Dubliners are welcome to join our get together tonight, shoot me an email!
But do you have a venue? Wouldn't everything be closed?
Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
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Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#92I hope I'm alone, or someone is getting a free show. I'm not wearing pants.
Also, Merry Christmas!
Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#93Your situation is way more common than you probably think. My IRC and discord channels have been very lively in the past 24h. Lots of shared good mood by people celebrating "alone by body, but not by mind".
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#94Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sounds like a great plan! Any way we here could help you out with some books or something?
Since I'm focusing on the job market, I'm collecting resources to learn C++. From what I gathered the best beginner book is Bjarne Stroustrup's Programming: Principles and Practice Using C++, which I think it'll be good since it's a programming book that uses C++ and not a book solely about C++. But I'm open to any advice.
A bit of algebra is good to know but more math knowledge is really only required if you want to work in a domain which requires it like Machine Learning, graphics engines, Scientific Computing, algorithm development and some other domains.
So I would explore and see how far you can get in math before investing to heavily into a specific language. If you want to learn one that’s useful in many domains and is easy to learn while focusing your studies on math my suggestion is Python.
Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#95I hope I'm alone, or someone is getting a free show. I'm not wearing pants. Also, Merry Christmas!
Go live on twitch! Oh oh oh
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#96Earlier quoted context omitted.
I'll be lying if I tell that I'm good. In 2022 I'll study to become a programmer. Focus on algorithms, data structures, and try to learn math (I'm very math illiterate, I don't know anything beyond basic arithmetic). So at least by this time next year I'll have more knowledge.
I’m a senior web application programmer in the US and absolutely suck at math. Most of the field doesn’t require much math. Basic geometry and algebra would be enough. Knowing the basics of how to calculate combinations and permutations is useful. Some people have recommended Kahn Academy. https://www.khanacademy.org/ Don’t be afraid to use a calculator when things get complex. Calculators are not cheating. But try t…
Thanks for the pointers.
Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#97Thank you for this gesture. I lost almost everything. Job, 7-year relationship, my mental health. Feeling that I'm not only alone but inadequate to have a life like anybody else. I'm still alive, so there's that.
I lost some parts of my mental health too after two last years (unrelated to global “events”, and partly due to a failed relationship). Idk if it makes it easier, but you’re faaar from alone in it. Just live through the biggest of this, because when things clump up they feel much worse than they are.
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#98I think this whole christmas thing makes a lot of people feel alone and depressed. I hate that. Posts like these make me think this even more. I am alone, and I like it. I can play Warzone and code some stuff I wanted to finish. I can do things I like. I know this may sound stupid, but if you feel alone, don't. There is no reason to. It's just a day like many others. There is really nothing to it. And we don't need "…
You might think you are helping people, but you are not.
You can't argue against solitude. If people feel alone, it's because they would like to be around others, but can't.
Telling them not to feel that way "just because" is useless, and telling them they should feel like you do because you decided it's better is just condescending.
Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#99I hear what you're saying, OP. Also spending Christmas alone here, but to me it's just another day too. Also, I'm not really a fan of Christmas anyway.
We're bombarded with so many messages about Christmas being a time of happiness and togetherness, but it's with false intent; it's mostly all about guilting people into buying unnecessary consumer products for their loved ones, and increasing revenues for retailers.
Christmas was stolen from the Christians and had the act of collective worship for their saviour - a genuine feeling of coming together as one with a community - replaced with secular commercialism.
The modern icon of Christmas, Santa Claus, favours the rich above the poor, is used to promote a narrow and capitalist view of a worthwhile family time, and wasn't even crucified. Even as an atheist, I feel quite bad for the Christians that their festival has been upended with this nonsense.
These days, I only wish Christians a Merry Christmas. Everyone else can just enjoy their Happy Holidays or Good Winterval or whatever.
Re: Tell HN: You are not alone this Christmas
#100Nobody in this World has ever been alone. Everybody has their team of guides in the higher dimensions, and they are never on vacation, they are present every second of every day and every night. You just need to learn to perceive them and to connect to them.
Yikes.