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Astrology seems like such a strange thing for a Haskell developer to be spending her time on. I wouldn't think twice about it if the back-end was written in Py
by TheMagicHorsey 5y ago
Astrology seems like such a strange thing for a Haskell developer to be spending her time on. I wouldn't think twice about it if the back-end was written in Python, but I just find it strange that she's sharp enough to be a Haskell pioneer, but still thinks the positions of stars influences what approach you should take in a relationship.
- nybble41 5y agoYou probably don't need to believe in astrology to work there. Perhaps she just feels that this is a simple and mostly harmless way to separate some irrational individuals from their money. Which, on the whole, is probably a net benefit to society: If they weren't spending their discretionary funds on $20 astrology-themed in-app purchases they might instead put it toward something really dangerous.
- parafactual 5y agoIt's possible to think that astrology is useful even if the positions of celestial bodies don't actually matter.
- arrow7000 5y agoUseful in what sense then? The placebo effect?
- aarpmcgee 5y agoI use it as a psychological projection tool. I use divinatory tools like astrology, tarot, or the I Ching to examine how I'm perceiving and processing my circumstances. Seeing what fits, what doesn't, what I want to fit, and what I want not to fit. imo, folks that say it "isn't real" are missing the point.