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Open Source is Not About You 8 years ago

Rich Hickey has given so much to the world of software and systems design. The value exchange has most likely not been reciprocal. Nor has it been sufficiently respectful, based on this message. People like Rich that give so much are rare. And people that understand how to respectfully recognize that seem to be becoming more rare.

Of course, one can remember that life is not fair, and people are often shitty even without being conscious of it, and that Rich has freely chosen to pursue this path.

But this leads me to a few questions: If you agree with what I have written above, and what Rich has written in this message, then how can we tip the scales just a little bit further towards respect and reciprocation? What kind of gestures, gifts, and generosities do you think are appropriate? What improved efforts to educate consumers of open source software would be effective? Further still, what kind of culture do we want?

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Now 2.0 8 years ago

Not to speak for @rauchg and the team, but I think the answers are 1: no (or not soon) and 2: yes

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Stripe Press 8 years ago

I think it is the same book. Personal review: This book makes the history of computing tangible, visceral, and fun to read about - covering all the important characters, and showing the network of connections among them, from Vannevar Bush, Norbert Weiner, Claude Shannon, all the way to Bob Taylor and Alan Kay. Licklider forms an important node in the network with his imagination, and actions taken such as this 1963 memo for the "Members and Affiliates of the Intergalactic Computer Network" [1]

[1] http://worrydream.com/refs/Licklider-IntergalacticNetwork.pd...

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Renting is Throwing Money Away, Right? (2015) 8 years ago

That's the simple logic of rent vs. buy, but as the article details, there are other considerations. Opportunity cost being one primary cost that you're not taking into account. To me the most important question is the most fundamental: "Am I a real estate investor?" - I am not, and the overwhelming majority of persons are not. And yet the moment we purchase a home, we become real estate investors. In my case the simple fact that I've only purchased one property in my entire life means that I'll do it with less education and awareness than my landlord did when he purchased the home I currently, comfortably, live in. I think my landlords own and rent more than a few properties, and they do a great job of managing them. I am not confident that I would manage this asset as well as the professionals do, and so I cannot claim that were I to buy this home from them with a mortgage, that I would gain anything. In my opinion this is the key fallacy within the argument favoring the Buy option.

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Job applicants over 40 filtered out by employers 9 years ago

Sorry to hear about your situation. Here I offer you an mp3 recording of a radio show recording you may find valuable: http://digital-magic.tv/digitalplanet/thepositivemind/mp3/tp...

Show: The Positive Mind Host: Armand DiMele Title: Shame and Suicide Description: Armand discusses the correlation between suicide and shame. Also, how people deal with feeling inadequate and lonely. Topics: shame vs. embarrassment, accountability and judgement, social phobia, cultural differences and expectations

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