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Post by mycall »

iberator wrote: post #25
halper wrote: post #21

I wonder what it says about me or my life that my first thought was that it sounded absolutely wonderful. I had a good stretch of time between jobs (fortunately voluntarily) a while back and ever since I have had a completely different outlook on life that is, sadly, not quite compatible with modern life. During my time unemployed my pace of life was more like it is when you are on a camping/hiking trip with a group…

> I wonder what it says about me or my life that my first thought was that it sounded absolutely wonderful. >I do not want to be homeless or get rid of my family, but it sure would be amazing to "be able to" (of course I have a choice: I can just resign) just spend time spending time. Trust me mate. Being homeless or a homeless traveler is HARD. I am homeless for 3 months now and it's absolutely devastating for my so…

> Being homeless or a homeless traveler is HARD.

You can have money or food supplies and still be a homeless traveler. While it is common to assume homeless is broke, sometimes adventure and not being strapped to a certain, civilized life is the goal. I'm always amazed how far legs can take you.

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Post by borski »

apt-apt-apt-apt wrote: post #109
borski wrote: post #103

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I didn’t say you could do it working for Amazon. There are plenty of law firms, medical offices, etc., that need software and IT help and are happy to have it part-time or provide flexibility. Sure, it won’t be FAANG, but that wasn’t what we were talking about here.

What kind of software development would law/medical/other offices need on a flexible basis? I'm having trouble envisioning a scenario where someone could realistically be a dev part-time.

There is always a ton of work; off-the-shelf tools are rarely off the shelf and require set up, maintenance, etc.

A lot of writing glue code to build dashboards and things.

Nowadays, a lot of AI work to improve attorney and paralegal efficiency, etc.

Law firms have software devs and/or IT on staff, or they contract it out. Contracting rather than a W2 is also an option.

It’s not “fun.” But it pays well and is often doable remotely / part-time.

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Post by munificent »

halper wrote: post #21

I wonder what it says about me or my life that my first thought was that it sounded absolutely wonderful. I had a good stretch of time between jobs (fortunately voluntarily) a while back and ever since I have had a completely different outlook on life that is, sadly, not quite compatible with modern life. During my time unemployed my pace of life was more like it is when you are on a camping/hiking trip with a group…

> a lot of the time spent on routine things like fetching water, lighting fires and prepping food. I would spend hours each day on prepping the dinner from scratch

I think about this a lot when it comes to AI automation for coding.

Yes, it's nice if an AI can speed up the sort of semi-mindless parts of programming. But I strongly suspect that I need those spans of time for my mind to do the background processing necessary for the actual intellectually challenging parts of the job.

I've written two books and anyone who has done that will telling that writing is exhausting. It's an act that is almost purely intellectual with very little menial labor. And it is so utterly draining that it's hard to do for more than a couple of hours a day.

I don't relish programming turning into that. I like the easy refactoring and bug fixing tasks because they provide a respite between periods of very deep thinking while still keeping me mostly focused on the overall problem domain. I suspect I would be an overall worse engineer if I lost those.

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Post by astroflection »

Y-bar wrote: post #84
that_guy_iain wrote: post #78

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We outlaw homelessness because we don't want homeless people on the streets littering the place. The bad behaviours you want to be outlawed are in fact already outlawed. It's just super hard to catch and convict on those. While it's a lot easier to prove someone is sleeping rough.

That’s two major problems baked into one. First: We hide the symptoms behind a veneer of illegality which allows us to ignore the underlying causes. Second: We intentionally write laws which has a proportionally negative effect based on social and medical class of citizens. A class which is already facing hardships. ”The law, in its majestic equality, forbids the rich and poor alike to sleep under bridges, to beg in…

There should be a majestic law that forbids both the rich and poor to use their position in public office to enrich themselves.

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Post by stronglikedan »

halper wrote: post #21

I wonder what it says about me or my life that my first thought was that it sounded absolutely wonderful. I had a good stretch of time between jobs (fortunately voluntarily) a while back and ever since I have had a completely different outlook on life that is, sadly, not quite compatible with modern life. During my time unemployed my pace of life was more like it is when you are on a camping/hiking trip with a group…

Surely you're taking a lunch break now that you're back to work, and that is enough time to hit the gym and scarf down some nutrients afterwards, leaving after work for family time. It only takes 15-20 minutes of activity per day to maintain fitness.

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Post by aa-jv »

noelwelsh wrote: post #81
aa-jv wrote: post #67

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I lived a pretty high life in Los Angeles for 15 years, and when the time came for me to move to Europe (I'm Australian), I had two weeks where I was basically homeless before the flight home - lease expired on the apartment, circumstances with couch-surfing were not ideal - so I tried two weeks living hard, to see what it was like, as I was also going to have a 6 month hiatus before Europe, back home in the Australi…

Where were you living in the Kimberley? I've only ever been to Broome in that region, but eating lizards definitely seemed optional.

Broome for a few days with family, then into the deep desert with Aborigine family members for a few months of walkabout and general western-society detox. I was very lucky to have been invited to see things most whiteys have absolutely no clue about. There are parts of the Kimberley/Pilbarra that are, quite simply, among the most spiritually rewarding places on the planet.

I would spend my days in serious anticipation of the night sky, a glorious spectacle which majesty is yet to be matched by any human thing I've seen since then.

It was awesome and something I do hope to do again before I perish. Probably the most impactful event in my life was waking up on a dry creek bed surrounded by camels, who had come in the night to sleep at my side, sharing the warm creek stone bed.

Catching snakes for tucker was fun too. ;)

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Post by aa-jv »

dyauspitr wrote: post #99
aa-jv wrote: post #67

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I lived a pretty high life in Los Angeles for 15 years, and when the time came for me to move to Europe (I'm Australian), I had two weeks where I was basically homeless before the flight home - lease expired on the apartment, circumstances with couch-surfing were not ideal - so I tried two weeks living hard, to see what it was like, as I was also going to have a 6 month hiatus before Europe, back home in the Australi…

Being homeless in a city doesn’t sound like fun at all. Being homeless in a rural buffer outside cities seems much more pleasant.

It was. The distinct contrast between the hell of street life in LA and the wild, uninhabited, yet entirely less hostile, wild outback, definitely gave me context for a life lived, since then, in awe of the folly of humanity.

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Post by hamdingers »

nonameiguess wrote: post #110
hamdingers wrote: post #104

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What a horrific misattribution. Doctors, nurses, the people who built and maintain the facilities they work in, and generations of researchers saved your life. Insurance is the rent-seeking middleman that exists between you and them for no purpose other than to shave a percentage off forthemselves.

That is ridiculously unfair. We're talking totals in the tens of millions for these procedures. You can make a very good argument it should be paid for by some other public means and I would not necessarily disagree with you, but given that doesn't currently happen, insurance did a lot more than just skim off the top. They paid for the work. And I'm not aware of any society out there right now that publicly provides…

I appreciate this backpedaling, but within the context of the thread your first comment credits insurance with your 7 orthopedic surgeries, and to that my response is more than fair.

I'm not sure what to make of the non sequitur to reddit threads though.

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Post by pavel_lishin »

sidewndr46 wrote: post #91
foreigner wrote: post #16

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Similar to Leslie Cochran in Austin.

Was that actually a thing? He passed away before I ever met him.

Was what actually a thing? Leslie? Leslie was definitely a person who existed, who was a sort of local weirdo. I met him, once, probably have a photo I could dig out somewhere.
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