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Post by math-dev » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 10:42 PM UTC

bjoli wrote: post #174

math-dev wrote: post #152

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Thats great! Do you find music and programming are complimentary pursuits? I listen to a lot of music when I code and I know others who do that too

the way I use programming it is! music can always be better. I can always practice and polish scales, work on sound and improve in general. programming for me is like crosswords: I see a problem, I ponder on it, I solve it. The horizon is so much shorter I feel it is something that keeps me sane. But in many ways they are the same. You learn a technique or a tool, and suddenly it makes some things that were previousl…

Post by something98 » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 11:01 PM UTC

justathrowaway2 wrote: post #157

snickersnee11 wrote: post #58

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This is interesting! How many hours a day do you spend at work? In what position? I think it's a very good opportunity for smart, tech-savvy people to realize their dreams. It's hard for me to do it myself, my day job completely exhausts me, usually by the end of the day I have no interest in doing anything else. That's why I've always admired people who can combine work and hobbies and be successful at them.

Not OP but philosophy student as well, paying my bills with programming. I spend 20 hours a week in a junior position, having four to five days a week for everything else that interests me. I am not particularly keen on having a „career“ in the classical sense. I don’t want a family with kids, don’t travel and have below average material needs. There is truth in the saying that making your hobby a profession will suc…

Post by opinion-is-bad » Sat, Oct 09, 2021, 11:40 PM UTC

Delk wrote: post #145

opinion-is-bad wrote: post #49

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The biggest problem with product development for agriculture use cases is that the conditions are extreme, every situation is unique, and the customers don’t really want what you are selling. It adds up to a lot of failed companies with good ideas that just couldn’t crack the distribution layer. There is definitely demand for tractors from new producers. The inability to repair a tractor during harvest is simply unac…

What kinds of repair needs do you usually run into that require vendor's technicians? Is it e.g. electrical, or are they the stereotypical "everything is a computer" type of problems that everybody complains about in cars? Can you try to fix even mechanical problems yourself, or are those typically not the issue? Asking out of plain curiosity.

Post by usnelson » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 2:16 AM UTC

Post by rPlayer6554 » Sun, Oct 10, 2021, 5:09 AM UTC

Godel_unicode wrote: post #104

rPlayer6554 wrote: post #54

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Off topic, but is there meaning behind your name or is it just two things you like? (Yes I know who/what Godel and Unicode are)

I don't remember the whole story, but the original username I was going to use was going to be gödel and then something about incompleteness. Since Unicode isn't allowed for usernames here, I changed it to this.