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Re:Ask HN: If you can program computers in the afterlife, wo... by mindcrime on Monday March 20, 2023 @10:51AM (#35232341)
I'm thinking about converting to being Amish to escape computers in the current life. The last thing I want is to spend the afterlife messing with computers. I've had my fill of mismatched libraries, opaque error messages, arcane compiler output, bizarre Maven problems, grotesque Gradle garbage, complex C++ complaints, mundane Make malfeasance, befuddling Macintoshes, loopy Linux, and Windows in general.

Hard pass from me.

Re:Ask HN: If you can program computers in the afterlife, wo... by Idiot_in_Vain on Monday March 20, 2023 @11:06AM (#35232583)
Depends on what other options are available in "the afterlife". Program or burn in hell - sure I can do a bit of programming. Program or spend time on the beach in good company - I'll have to pass on the programming thing.
Re:Ask HN: If you can program computers in the afterlife, wo... by RMWildly on Monday March 20, 2023 @01:01PM (#35234732)
I suppose if I have eternity to play with it's hard to rule out.
Re:Ask HN: If you can program computers in the afterlife, wo... by amts on Monday March 20, 2023 @02:34PM (#35236399)
You are making a typical overgeneralisation (or lack of consciousness) error thinking about "afterlife" as if it were any other object you're used to think of, thus making half of the question ill-formulated.