Notices by Don Romano (alt) (thor@noagendasocial.com), page 35

Being an anonymous cog in the machine is not a good feeling, but unless you make a unique contribution to society, do you really deserve anything more?

I want to make such a contribution, but I have yet to find one that I would enjoy making and other people than me would appreciate.

One thing that annoys me is that you can't test the waters for an idea by explaining it to people. You have to implement several ideas and see which ones stick. That's way too much wasted time and effort.

I think SMBC is right: Being an adult is, in many respects, way easier than being a kid, but no one cares about you anymore, with the notable exception of your mother.

It doesn't matter what you do with your life. You could jump off a bridge or drink yourself to death and the world would go on without you. Only truly exceptional people in exceptional circumstances have a chance of gaining any significant recognition for their work.

Reading philosophy: "It's obvious what Nietzsche is saying here."

Discussing philosophy: "Actually..."

My political ideology is called make-up-your-own-mind-about-shit-ism. You've probably never heard of it.

My political ideology is called make-up-your-own-mind-about-shit-ism. It's very obscure and you've probably never heard of it.

If you're a young idealist, that means you have a heart. If you're an old idealist, that means you don't have a brain.

If you're young and and hard left, that means you have a heart. If you're old and hard left, that means you don't have a brain.

I find it very funny that the United States has a president that walks and talks like a president from a comedy film.

I find it very funny that the United States has a president that looks and acts like a president from a comedy film.

Donald Trump as POTUS is a wild idea, yet here we are...

Vi nordmenn har høye forventninger til hva slags infrastruktur som skal eksistere på steder der det nesten ikke bor folk:

https://www.nrk.no/finnmark/bygda-var-uten-mobildekning-_-matte-lete-etter-hus-med-fasttelefon-for-a-ringe-etter-legehjelp-1.14524491

https://www.nrk.no/nordland/her-har-veien-gatt-i-opplosning_-_-kommer-oss-ikke-pa-jobb_-skole-eller-butikken-1.14524667

Hvis jeg skulle skrevet disse sakene, ville overskriftene sagt:

"Bor i villmarken men insisterer på mobildekning"

"Bor i villmarken men insisterer på høy veistandard"

Tilsvarende overskrifter:

"Bor i Tana men insisterer på 4-felts motorvei"

"Bor på Jan Mayen men insisterer på kommunalt svømmebasseng"

@codesections I sometimes use more vertical space in order to increase the readability of my code. For example, in JS, I'll stick things in const declarations when my expressions get too long.

@codesections It's ClojureScript, a version of Clojure that targets JavaScript.

What bugs me about it is that I want to see my closing brackets match up with my opening brackets at the same level of indentation.

I can't check if I got all my brackets closed by visual inspection when they're all piled up at the end.

@philcolbourn Through my job, I've also been exposed to a number of development stacks, so I'm always comparing the merits and flaws of different ones.

@philcolbourn Yes, I've been doing it as a job since 2006, and when I approach a new language, I always try to figure out how I can do real work with it, and do so efficiently.

Lisp syntax is manageable, but why is the default formatting style to pile all the closing brackets together like that? Wouldn't it be better if it looked like the second picture?

Okay, so I'm going to just use ClojureScript without nREPL for now, since editor integrations always seem to be a pain with Lisps.

*everyone in the room is having epileptic seizures*

- What's going on here?

- Brainstorming session.

@mcread If you live in Norway and can't be outdoors for 50 minutes in the wintertime, you're going to have a bad time.

Yeah, so I'm walking 4.7 km every morning now. My boss looked at me in disbelief when I told him. Honestly though, it barely takes me 50 minutes, which is only twice as long as riding the bus. All the stops and traffic congestion along the way eats up much of the imagined time advantage.