How do hackers drive?

[Mark Murray]

Marty Landman writes:
> >>>The revelation is that I'm starting to understand that many non-programmer
> >>>_don't_ generally evaluate their car trips like this.

Driving is something I usually do by successive approximation. I usually
have a pretty good idea about where I want to go, but traffic and other
road problems are usually enough of a problem to make too much planning
a waste of time for me.

> I had this sort of conversation with a search engine guy in Europe a few 
> years ago. We both sort of thought the same way... optimizing our actions. 
> Even though he wasn't a programmer. I guess just the fact of making your 
> living working with computers is enough.

I tend to plan what I need to do next with a sort of Gantt chart in my
head. So if I go into the kitchen, I'll turn on the kettle in anticipation
of wanting tea, before doing laundry chores. I tend to do that somewhat
efficiently (and very conciously) ever since I learned how as a kid.

I nevertheless am a rather untidy individual :-)

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