Hacker News: forkit

New comment by forkit in "Building from zero after addiction, prison, and a felony"

forkit — Mon, 08 Jun 2026 02:21:29 +0000

Is programming underrated art form when it comes to helping people come out of such situations? Addiction or depression.

It easier to get paid, you can be in a flow state for hours. Enough to forget about other addictions. and less likely to be high always while programming

New comment by forkit in "Stink of Garbage"

forkit — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:15:29 +0000

If one understood nothing matters not just logically but as an intrinsic truth then well “nothing truly matters”.

New comment by forkit in "Stink of Garbage"

forkit — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:43:21 +0000

Full agree! Though, for many people it’s actually easier to remain on the treadmill and confirm to societal expectations. You can close your eyes and keep going rather than think about the alternative.

New comment by forkit in "Stink of Garbage"

forkit — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 16:39:49 +0000

This was a more philosophical thought rather than particular case. I am not sure if I understood your comment, do you mind elaborating ?

Stink of Garbage

forkit — Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:58:14 +0000

On my daily ride to badminton, there’s a stretch of road with a heap of garbage. My instinct is to clamp my nose and breathe through my mouth, while thoughts rush in—how careless people are, why we can’t be better as a society. And in that moment, I suffer.

The odd part is, I don’t do anything about it. I’m not cleaning it up. I’m only resisting it in my head.

Today I tried something different. Instead of avoiding, I allowed myself to smell it. Reality, as it is. And I noticed—it wasn’t as bad as I had imagined. The wind shifts, the nose adjusts, and often there’s hardly any smell at all.

That’s when it struck me: most suffering comes not from the thing itself, but from our resistance to it. We live in imagination more than in reality. By fighting what is, we double our pain. By accepting, we cut it in half.

Garbage is just garbage. But the same applies to traffic, to noise, to heat, even to the uncomfortable moments in life. The mind wants to avert, but often it’s that very aversion that makes life harder.

Sometimes the lighter path is not escape, but acceptance.

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=45100601

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Joys of being a hacker – Using Iron MQ for web application monitoring

forkit — Sat, 20 Sep 2014 13:33:05 +0000

Article URL: https://medium.com/@iforkit/joys-of-being-a-hacker-using-iron-mq-for-web-application-monitoring-183e497709c3

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8344468

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