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Re: Ask HN: Have you ever had a changed-your-life moment?

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Post by em-bee »

k_sze wrote: post #26

I think learning Python changed my life. Learning Groovy came close, but it wasn’t as popular as Python, and the Java ecosystem was still a drag. Python actually made programming effortless and enjoyable for me.

i had a similar experience. when i started to study i did an internship at a friends company where i was programming ATMs and related software with case tools in your typical office environment. i decided then, that i hated working in an office and even though i studied computer science, i'd not work as a fulltime programmer.

until i discovered the pike programming language, and i realized that programming is actually fun, or as you say effortless and enjoyable and i realized that working in an office was not the reason why i didn't like programming but not working on meaningful projects with enjoyable tools.

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Post by atemerev »

nicbou wrote: post #226
atemerev wrote: post #132

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I am already an immigrant, so I don’t have the full social security in the country I currently live, and yet I have to pay all taxes and social charges. If and when I won’t be able to sustain myself, they’ll just kick me out. And I have no interest in returning to my home country (Russia), for obvious reasons.

If you can't get the pension you pay for, you are usually entitled to a refund for your pension payments. At least that's the case in Germany.

If I move to another country, yes. I have no intention to, but I can’t get a permanent resident permit here for a multitude of reasons.

Re: Ask HN: Have you ever had a changed-your-life moment?

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Post by nicbou »

atemerev wrote: post #242
nicbou wrote: post #226

Earlier quoted context omitted.

If you can't get the pension you pay for, you are usually entitled to a refund for your pension payments. At least that's the case in Germany.

If I move to another country, yes. I have no intention to, but I can’t get a permanent resident permit here for a multitude of reasons.

Perhaps I can lend a hand. Feel free to email me at contact@allaboutberlin.com. I'm familiar with all the challenges immigrants face in Germany.

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Post by arkbg1 »

nkantar wrote: post #212
dole wrote: post #166

Earlier quoted context omitted.

More like 1983. This was me at our local Sears department store, loading up every demo BASIC computer with digital vandalism.

I’m guessing the parent was referencing Aaron Swartz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Swartz

checks out

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Post by throwaway378037 »

sakerbos wrote: post #175
throwaway378037 wrote: post #161

Learning about ayahuasca in 2011, randomly when at a business lunch - the day after breaking up with my girlfriend - and taking it a year later for the first time Changed my life fundamentally

Interested to know how it changed your life? My wife and I have been watching a show on Netflix called "How to Change your Mind" and have been contemplating trying either LSD, shrooms or ayahuasca (we're not really druggies, we're just really interested in living more connected and meaningful lives and it seems those substances really help in initiating the process).

Just saw this. Yeah it’s hard to describe. I took it a few times a year for about 7 years with a wonderful community in Europe and Brazil. I’m just a very different person now than when I started. Sometimes it was a fundamental shift, other times more gradual.

It sounds like you have a good approach though. I’m also not someone who drinks or takes drugs, and come at it more from the Pollan way of thinking. All the best

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Post by LeonTheremin »

schizophrenic wrote: post #221

I was perfectly healthy before 2016 (other than some sleep issues) and then experienced a very traumatic psychotic episode, which was quite life-changing (for the worse, unfortunately)! I ended up in a semi-vegetative state and had to go on disability for 6 months because I couldn't sleep and my mind just wouldn't function (random intrusive thoughts or memory retrieval issues like "blanking" when trying to remember r…

This is called "Electronic Harassment" / "Mind Control" enabled by real-time electromagnetic surveillance and directed energy weaponry.

All clandestine and ongoing since the 80s.

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