"""Programming as a profession is only moderately interesting. It can be a good job, but you could make about the same money and be happier running a fast food joint. You’re much better off using code as your secret…
Don Quijote de la Mancha
I've got a couple Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators laying around and from time to time I play with them. Also I love simple online games like ISS Docking Sim, 3D Bosconian or ASCIIcker. https://iss-sim.spacex.com/…
"There's no such thing as a dragon" by Jack Kent. It's a short story written for children with a very good message for all ages. Here's a very young Dr. Jordan B. Peterson going through it…
It's amazing that they not only wrote a very cool book but also managed to get Jason Statham to advertise it
These pesky australians...
He's still around and kicking https://iquilezles.org
A Computer Called LEO, by Georgina Ferry. This book tells the story of how Lyons teashops created LEO, the first business computer. It also tells the story of early computing, from the Difference Engine of Charles…
He forgot to mention "Divorce for Dummies"
now go up for tenure
Yes. They do that.
Jack Stratton's Vulfpeck 2018 “To understand their artist payout, you need a new currency. I call it the ‘The Pity.’ There are a hundred pennies in a dollar and a hundred pitties in a penny. On a given play the artist…
Delete the message and go on. There's one thing that's worse. When nobody contacts you at all.
"No retirement plan survives first contact with the divorce lawyer" This applies to Greenspun as much as anybody else.
My ereader
The brits always coming up with these funny workplace examples always from the PIGS countries, and no way to comment them. Here's a pedophile english teacher detained just today in Madrid, Spain, he sexually abused 36…
It's wonderful the BBC always coming up with these funny workplace examples always from the PIGS countries, and no way to comment them. Here's a pedophile english teacher detained just today in Madrid, Spain, he…
Qunt
I lost 50 Euros once. I was very upset all day.
If you are starting from scratch I wouldn't advise it, it's a highly specialised, ever changing field. On the bright side, a very rewarding path is to pick up a scripting language (any) and start automating the tasks…
I would've agreed too
Well, he can't complaint
I smell bullshit
I think I'll pass, thanks
Michael was interviewed by Susan Lammers in her "Programmers at work" (Microsoft Press, 1986). They had a very funny, insightful conversation about music, films and tech. Very sad news indeed. My condolences to the…
"""Programming as a profession is only moderately interesting. It can be a good job, but you could make about the same money and be happier running a fast food joint. You’re much better off using code as your secret…
Don Quijote de la Mancha
I've got a couple Teenage Engineering Pocket Operators laying around and from time to time I play with them. Also I love simple online games like ISS Docking Sim, 3D Bosconian or ASCIIcker. https://iss-sim.spacex.com/…
"There's no such thing as a dragon" by Jack Kent. It's a short story written for children with a very good message for all ages. Here's a very young Dr. Jordan B. Peterson going through it…
It's amazing that they not only wrote a very cool book but also managed to get Jason Statham to advertise it
These pesky australians...
He's still around and kicking https://iquilezles.org
A Computer Called LEO, by Georgina Ferry. This book tells the story of how Lyons teashops created LEO, the first business computer. It also tells the story of early computing, from the Difference Engine of Charles…
He forgot to mention "Divorce for Dummies"
now go up for tenure
Yes. They do that.
Jack Stratton's Vulfpeck 2018 “To understand their artist payout, you need a new currency. I call it the ‘The Pity.’ There are a hundred pennies in a dollar and a hundred pitties in a penny. On a given play the artist…
Delete the message and go on. There's one thing that's worse. When nobody contacts you at all.
"No retirement plan survives first contact with the divorce lawyer" This applies to Greenspun as much as anybody else.
My ereader
The brits always coming up with these funny workplace examples always from the PIGS countries, and no way to comment them. Here's a pedophile english teacher detained just today in Madrid, Spain, he sexually abused 36…
It's wonderful the BBC always coming up with these funny workplace examples always from the PIGS countries, and no way to comment them. Here's a pedophile english teacher detained just today in Madrid, Spain, he…
Qunt
I lost 50 Euros once. I was very upset all day.
If you are starting from scratch I wouldn't advise it, it's a highly specialised, ever changing field. On the bright side, a very rewarding path is to pick up a scripting language (any) and start automating the tasks…
I would've agreed too
Well, he can't complaint
I smell bullshit
I think I'll pass, thanks
Michael was interviewed by Susan Lammers in her "Programmers at work" (Microsoft Press, 1986). They had a very funny, insightful conversation about music, films and tech. Very sad news indeed. My condolences to the…