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Well, now that's a stretch :D
I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
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Re: I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
#12Yes the grunts are a PITA and you never catch yourself in time, they sneak out as if possessing wills of their own.
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#13Yes the grunts are a PITA and you never catch yourself in time, they sneak out as if possessing wills of their own.
When it happens to me I usually joke "I mean, not-(grunt)" when I'm around my wife. Not so much with others, they might not get it.
Re: I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
#14Yes the radio is always on and will remain so. I can’t be bothered by streaming services.
Re: I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
#15I am 60 years old and as a person always learning I have accumulated a huge stack of knowledge and I think my mind is in a very good shape so I still can learn new things quickly. Long time ago I found a good balance between life and work, and a good paid job by european standards. The only problem is that sometimes I envy the 200K $ paid jobs, but there are two main walls to pursue that salary: First: I have no work…
Have you looked at the free tiers offered by AWS or Azure? It's a great way to learn without spending anything.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26708148
The service is only free until you reach their limit. The post has 166 comments.
Re: I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
#16Many of these sound subjective, like always having the radio on.
Re: I’m nearly 60. Here’s what I’ve learned about growing old so far
#17Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you looked at the free tiers offered by AWS or Azure? It's a great way to learn without spending anything.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26708148 The service is only free until you reach their limit. The post has 166 comments.
Best way to prevent that is to set an account billing alert that will SMS you if your bill goes over $X dollars.
I doubt this feature will ever be implemented, as trying to provide some kind of real-time spend is extremely hard, especially when there are 100+ service bills that need to be aggregated, which usually is a batch process where these things get resolved.
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#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Have you looked at the free tiers offered by AWS or Azure? It's a great way to learn without spending anything.
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=26708148 The service is only free until you reach their limit. The post has 166 comments.
This sounds a lot like "an old guy's excuse".
If you are 60 years old, you learned how to monitor your spending in the late 1960s.
Same skill here.
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#19This concept that old-people skills are obsolete is a completely modern phenomena, and I'm dubious that it's even true.
The pace of change is fast, but only because we are still dealing with the consequences of the scientific and industrial revolutions. I now think of all technologies past ~1800 as "modern". Basically you should learn all of it to some degree.
19th century machinist skills? Still useful and valid. The basic design of a lathe has not changed since the late 1700s.
COBOL from the 1970s? Nobody is going to throw away so much working code. The first generation of programmers is dying off only now, trust me this stuff is going to be around for a long time. Same deal with C / C++.
Oil burner heating from the 1940s? It's a convenient upgrade from the prior coal technology (much easier to pour oil than bunker coal). Most of the systems installed are still there and running. Diesel fuel / jet fuel / heating oil is still probably the most convenient to use energy source.
A slight change to how web technologies work? Really not a big deal..
AWS? Their servers are still basically IBM PCs.
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#20> Your reflexes may have dulled a bit, but your tolerance for endless repetition will be immense.
I think that comes from having kids! I'm currently in that boat