Good work Dylan. Many of us may want to follow suit if we hope to survive climate change
Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
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Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#22I went from "not again" to "yay!" in a fraction of a second.
same. happy this is not another _why situation.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#23To me the most interesting thing about this is that his github history shows he really gave up in 2021, with almost no commits since then. I don't know enough of the context of these repos, their significance or ongoing use, but it feels weird to return just to archive en masse. I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing…
> I think it might actually be the least worst option - leaving it open as if you might return gives a false sense of the project, and passing to a successor is a lot of work.
IMO that's exactly it, the guy wanted to give a strong signal and not string people along. That I respect a lot.
> We really put a lot on the heads of solitary people with the open source model.
I don't know who is "we" in your sentence but "we the working programmers" are busy as hell and most of us are not as privileged to basically wonder what do we do with our time. Whoever has the time and energy and if they can muster the motivation, please help -- the OSS world desperately needs much more people, and has always needed them. The rest of us who have to prioritize well-being and family are excused for wanting to spend a few leisure hours a day.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#24I do hope they enjoy it. I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work. Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant…
> if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well
Don't know if it was intentional, but this maligns some of the hardest-working and down-to-earth people that I've ever known as crooked.
But perhaps this is just referring to taxes, but farmers are also not incented to fudge too much on their taxes: they receive subsidies, and very little is paid with cash anymore, so is easily tracked.
Sadly, most farms today are huge corporate operations, so perhaps that's what you're talking about, but out of the less than 25% of the remaining family-sized operations, most are not wealthy by any stretch. Perhaps that's what they're doing "wrong".
I think one of the reasons you can't really be crooked as a farmer is because it's a small community and everyone knows everyone else. If you rip someone else off, everyone will know. It's much easier to be crooked in a bigger city where there's another sucker born every day.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#25I do hope they enjoy it. I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work. Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant…
> You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there's more tech in a tractor than in some startups. > and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well. Yea, most people dont get what a "future" is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a les…
Does the Farming Simulator series of games aim to replicate this complicated variety of skills?
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#26Farming for fun is probably ok but farming for income sounds like a horrific idea
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#27I do hope they enjoy it. I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work. Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant…
> You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there's more tech in a tractor than in some startups. > and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well. Yea, most people dont get what a "future" is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a les…
> You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist
Not sure how commmon this is anymore. The age of the family farm with a mix of livestock, rotating crops, and woodlands are long gone in the developed world. Each of these tasks would be handled mostly by a professional in any serious farming operation.
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#28Twice in my life now I've thought about the effort I've been putting in to my various projects and the lack of satisfaction I've subsequently received, and generally thought about giving it all up and going back to my dad's goat farm (Note that a single goat can go for about €1000). Then I let loose for a week, touch grass, allow my mind to wander/wonder and - boom - a new coding project consumes me and I rekindle th…
One has to wonder if this sort of thing would be less frequent if the West had a decent attitude regarding time off and vacations. Its inconceivable to me that folks in that part of the world don't get more than 2 or 3 weeks off every year, most often, unpaid.
(Dylan is an Australian - they only have a moderately slightly better attitude about vacation than the USA, alas. 4 weeks instead of 2-3, on average. /laughs in Austrian ..)
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#29I do hope they enjoy it. I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work. Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant…
> if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well Don't know if it was intentional, but this maligns some of the hardest-working and down-to-earth people that I've ever known as crooked. But perhaps this is just referring to taxes, but farmers are also not incented to fudge too much on their taxes: they receive subsidies, and very little is paid with cash anymore, so is easily tracked. Sadly, most farms today ar…
Is there something about farming that precludes one from being crooked? Are there any other jobs that are above reproach?
Re: Neofetch developer archives all his repositories: "Have taken up farming"
#30I do hope they enjoy it. I grew up in a farming community, and whist it can be rewarding, if you are trying to make money, or be self sufficient, its fucking hard work. Is it harder than programming? thats a subjective call. Objectively its physically harder work, mentally its way more varied. You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist, and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant…
> You need to be a welder, plumber, vet, horticulturist, builder, metrologist I love this about farmers. They are the polymaths of our age and folks dont get it. Farming YouTube is a trip because there's more tech in a tractor than in some startups. > and if you're doing properly, crooked accountant as well. Yea, most people dont get what a "future" is, and why corn and lumber have them (but not onions... thats a les…
> (but not onions... thats a lesson too)
That was too enticing to not look up. Wow, the story behind that is something: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onion_Futures_Act
Edit: There's a Planet Money with more on this story (which I've not listened to): https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2015/10/14/448718171/epis...