chucktingle's comments

Hey, at this point I tried deleting my account, but couldn't find it in the UI. Is it even supported?

Anyway, can you give me a hand and ban me instead? Your help is much appreciated!

> Modern society needs to go beyond animal instinct.

Yes, especially when it's a certain minority of "modern" society that determines those needs for the society as a whole. I can assure you billionaires won't be eating bugs.

If you are interested in error-preventing and tamper-proof fund tracking systems, have a look at the UTXO model. Bitcoin and many cryptocurrencies use it, but the actual model predates Bitcoin.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unspent_transaction_output

Burn out detected! Ask me how I know :) I went through the same thing and it took me 5+ years to recover. I'm 42, so we're likely in the same boat.

First, don't give up and pick up areas in the industry that require people to actually be innovative and not be cogs in the machine. To me those areas are machine learning and blockchain development. I've dabbled in both, and figured I like the latter better. It's got a ton of hype and bullshit (machine learning has that too), but you are nowhere being a fungible developer.

> Nearing my 40s, so my profile is less appealing to employers, this field is very oriented to young people.

That applies only to webpack/react/graphql bullshit jobs. You should have figured out by now not to do those.

Another important advice - get your physical body in order. That should be your number one priority. Give up addictions (alcohol, drugs), get in shape, get strong!

It's not easy, but it gets better. Remember, when you are going through hell, keep going!

Then don't. Consider alternatives, set goals, and go for it.

Found the PP bot. Get back to posting pigeon jokes on FB, please.

Love the false dichotomy of you either having to work hard or being yourself. People will go at amazing lengths to justify being lazy. :)

Based Fossil user!

That's why I'm playing with Fossil: https://fossil-scm.org

Your site, your data, your source control and your project (wiki, issues, forum, chat) in a single binary and a single file. Can it get any better!

Yeah, I brought it up because my wrist pain completely disappeared after I started getting serious about calisthenics. My theory is that having strong wrists and grip makes keyboard and mouse strain a joke.

I also believe squats and deadlifts heal back pain faster than the fancy chairs that get shilled on this site too. :)

I wonder if a couple of months of strength training wouldn't have been much more effective.

And I mean nothing special here. Just grabbing heavy pieces of iron, lifting them up, putting them down.

Yes. Fuck CIA^H^Hloudflare.

Why, yes, of course. I wonder if it's possible to run a children's defense organization, or a women rights one, or maybe an agriculture union, and get labeled as terrorist. That would qualify all money transfers to and from your entity as money laundering.

I wish I was making this up... https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/inside-israel-s-decision...

>so complicated

Compared to what? GUI programming has always been hard on all platforms I tried.

Bukele is shorting the dollar by issuing dollar bonds and buying Bitcoin. Of course, the IMF is not happy.

Fully agree. To add to the list of "religious" mischief the CIA is involved with, let's take a look at the Tibetan situation and the current Dalai Lama:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIA_Tibetan_program

So, one of my neighbors is a car enthusiast. Can you imagine me walking into his garage, looking at the car he's working on and starting to whine about why I'd need all his tools and special machines in order to get the same car? Who in his right mind wouldn't want to just sit in the car and turn the key?!

That is why it isn't the year of the custom car yet. That person is clearly a part of the problem!

"Industrial Society and Its Future" came out 25 years ago and predicted and described lots of dark stuff that came true. Why didn't people listen?!

I'll give you two reasons.

1. In many countries $6500 is enough to start a business. I'd rather do that than pay for an overpriced piece of aluminum with a piece of fruit etched on one of the sides. What if I'm not the business type? That's fine. It's still probably better to save that money.

2. Modern computing is turning into a dumpster fire. It will be pretty soon that the Intel platform will work in the same way as the above-mentioned fruitty platform and you won't be able to run whatever software you want on it. While I agree OP is probably making his life extra miserable [1], I admire people like him, since their efforts will give us the next free/fun computing platform.

[1] I too run a Raspberry Pi at home, but I've long given up on turning it into a desktop machine. There is an easier way to run modern software on cheap hardware with a fraction of the hassle.

> If you are entry level programmer and you work weekends to finish a project for your employer while learning a lot

I think that's what I meant by aligning personal projects with career ones. I have no problem with this type of work.

I just wanted to bring up the point of making sure you're not being taken advantage of.

> Not everyone can start a side project or business at 22.

It depends on the project. There is no need for it to be a new business or a groundbreaking open source project. You can be a junior web developer that learns more about SQL and the PostgreSQL internals. Or packages your app with Docker, improves CI pipelines and/or runs it in k8s. Those types of projects get you hugely successful at your job while raising your programmer market value.