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Re:Learning to code at 56 on Thursday January 12, 2017 @10:48AM (#13383107)
learn arabic, learn japanese, learn chemistry. "coding" is dense and every craft has its skilled practitioners. will anyone read your code in two hundred years?
Re:Nothing to be done on Tuesday January 10, 2017 @04:10PM (#13369018)
The "nothing to be done" disaster is problematic. Did this condition originate from concepts developed by 16th century thinkers? Why don't we consider the volumes written in Arabic? The platform of sixteenth century thought that remains with us did not emerge from nothingness. Also, if the concept is not flawed, someone preceded them in correctness. "Attribution Disease"
Re:Learning to code at 56 on Friday January 06, 2017 @03:53PM (#13340090)
Regarding a quote from Dan Bunten "No developer, on their deathbed, hopes for more time alone at a computer screen". Perhaps a quote from an expert, or perhaps not, either way this quote resonates with me. I have some contempt for "certified experts" anyway. The carrot at the end of the obstacle course is this: helping people become better may exponentially increase your reward while tinkering in front of a screen is risky business.
Re:Diamonds Suck (2006) on Sunday November 13, 2016 @01:20PM (#12944707)
men and women are different hombre, you won't convince anybody without muscle.
Re:The Massacre at Monkey Hill on Wednesday October 12, 2016 @09:23PM (#12697704)
indeed, football and cockblocking are pillars
Re:End Geoblocking on Monday June 06, 2016 @12:13PM (#11847838)
geoblocking is better than some other types of blocking i can think of
Re:Learn Docker by building a Microservice on Wednesday June 01, 2016 @08:53AM (#11813952)
are there different ways to put boards together so that they all run *nix? or are intel, asus, msi and gigabyte all doing the same thing?
the cost to pay at the end of the road is exorbitant. with this in mind, would anyone like to commit to a culture of holding fast to 'wrong and strong'? show me where i am wrong and may you be rewarded. people compete to build the best tools. fix the solution before the solution fixes you. prepare the answer before you are prepared by the answer. the task is great. you may describe the problem in any language you wish, veneered depravity is worse than dealing with what it is.
Re:Terms and conditions word by word on Tuesday May 24, 2016 @01:15PM (#11763411)
You took the path of reading EULA's carefully?! These documents are painfully lacking in clarity and sincerity. Content generators basically chump subscribers into clicking "I Agree".
Re:Misperceiving Bullshit as Profound on Thursday May 05, 2016 @10:07AM (#11636198)
perspective is crucial; this conflict will continue
aye man; embrace change
Re:The Hedonic Treadmill on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @02:14PM (#11536471)
twenty kilograms of high-grade worthless, without devoting my life to writing the anti-statement: "even a treadmill can benefit a person, it is the perspective of the person on the treadmill that matters" - you sweat, you win, no sweat, you lose.
Re:Estimating Community Drug Abuse by Wastewater Analysis on Wednesday April 20, 2016 @01:04PM (#11535868)
can we get a map of caffeine intake by region.
Re:The Advantage of Abundant Thinking on Tuesday April 19, 2016 @03:49PM (#11529669)
some people produce more benefit half-sleep than thirty-five of those who appear to be awake. I'll pass on 'abundant thinking'...
like asymptomatic disease...
Re:My Biggest Regret as a Programmer on Wednesday April 06, 2016 @12:33PM (#11439853)
I regret sitting down.
Re:GPG signature verification on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @02:53PM (#11433258)
I would love this to become a list of the benefits of adopting a 'reinvent the wheel' approach to building things.
Re:Developers, Being Treated Poorly? You Are Not Alone on Tuesday April 05, 2016 @09:41AM (#11430257)
everyone can get their share of being treated poorly; there is enough to go around.
I got caught up in that C64 madness. I walked away from that game thinking that the quickest way to victory includes robbing the natives. Never again.
Re:Retirement Nomads: Too poor to retire and too young to die on Tuesday February 02, 2016 @04:40PM (#11022896)
hey man; what you do is ..... do you know what the definition of is, is!
Re:Resolutions for programmers (2012) on Wednesday December 30, 2015 @09:55AM (#10812250)
high stakes carpentry - build a desk and put expensive devices on it.
Re:Can India modernize without relying heavily on coal? on Tuesday December 29, 2015 @09:10AM (#10806710)
ah