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"my assumption is that whatever they hate is simply the same thing they fear in themselves." Hold on. It's late where I am, I'm tired, and this might be me per
by SCdF 13y ago
"my assumption is that whatever they hate is simply the same thing they fear in themselves."
Hold on. It's late where I am, I'm tired, and this might be me performing some kind of logically fallacy but: are you saying that if I hate Paris Hilton I'm actually internally scared of being an airhead who gets far more publicity than she deserves?
I think saying "what you're doing is stupid because X" is pointless, navel-focused and unproductive, though not necessarily even remotely wrong.
Here's what I'd like: I'd like instead for a discussion to take place on exactly what areas we can write code in that changes the world in a useful and laudable way.
The medical imaging example is sort of interesting, because I've worked on hospital software before and the biggest challenge has nothing to do with writing code, it has to do with politics and money. I've occasionally thought of apps that you could build and run in a hospital (watch HL7 traffic and send alerts when probable bad things happen, e.g. patients get prescribed too much drugs / odd medications), but again: writing the code is not the hard part, getting it into hospitals is.
I'd like to know what problems I can help solve now, where the main problem is actually writing code.
- petenixey 13y agoInteresting example. I kind of wonder why you would hate her. She may be a irritating but she hasn't killed anyone, stolen anything or brought down any banks. However, if you value intelligence, meritocratic success and substance over style then the fact that Paris apparently represents the opposite of those things is bound to be unpleasant. Is it really her that's so distasteful though or the fact that people seem to like her for it. If it's the latter then she's bound to be unpleasant by association. On a different note I think idea that Paris is an airhead is probably misguided. Being a billionaire heiress will only fly for so long before the press lose interest and like Kim K she's been an extraordinarily savvy girl in keeping the ball rolling.
- bilbo0s 13y agoMedical and molecular imaging code is, hands down, the hardest code I have ever written. Because you have to guarantee it's correctness. Obviously HL7 is trivial... but I don't think that's what the guy was talking about. He was talking about the hard stuff.
- gizzlon 13y ago"my assumption is that whatever they hate is simply the same thing they fear in themselves." I sort of dislike murdering paedophiles.. I guess that means.. uhm..
- ccallebs 13y agoPlaying devil's advocate, hating Paris Hilton could have something to do with a longing or desire to be accepted, loved, or renown. She has those things with traits that you find far from ideal. This could breed resentment. It's especially interesting as you didn't mention her wealth at all, just her publicity. Disclaimer: Pure speculation.
- ippisl 13y agoA good starting point is rhok.org/problems.