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The calm down comment was referring to your other post, the WE DON'T CARE one. I'm not telling you you can't, or shouldn't. You want to go to Mars? That's a fu

by lutze 14y ago

The calm down comment was referring to your other post, the WE DON'T CARE one. I'm not telling you you can't, or shouldn't. You want to go to Mars? That's a fucking great aspiration. I'm just saying I don't think software is going to be a major export. Or anything really... unless they find something valuable that's uniquely Martian. Stop being offended by people disagreeing with you.

cryptoz 14y ago
You were trying to tell HN that basements are better for us nerds than Mars. That's absurd and I will not just chill back and let that attitude prevail, as it undermines my very existence. It's insulting and it's offensive. Not only that, but it undermines the whole human enterprise of exploration of the unknown. I completely agree with you that software will not be a major export. Nothing will be a major export. But that's completely irrelevant to everything I've said; I'm a programmer, and I will be able to afford a $500,000 house or a trip to Mars in my mid-40s. If I go, I will be unlikely to work a job purely Mars-based, and it makes sense that I would continue with my work as I do here on Earth: writing software. Your suggestions that Earth basements are better for that life is...well, I don't really have words for how offensive that is. I'm not offended by your disagreement with me, I'm offended at your attitude that nerds should stay in Earth basements and not go to amazing places like Mars.
- pg 14y ago
  Will you guys please stop this?
  - cryptoz 14y ago
    Sure. Sorry Paul.
  - lutze 14y ago
    "Will you guys please stop this?" Absolutely, sorry. The nerd thing was a joke. I thought the assumption here was that we're all nerds? Edit: because I put things in the wrong place.
  - nhebb 14y ago
    The remainder of the voyage to Mars was quiet aboard the USS HNterprise after Captain Graham threatened to "turn this rocket ship around if you two don't stop fighting".

by lutze 14y ago

cryptoz 14y ago

You were trying to tell HN that basements are better for us nerds than Mars. That's absurd and I will not just chill back and let that attitude prevail, as it undermines my very existence. It's insulting and it's offensive. Not only that, but it undermines the whole human enterprise of exploration of the unknown. I completely agree with you that software will not be a major export. Nothing will be a major export. But that's completely irrelevant to everything I've said; I'm a programmer, and I will be able to afford a $500,000 house or a trip to Mars in my mid-40s. If I go, I will be unlikely to work a job purely Mars-based, and it makes sense that I would continue with my work as I do here on Earth: writing software. Your suggestions that Earth basements are better for that life is...well, I don't really have words for how offensive that is. I'm not offended by your disagreement with me, I'm offended at your attitude that nerds should stay in Earth basements and not go to amazing places like Mars.

pg 14y ago
Will you guys please stop this?
- cryptoz 14y ago
  Sure. Sorry Paul.
- lutze 14y ago
  "Will you guys please stop this?" Absolutely, sorry. The nerd thing was a joke. I thought the assumption here was that we're all nerds? Edit: because I put things in the wrong place.
- nhebb 14y ago
  The remainder of the voyage to Mars was quiet aboard the USS HNterprise after Captain Graham threatened to "turn this rocket ship around if you two don't stop fighting".