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To your surprise, you may find that many went through same challenges as you have. That's why I post things I "should never say" under my real name. Ten years
by michaelochurch 13y ago
To your surprise, you may find that many went through same challenges as you have.
That's why I post things I "should never say" under my real name. Ten years from now when I succeed in spite of it, I want people to realize that this painful shit is part of the path, rather than suffering in silence and being ashamed of their (actually very common) setbacks. We live in a phenomenally stupid world where a lot of horrendous, incapable people have power, and if there is anything good about you, you will suffer for it; but people overcome that anyway. It's not as common as it should be, but it happens.
I can't stand this world where people pretend to be happier than they are in order to project status, and thus create a world of full-out dishonesty that almost no one has the courage to challenge. I'd much rather bring out the truth so we can start fixing things and solving problems. I'm young, but I won't always be; so let's get this shit over with, be completely honest with ourselves as a society, tear down whatever powers deserve it, and build something better.
- strlen 13y agoErm, I understand you have some strong opinions on this, but I actually meant something slightly different: people go through tough periods but generally bounce back and are actually happy (even during their tough periods). It isn't evidence that you need to "tear down whatever powers ": how confident are you that whatever you'll build will actually be better? I'll say one last thing: if your system design goal is having a high uptime guarantee, it's easier to do so by building systems that have a low mean time to recovery (MTTR) as opposed to infinitely high mean time between failure (MTBF). Applying this analogy to other topics is left as exercise to reader.
- michaelochurch 13y agopeople go through tough periods but generally bounce back and are actually happy (even during their tough periods). I believe that, too. I'm not an unhappy person. I'm angry often, but if you recognize anger and put it in its proper place, it need not be overwhelming. There's nothing wrong with having anger. The problem is letting it control you; that's when you're losing. Happiness and anger are not mutually exclusive. In fact, it's hard to be happy if you don't experience negative emotions (anger, fear, disgust) in proper, limited, and appropriate ways. It isn't evidence that you need to "tear down whatever powers ": how confident are you that whatever you'll build will actually be better? Extremely so. The world (at least, the business world; I don't think public-sector "politicians" are that bad, the worst are rarely worse than the constituents who elect them) is run by some of the worst people imaginable.
- theorique 13y agoThe world (at least, the business world; I don't think public-sector "politicians" are that bad, the worst are rarely worse than the constituents who elect them) is run by some of the worst people imaginable. Most of your comments don't seem particularly anti-business, but this seems fairly out there. What's your basis for this particular claim?