Ws32ok

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by Ws32ok 8y ago
And once again, read https://postmeritocracy.org/ and you’ll find the text I quoted verbatim. And my comment still stands in reference to the URL I provided. The wording is quite clear in that manifesto and I responded to t
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
I was referring to https://postmeritocracy.org/ As per the comment to which I was replying.
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
Just one example from that manifesto: “We have an ethical responsibility to refuse to work on software that will negatively impact the well-being of other people.” This a terrible slippery slope. It eliminates any military, security or eve
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
Let’s face it, if you can’t make a pong app for your platform in a few hours then you’re probably not an app developer. If you can’t point at a portfolio of work and/or customers then building a work sample isn’t unheard of. That said,
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
Useful links for the idly curious like me. More welcome. Rent cloud access http://www.timeshare400.com/ Hercules http://www.hercules-390.org/ Debian s390x is linux that seems to be supported.
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
Fine. I want to learn how to maintain/write software for a mainframe. How do I start? Can I get access to one? Can I build up something I can learn on? What is the best path for doing this? How would I usefully gain enough experience
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
I’m happy with this. The trauma from events that happened decades before my birth still haunt me. Still, we have a long way to go. Linux and Mac are full of triggering words and concepts which need to be made acceptable. If only Unix didn’t
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
I too develop software using this mythical language known as C. I haven’t seen any unicorns yet but I do seem to have found a quantity of gold. But no rainbow.
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by Ws32ok 8y ago
The penny dropped for me about 5 years ago. I cleared my account out. Didn’t bother deleting the account though.