boggydepot

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by boggydepot 10y ago
Anything other than programming. Being human is so much more than programming. Division of Labor has sucked the human in me. Learning philosophy from Epicurus, Socrates, Kant, Confucius, Marx has helped me achieve a new perspective on how I
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Related, a documentary film by John Pilger about the news we get: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glnYs7Fz0SM As for the "concern" topic. I believe it's an evidence that you have to do something about it. But
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by boggydepot 10y ago
No, it's because they'd gain more profit by firing you. Most (if not all) business are only there for the profit; it was never about making the world a better place. If you disagree, think again.
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by boggydepot 10y ago
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Accumulation of 'Means of Production' in Action.
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Imho, wedding rings are overrated. And they will just get lost in a few months/years. Having a super cheap ring is fine. The same deal with ultra expensive weddings. But remember, this is just my opinion. I am more in agreement with Ep
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Looks like this one: https://news.ycombinator.com/threads?id=boggydepot
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Related question: Is there a way for me to check replies to my comments? Or my posts?
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Karl Marx have put a great deal of time thinking about this. He's ideas are the basis of the Soviet Union. I believe he's analysis of our current system/economy is a real mind-opener and a must-read. Here's a quick intro
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by boggydepot 10y ago
This is where Jesus comes in: We must get everyone mature and not be greedy. Also my favorite, Epicurus: Epicureanism: Having enough wealth that is enough to get you your Freedom is enough. More that that won't make you happy. Instead
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by boggydepot 10y ago
I'd go historian. After spending sometime reading/watching about Marxism, Ancient Greek Philosophers (Epicurus and Socrates) and Confucianism. History is probably something that will really give you context on a lot of things. Phi
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Is there a good supply of digital nomad jobs for 'java backend' folks like me? Or is it mostly front-end/design? If so, I guess, my only option is to be an expert on some js stack huh?
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Ask HN: How much software is duplicated?
1 points by boggydepot 10y ago|1 comments
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by boggydepot 10y ago
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Man. Why not just accept folks who might not yet be so good and train him/her. Of course determine if he/she is genuinely willing to learn. Looking at hobby projects should be an indicator that he/she is passionate on program
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by boggydepot 10y ago
> You only build software if you're making something new that hasn't been made before. Or has been proprietary. This is why we should choose copyleft licenses over permissive ones. This project I am working on is a bit boring,
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by boggydepot 10y ago
So what's the alternative? If you had a time machine and went back in time, what would you recommend/bring as an alternative to JSON?
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Hearts of Iron if you haven't played that will teach you WW2 history too. I've learn new countries like Estonia; and history of china.
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by boggydepot 10y ago
not out of the box, but the js vm used is based on webkit. for pure js deps, it can probably use them. but maven repo is what you have out of the box which contains all (mostly) the libraries for java
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by boggydepot 10y ago
I think he meant the js not java. Question about node js, So async model is the good part, js is the bad part, why use js then?
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Does the author mean "Free Software" as in Freedom (free software movement)? Doesn't seem so.
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by boggydepot 10y ago
Just some random question. Can you give some insight on how "Greenspuns Tenth Rule Of Programming" apply in this 30million LoC? thanks in advance
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by boggydepot 10y ago
your sentences fit in that blog post about a conversation with someone who wanted to build a simple web app in jquery
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Ask HN: Any good alternative to AHK?
1 points by boggydepot 10y ago|1 comments
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by boggydepot 10y ago
> People want results, not understand their problems. Software Managers more commonly known as PM
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by boggydepot 10y ago
meanwhile in Maldives...
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by boggydepot 10y ago
yep, friends what we need - epicurus
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by boggydepot 10y ago
I hope the startup time doesn't increase. Paint has been really great (and very fast) whenever you just need to cut & paste screenshots together like I did here: https://cloud.githubusercontent.com/assets/75921