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I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by betwixthewires »

slyall wrote: post #388
usgroup wrote: post #286

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I appreciate the romance, but those of us who have children leave behind much more than stone walls we built in our 20s. He’s a 72 year old Batchelor who’s once stepped foot outside a Welsh valley. If happiness is a lobotomy then credit to us who don’t choose it.

Think of all the people who made an impact on history and the world. How many of them did it by having children? This guy at least got an article written about him, what have you done?

Precisely twice as many people have had an impact on the world by having children as the number that have had an impact on the world through action. Unless you believe that Mary was really a virgin. Then the number is slightly less than twice as many.

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Post by dang »

smcameron wrote: post #209

> I’ve never had Chinese, Indian, French food. Why change? I’ve already found the food I love. Jeeeeeeeeezus. That's some pathological parochialism right there. Try some new things, you might find some new things that you love that you didn't know you loved. You're rejecting Chinese food. You're rejecting Indian food. You're rejecting French food. And you're expecting anyone to take your opinion seriously? GTFO of to…

Please don't fulminate or call names on HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by betwixthewires »

heavenlyblue wrote: post #376
telesilla wrote: post #266

"This valley is cut in the shape of my heart". I've known farmers like him, bachelors who are mild mannered and love their lives and the extended family that comes with living an entire life in one valley. He maybe goes to Sunday service for socialization and the local pub to watch the game, and as long as his sheep are healthy and the sky does what it promises (because he knows the day before always if it will rain)…

Yeah, and if everyone in the world did exactly the same thing we would be already a) out of space on the planet b) starving because you can’t just eat sheep c) dying because there’s no high-functioning medical industry requiring a working manufacturing facilities to have nice things like MRI

1) we weren't running out of space on the planet until there was high functioning technology to prevent people from dying,

2) you can eat just sheep,

3) people lived just fine before we paid for massive bureaucratic buildings full of men to tell them they don't know what's wrong with them and full of facilities to keep people on life support.

Re: I’ve had the same supper for 10 years

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Post by berkes »

lostcolony wrote: post #534
berkes wrote: post #365

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It is not always possible, but as a senior software developer, I try to keep the feeling of 'finished' in my team. It is, by far, the most important piece in keeping a team happy, productive, cooperating and improving. Definition of done, demo's, releaseparties, well-defined delivery requirements, chopping up tasks, user stories, etc. All help a lot here. But all require effort to maintain, establish and improve. Con…

So I've actually never cared much for release parties. I think because by that point the work is 'done', and I'm ready to move on. Plus, if upper management is involved, it feels very parasitical ("let me attach myself to this launch"), and if they aren't it feels unnecessary (we know we did a good job). And the timing is always problematic; if it's literally as we release it feels disingenuous just knowing that if a…

From your story, you seem to have very different "release parties" than what I have encountered.

The ones I'm talking about are ranging from "buy some nice beers and munchies and drink one in the office" to "hire a boat, bring a radio" to "have dinner together". Basically a friendly, shoulderpatting event amongst peers.

*Edit: obviously all pre-covid lockdowns and work-from-home.

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Post by mensetmanusman »

tomrod wrote: post #718
mensetmanusman wrote: post #702

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That relies on a supernatural belief as well (free will).

Nah. I just choose, regardless whether the choice is apparent or real.

Apparent choices happen :)

(Passive voice is more apt.)

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Post by lostcolony »

berkes wrote: post #734
lostcolony wrote: post #534

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So I've actually never cared much for release parties. I think because by that point the work is 'done', and I'm ready to move on. Plus, if upper management is involved, it feels very parasitical ("let me attach myself to this launch"), and if they aren't it feels unnecessary (we know we did a good job). And the timing is always problematic; if it's literally as we release it feels disingenuous just knowing that if a…

From your story, you seem to have very different "release parties" than what I have encountered. The ones I'm talking about are ranging from "buy some nice beers and munchies and drink one in the office" to "hire a boat, bring a radio" to "have dinner together". Basically a friendly, shoulderpatting event amongst peers. *Edit: obviously all pre-covid lockdowns and work-from-home.

So that just sounds like a team event, which I try to do once a month just to help keep the team connected.

I think the difference is internal vs external release then. Our internal releases were generally "nice job" and the like, as we completed sprints. It was still a clear recognition of something being completed. The actual external facing launch that the company cared about, the 'go live', was more what I was referring to, and which never really meant much, to me at least.

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Post by tonyedgecombe »

BearOso wrote: post #683
tailspin2019 wrote: post #663

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This highly enjoyable comment reminds me of the pleasure of reading Walden (by Henry David Thoreau)

Except Walden was either satire or hypocrisy. Thoreau was rich through inheritance. Emerson lent him the cabin and land. It was only a 20-minute walk from his mother’s house, where he went for dinner every night.

How dare he live so close to home, what a fraud.

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Post by giantg2 »

SturgeonsLaw wrote: post #130
giantg2 wrote: post #42

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I know of people who do not eat veggies an have lived into their 70s before they have a stroke. The are also people who have strokes or other problems before 70 even if they eat their veggies. I fully expect that my high stress and sedentary life of a software developer will kill me long before 70. Such are the trade offs of a well paying profession.

You must be young if you think that dying in your 60's is a long, well lived life. The retirement age is around 65 (depending on where you live and work). Surely you want some time to live life without the obligations of work? Otherwise what is it all for?

"...if you think that dying in your 60's is a long, well lived life."

All I said was that I don't expect to get very old with the high stress, sedentary job.

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Post by thisCtx »

michaelmrose wrote: post #727
thisCtx wrote: post #723

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Dogs and smell were one example. Maybe it’s sight related. Maybe it’s electromagnetic field sensitivity. I’m not seeking meaning, I’m seeking falsifiable experiment to conclusively rule out the possibility.

Maybe it was communicating with its own kind?

Yep, maybe. This is an endlessly circular discussion without falsifiable experiment.

Which is my whole point.

You have fun falling into the abyss. I’m gonna go see what reality is made of.

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Post by ptr2voidStar »

purple_ferret wrote: post #657
TheRealDunkirk wrote: post #589

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A successful businessman on vacation was at the pier of a small coastal village when a small boat with just one fisherman docked. Inside the small boat were several large yellowfin tuna. The businessman complimented the fisherman on the quality of his fish and asked how long it took to catch them. The fisherman proudly replied, “Every morning, I go out in my boat for 30 minutes to fish. I’m the best fisherman in the…

But the fisherman rents and when his generous landlord sells to a real estate corp that capitalizes on market inefficiencies, he'll find himself out on the street and replaced by a remote software developer. When he gets heart disease in 20 years, he'll find himself in an underfunded public hospital too. When his kids grow up and he wants to send them to uni, he'll find himself taking out a 100K loan. Then he'll find…

Wow, this is such a harsh (but true) rebuttal to that story (which I've heard dozens of times before).

It is a bit Pollyannaish, but I guess, it comes from a good place

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