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JayBird
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by JayBird » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:54 am
First poll in a while, here goes...
What do you do when you get coders block...
CoderGoblin
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by CoderGoblin » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:08 am
Coffee and go and look at that other problem I had a week ago...
Weirdan
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by Weirdan » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:21 am
3 and 5 =)
Jenk
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by Jenk » Wed Aug 30, 2006 4:17 am
"Swear, curse, pull hair out and start physically abusing random nearby items" should be on the list
usually it's 3 and/or 5 for me with the occasional 2.
Oren
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by Oren » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:35 am
Definitely #5... $$$
timvw
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by timvw » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:31 am
Go out for a walk (or busride).. Tink about other stuff... Have a good sleep.. Have more sleep... And more sleep... I'm pretty sure that i'll 'see the light' on a second walk/busride...
pickle
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by pickle » Wed Aug 30, 2006 9:57 am
When I'm at work with writer's block, I usually go downstairs & sit on the crapper for a while. That tends to clear the brain a bit
Real programmers don't comment their code. If it was hard to write, it should be hard to understand.
shiznatix
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by shiznatix » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:42 pm
pickle wrote: When I'm at work with writer's block, I usually go downstairs & sit on the crapper for a while. That tends to clear the brain a bit
thats so hot
I think of ways to get rich, mostly plotting my amazing bank heist that I will do some day
Luke
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by Luke » Wed Aug 30, 2006 12:47 pm
I usually just take a walk (my office is downtown, so there is lots to do) if I am at work... if at home... I either play my guitar for a while or go to my girlfriend's house.
infolock
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by infolock » Wed Aug 30, 2006 1:01 pm
I play a game or 10 of chess on uschesslive until i feel like my mnid has been freed from coding. I tend to believe that if you find yourself in a situation where you can't seem to grasp whatever it is that is on the tip of your tongue, the best method is to completely take your mind off it and put it on something else.
feyd
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by feyd » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:39 pm
I'll have to go with "other" .. specification: play a game or read some book (probably technical in nature.)
jayshields
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by jayshields » Wed Aug 30, 2006 2:50 pm
I went with sit and think for a minute, usually works. When it doesn't I put a game on or go watch TV.
I'm still into Elder Scrolls: Oblivion from when I mentioned it in the WoW thread, lol - I'm only level 21 - I suck.
daedalus__
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by daedalus__ » Wed Aug 30, 2006 3:19 pm
brandy and games do the trick for me!
Chris Corbyn
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by Chris Corbyn » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:12 pm
pickle wrote: When I'm at work with writer's block, I usually go downstairs & sit on the crapper for a while. That tends to clear the brain a bit
Indeed, the toilet is a place for procrastonating (did I spell that right?)
feyd
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by feyd » Wed Aug 30, 2006 5:20 pm
procrastinating