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It makes me feel better, because there's more to fix :) Life was really bad for me about 13 years ago, and that means it's easier to relate to other peoples' s

It makes me feel better, because there's more to fix :) Life was really bad for me about 13 years ago, and that means it's easier to relate to other peoples' suffering now. People have practical needs - food, shelter, a little money - but need community even more. Thanks to ambivalents pointing it out, I read the article, including Chekov's story of the little hammer. I also remembered UncleBob talking about code: "clean as you go" [1]. We can make the world a better place, but the solution isn't to pay someone else to do it professionally - we have to all take responsibility and fix our little parts of the world as we go along. We can also make it better by not only filing bug reports, but suggesting what to do instead. Then we'll all be saying "thank you" all the time! Treating others in the way that we want to be treated (not how they treat us), dying to ourselves, and giving thanks - that's a message from someone who did "come and save us", our Savior. I'm not very good at following his instructions though >_< [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSaAMQVq01E&t=2021s https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSaAMQVq01E&t=2021s

mistermann 5y ago
> We can also make it better by not only filing bug reports, but suggesting what to do instead. Then we'll all be saying "thank you" all the time! I have a fairly long list of bug reports regarding reality, including suggestions of how things could be improved. Is there somewhere that I can file these such that they might get addressed, or at least considered?
- peterburkimsher 5y ago
  There's 2 hard things in life: naming things (knowing who to tell) and cache invalidation (forgetting to tell them). When it's totally outside our control, we can always let the great Debugger know how things are going, and if there's a problem, ask to stop time and hack some solution in. We have to live with the consequences of that being answered though, so be careful what you pray for!
  - mistermann 5y ago
    The Great Debugger, how can one get in touch with this entity?
    - peterburkimsher 5y ago
      Well, being omnipresent, it's not hard to make sure that your message is heard. And being omniscient, language shouldn't be a problem. We just want to make sure our messages go to the right entity. And that requires naming things. In whose name do you pray? There is a neat end-of-file marker that works in most human languages though: "Amen." When the Debugger stepped into human life, now that was something special, Immanuel. His name seems like the most logical name to talk to, because we can know Him personally.
      - mistermann 5y ago
        When you think about it, it's kind of funny in the year 2021 in an increasingly secular "democratic" country, your recommendation is probably similarly effective to most any other option out there.

mistermann 5y ago

> We can also make it better by not only filing bug reports, but suggesting what to do instead. Then we'll all be saying "thank you" all the time! I have a fairly long list of bug reports regarding reality, including suggestions of how things could be improved. Is there somewhere that I can file these such that they might get addressed, or at least considered?

peterburkimsher 5y ago
There's 2 hard things in life: naming things (knowing who to tell) and cache invalidation (forgetting to tell them). When it's totally outside our control, we can always let the great Debugger know how things are going, and if there's a problem, ask to stop time and hack some solution in. We have to live with the consequences of that being answered though, so be careful what you pray for!
- mistermann 5y ago
  The Great Debugger, how can one get in touch with this entity?
  - peterburkimsher 5y ago
    Well, being omnipresent, it's not hard to make sure that your message is heard. And being omniscient, language shouldn't be a problem. We just want to make sure our messages go to the right entity. And that requires naming things. In whose name do you pray? There is a neat end-of-file marker that works in most human languages though: "Amen." When the Debugger stepped into human life, now that was something special, Immanuel. His name seems like the most logical name to talk to, because we can know Him personally.
    - mistermann 5y ago
      When you think about it, it's kind of funny in the year 2021 in an increasingly secular "democratic" country, your recommendation is probably similarly effective to most any other option out there.