Resurrection, and updates

I could tell from the sheer number of WordPress updates that awaited me that it’s certainly been a while since I wrote here on this blog. But part of my pre-New Year’s resolution is to start writing here more – hopefully I can develop some more interesting ideas and keep growing as a writer.

I’ve learned a ton from my first semester at Harvard – where I think I’ll study computer science, though I don’t declare a major till next year – and I’ve developed an interest in seeing how technology impacts other fields – politics, economics, haridus, sports, whatever – in addition to technology for its own sake. So with this reboot of the blog, so to speak, I’ll work to explore the intersection of technology and other fields.

Miks see on fantastiline on arendaja

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Ilmselt, need on kamp arvuti programmeerijad.

Ninjas.

Seda arvuti programmeerijad nimetasid end tänapäeval. Elukutse (kui sa ei kutsu seda isegi, et) läheb Litania ükski-liiga glamuurne nimed, nagu arendaja, programmeerija, insener, tehnik, ja veel asju, mis ei ole päris sind kõige populaarsem poiss ruumis. Seepärast, palju, ta, programmeerijad (puudumise tõttu parem sõna) minna ninja või sellise. Which I find slightly annoyingyou’re writing code, not killing enemies of the emperor. But I digress.

Sorry for downtimealso, props to WebHostingHub

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Error 404, elephant not found

tl;drhathix.com had some downtime but my super-helpful host WebHostingHub cleared it up immediately. Also, I apologize for the fanboyishnessit’s just that WHH is that awesome.

I was recently working with some so-called cutting-edge web programming techniques (parsing JSON using PHP from client requests using JavaScript and jQuerytold you it was gory) and realized I needed a new version of some software edasi the server that hathix lives on.

How DO you pronounce “hathix”?

His name's hathix.
An elephant in a box.

You’d think I get that question a lot, but actually I don’tmost people pronounce it a certain way and are absolutely, positively, sure they’re right. There are so many pronunciations it’s incredible, so who am I to choose theproperone? Let ’em pronounce it however they like, I say.

That being said, the number of pronunciations I hear is borderline ridiculous. Here are the most common ones I’ve heard.