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Re: The gap between how old you are and how old you think you are

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Post by btbuildem » Wed, Mar 01, 2023, 11:42 PM UTC

incompatible wrote: post #136

simonblack wrote: post #3

I've felt about 22 for decades. Probably until my mid forties, I felt I was only about 19. That leads quite often to the situation where you are looking in shock at some elderly, bald person in the mirror while thinking "Who's that old bastard?". Or the sudden realisation "My God! I'm only two and a bit years off 80!" As the article says, there's a difference between the age you feel you are 'in your head' and the ag…

What does it mean to "feel about 22"? I don't feel like any particular age. I know what my age is, from subtracting my date of birth from the current date, and I don't see how it could be anything else. Edit: I suppose I feel now much the same as when I was actually 22, but all that suggests is that there isn't any "age feeling".

I think it means to feel like you belong in that age range - consider the activities, the interests, the associations a 22 yr old is likely to have. Daily routines, accomplishments, responsibilities, goals, etc.

Re: The gap between how old you are and how old you think you are

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Post by ryan-allen » Fri, Mar 03, 2023, 9:41 PM UTC

crdrost wrote: post #32

simonblack wrote: post #3

I've felt about 22 for decades. Probably until my mid forties, I felt I was only about 19. That leads quite often to the situation where you are looking in shock at some elderly, bald person in the mirror while thinking "Who's that old bastard?". Or the sudden realisation "My God! I'm only two and a bit years off 80!" As the article says, there's a difference between the age you feel you are 'in your head' and the ag…

Jukebox the Ghost in 2012, In my lungs I still feel young But my body won't play along I'm thinking this must not be where we Belong. Alan Kay was talking somewhere, but I don't have the link, about how a lot of his success in his youth had to do with the research community around him, and I think he was asked a question about how that sort of thing changes as you grow older... He replied that the combination of grow…

> she thinks I might have a mild or high-functioning ADHD that essentially gives me perpetual mid-to-late 20s enthusiasm with sime mild drawbacks

That is interesting! I do have ADHD and I'm now in my low 40s. The enthusiasm never goes away. I met an old housemate, whom I had not seen in 20 years, and he said "You were eager, and unlike the other housemates you were much more open to things and not set in your ways."

I said mate, nothing has changed! It really is a pain when your peers don't want to try new things, but on the other hand, it's a good personality for leading a bunch of young guns with fire in their bellies!

Re: The gap between how old you are and how old you think you are

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Post by smsm42 » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 8:24 PM UTC

crdrost wrote: post #32

simonblack wrote: post #3

I've felt about 22 for decades. Probably until my mid forties, I felt I was only about 19. That leads quite often to the situation where you are looking in shock at some elderly, bald person in the mirror while thinking "Who's that old bastard?". Or the sudden realisation "My God! I'm only two and a bit years off 80!" As the article says, there's a difference between the age you feel you are 'in your head' and the ag…

Jukebox the Ghost in 2012, In my lungs I still feel young But my body won't play along I'm thinking this must not be where we Belong. Alan Kay was talking somewhere, but I don't have the link, about how a lot of his success in his youth had to do with the research community around him, and I think he was asked a question about how that sort of thing changes as you grow older... He replied that the combination of grow…

For the young guys the experience of learning a new thing and playing with it is likely more valuable than for the guys that already had that experience a dozen times or so. It's not that older guys don't like new experiences, it that some experiences aren't new for them anymore.

Re: The gap between how old you are and how old you think you are

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Post by smsm42 » Sat, Mar 04, 2023, 8:26 PM UTC

Aeolun wrote: post #113

gnz11 wrote: post #41

Earlier quoted context omitted.

In general (nothing against Kotlin) I think it probably has to do with the prospect of having to fiddle about and work late with new tech for the same outcome as what you would have gotten with the tried and true tech. At the end of the day, I want to spend my time with my friends and family and not burning the midnight hours on work tasks that could have been avoided.

In my personal experience working with Kotlin saves you half the time on typing alone.

If saving on typing time is the primary goal, APL is the way.