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by mb_72 13y ago
"I am a Christian simply because I believe there has to be something more to this life." Why not be a Buddhist or believe in some other religion then? They also offer something that will make you feel comfortable with your belief;
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by mb_72 13y ago
In this instance clearly there was no scripting involved; your point addresses a straw man, not the reality of the situation in the original article.
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by mb_72 13y ago
It causes me discomfort, yes, because if a beginner over-estimates what they are doing then they are in for more disappointment when they discover what they are really doing.
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by mb_72 13y ago
As a beginner to programming I had enough self-awareness to realise that my achievements were of little to no interest to those with more ability and experience, and certainly would not have been worth publishing in a magazine (as the equiv
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by mb_72 13y ago
Putting aside the payment issue, as that's a confusing one even for 'professionals' in this modern music world - I find it difficult to believe people will get much joy from something they have no talent at. More to the point
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by mb_72 13y ago
Facebook is essential where I live (Estonia) for promoting the band I;m in, and for being hooked into music events. Back in my 'home' country (Australia), it's used less for this purpose, but it is still used this way. Like a
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by mb_72 13y ago
Just to clarify, I was a paid user, and am still yet to receive my refund. As I've recommended Spideroak to my clients, and several of them are also paid customers of yours, this puts in me in a difficult position.
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by mb_72 13y ago
Well .... making a website != programming. Maybe it's because I'm old (41, starting programming on a TRS-80 in the early 80s), but I'm astonished sometimes at how much fuss is made over such relatively minor achievements. Thi
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by mb_72 13y ago
All well and good ... until Spideroak stops syncing, customer support can't explain it and you're told it will be ... get ready ... at least one month before one of their tech guys can look at the problem. I was with Spideroak for
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by mb_72 13y ago
I was also wondering about these things, as well as wondering whether it's possible to send him a letter of support - ?
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by mb_72 13y ago
It was a self-commenting C++ friend function named "ifyouusethisfunctioniwillstrangleyoumyself", written by our extremely talented team leader. There were a couple of times it was necessary to call this function; the name was ther
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by mb_72 13y ago
Living in Australia, as I do most of the time - you would be hard-pushed to 'get by' without a car. The distances to even basic facilities are too large, the population is too-widely distributed for public transport to be a realis
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by mb_72 13y ago
I'm happy to hear that. Music has been a constant for me throughout career / software / relationship up and downs. Best of luck moving forwards!
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by mb_72 13y ago
I don't know if this might work for you, but what has worked for me is playing music; as a form of meditation and especially as a form of social interface. It might be worth a try learning an instrument, then - once you have gained a c
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by mb_72 13y ago
You could make that comparison if African Americans had been invaders of the US, but not otherwise. Narva is a huge problem for the Estonian government - unemployment there is high, and the educational institutions struggle to field teacher
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by mb_72 13y ago
The population in Estonia is less than 1.3 million, and without a policy change (or some major regional changes, eg war), it is hard to see how the decline will be reversed. Most of the young people here I know can see no future for themsel
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by mb_72 13y ago
Then that could well make you one of ultra-nationalistic Estonians who would rather see their country and language die rather than have it be 'tainted'. I'm half Australian and half Estonian - and have citizenship of both cou
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by mb_72 13y ago
Spending money and seeing the results of spending the money are two different things entirely.
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by mb_72 14y ago
This will show my age but ... as a junior developer, I was responsible for generating the 'gold' floppy disk set for our application. The second disk of five held hundreds of small report template files, and without a post-disk build defrag
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by mb_72 14y ago
Good question - I guess I see 'talent' most commonly as the ability to quickly turn time applied into results - more talented programmers are productive more quickly in new environments, more talented musicians achieve more with an hour's p
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by mb_72 14y ago
I compare it to trying to learn a musical instrument: - most people can learn to some degree - hard work and dedication can compensate for a lack of ability - for those of little talent, their end-point ability will always be very limited -
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by mb_72 14y ago
MBTI is a data point - it's unwise to use a single data point for understanding oneself and others. For me personally, 'my' type accords with the type of person I am and have been, and - as one aspect of the psychiatric consultations I wa
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by mb_72 14y ago
Perhaps some variant of a buckling spring / clicky / mechanical switched keyboard? It's a lifetime-lasting gift.
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by mb_72 14y ago
Yes - BSc in Maths and Comp Sci (earned in 1993, cue stroking of beard and dyeing of grey hair). It definitely helped land me my first job, although my then-manager never had a degree and was / is far and away the best developer I've known.
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by mb_72 14y ago
In my experience it's common for a significant portion of developers to undervalue their skills and the value of the stuff they make. So - no, it's a not a dick move, and the large majority of people will get why you did it. Now as for the
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by mb_72 14y ago
Ahh, the good old simulation argument: http://www.simulation-argument.com/ The paper (linked above) is a 'must-read', IMHO, and moderately-easily understandable.
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by mb_72 14y ago
Likely falling on the 'old' side of the spectrum of posters here, I can't help but feel quite sentimental when I see these kind of articles - and regret, once again, that I wasn't born earlier so I could a) participate in the 'when it was s
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by mb_72 14y ago
'Real' crazy intellectuals and artists don't study medicine, they study the Humanities or don't study at all. The rigor and discipline required of medical students and doctors would actually favour those being 'normal'; I wouldn't, personal
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by mb_72 14y ago
Being in a Thai immigration prison waiting to be deported is one of the last places someone would wish to find themselves. I agree that Asia in general is more 'flexible' than Western countries in terms of living, however an uneducated an
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by mb_72 14y ago
Have you seen Stick's site? This page in particular will help: http://www.stickmanbangkok.com/living.html

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