On: Be Relentlessly Resourceful

[joechung]

Isn't the antonym of hapless opportunistic (without its negative connotation)?

[pg → joechung]

Opportunistic (without its negative connotation) = resourceful. That gets you the direction of the vector, then you add relentlessly as the magnitude.

[cosmo7 → joechung]

Hap is a middle English word meaning luck or fate. Things happen, mishaps occur. Perhaps.

Hapless means being in a situation with no logical way out, such as being stuck in quicksand, or being good at Ruby on Rails.

[aaronblohowiak → cosmo7]

Can you please elaborate on why being good at RoR is being in a situation with no logical way out?

[menloparkbum → aaronblohowiak]

Can you please elaborate on why being good at RoR is being in a situation with no logical way out?

Sure. I learned Ruby on Rails about 3 years ago at a startup. I've since been trying to do other things for employment, but nobody wants to pay me to do anything besides Rails. Lucky for me, the economy has collapsed so nobody wants to pay me to do Rails, either.

[dfranke → joechung]

Obviously, the opposite of hapless is hapful.

[Hexstream → dfranke]

I sometimes get annoyed at English's lack of symmetry.

  The opposite of...  is not...
  worthless           worthful
  senseless           senseful
  wasteful            wasteless
  handful             handless
  moreover            lessover (moreunder?)

[dfranke → Hexstream]

'wasteless' seems cromulent to me.

[KayEss → Hexstream]

flammable/inflammable?

[vlad → dfranke]

Or, hapmore.