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Thin desires are eating life

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Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by viraptor »

ianstormtaylor wrote: post #47

I can't help but feel that this article was written in a format that is the textual equivalent of thin desires… Every sentence is separated into its own paragraph, like each one is supposed to be revelatory (or maybe tweet-worthy). It's pretty common design knowledge that if you try to emphasize everything, you end up emphasizing nothing. The result is that reading the article feels choppy, and weirdly unsatisfying,…

It matches the way she speaks in the videos.

I don't mind that.

It's a vibe.

Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by megamix »

I appreciated the post, this is just not correct thought if you've heard about Open source.

"The entire economy of software assumes that code should serve millions to justify its existence."

Maybe she points to /tech industry/ and not /software/

Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by RyJones »

skeeter2020 wrote: post #49
RyJones wrote: post #27

I send postcards when I travel. I love doing it. https://findingfavorites.podbean.com/e/ry-jones-postcards/

I'm an Engineering Manager. I print out certificates for people on (and beyond) my teams, referencing something they accomplished (big or small), add one of the "boy scout badges" I bought in bulk from AliExpress (and then retroactively created & reference a set of values based on the iconography) and mail out "Engineering Merit Badges" to our remote employees. Maybe a few think it's dumb but the vast majority love i…

One my convoys from Tallinn to Kyiv, I make little dog tags https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AYSqxFiEeps and coins to hand out to drivers and staff. For work, I used to make poker chips: https://github.com/ryjones/recognition/blob/main/chips.md and coins: https://github.com/ryjones/recognition/blob/main/coins.md . When we did coins, I would custom engrave them for TSC/TOC/TAC members and people in the community I knew I would meet at events. https://youtu.be/0LXsauB5Qao

See also gift boxes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=21uGljlJVoI

Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by Europas »

My thick desire is unfortunate a 40h grind to pay bills.

If i would have money tomorrow, i would know immediadly what i would do: Slowly and steadily renovate a old house, building a park/garden, having greenhouses and doing pottery.

Having a workshop and doing everything thick.

I hope i can achieve this before i'm 45 because i have the slight worry, that either AI will take over and my dreams break or i'm to old/fragile/broken to enjoy that.

Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by Jolter »

megamix wrote: post #204

I appreciated the post, this is just not correct thought if you've heard about Open source. "The entire economy of software assumes that code should serve millions to justify its existence." Maybe she points to /tech industry/ and not /software/

Where is this ”economy of software” which is not part of the ”tech industry”?

Re: Thin desires are eating life

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Post by peanut-walrus »

poemxo wrote: post #149
ianstormtaylor wrote: post #47

I can't help but feel that this article was written in a format that is the textual equivalent of thin desires… Every sentence is separated into its own paragraph, like each one is supposed to be revelatory (or maybe tweet-worthy). It's pretty common design knowledge that if you try to emphasize everything, you end up emphasizing nothing. The result is that reading the article feels choppy, and weirdly unsatisfying,…

Your need to quip about the article's presentation instead of its meaning is a thin desire.

Presentation and context are important to understand the meaning of a text.
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