Actually, I do. It was the basis for Haskell's syntax, a language whose development is very fast, from which C++ copies many features, and which is used a bit in the industry (I had friends who got paid to use it in the industry)
One of the richest people in world, that is true. An american homeless is also probably one of the richest people in the world if you look globally enough. Both you and I know that this "richness" can be gone in a second in our current economy, if they privatize the healthcare system here and I get cancer, or if arabs take over and I need to run away to someplace safe. Also, most Israelis who are NOT programmers ARE in debt, precisely because of this cruel economy I talk about. You are right, I am lucky, but precisely because of that, because I know how shitty it can be, I choose to keep my virtue for my friends and the occasional beggar in the street. The CEO, the rich, he doesn't deserve any free virtue for me, only what he can afford, because he is in a high position in the system that creates the poverty.
What happened to you?
I told you, grew up in a shitty poor place, learned about the gap between the rich and the poor, realized that the world is not fair and only those who are merciless and cynical can move forward. It's just a form of economizing my emotions, deciding who is worth my time and goodness and who isn't. My friends are, my bosses aren't.
They must have rich parents and/or live in a 1st world country and/or are geniuses and/or are truly heroic, all of which I am not. Sorry pal, but when you grow up in the middle east, in a poor city, and you are not extremely talented (I am a good programmer when I want to, probably at the top 5-10%, but hardly a genius), you learn to be a jerk to survive.
And btw, I can just as well call people who insist on writing a good program for their corporate overlords slaves. Most programmers are not writing their programs for themselves, they don't own them, they are simply tools.
And btw, if someone paid me enough, I would code well. My point is simple, I am trying to get as much money as I can while doing as little as I can as it's not TOO amoral. I would probably not kill someone for money, but write bad code? gladly.
Usually I don't throw trash on the ground because I'm not a douchebag and there are plenty of cans around. However, if someone told me I would be paid lots of money to throw garbage on the ground, I would gladly do it.
There are certain groups that are really angry that young men are choosing to enjoy video games rather than go out in the world, get married, have children, and participate in society in the way they demand.
I just prefer to think about it as a really pleasant and asymptotically accurate method for improving the race, and I am saying as that as someone who will likely not have children.
Nothing is unethical to ignore and refuse to do business with someone or an entity. After they did the same to you?
The problem is that at some point, all of us have to think in generalization. Just like someone who was robbed many times by people of a specific skin color will be more wary of them as he walks the street, so will people who have been cheated by many companies. I do agree that it's best to move forward, but I also think that it is safe to assume that most people will not what is best.
I still blame the kids under 30 for a poor work ethic
Can you say specifically what is your problem with people under 30?
I agree, the reason why people are not bothering to show up is exactly because it catches up.
Always be ethical and professional
I mostly agree about this, except for parts where being ethical would seriously screw me (doing exaggarted over time for example). Note that I did not say that skipping interviews is good or that it is something that I do, only that it is an expected outcome of today's culture.
that's hardly an excuse to go maximum arsehole on others
In the age of "free market" only one excuse is needed, "I can do it because I am free, and I am not losing financially for doing this". This is the world we live in nowadays.
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The term "engineer" is reserved for people that actually care.
Oh really, where do they teach "caring" in the Technion, or in MIT, or in any other engineering degree?
Actually, I do. It was the basis for Haskell's syntax, a language whose development is very fast, from which C++ copies many features, and which is used a bit in the industry (I had friends who got paid to use it in the industry)
What? where's the racism? :(
One of the richest people in world, that is true. An american homeless is also probably one of the richest people in the world if you look globally enough. Both you and I know that this "richness" can be gone in a second in our current economy, if they privatize the healthcare system here and I get cancer, or if arabs take over and I need to run away to someplace safe. Also, most Israelis who are NOT programmers ARE in debt, precisely because of this cruel economy I talk about. You are right, I am lucky, but precisely because of that, because I know how shitty it can be, I choose to keep my virtue for my friends and the occasional beggar in the street. The CEO, the rich, he doesn't deserve any free virtue for me, only what he can afford, because he is in a high position in the system that creates the poverty.
What happened to you?
I told you, grew up in a shitty poor place, learned about the gap between the rich and the poor, realized that the world is not fair and only those who are merciless and cynical can move forward. It's just a form of economizing my emotions, deciding who is worth my time and goodness and who isn't. My friends are, my bosses aren't.
They must have rich parents and/or live in a 1st world country and/or are geniuses and/or are truly heroic, all of which I am not. Sorry pal, but when you grow up in the middle east, in a poor city, and you are not extremely talented (I am a good programmer when I want to, probably at the top 5-10%, but hardly a genius), you learn to be a jerk to survive.
And btw, I can just as well call people who insist on writing a good program for their corporate overlords slaves. Most programmers are not writing their programs for themselves, they don't own them, they are simply tools.
And btw, if someone paid me enough, I would code well. My point is simple, I am trying to get as much money as I can while doing as little as I can as it's not TOO amoral. I would probably not kill someone for money, but write bad code? gladly.
Usually I don't throw trash on the ground because I'm not a douchebag and there are plenty of cans around. However, if someone told me I would be paid lots of money to throw garbage on the ground, I would gladly do it.
Or maybe they don't care and they just wanna make cash. Not everybody has emotional attachment to their job.
I wrote desktop, not smartphones, and not servers.
If nerds had such influence, then Linux would have gotten more power in the desktop and Windows 10 would have failed.
There are certain groups that are really angry that young men are choosing to enjoy video games rather than go out in the world, get married, have children, and participate in society in the way they demand.
I just prefer to think about it as a really pleasant and asymptotically accurate method for improving the race, and I am saying as that as someone who will likely not have children.
Fuck your SJWs and your alt rights and your stupid opinions which reduce any meaningful discussion into a stupid partisan argument.
Only exist in film.
You are right, but 200Megs is still penauts in comparison to how much memory is used today.
I find it sad that an OS from 95 offered roughly the same functionality offered today but took much less space. Our tech is degrading.
(And yes, I know about faster internet and better security, that is still not a good enough excuse)
If I spent 20 hours a day posting on slashdot, that would suck too.
In that case, success sucks
I may be optimistic, but I believe some other civilizaiton will rise to the challenge. There's more to current earth than the west and america.
If I remember correctly, both WoW and Microsoft used (still using?) P2P in order to reduce bandwidth on patches sent to users.
I'm not an arsehole
To be rich, one must sometimes be an arsehole, and we live in a society which idealizes being rich over everything else.
It also makes sense for hardware that you bought, and is violated if amazon can arbitrarily delete files on it.
Nothing is unethical to ignore and refuse to do business with someone or an entity. After they did the same to you?
The problem is that at some point, all of us have to think in generalization. Just like someone who was robbed many times by people of a specific skin color will be more wary of them as he walks the street, so will people who have been cheated by many companies. I do agree that it's best to move forward, but I also think that it is safe to assume that most people will not what is best.
I still blame the kids under 30 for a poor work ethic
Can you say specifically what is your problem with people under 30?
That catches up man
I agree, the reason why people are not bothering to show up is exactly because it catches up.
Always be ethical and professional
I mostly agree about this, except for parts where being ethical would seriously screw me (doing exaggarted over time for example). Note that I did not say that skipping interviews is good or that it is something that I do, only that it is an expected outcome of today's culture.
that's hardly an excuse to go maximum arsehole on others
In the age of "free market" only one excuse is needed, "I can do it because I am free, and I am not losing financially for doing this". This is the world we live in nowadays.
I think grandma would approve modding you down.