The principle of good enough (sometimes abbreviated to POGE) is a rule for software and systems design. It favours quick-and-simple (but potentially extensible) designs over elaborate systems designed by committees. Once the quick-and-simple design is deployed, it can then evolve […]
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Erstwhile Erratic Alcoholics
Our Society then entered a fearsome and exciting adolescent period. The test that it faced was this: Could these large numbers of erstwhile erratic alcoholics successfully meet and work together? ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, Second Edition Erratic capsulizes my life. This way, that […]
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Wholesale miracle, they called AA in 1955. Wholesale, an odd modifier of miracle. “Done on a large scale; extensive” as an adjective. As a noun, “the selling of goods in large quantities to be retailed by others.” By use, a […]
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If he is conscientiously following the program of recovery he can go anywhere your business may call him. ~ Alcoholics Anonymous, page 147 Anywhere. I’ve learned to be in recovery wheresoever I may be. Emotions roil, tempers flare, words fly, […]
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Stopped they must be; on this all depends. Only a fully trained Jedi Knight, with the Force as his ally, will conquer Vader and his Emperor. If you end your training now – if you choose the quick and easy […]
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