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  2. McAndrew's Hymn - Wikipedia

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    In 1957, a retired marine engineer published his professional understanding of the technical expressions used in the poem. [15] The poem attracted critical attention, mostly approving, from soon after its first publication. [12] For example, in 1897 Charles Eliot Norton called the poem "of surpassing excellence alike in conception and in ...

  3. All Watched Over by Machines of Loving Grace - Wikipedia

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    [which] fit right in with our optimism over the promise of the computer". [8] Digital humanities professor Steven E. Jones described the theme of the poem as "what is now called cyborg identity", and situated it in 1960s California counterculture, with its juxtaposition of hippie values with technology, burgeoning hacker culture, and psychedelics.

  4. Robert C. Martin - Wikipedia

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    Robert Cecil Martin (born 5 December 1952), colloquially called "Uncle Bob", [3] is an American software engineer, [2] instructor, and author. He is most recognized for promoting many software design principles and for being an author and signatory of the influential Agile Manifesto. [4] Martin has authored many books and magazine articles.

  5. The Centipede's Dilemma - Wikipedia

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    "If he does, the job is apt to be spoiled". He went on to recount the centipede's story, commenting, "This is a most psychological rhyme. It contains a profound truth which is illustrated daily in the lives of all of us, for exactly the same thing happens if we pay conscious attention to any well-formed habit, such as walking".

  6. ‘Stop fixating on that promotion. Worry about learning, not ...

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    By focusing on excelling in his current job and being the best within his cohort—without “shortcutting” his peers or “stabbing them in the back”—the promotions (from shop floor manager ...

  7. A Question (poem) - Wikipedia

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    The poem asks you to analyze your life, to question whether every decision you made was for the greater good, and to learn and accept the decisions you have made in your life. One Answer to the Question would be simply to value the fact that you had the opportunity to live. Another interpretation is that the poem gives a deep image of suffering.

  8. Vachel Lindsay - Wikipedia

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    Similarly, critics in academia often portray Lindsay as a well-meaning but misguided primitivist in his representations of Africans and African Americans. One such critic, Rachel DuPlessis, argues that the poem, while perhaps meant to be "hopeful," actually "others" Africans as an inherently violent race. In the poem and in Lindsay's defenses ...

  9. Engineering traditions in Canada - Wikipedia

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    By law, only Professional Engineers can call themselves by the name "Professional Engineer", "Mechanical Engineer" and "Electrical Engineer" and their abbreviations. However, there are occasions where engineer may be loosely used to describe people working in the field of Engineering as Technologists, Technicians and Trades.