Workisaprevilege.Ihearditalotbutseldomfelt
thatway.OverthepastfewmonthsIdid.
Earlierthisyear,Iidentifiedsomeseriousproblems
intheexistingmemorymanagementschemesatmy
newjobandwasabletosolvethembyproposing
andimplementingsomethinginvented23yearsago.
Itwasflexibleandfast.Itwassatisfyingtoseemy
codebeatthehardware-basedmemoryallocatorin
performanceand,atthesametime,solvet...[
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MandIsitnexttoeachotheratwork.AnIranian
immigrant(fromtheLakeUrmiaregion),hejust
graduatedfromanearbyuniversity.Hestrugglesa
littlewithEnglish,doesnottalkmuchbutsmiles
alot.He'sslender,friendly,energeticbutnot
aggressive.Everyonelikeshim.
Onemorning,wewerebothdeepinheavydebugging
andanothercolleguecametotakeoverhisbugand
Mwastemperarilyoff-the-hook.Thenheranintoa...[
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Thesedays,goingupMissionPeakwasalmosta
breezeandIhavesuspectedthatdownhillpounding
wastoblameformyfeetpainandstartedtopay
attention.Thatwasconfirmedtoday.IusedtotakethetrailatthesteeperStanford
Avenuesideandcouldfinishthetripin1hr
40min.Inoticedgoingdowntookalmostasmuch
timeasgoingup.And,ofcourse,myfeethurt
likehellintheend.Iblamedmyxeroshoesfor
lackofcushioning.But...[
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Mr.Zhao,dad's72-year-oldcaretaker,bursted
intotheroom,withabigsmileonhisdark
wrinkledface,wavingabrownenvolope:"We
won!"Hecameintocooklunchfordad,aftera
morningtriptoBaoDing,thedistrictcapital,to
pickupthepreciousdocumentstatingthat
retireesoftheNo.108freewayproject,gota300
RMBmonthlyraise.
It'sanepicstory,morethanhalfacenturyin
themakingandfull...[
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Thejetlagwasstillbotheringme.Saturday
morning,Iwokeupataround4:00am,couldn'tget
backtosleep,andreadtill6:20.Theskywas
clearandIheadedoutforthetrail.
Ihaven'trunfor5months.Mynewgighasbeen
engagingandtakenmuchofmyattention(Iwasa
littleaddictedtoworkforthepastfewmonths
andmyever-improvinghealthseemedtohelp).
Liftingweightandtraininginthegymweregreat
bu...[
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[译者:我没翻译有些人名,地名,和食物。翻了反而令人费解。在互联网时代,把Jesuit翻译成“耶稣会”,Stoics翻成“斯多葛“,Phoenician翻成腓尼基,等等,感觉滑稽。如果当年罗马将军Scipio和Carthage统帅Hannibal可以用希腊语交谈,我们网上查个字典或百科全书算个什么事呢?重要的词有星号标记,在文后有解释。]
亲爱的毕业生们,
这是我第一次参加毕业[
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http://www.mercurynews.com/2013/11/05/joy-johnson-86-of-san-jose-dies-one-day-after-running-new-york-city-marathon/
圣荷塞--和往年一样,JoyJohnson跑完了周日的纽约马拉松。第二天早上,
她来到“今日”节目。那里的气象员AlRoker,一如既往地找到她并让这个
WillowGlen的居民向全国观众展示她的完赛奖牌。
但后来,Johnson,这个世界长跑界有名的86岁的退休体育教师,病倒在酒
店里,被[
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AugustinBeijing,heatandhumiditywereakiller
combo.Iwasabletodomydailyyogabutnot
motivatedenoughtoliftkettlebells.Ifeltweak
andtired.Oneortwolongwalksduringtheday
werethemainexercise.Forgetaboutjogging--
theplacesweresimplytoocrowdedwithpeople
seekingcoolairandspaceinthegiantsauna.I
wasstillabletodo10pullups.
Ilearntonthistripthat,duringthepastyear,my
mother-in-law...[
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IsentTimearlythisyeartolearnBrazillianJiu-
Jitsu.Sofar,hehasenjoyedit,especiallyafter
chokinghispartnersinsparring;-)Timpaidgreat
attentiontohisdietandexerciseforthepastyear
andwonasilvermedalforPresidentialFitness
AwardinPE.Hehasbecomemuchstronger.
Ijoinedhimacoupleofmonthslaterinthesame
gymtotraintwiceaweek.Sofaronlybasicmoves
andnosparring.It'slikelearninganew...[
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SomehowItunedintothe2005speech"Thisiswater"by
DavidF.Wallacethismorning.Itmighthavetodowiththe
episodeatabeachinCrissyFieldparkyesterdaywhereTim
andIhadanunpleasantexperience.
WearrivedatSFaround2:30pmandspentonehourparading
upanddownMarketstreet(Timlovedthecity.)before
drivingupnorthtothepark.Thebreezewasstrongandwe
decidedthebeachwasonlylightlypopulatedandtri...[
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