BlasDeLezo

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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
"""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 weapon in
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
Don Quijote de la Mancha
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
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/
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
"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 https://www.you
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
It's amazing that they not only wrote a very cool book but also managed to get Jason Statham to advertise it
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
These pesky australians...
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
He's still around and kicking https://iquilezles.org
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by BlasDeLezo 4y ago
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 Babbage to the codecrackin
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
He forgot to mention "Divorce for Dummies"
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
now go up for tenure
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
Yes. They do that.
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
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 will make about 6
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
Delete the message and go on. There's one thing that's worse. When nobody contacts you at all.
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
"No retirement plan survives first contact with the divorce lawyer" This applies to Greenspun as much as anybody else.
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
My ereader
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
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 minors. https:&#
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
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 sexually abused 36
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
Qunt
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by BlasDeLezo 5y ago
I lost 50 Euros once. I was very upset all day.
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
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 around you. F
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
I would've agreed too
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
Well, he can't complaint
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
I smell bullshit
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
I think I'll pass, thanks
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by BlasDeLezo 6y ago
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 family.
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by BlasDeLezo 8y ago
Rick Dakan's "Geek Mafia" trilogy