nomadic_09 | 1 year ago | on: How to build quickly
What in the world... are you me?
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nomadic_09 | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is your favorite motto?
I've always liked "Mens sana in corpore sano" and it's even better that they have almost the literal same saying Arabic (which I speak) that goes "العقل السليم في الجسم السليم"
Since Uni, I haven't changed this motto.
nomadic_09 | 8 years ago | on: Modern Media Is a DoS Attack on Free Will
> I'm thinking of ditching my iPhone for a flip phone.
That reminds me of my college days back in 2011 when I decided to go for a flip phone instead of a smartphone. Most of my friends thought I was peculiar for my insisting I use one and to do this day I still have that same flip phone, but not in use; just as a memento... sort of.
At the time, I wasn't really thinking about how my attention was a valuable resource or that most smartphone apps were major distractions. I just simply didn't like how inundated with features smartphones were. I always thought my laptop as my primary place of "getting-work-done" and my gaming laptop for entertainment (i.e. helluva lot of StarCraft II) and to have a phone that competed with that, but far worse, never sat well with me.
Looking back, I'm glad I did that and wish I could continue with a phone that could only text/call.
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nomadic_09 | 8 years ago | on: Someone forged my resignation letter
Be that as it may, the OP never mentioned where he is working from. As you probably already know, labor laws and business culture differ depending on where you live.
For instance, I live and work in Saudi Arabia right now, and there is a lot of red tape around firing Saudis in the workplace--even wages are partly determined by your country of origin.
nomadic_09 | 9 years ago | on: An Accident No One Talked About
That was real hard to read. I can kind of relate to how Alex felt.
nomadic_09 | 9 years ago | on: Screeps – An MMO strategy sandbox game for programmers
I almost feel guilty.
I remember hearing about starfighters.io sometime back and putting on my ever-growing tab of "Visit on freetime", but now it's--in all likelihood--gone forever.
nomadic_09 | 9 years ago | on: Reverse Culture Shock
It's nice to know that there are other "third-culture" people out there.
As an American-born Saudi, living most of my life to and fro between the two countries I'm from, I had quite the same experience.
nomadic_09 | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is S3 down?
I'm curious to see the postmortem for this.
nomadic_09 | 9 years ago | on: How Unix made it to the top
I risk sounding ignorant, but what does 'VMS' stand for?
I tried googling--led to several different results for VMS.
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