Hacker News: DougHolland

New comment by DougHolland in "Anyone else lurk and feel like they understand nothing?"

DougHolland — Sun, 09 Jun 2024 01:03:57 +0000

Sure, I'm in much the same boat. I did my last programming in COBOL in the 1980s, and it wasn't even the main part of my job. I've made no effort to keep my knowledge current. I'm simply not a techie, if ever I was.

But reading Hacker News is always interesting, so here I am.

New comment by DougHolland in "Becoming a go-to person gets you promoted"

DougHolland — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 17:38:57 +0000

Plain corporate propaganda. Sorry, no. The harder you work, the harder you're expected to work.

Wisdom says, work hard enough to earn your wage, but remember everything that matters in life happens after hours.

New comment by DougHolland in "Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (December 2023)"

DougHolland — Sat, 02 Dec 2023 00:36:13 +0000

  Location: Seattle, USA.
  Remote: Sure, and for a lower wage.
  Willing to relocate: Probably not.
  Technologies: None. I'm an office flunky mostly, but I'm good at it. It's actually the only thing I'm good at.
  Résumé/CV: https://www.douggles.com/p/workwanted.html
  Email: dougocotton@gmail.com

New comment by DougHolland in "The official website of Charles Atlas"

DougHolland — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 00:44:18 +0000

Uh, that's me. I didn't know it was clickable until reading these comments.

New comment by DougHolland in "US inflation means families are spending $709 more per month than two years ago"

DougHolland — Sun, 13 Aug 2023 19:27:59 +0000

It is paranoid of me to envision conversations planning this, a conspiracy amongst corporations? I don't remember ever seeing prices rise so steadily, so quickly (and I am old).

New comment by DougHolland in "Ask HN: Could you share your personal blog here?"

DougHolland — Wed, 05 Jul 2023 23:40:53 +0000

https://www.itsdougholland.com/

Not at all tech-oriented. It's just me — a cranky, anti-social old man — and my opinions, about old movies, public transit, news, politics, my mom who gets on my nerves, and long-ago memories of sex, drugs, and rock'n'roll.

New comment by DougHolland in "Ask HN: Why did medium.com "fail"?"

DougHolland — Fri, 10 Feb 2023 23:47:41 +0000

For me it's just the paywall. I pay for my local newspaper, pay for the NY Times, pay for The New Yorker, but I'm not made of money and I know of nothing at medium.com worth paying for.

New comment by DougHolland in "Poll: Where do you live?"

DougHolland — Fri, 04 Feb 2022 20:54:10 +0000

USA: Wisconsin.

New comment by DougHolland in "Scientific American does an hit job on E. O. Wilson, calling him a racist"

DougHolland — Thu, 30 Dec 2021 22:52:34 +0000

I never met the guy. It's entirely possible he was a raging racist. I've read some of the papers in question, though, and while it's been some years and maybe I missed the white pointy hoods, I don't remember the racism in his writing, and I think the author at Scientific American has misread the work.

E O Wilson never said anything like "genes determine who's smart and who's dumb," which would be racist. He said something like "genes are a contributing factor," and fuckall, if that's racist then just pull the plug on science.