ud_0
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ud_0@openfu.com
A science-minded programmer
My side project is https://rolz.org/ (a website for conducting pen&paper roleplaying sessions online)
Ludum Dare participant https://ldjam.com/users/udo/
SEEKING WORK - Remote, based in Germany
I'm transitioning from my full time programming job to a freelance setup over the next few months, so initially I can take small projects only.
- game development
(I would love to help out with weird custom engines and games)
- server-side code
- scientific applications
- core languages: C, C++, PHP, Javascript, some C# and Lua
- performance optimization
- working in custom codebases
- researching solutions
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> But the authentic ones are willing to do it for free. The only scientists who can afford to work for free would have to be independently wealthy, that's not very common. I don't think there is anything wrong with…
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> There's no rule that says it couldn't potentially use a large fraction of those atoms for its functionality There is no question that a neuron uses a large fraction of its atoms for its functionality, as is every…
> Would that be oppressive? To be ascribed one authoritative meaning and purpose from outside is probably the definition of totalitarian oppression, yes. You may argue that it's oppression in a delightful state of…
> Like what's even the point of all this, of life, of us, if in the end nothing matters, everything decays into nothingness. I don't understand this reasoning. If the universe had a different end state, or if it…
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In Germany, I was pleasantly surprised that some parties up for election have (regionally) expressed the will to abolish relgion-based studies in public schools. It makes me a bit hopeful, especially since I recently…
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