About the Second Heaven

This little star is furnished with good spirits,
Whose mortal lives were busied to that end,
That honour and renown might wait on them:
And, when desires thus err in their intention,
True love must needs ascend with slacker beam.
But it is part of our delight, to measure
Our wages with the merit; and admire
The close proportion. Hence doth heavenly justice
Temper so evenly affection in us,
It ne’er can wrap to any wrongfulness.
Of diverse voices is sweet music made:
So in our life the different degress
Render sweet harmony among these wheels.

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Welches Moped eigentlich? (2)

Frühlingsanfang. Bestes Wetter. Und heute wieder eine verschlossene Werkstatt. Gut, wir waren zu spät. Dennoch wagen wir einen Griff zum Telefon. Das Reden übernimmt diesmal Oliver, redegewandt wie er ist. Das Moped ist weg. Der Meister brauchte Geld. Aber wir können ja darüber reden. Mehr als 3 Minuten hält es Oliver am Telefon nicht aus. Na gut, dann vielleicht doch lieber den Anwalt einschalten.

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libpeak: Improving Linked List Performance (2)

So part two of this series actually focuses on the use of macros, arguing about the perceived good and bad style and why it matters, before we get back on track with linked list performance… :)

Macros have long been the bane of C programming: they are stiff, hard to maintain, hard to read and so on. Well, I found that most issues are not directly related to macros. It seems that the matter is rather trivial: macros are a different world for most C programmers and many have never worked with them. Instead, let’s focus on a couple of benefits that macros can offer.

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About Relationships

  1. Talk frequently and honestly to each other—about your frustrations, about sex, about anger, about disappointment, about your appreciation of each other, about the meaning of life, about everything.
  2. Strive to work together to solve anything that comes up — be a team, a partnership. Don’t get stuck on who’s right or wrong. Focus on what will solve the problem.
  3. Keep your connection going through communication, sex, affection, understanding and concern for each other.