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, השכלה, sports, כלשהו – 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.

למה זה מדהים להיות מפתח

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כנראה, אלה הם חבורה של מתכנתי מחשבים.

Ninjas.

זה מה שמתכנתי מחשב קוראים את עצמם בימינו. המקצוע (אם אתה יכול אפילו לקרוא לזה כך) עובר רשימה ארוכה של שמות אף-מדי-זוהרים, כמו מפתח, מְתַכנֵת, מהנדס, טֶכנַאי, ועוד דברים שלא ממש גורמים לך הבחור הפופולרי ביותר בחדר. לָכֵן, הרבה, הוא, מתכנתים (לחוסר מילה טובה יותר) ללכת על ידי הנינג'ה או כזה. שאני מוצא מעט מעצבן – אתה כותב קוד, לא הורג את אויביו של הקיסר. אבל אני סוטה מהנושא.

Sorry for downtimealso, props to WebHostingHub

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TL;ד"רhathix.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 עַל the server that hathix lives on.

איך מבטא את “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 theproper” אחד? 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.