"they are wont to deliberate when
drinking hard about the most important of their affairs, and whatsoever
conclusion has pleased them in their deliberation, this on the next day,
when they are sober, the master of the house in which they happen to be
when they deliberate lays before them for discussion: and if it pleases them when they are sober also, they adopt it, but if it does not please them, they let it go: and that on which they have had the first deliberation when they are sober, they consider again when they are drinking."
I also agree with you in general, that checking things in different mental states is a good practice. With alcohol, I suspect the benefit is outweighed by the difficulty of spotting bugs when drunk -- but who knows?
Well, I am actually a bit more curious about the difference between coding drunk and checking sober vs. coding sober, checking sober... But I suppose checking drunk would be amusing too.
"they are wont to deliberate when drinking hard about the most important of their affairs, and whatsoever conclusion has pleased them in their deliberation, this on the next day, when they are sober, the master of the house in which they happen to be when they deliberate lays before them for discussion: and if it pleases them when they are sober also, they adopt it, but if it does not please them, they let it go: and that on which they have had the first deliberation when they are sober, they consider again when they are drinking."
http://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/2707/pg2707.txt
I also agree with you in general, that checking things in different mental states is a good practice. With alcohol, I suspect the benefit is outweighed by the difficulty of spotting bugs when drunk -- but who knows?