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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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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So true.. especially the rant about map visualizations
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Sweet. A related point is that coding often provides bite-sized problems with immediately testable solutions. Code-compile-test-debug-repeat is addictive. And it’s also easier to say “that circle is perfect” than “that paragraph is perfect”.
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Aw, I'm over here bombing the poles hoping to see fun non-circular footprints :D
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