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New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Building ColdFusion for the Web"

stopnamingnuts — Sun, 31 Dec 2023 22:00:40 +0000

Yup. I support a largeish legacy application for a federal government agency running on ColdFusion. The idea of rewriting it in another language is a tough sell as long as it's still supported by Adobe. I'm realistic about its past, present and future but I also still love using it every day.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Common mistakes in salary negotiation"

stopnamingnuts — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 21:58:55 +0000

> I would have to have that right in front of me and read it word for word. And if I get pushed to reveal a number I would need to just pause and slowly repeat it again word for word like a robot.

LOL. I'd probably read it like a bank heist hostage. Ideally, while blinking rapidly and visibly sweating on the Zoom meeting.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "“Not This Stuff Again” (SARS-CoV-2 Update)"

stopnamingnuts — Tue, 08 Aug 2023 04:49:38 +0000

I think your thesis with regard to CO2 emissions is valid. Do you mind sharing whether you lost anyone close to you to COVID?

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Trinity Desktop Environment – a modern KDE3 fork"

stopnamingnuts — Wed, 28 Jun 2023 03:03:13 +0000

I concur. And the unironically retro web site design made me as happy as anything I can recall this week.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Things I wish I’d known before fulltime RVing (2017)"

stopnamingnuts — Tue, 20 Jun 2023 21:29:47 +0000

This is a pretty good summary of how I feel and why I dig my heels in every time my wife starts talking about a new camper, a boat or whatever. I suspect she envisions it like a magazine cover: better, carefree versions of ourselves enjoying the sunshine with friends (who are ideally green with envy).

I see myself disassembling the toilet.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Explaining tech's notion of talent scarcity"

stopnamingnuts — Wed, 26 Apr 2023 03:32:36 +0000

It's not you. The article relies on a bullshit method of making its simple point, deliberately overcomplicating it for the purpose of signalling.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Seven years on, what do we know about the disappearance of flight MH370? (2021)"

stopnamingnuts — Wed, 25 Jan 2023 06:34:30 +0000

So, basically Airport '77?

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "The strange case of Britain’s demise"

stopnamingnuts — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 00:02:25 +0000

Most broad statements including GenX really need to be qualified by noting its size (slightly greater than half) relative to either of the two pigs working their way through the python before and behind it. Three when you count GenZ.

Apathetic? Maybe. But even if we were all on the same page as a group (which we're not) I don't see how we have the numbers to force a systemic turnover on our own.

I am, of course, a member of GenX. Sometimes, as Planck said, progress has to happen one funeral at a time. None of this brings me any joy to observe.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "A new career in software development: advice for non-youngsters"

stopnamingnuts — Thu, 19 May 2022 01:36:33 +0000

If a new non-youngster developer wants to pursue the legacy app/niche language strategy described in the article then I tend to agree. ColdFusion is easy to learn but at the same time it's really just an abstraction layer for Java. If one finds they want to dip into the guts then that's certainly available. As you note, there's a respectable number of legacy apps, often in the US federal government sector. One still has to learn SQL, CSS, JS, etc.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Difficult situation on campus: traffic jam of food delivery robots"

stopnamingnuts — Fri, 18 Feb 2022 14:57:54 +0000

I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Unlearning perfectionism"

stopnamingnuts — Sat, 05 Feb 2022 19:06:16 +0000

I concur. And I'm saving these links.

As a tangent I would add that the damage isn't limited to the perfectionist. At some point one has to consider how the rigidity of perfectionism affects their relationships. It can be a self-indulgence in which one engages at the expense family or friends.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "People who “drink to cope” can make their symptoms worse: study"

stopnamingnuts — Sat, 23 Oct 2021 19:12:54 +0000

Anybody who finds this interesting and is interested in an entire community dedicated to this perspective may also take a look at reddit.com/r/stopdrinking.

Its non-opinionated, decentralized but moderated (pun unintended) discussion was a huge help when I quit drinking five years ago.

I'll just add that my path lined up with others who have commented here. Once it dawned on me that it was a crutch, and not just for fun, it felt like time to put it aside and do some work on myself.

However a series of steps or exploring a higher power wasn't what I felt worked for me. /r/StopDrinking turned out to be that sweet spot.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Revenge Bedtime Procrastination"

stopnamingnuts — Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:53:06 +0000

This strikes me as an issue that's widespread across groups but addressable almost entirely by individuals, which makes it perfect for abstract debate. ;)

My partner does this. OTOH, I love sleep and feeling refreshed when I've had enough. She's open about being pretty driven and makes her choice based on what's important to her.

Seems to me workism is part of that calculus. Balance usually requires opportunity cost. One has to value sleep, time for hobbies, time to spend with family... more than the real or perceptual carrot offered by wrapping one's identity in work. Or not. It's a choice regardless of whether made consciously or not.

I'll finish by acknowledging there are structural inequalities that make this, for many, a choice from a set of equally unappealing options.

Cult of Meh

stopnamingnuts — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 14:40:24 +0000

Article URL: https://cultofmeh.com/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28643057

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Experts vs elites"

stopnamingnuts — Sun, 12 Sep 2021 17:31:34 +0000

Pretty dour commentary on human nature. There's a kernel of something worth considering but sacrifices nuance in favor of a crafted idea.

As a member of the described expert class, I'd say we have limitations equal to those of elites. That's not examined.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "The Invisible Rulebooks"

stopnamingnuts — Sat, 04 Sep 2021 16:16:39 +0000

This essay is delightful. And masterfully written. FWIW, in my own version of What I Suppose Brain Surgery on Klingons Would Be Like the Klingons stay awake and are mainly just annoyed because you're wasting their time.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Pacaso is turning houses into corporations"

stopnamingnuts — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 16:51:59 +0000

Well, I could have used that back in the 90s instead of lugging my crap up and down station stairs for the three or four connections between Narita and Urayasu.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Pacaso is turning houses into corporations"

stopnamingnuts — Tue, 24 Aug 2021 14:26:23 +0000

Clearly there are numerous markets supported by this model so I'm an outlier. My wife and I have considered fractional ownership of boats and vacation properties on several occasions. The things that turn me off every time is the inability to put a nail in a wall if I feel like it and the hassle overhead involved. I want to be able to whistle my dog into the car, hop in and go without having to coordinate with anybody else, knowing I have a toothbrush at my getaway spot.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "My mouse driver is asking for a firewall exemption (2019)"

stopnamingnuts — Mon, 23 Aug 2021 17:06:19 +0000

> Nuked Logitech’s crap from orbit

+1. It's the only way to be sure.

New comment by stopnamingnuts in "Life Improvements Since the 1990s"

stopnamingnuts — Thu, 12 Aug 2021 16:28:00 +0000

This. I think innovation real-value is spikey. A low band of timesavers bumps along the bottom but is punctuated by occasional leaps in particular domains. From what I've seen the cochlear implant can offer an amazing difference to quality of life for those that choose it. I can only imagine the difference the implant, or the improved aids, would have made to my hearing-impaired college roommate in the early 90s.