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Love a great “do you know who you’re dealing with” HN moment. Justine’s APE [0] project is one of the few things to induce in me true, nostalgic, nerdful glee

Love a great “do you know who you’re dealing with” HN moment. Justine’s APE [0] project is one of the few things to induce in me true, nostalgic, nerdful glee in the last few years. [0] https://justine.lol/ape.html https://justine.lol/ape.html

f1shy 3y ago
Wow… some think Java is portable… this is so nice!
digging 3y ago
Ok but sidenote, that Greek-letter titling is emotionally upsetting, even if the title is SR-accessible (κύδος for that though).
- violiner 3y ago
  Yeah I read it as "Astmally pdrtable echesmtable". People shouldn't do this.
  - IggleSniggle 3y ago
    "Astmally pdrtable echesmtale" is a very aesthetically pleasing name for what this, though. You just made me like it more...
johnnyanmac 3y ago
Ahh geez. I see stuff like this going on in the background and I wonder what I'm even doing in my life, pushing pencils in comparison to actually, truly solving problems.I'd love to tackle more stuff like this, but I feel trapped chasing what I need to pay the bills (said pencil pushing). At the same time, companies seem so quick to layoff that I question how I even grow to the point where I'd be trusted with such problems. Do I really just need to do a 2nd full time duty in the open source community to get that growth?
- nvarsj 3y ago
  The perpetual inner turmoil for talented engineers :). I accepted a while ago that there's more to life than coding and career, so I don't do much outside of work - 40-50 hours a week of engineering is enough for me. But I try to focus on getting the best job possible that fits what I like to do. Obviously spending 20+ hours a week on interesting OSS is going to get you more interesting roles over time, and generally OSS stuff is way more fun because you can pick what interests you. But you have to decide if it's worth the cost - do you really want to spend 60 hours+ a week just doing coding / engineering? Maybe you do, but in that case you'd probably be doing it already.
- sadhorse 3y ago
  If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. Face the reality of your situation. While others do what they want you do what you are "supposed" to do, and you know how this feels. Good luck.
  - wiseowise 3y ago
    > If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. Nah, not how it works.
  - sgu999 3y ago
    > If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. What a rude and profoundly dumb statement. Are all the ones who bust their arses out of necessity failures or do they simply want to endure pain? Caring for a handicapped child, parent, being trapped in a poor country, etc. I'd be curious to know where most of you around here who put desires above all else are coming from.
    - sadhorse 3y ago
      I don't understand where you are coming from. I've met cab drivers in the third world that are successful, because they live the life they want. I've met investment bankers in the first world that are failures, they are rich but can't do what they want because "N reasons", trapped as you put. A parent that cares for a disabled child is only a failure as long as he does not want to do it but has to. In this case he is not only a failure but a horrible person. I volunteer to care for old people 1h per month and I do not consider this a burden or entrapping or nothing like that. In fact I've met my first wife like this.
vidarh 3y ago
If you're going down that route, make sure to take a look at this source file for it[1], which is an absolute work of art not just for the code but for the artistic presentation, including elaborate inline logos. [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jart/cosmopolitan/1.0/ape/ape.S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jart/cosmopolitan/1.0/ape/...

f1shy 3y ago

Wow… some think Java is portable… this is so nice!

digging 3y ago

Ok but sidenote, that Greek-letter titling is emotionally upsetting, even if the title is SR-accessible (κύδος for that though).

violiner 3y ago
Yeah I read it as "Astmally pdrtable echesmtable". People shouldn't do this.
- IggleSniggle 3y ago
  "Astmally pdrtable echesmtale" is a very aesthetically pleasing name for what this, though. You just made me like it more...

johnnyanmac 3y ago

Ahh geez. I see stuff like this going on in the background and I wonder what I'm even doing in my life, pushing pencils in comparison to actually, truly solving problems.I'd love to tackle more stuff like this, but I feel trapped chasing what I need to pay the bills (said pencil pushing). At the same time, companies seem so quick to layoff that I question how I even grow to the point where I'd be trusted with such problems. Do I really just need to do a 2nd full time duty in the open source community to get that growth?

nvarsj 3y ago
The perpetual inner turmoil for talented engineers :). I accepted a while ago that there's more to life than coding and career, so I don't do much outside of work - 40-50 hours a week of engineering is enough for me. But I try to focus on getting the best job possible that fits what I like to do. Obviously spending 20+ hours a week on interesting OSS is going to get you more interesting roles over time, and generally OSS stuff is way more fun because you can pick what interests you. But you have to decide if it's worth the cost - do you really want to spend 60 hours+ a week just doing coding / engineering? Maybe you do, but in that case you'd probably be doing it already.
sadhorse 3y ago
If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. Face the reality of your situation. While others do what they want you do what you are "supposed" to do, and you know how this feels. Good luck.
- wiseowise 3y ago
  > If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. Nah, not how it works.
- sgu999 3y ago
  > If you are not living the life you want then you are a failure. What a rude and profoundly dumb statement. Are all the ones who bust their arses out of necessity failures or do they simply want to endure pain? Caring for a handicapped child, parent, being trapped in a poor country, etc. I'd be curious to know where most of you around here who put desires above all else are coming from.
  - sadhorse 3y ago
    I don't understand where you are coming from. I've met cab drivers in the third world that are successful, because they live the life they want. I've met investment bankers in the first world that are failures, they are rich but can't do what they want because "N reasons", trapped as you put. A parent that cares for a disabled child is only a failure as long as he does not want to do it but has to. In this case he is not only a failure but a horrible person. I volunteer to care for old people 1h per month and I do not consider this a burden or entrapping or nothing like that. In fact I've met my first wife like this.

vidarh 3y ago

If you're going down that route, make sure to take a look at this source file for it[1], which is an absolute work of art not just for the code but for the artistic presentation, including elaborate inline logos. [1] https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jart/cosmopolitan/1.0/ape/ape.S https://raw.githubusercontent.com/jart/cosmopolitan/1.0/ape/...