding disturbingly addictive. My brain starts racing — solving one problem presents another, onward and onward, to the expense of other work that needs to get done. It makes one feel clever, and feeling clever feels good.
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Today's case in point: Leaflet's Circle object looks great, but near the poles the fact that it is not a true "Great Circle" algorithm becomes *very* evident. The solution? Write a new class that implements a "true" GC algorithm using Leaflet polygons. Not too difficult...
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But then I think: these don't look quite as good as those crisp Leaflet circles. It'd be a shame to swap in something technically better but aesthetically ugly. Is there a way around it? My brain shouts: I BET THERE IS LET'S SOLVE IT WOULDN'T THAT BE CLEVER
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So now I have a class that uses a clean circle at most latitudes, but seamlessly switches to a more accurate (though also more ugly) version near the poles. (This is now live in NUKEMAP if you want to experiment.) Good fun, great rush. BUT... I've just lost an hour of other work.
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"Why don't I have enough time to do everything I want/need to do?" I constantly ask myself. "BECAUSE YOU'RE ADDICTED TO INTERESTING IDEAS AND SAY YES TO TOO MANY OF THEM," my brain shouts back to me, cruel as it ever is, but accurate. "ALSO YOU TEACH TOO MUCH," it adds.
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Coding is definitely the ultimate control high — whatever the subject (nukes or not). When it works, you're king of your own little logical domain. You type in words and COOL STUFF IS CREATED as a result (or it feels that way, anyway). It's like modern magic. Very addictive.
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Coding, cooking, woodworking, there's a lot of ways to get that creative control high.
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Yes but my chances of chopping off a finger are a lot lower with one of them than the others! (I have a very nice scar on my right index finger from a knife that jumped on me several years back)
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