bsdshepherd

Feedback very welcome.

Negative feedback is being pruned and buried.

And something that has completely evaded Rust designers.

“If you've been playing poker for half an hour and you still don't know who the patsy is, you're the patsy.” - Warren J. "Doc" Gates

Programmers are the patsy that businesses and universities use to keep growing ever larger heads of broccoli that consumers eat.

Note the similarities between GUI's 30 years ago and today: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_graphical_user_i....

Try to wrap your head around how many API's, tools, training materials, releases, updates and so forth have been done in thirty years which are effectively redundant.

The iWatch will contain regurgitations of the same todo lists, logging, sticky notes, etc. as the Palm Pilot, but without AAA batteries.

Perhaps we could even reuse previous symbols

You do. The symbol is given meaning by context.

who would have thought of such an idea.

That would be me.

genius

Weed, caffeine, and sleep deprivation. Staring at Harris mainframe assembly language core dumps on reams of green bar paper... does things to a man. ;-)

HTML5 and Unicode are wonderful toys. Go play. My notes and early efforts on this go back to 1979. Anyone is welcome to them. It does take quite a bit of effort to transmit, so patience is a virtue here.

(P.S. Don't overlook color.)

(P.P.S. Or animation.)

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Edit: You'd be surprised how easy input becomes. It removes a huge mental load from context switching (e.g. hitting the same button to get Control F4, Control W, Apple W, Alt F Alt C, etc.).

Use a few touchpads which can change the symbols based on current context, and baby - you got a stew goin'.

Take care.

>> I humbly suggest you attempt

> I did

If you've managed to teach

I attempted by using enforced time limits. I did not succeed.

My child became addicted. I discovered him sprawled out unconscious like a junkie, with dead batteries littering the floor like so many used syringes, and knew he'd managed to obtain a hand held unit from somewhere.

Other comments made light of addiction, yet it's very real for some people. The slingshot response to control, overindulgence, seems to be common. Success stories about alcohol, drugs, pornography, and other adult subjects usually involve teaching self discipline early on with things such as sweets.

Try not to get too frustrated. The challenges of parenting don't last much more than three, maybe four decades.

It might be interesting to purchase a cheap, digital one with stopwatch functionality.

One could keep track of how much time is spent on their iWatch: reading reviews, purchasing, reading the TOS and manual, customizing, purchasing apps, recharging, answering questions from interested parties, and possibly deleting ads.

It could be ... Ξ

Thank you.

Somewhere, a transliteration vim plugin is struggling to escape. Based on user preferences it will display:

  def Σ():
      print("LOL WUT?")

  Σ()

  define sum():
      print("LOL WUT?")

  sum()

   Ξ Σ
      ⍋("LOL WUT?")

   Σ

   IDENTIFICATION DIVISION.
   PROGRAM-ID.  Abomination.

   PROCEDURE DIVISION.
   DisplaySummary.
       DISPLAY "LOL WUT".
       STOP RUN.

Avoid an embarrassing degree of self-reference

Ditto.

for (;;) cout << "https://arachnoid.com/\n";

The reason is there's no repeatable, objective way to gather evidence.

Not even wrong.

Terms such as 'kook', 'bigotry' and 'f-ing offensive' will not further the discussion in a positive way. Ad hominem will solve nothing.

Maybe citing the following will be useful:

Griefers have empirically demonstrated that websites can affect mental processes by using flashing images to trigger epileptic seizures.

Music in psychological warfare and torture is well documented.

The Amanda Todd death is sufficient to show that words have the power to kill.

psychotic

Choose - mental illness is either real or it isn't.

Seek help.

I did.

They are.

They're not.

Role models.

Chuck Moore's book was enticing for many reasons (I miss the artwork in my orig copy). No error/exception handling was one. People of all ages must push the boundaries.

I was sincere in my use of humbly. Sarcasm has no place here.

What happened to what is popularly known as common sense?

In my own experience, I did not gain "Common sense" until I did what you did - move to the middle of nowhere and gain direct experience. Until then, my understanding was gained through media.

A disease that can be treated by a website is virtual, not real.

Let us begin by defining our terms. How do you define:

.) dis-ease

.) treated

.) website

.) real

.) imaginary

Make no mistake - I'm in assloads of pain with every keystroke but I will rip you a new one on this matter.

farmer suicide myth

We call it "taking the pipe". I'll be joining others in the complete nonsense in less than two years.

Would the Wall Street Journal be sufficient?

http://online.wsj.com/articles/gardeners-on-alert-as-pennsyl...

As for word of mouth, until John Deere adds a repeater onto their tractors it's what we have to work with. I'd use my Chromebook, but Google's networking layer in Javascript continues to remain broken.

They don't have to.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...

The privatization of water and food as population control and hostile takeover of land is very real.

there's something I need to watch closely and control,

I humbly suggest you teach them self control. It's usually better to set an example rather than set the rules.

despite the fact that it's great to have my kids silently occupied and leaving me to get stuff done.

Television is a drug parents give their children when the parents need to relax. - Unknown

The efficacy of bibliotherapy should not be readily dismissed. Words, written or spoken, images, still or moving, or sounds can create or alleviate illness in the mind. Idleness will deteriorate mind and body as surely as abuse or neglect.

That having been said:

   "Before you diagnose yourself with depression or low self esteem 
   be sure that you are not first, in fact, surrounded by a**holes." 
      - William Gibson

A Chronology of Analogue Computing http://www.rutherfordjournal.org/article020106.html

The Mechanical Analog Computers of Hannibal Ford and William Newell http://web.mit.edu/STS.035/www/PDFs/Newell.pdf

Had you considered growing one?

http://www.coroflot.com/LukeJ/Harmon-Splinter-Wooden-Concept...

Congratulations, and good luck with your product.

"Gentlemen, here's $70,000,000.00(1) and a new word: agriterrorism."

1) https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/clientsum.php?id=D00000005...

After the age of 50, shitting your pants after an apple is a distinct possibility. Not that I'm against fiber, mind you - it does help pass the thyme.

The good points:

Long hours, for one. Established companies will often accumulate 8-5'ers who do just enough to not get fired, and that's a deadly contagion. Late nights build team camaraderie and individual determination. Schedule your workout, errands, and siesta mid-day.

Perhaps lack of job security, if you are lucky. The only real security is knowing you can handle whatever comes. Do so with grace.

Likely an immature set of processes, or no process at all. Rather than wasting time with outdated documentation, or dragging folklore from petty fuedal Lords, you get to share in the creation of SOP. Be sure to document the process well, as it will allow you to spend less time in the future explaining it to each new hire.

You'll probably be expected to wear many hats. That is, develop, QA, maintain build systems, deal with customers, etc. Cross-training is job security at it's finest, for the current company and when seeking employment elsewhere.

A lot of this depends on how new the startup is and how many employees.

Now for the bad points:

The people you will be working with are about to hire someone who is more concerned with what to avoid instead of what to look forward to. It might explain why the person has interned at many companies, instead of one which ultimately hired them.

Another variety resource:

http://www.mercier-orchards.com/apple-varieties/

Preserving heirloom varieties through planting and harvesting requires little time and money.

In the U.S. it is increasingly difficult to grow one's own food due to legislation against small farms and seed libraries.

I am several months from adequately responding to this article due to delayed neural development(1). Until I can properly respond, please(2) consider the following:

You seem to be overlooking inflammation. If only for fun, run your web backwards - starting from dementia (e.g. Alzheimer's), then sleep disorders, then anxiety.

Appropriate diet, moderate exercise, and a good night's sleep are vital as a foundation for good health.

Acceptance that normal behavior is pathologized leads to the understanding that "mental illness" is legislated.

Thank you for making your research publicly available, and open to review and criticism.

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1) For over five decades I had been 'locked in'. Comedy at it's finest - I cannot contribute, as being misdiagnosed (word needed for profit motivated diagnosis - prodiagnosed?) prevented the ability to communicate that I could not communicate.

2) Tens of millions suffer needlessly. A few months away from improper 'medicine' and glowing rectangles would provide much needed data points.

You seem genuinely open to discussion. UI issues prevent offering all I'd like, but I suggest you add sociology - particularly the family unit and successive generations - with your economic views.

The arguments on this post lack enough dimensions to be of any use other than generating conflict.

Eviction based solely on age is a fruitless direction to move in. A (35/50) y.o. with a 4 bedroom house is not comparable to a 4 bedroom house, owned by two (35/50) y.o. people who (are raising/raised) 3 children, one of whom (birthed/returned home with) a child.

There are many other dimensions to consider, but I am unable and unwilling to continue.

Your comment is excellent. Depreciation is never addressed in these discussions. Asset, as most terms, depends on context.

"The youth of today do not know what to believe, but are willing to fight for it anyway." - Abraham Lincoln

You will not follow the logic until you remove emotion.

As an thinking exercise, view age as cumulative chances for catastrophic failure instead of cumulative time for success.

For single income families, all failures affect the only income stream.

Examples of failure should include injury, sickness, obsolescence, folly, and greed.

This piece is inflammatory click bait using generational warfare rhetoric, pervasive in social media.

Things are completely different in the US. Other speculations about the aged here are age independent. To approach the actual problem, you must first replace the word retirement with injury or downsize.

In the U.S. healthcare is a tool for culling. Oh, look - Apple has new products...

"In a larger sense, I see the AS chapter as part of a long-term program to pathologize normal behavior, one that hopefully will backfire and destroy unscientific psychology." - Paul Lutus

From: The Trouble with Psychology http://www.arachnoid.com/trouble_with_psychology/index.html

Mr. Lutus has many articles on psychology. Asperger's By Proxy (http://www.arachnoid.com/psychology/aspergers.php) is extremely relevant to the software industry.