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Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#51

Post by youdonthavekids » Thu, May 14, 2020, 8:06 AM UTC

crimsonalucard wrote: post #50

youdonthavekids wrote: post #49

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I doubt you have a way to do anything significant.

Don't change the topic. We're talking about you and your entire career spent making systems that only exist because of sales people have insider connections with big companies. Then ERP locks in their tech in by tightly integrating your shit system with business processes so the company can never leave without a massive overhaul. ERP is another word for technical debt that can never be removed. Nobody would be using…

It was the first 7 years of my career - not my whole career.

Of course there is a large amount of lock in, how else would it work? You're modelling every business process on software, to move away from that would be costly. That's the very nature of software, especially complex software modelling real world complex critical processes. This isn't some ticketing app written in node that you can change as easily as your socks. This is the system that powers the worlds finance systems and supply chains.

I'm aware of the downsides, I've written whole chapters in books about the downsides. DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me?

It's easy to hate something that's too complex for you to understand. Idiots have done that throughout history.

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#52

Post by crimsonalucard » Thu, May 14, 2020, 8:16 AM UTC

youdonthavekids wrote: post #51

crimsonalucard wrote: post #50

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Don't change the topic. We're talking about you and your entire career spent making systems that only exist because of sales people have insider connections with big companies. Then ERP locks in their tech in by tightly integrating your shit system with business processes so the company can never leave without a massive overhaul. ERP is another word for technical debt that can never be removed. Nobody would be using…

It was the first 7 years of my career - not my whole career. Of course there is a large amount of lock in, how else would it work? You're modelling every business process on software, to move away from that would be costly. That's the very nature of software, especially complex software modelling real world complex critical processes. This isn't some ticketing app written in node that you can change as easily as your…

>DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me?

Get off your high horse. Do you think your words would make anyone want to impress you? I assure you 100% I absolutely give 0 shits about anything that you've done.

Let me tell you what's going on in my mind so you can understand your fellow humans better:

I fucking hate you. I want to end you. Do you fucking get it? I think you represent one of the worst examples of how low humanity can sink. Lack of respect for other people, complete arrogance and inability to communicate respectfully with another person.

>t's easy to hate something that's too complex for you to understand.

I don't hate something I don't understand, I ask questions, try to find out more. What I hate it people who lack common human decency (you).

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#53

Post by youdonthavekids » Thu, May 14, 2020, 10:34 AM UTC

crimsonalucard wrote: post #52

youdonthavekids wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was the first 7 years of my career - not my whole career. Of course there is a large amount of lock in, how else would it work? You're modelling every business process on software, to move away from that would be costly. That's the very nature of software, especially complex software modelling real world complex critical processes. This isn't some ticketing app written in node that you can change as easily as your…

>DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me? Get off your high horse. Do you think your words would make anyone want to impress you? I assure you 100% I absolutely give 0 shits about anything that you've done. Let me tell you what's going on in my mind so you can understand your fellow humans better: I fucking hate you. I want to end you. Do you fucking get it? I think you represent o…

Good lord you're a cunt.

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#54

Post by dwenzek » Thu, May 14, 2020, 8:30 PM UTC

Someone1234 wrote: post #2

Long but the meat is missing. The most important subsection is "Most moments of distraction are caused by internal triggers." But that section lacks anything approaching concrete advice. It just repeats already written ideas then offers this: > So if you want to deal with distraction the first thing you have to do is deal with the negative emotional triggers that lead to it. The next section, regardless of the title,…

On the contrary, I really found this article insightful.

Yes, there are few concrete pieces of advice to tackle the "internal triggers" of distraction. These are to be found in ourself and any tricks, like turning off all of the notifications, will only address the surface of the problem. Any concrete advice would risk here to conceal the truth that that hard word is not easy.

I like the path proposed by the article.

* searching in oneself for the deep obstacles toward our goals. boredom? loneliness? fatigue? uncertainty?

* clarifying our priorities into a concrete daily schedule;

* imposing ourselves a routine on what matters

* and even using pacts with ourselves.

Looking closely at my own current habits, this helped me to better understand what I already do well and what I need to improve.

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#55

Post by dang » Fri, May 15, 2020, 5:45 AM UTC

youdonthavekids wrote: post #53

crimsonalucard wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me? Get off your high horse. Do you think your words would make anyone want to impress you? I assure you 100% I absolutely give 0 shits about anything that you've done. Let me tell you what's going on in my mind so you can understand your fellow humans better: I fucking hate you. I want to end you. Do you fucking get it? I think you represent o…

Good lord you're a cunt.

We've banned this account for obvious reasons spanning multiple threads. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#56

Post by dang » Fri, May 15, 2020, 5:46 AM UTC

crimsonalucard wrote: post #52

youdonthavekids wrote: post #51

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It was the first 7 years of my career - not my whole career. Of course there is a large amount of lock in, how else would it work? You're modelling every business process on software, to move away from that would be costly. That's the very nature of software, especially complex software modelling real world complex critical processes. This isn't some ticketing app written in node that you can change as easily as your…

>DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me? Get off your high horse. Do you think your words would make anyone want to impress you? I assure you 100% I absolutely give 0 shits about anything that you've done. Let me tell you what's going on in my mind so you can understand your fellow humans better: I fucking hate you. I want to end you. Do you fucking get it? I think you represent o…

We've banned this account for obvious reasons spanning multiple threads. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future.

I'm sad to ban someone who's been here for 9 years and made many positive contributions, but the damage you did in the last 24 hours on HN is outrageous, and this has been a problem more than once in the past (e.g. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17791870).

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#57

Post by crimsonalucard » Fri, May 15, 2020, 6:14 AM UTC

dang wrote: post #56

crimsonalucard wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

>DO you think your 22 year old smart arse ignorance is somehow impressing me? Get off your high horse. Do you think your words would make anyone want to impress you? I assure you 100% I absolutely give 0 shits about anything that you've done. Let me tell you what's going on in my mind so you can understand your fellow humans better: I fucking hate you. I want to end you. Do you fucking get it? I think you represent o…

We've banned this account for obvious reasons spanning multiple threads. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. I'm sad to ban someone who's been here for 9 years and made many positive contributions, but the damage you did in the last 24 hours on HN is outrageous, and this has been a problem more than once i…

It's ok. I expected this. Consider this a criticism of HN. Maybe one day I'll email you and give you a reason. But I can always just make a new account.

Basically I tried using the flag multiple times when I'm insulted and you have failed repeatedly to remedy the situation and there were even times you basically unflagged the people who have been offensive. I'm left in a situation where I invested a lot of time into writing comments and I have to just take it and I have no mechanism to protect myself because every response I make is an opening for them to subtract my karma.

It's emotionally taxing to invest time into writing comments here and emotionally taxing to read insulting criticism and just sit there and take the insult when you've basically been ignoring my flags.

The fact that you selectively moderate everything has led me to realize that it's not worth it to invest time to write my opinions on HN. What's outrageous is that I've been here 9 years and I just decided it's not worth it to let this bad actor insult me and sit here while you basically ignore the whole situation.

The only reason you responded is because I decided to defend my self and this amped up the situation two fold. Other than that his rude responses would have been completely ignored even if I flagged his posts.

>I'm sad to ban someone who's been here for 9 years and made many positive contributions,

This is just not true. You aren't even aware of what positive contributions I have made to HN. I've just been here for a while.

Why am I even writing this. It's not like you care enough to change.

Re: Stop trying to make hard work easy

#58

Post by dang » Sat, May 16, 2020, 7:17 AM UTC

crimsonalucard wrote: post #57

dang wrote: post #56

Earlier quoted context omitted.

We've banned this account for obvious reasons spanning multiple threads. If you don't want to be banned, you're welcome to email hn@ycombinator.com and give us reason to believe that you'll follow the rules in the future. I'm sad to ban someone who's been here for 9 years and made many positive contributions, but the damage you did in the last 24 hours on HN is outrageous, and this has been a problem more than once i…

It's ok. I expected this. Consider this a criticism of HN. Maybe one day I'll email you and give you a reason. But I can always just make a new account. Basically I tried using the flag multiple times when I'm insulted and you have failed repeatedly to remedy the situation and there were even times you basically unflagged the people who have been offensive. I'm left in a situation where I invested a lot of time into…

I care enough to respond to you, for what it's worth. I think the main problem here is the experience of being insulted and the wish to defend against insults. Because we have so little information about each other in these little internet comments, it's extremely easy to perceive insults where there wasn't anything much. More importantly though, even if someone does post an insult, it's just a shitty internet comment. Why respond in kind? It's beneath your dignity and does no good. It feeds the other person's inclination to go further, and damages the container here. I'm not suggesting that you turn the other cheek exactly; just that it's in your and HN's interest for you to just ignore it when people post nasty things.

I believe readers (intelligent ones at least) look to see who stopped replying first and extend greater respect to that one. It feels exactly the opposite in the moment: I have to defend myself lest the other comment stand unrefuted. But actually the commenter with the greater strength to ignore insults and/or walk away is the one who looks better on the internet. I'm writing this for myself as much as anything, since I find this a difficult lesson to learn.