The Right Stimulus

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The Right Stimulus

Phil Factor

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November 26, 2016 at 6:54 pm

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chrisn-585491 SSCoach Points: 16006 More actions · Answer 1

The best code I wrote was on a Saturday morning when no one else was in the office. Beverages of choice: energy drink followed by water.

call.copse SSCoach Points: 18064 More actions · Answer 2

Not sure I follow. You can write code without coffee?

To be fair I don't go too crazy these days, much less reliance on the coffeepot than when I was young, but still, a cup or two a day for the times when you are flagging is surely essential.

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 3

I try to avoid any kind of stimulants or depressants when coding. If possible I listen to music, the more familiar the better, to tune out of everything but the problem at hand. The problem at hand isn't always just the code but shouldn't include items like the latest argument at home, current affairs heard on the news, the items that need picking up on the way home nor how my sports team(s) are performing.

Gaz

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tom.w.brannon Hall of Fame Points: 3976 More actions · Answer 4

I just look back and think 'Damn! I must have been good!'

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 5

tom.w.brannon (12/5/2016)
I just look back and think 'Damn! I must have been good!'

What were you on when you thought that? 😛

Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

Phil Factor SSC-Insane Points: 20244 More actions · Answer 6

I think that, when you put the code into source control you should add all the details of the beverages and liquor you'd consumed in the preceding 24 hours, and the music you'd listened to.

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Phil Factor

Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11053 More actions · Answer 7

I thought the british drank Guinness or martinis

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Eric M Russell SSC Guru Points: 125562 More actions · Answer 8

I don't need any stimulus when I'm writing code or troubleshooting. It's the slower mundane days when I need caffeine.

"Do not seek to follow in the footsteps of the wise. Instead, seek what they sought." - Matsuo Basho

Chris Harshman SSC-Forever Points: 42192 More actions · Answer 9

Hmm, now I'm starting to wonder if I code better when I drink Earl Grey over plain old Lipton tea. 😉 I always try to limit myself to 1 caffeine drink, then just drink water the rest of the day.

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 10

robert.sterbal 56890 (12/5/2016)
I thought the british drank Guinness or martinis

The Irish drink Guinness.

The British drink...pretty much whatever is put in front of them before collapsing. Even if it is a cup of Darjeeling tea.

Gaz

-- Stop your grinnin' and drop your linen...they're everywhere!!!

Gazareth One Orange Chip Points: 27737 More actions · Answer 11

Gary Varga (12/6/2016)
robert.sterbal 56890 (12/5/2016)
I thought the british drank Guinness or martinis
The Irish drink Guinness.
The British drink...pretty much whatever is put in front of them before collapsing. Even if it is a cup of Darjeeling tea.

I'd love to see Daniel Craig neck a Guinness in the next Bond film... Would coordinate nicely with his tux too.

TomThomson SSC Guru Points: 104773 More actions · Answer 12

Gary Varga (12/6/2016)
robert.sterbal 56890 (12/5/2016)
I thought the british drank Guinness or martinis
The Irish drink Guinness.
The British drink...pretty much whatever is put in front of them before collapsing.

It's crazy to try to say what the British drink; the four nations drink different things:-

Northern Ireland drinks uisce beatha and Guiness and wine.

Scotland drinks uisge beatha and Guiness and Heavy and wine, and uses uisce beatha in the preparation of coffee (the Irish cleverly found that way of making uisce beatha palatable).

Wales drinks chwisgi, tablen, cwrw, alcohol-free beer and non-alcoholic wine.

England mostly drinks tea, execrable instant coffee, and the cheapest alcohol it can get its hands on, and what used to be called Kangaroo Valley Beer Disease is now endemic throughout the country, not just in London's Earls Court area. There are exceptions - some people drink decent stuff - but not many; and some people drink lots of over-priced sickly sweet Californian "dry" rosé wine (it's the sugar that kills them, not the alcohol).

Even if it is a cup of Darjeeling tea.

I've never yet known anyone fall down from drinking too much Darjeeling tea, but I guess it could happen if people were mixing Jamaica Rum into it (yes, I've seen Englishmen drinking that mix).

Tom

Gary Varga SSC Guru Points: 82166 More actions · Answer 13

TomThomson (12/9/2016)
Gary Varga (12/6/2016)
robert.sterbal 56890 (12/5/2016)
I thought the british drank Guinness or martinis
The Irish drink Guinness.
The British drink...pretty much whatever is put in front of them before collapsing.
It's crazy to try to say what the British drink; the four nations drink different things:-
Northern Ireland drinks uisce beatha and Guiness and wine.
Scotland drinks uisge beatha and Guiness and Heavy and wine, and uses uisce beatha in the preparation of coffee (the Irish cleverly found that way of making uisce beatha palatable).
Wales drinks chwisgi, tablen, cwrw, alcohol-free beer and non-alcoholic wine.
England mostly drinks tea, execrable instant coffee, and the cheapest alcohol it can get its hands on, and what used to be called Kangaroo Valley Beer Disease is now endemic throughout the country, not just in London's Earls Court area. There are exceptions - some people drink decent stuff - but not many; and some people drink lots of over-priced sickly sweet Californian "dry" rosé wine (it's the sugar that kills them, not the alcohol).
Even if it is a cup of Darjeeling tea.
I've never yet known anyone fall down from drinking too much Darjeeling tea, but I guess it could happen if people were mixing Jamaica Rum into it (yes, I've seen Englishmen drinking that mix).

Tom, I just trust that your tongue was as firmly in your cheek as mine was in mine. Bottoms up!!! 🙂

Gaz

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Robert Sterbal SSChampion Points: 11053 More actions · Answer 14

https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/healthandsocialcare/drugusealcoholandsmoking/bulletins/opinionsandlifestylesurveyadultdrinkinghabitsingreatbritain/2014

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