The cost of adding a feature isn't just the time it takes to code it. The cost also includes the addition of an obstacle to future expansion. The trick is to pick the features that don't fight each other.

  • -- John D. Carmack 约翰·卡马克

添加功能的成本不仅仅是编写代码所花费的时间。成本还包括未来扩张的障碍。诀窍是选择那些互不冲突的特性。

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If, for example, all the codons are triplets, then in addition to the correct reading of the message, there are two incorrect readings which we shall obtain if we do not start the grouping into sets of three at the right place.

例如,如果所有密码子都是三个一组的,那么除了正确读取消息外,如果我们不从正确的位置开始分组,就会得到两个错误的读取。

Some times you lose more than you win. It's about handling losses and trying to turn them into positives. You get out into the big leagues and there's a period of adjustment to be made. You've got to handle it.

有时候你输的比赢的多。这是关于处理损失,并试图把它们变成积极的。你进入了大联盟,还有一段时间需要调整。你得处理好。

So many more people recognise you and want to take up a moment of your time for a photo or a hello. You try to deal with it with grace and a degree of humour, because what's the alternative?

越来越多的人认出了你,想占用你一点时间来拍照或打招呼。你试着用优雅和一定程度的幽默来处理这件事,因为还有别的选择吗?

The expansion and sophistication of transnational crime represents one of the most dangerous threats we confront in the next millennium.

跨国犯罪的扩大和复杂化是我们在下个千年所面临的最危险的威胁之一。

We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

我们是杯子,不断地、静静地被斟满。诀窍在于,知道如何把自己翻个底朝天,把美好的东西放出来。

Experience shows that the success of a programming course critically depends on the choice of these examples.

经验表明,编程课程的成功在很大程度上取决于对这些示例的选择。

We desire an expansion of relations with regional states and the establishment of extensive public contacts.

我们希望扩大同区域国家的关系,并建立广泛的公共联系。

The trick to acting is not to show off, it's to think the thoughts of the character.

演戏的诀窍不是炫耀,而是思考角色的想法。

Politics is human beings; it's addition rather than subtraction.

政治是人;它是加法而不是减法。