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Aren't you proving the parents point? He was saying the only 60+ developers have always been developers... Also, having a wikipedia page that you wrote yoursel

by Volpe 14y ago

Aren't you proving the parents point? He was saying the only 60+ developers have always been developers... Also, having a wikipedia page that you wrote yourself, doesn't really say anything...

lutusp 14y ago
> Also, having a wikipedia page that you wrote yourself, doesn't really say anything... I didn't write the Wikipedia page. If you think otherwise, locate evidence to the contrary, like a responsible adult. And if you cannot locate evidence to the contrary, ask yourself whether you really want to go on record saying what you have just said about a named person.
- nacker 14y ago
  Your personal website is fascinating! Particularly the anti-psychology and Aspergers material. This piece was extremely well written and intructive: http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php
  - lutusp 14y ago
    > This piece was extremely well written and intructive: > http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php Thanks, but my latest article is better IMHO, as well as more up-to-date: http://arachnoid.com/trouble_with_psychology http://arachnoid.com/trouble_with_psychology Thanks again for your support.
    - nacker 14y ago
      I enjoyed the personal story, it was quite gripping! Inspired by "Broca's Brain" by Carl Sagan, I made it halfway through medical school with the intention of being a psychiatrist, before I finally realized that, on closer examination, psychiatry was not only a scam, but actually pernicious, repressive and evil!
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zerostar07 14y ago
No, he hasn't always been an android developer, plus the guy hasn't always been a developer (designed electronics for NASA before). You really believe anyone can write their wikipedia page and not have it deleted within 10 seconds? Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers who have literally seen it all, rather than the next-instagram-wannabe boys that frequent here.
- lutusp 14y ago
  > Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers ... Thanks, but for balance, I recently had a conversation with a talented young developer who, unlike me, is fully conversant with modern times. I said, "How do the Angry Birds developers make money if they give away their app?" He patiently replied, "It shows advertisements." My mid-20th century brain slowly wrapped itself around this idea: an application whose apparent purpose is to entertain, but whose real purpose is to deliver eyeballs to a vendor. Hmm.
  - zerostar07 14y ago
    That's not really a programming/development concept.
    - lutusp 14y ago
      Making money? Only if the programmer under discussion is a salaried employee, disconnected from any economic issues apart from being paid regularly. Some programmers still market what they write. Granted, this is a shrinking sector.
  - zargon 14y ago
    They also sell lots of Angry Birds merchandise. Clothing and plushies and pencil erasers and coloring books and keychains and usb drives and multitudes of other branded products. This article says that 30% of their revenue comes from merchandising and licensing: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio-profits-from-angry-birds-1079413 http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio...

by Volpe 14y ago

Aren't you proving the parents point? He was saying the only 60+ developers have always been developers... Also, having a wikipedia page that you wrote yourself, doesn't really say anything...

lutusp 14y ago

> Also, having a wikipedia page that you wrote yourself, doesn't really say anything... I didn't write the Wikipedia page. If you think otherwise, locate evidence to the contrary, like a responsible adult. And if you cannot locate evidence to the contrary, ask yourself whether you really want to go on record saying what you have just said about a named person.

nacker 14y ago
Your personal website is fascinating! Particularly the anti-psychology and Aspergers material. This piece was extremely well written and intructive: http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php
- lutusp 14y ago
  > This piece was extremely well written and intructive: > http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php http://arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php Thanks, but my latest article is better IMHO, as well as more up-to-date: http://arachnoid.com/trouble_with_psychology http://arachnoid.com/trouble_with_psychology Thanks again for your support.
  - nacker 14y ago
    I enjoyed the personal story, it was quite gripping! Inspired by "Broca's Brain" by Carl Sagan, I made it halfway through medical school with the intention of being a psychiatrist, before I finally realized that, on closer examination, psychiatry was not only a scam, but actually pernicious, repressive and evil!

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zerostar07 14y ago

No, he hasn't always been an android developer, plus the guy hasn't always been a developer (designed electronics for NASA before). You really believe anyone can write their wikipedia page and not have it deleted within 10 seconds? Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers who have literally seen it all, rather than the next-instagram-wannabe boys that frequent here.

lutusp 14y ago
> Personally i think there's a lot more to learn from seasoned developers ... Thanks, but for balance, I recently had a conversation with a talented young developer who, unlike me, is fully conversant with modern times. I said, "How do the Angry Birds developers make money if they give away their app?" He patiently replied, "It shows advertisements." My mid-20th century brain slowly wrapped itself around this idea: an application whose apparent purpose is to entertain, but whose real purpose is to deliver eyeballs to a vendor. Hmm.
- zerostar07 14y ago
  That's not really a programming/development concept.
  - lutusp 14y ago
    Making money? Only if the programmer under discussion is a salaried employee, disconnected from any economic issues apart from being paid regularly. Some programmers still market what they write. Granted, this is a shrinking sector.
- zargon 14y ago
  They also sell lots of Angry Birds merchandise. Clothing and plushies and pencil erasers and coloring books and keychains and usb drives and multitudes of other branded products. This article says that 30% of their revenue comes from merchandising and licensing: http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio-profits-from-angry-birds-1079413 http://www.techradar.com/us/news/world-of-tech/roundup/rovio...