Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by macspoofing on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:46PM
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That was partly the point he was making. When selecting a sport, he immediately gravitated to sports that are popular with tech people (i.e. ultimate, rock-climbing).
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by kochthesecond on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:13PM
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Well, shit. I just started rock climbing. Like half the other tech workers in my city.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by dilyevsky on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:10PM
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When you actually go out and climb rock/snow/ice (as opposed to plastic) number of tech folks falls dramatically (although still non zero)
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:09PM
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Depends how far you're going Castle Rock, the few climbs in the Berkeley hills, or even the Mt Diablo area is full of of tech folks (myself included).
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by rbg246 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:41AM
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I was going to say I rock climb in Victoria, Australia but I've never met anyone in tech!
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:38PM
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Who said try one?
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:55PM
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Because he or she wasn’t thinking rationally. He or she was just using their sheep brain.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by sushid on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:15PM
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You’re the one thinking irrationally. You’re completing missing the poster’s point.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:35PM
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No. I know the poster’s point. It’s argued badly. The poster is trying to argue that tech is a monoculture using their perspective as a lens. The author instead looks like a sheep and doesn’t notice all the other tech that are not like them.
The real problem is lack of rationality.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by roflc0ptic on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:03PM
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“The author doesn’t realize that football... is dangerous.” You really missed his meaning when he said “I don’t like traumatic brain injuries.” What he meant was that he had no interest in playing football because it’s dangerous.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:41PM
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Contact football even if restricted to people 150lb and below is STILL dangerous. It’s not the weight disparity which is partly how I read that. It’s that the force that even 120lb people generate is enough to cause concussions amongst people the same weight.
After college a bunch of lightweight kids from high school would get together and play football. Two straight meetings ending in concussions ended that. We were virtually all less than 150lb.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by strken on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:40PM
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The 150lb thing was pretty clearly because he thought his weight would be a disadvantage. Like saying he wouldn't play basketball because he was 5'4" and had a bad knee, the weight and the danger weren't related to each other, they were different factors in the final decision not to play.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Thursday September 17, 2020 @12:58AM
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If that is the case, that just shows that the author is on very tall stack of misconceptions. No one plays full contact football recreationally. It’s completely too dangerous. People mostly play flag football. Also most sports have leagues grouped by size or ability. The author dismissed the sport out of hand with wrong information.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by AtHeartEngineer on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:39PM
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I think you are missing their point
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by superduperuser on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:24PM
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Adults usually don't strap on gear and tackle each other at your local park. When I played, we most ran routes, which is passing plays, if we weren't playing a pick up game. When I read this part of OP, I guessed he or she didn't do too much research on recreational sports.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:36PM
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Flag football is non contact. Just like ultimate that the author was considering.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by wakawaka1 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:20PM
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Haha. Yes, but there is football... and then there’s futbol (ie soccer).
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by postsantum on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:17PM
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It's possible to be independent and rational and still come to the same conclusion.
Have I had a need to choose a sport without keeping that diversity question in mind, I'll probably have ended up with ultimate anyway. Cheap, safe, fun, team spirit - it checks all the boxes for a pragmatic mind
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:28PM
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Yes but the thinking process as expressed in the article did not show evidence of that. It showed weakness in reasoning and narrowness of thought.
Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015)
by zanellato19 on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @08:49PM
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I can't believe this comment is not sarcasm HAHA
You aren’t a slave to your current social setting. For instance, sports. There are far more than football and ultimate. Kind of irrational to stop at 2?
Here’s some help. Sailing. Soccer. Baseball. Softball. Tennis. Golf. Basketball. Table tennis. Badminton. Rock climbing. Bicycling. Trail running. Cricket. Swimming. Diving. Fishing. Roller blading. Dancing. Martial arts. Boxing. Bowling.
The author doesn’t realize that football even at 150lbs is dangerous. Try flag football.