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kj800x / autoarchive.js
Created September 8, 2024 01:48
~/src auto archiver
// Scan CWD for directories modified longer than 365 days ago and move them to a new directory based on the current date in the archive directory.
// No dependencies, so only built-in modules are used.
// Just stick this in a directory and `node autoarchive.js`.
const fs = require('fs');
const path = require('path');
function leftPad(num, len) {
return num.toString().padStart(len, '0');
}
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gtallen1187 / scar_tissue.md
Created November 1, 2015 23:53
talk given by John Ousterhout about sustaining relationships

"Scar Tissues Make Relationships Wear Out"

04/26/2103. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS142.

This is my most touchy-feely thought for the weekend. Here’s the basic idea: It’s really hard to build relationships that last for a long time. If you haven’t discovered this, you will discover this sooner or later. And it's hard both for personal relationships and for business relationships. And to me, it's pretty amazing that two people can stay married for 25 years without killing each other.

[Laughter]

> But honestly, most professional relationships don't last anywhere near that long. The best bands always seem to break up after 2 or 3 years. And business partnerships fall apart, and there's all these problems in these relationships that just don't last. So, why is that? Well, in my view, it’s relationships don't fail because there some single catastrophic event to destroy them, although often there is a single catastrophic event around the the end of the relation