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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by macspoofing on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:46PM (#24498882)
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).
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by kochthesecond on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:13PM (#24499161)
Well, shit. I just started rock climbing. Like half the other tech workers in my city.
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by dilyevsky on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @09:10PM (#24500073)
When you actually go out and climb rock/snow/ice (as opposed to plastic) number of tech folks falls dramatically (although still non zero)
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by tick_tock_tick on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @10:09PM (#24500434)
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).
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by rbg246 on Thursday September 17, 2020 @06:41AM (#24503000)
I was going to say I rock climb in Victoria, Australia but I've never met anyone in tech!
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:38PM (#24499379)
Who said try one?
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @06:55PM (#24498991)
Because he or she wasn’t thinking rationally. He or she was just using their sheep brain.
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by sushid on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:15PM (#24499178)
You’re the one thinking irrationally. You’re completing missing the poster’s point.
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Re:What happened to all the non-programmers? (2015) by babesh on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @07:35PM (#24499358)
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.

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