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antonzabirko commented on Midlife: A Philosophical Guide   news.mit.edu/2017/how-phi... · Posted by u/herbertl
antonzabirko · 3 years ago
This is what happens when you're spiritually unprepared in life.

You need to have a 'mid-life crisis' early-on and figure out the meaning of life then and there.

Imagine the people who have these crises, now on their deathbeds.

antonzabirko commented on Sorry Safari Team   paul.kinlan.me/sorry-safa... · Posted by u/tosh
kinlan · 4 years ago
BTW - I still have a thumb but there is a huge huge chunk missing. :D thankfully, the hospital said a lot of the skin on the hand will heal and grow back.
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Yeah I read it that way too, I meant it's in a brace or some sort of device where you can't use it so it's not there for this article.
antonzabirko commented on Sorry Safari Team   paul.kinlan.me/sorry-safa... · Posted by u/tosh
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Lmao what did apple do to this guy to make him write an apology about a 7-point correction from the hospital without a thumb??
antonzabirko commented on EU interior ministers welcome mandatory chat control for all smartphones   european-pirateparty.eu/e... · Posted by u/giuliomagnifico
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Use encrypted messaging apps so that they can't be scanned.
antonzabirko commented on Don't build your castle in other people's kingdoms   howtomarketagame.com/2021... · Posted by u/riidom
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
A lot of people need to see this. If you don't control something, you will be disappointed eventually. Philosophically this can even be extended to your mortality.
antonzabirko commented on People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency   binghamton.edu/news/story... · Posted by u/rustoo
tomc1985 · 4 years ago
But it isn't. Circumstance molds you. The Great Depression did untold psychological damage to entire generations. I don't think they could just will the anger and resentment and destitution away
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Circumstance is what you allow it to be. Short of being put in a Chinese concentration camp ala Uighurs, you generally have the last say in circumstance to experience anger.
antonzabirko commented on Justice sues to block Penguin Random House’s acquisition of Simon and Schuster   justice.gov/opa/pr/justic... · Posted by u/pseudolus
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Instead of going after google, microsoft, or even citadel they go after publishing companies. It would be funny if it wasn't so sad.
antonzabirko commented on People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency   binghamton.edu/news/story... · Posted by u/rustoo
jvvw · 4 years ago
I think anger is a natural part of life sometimes - but we have some control of how we react to anger. I certainly would quit a job if one of my co-workers was allowed to shout at me!

Often when we feel anger, there is something that needs to be expressed, but the art is in choosing the right moment and expressing it in the right way (which I add is certainly not an art I have perfected!).

antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Agree
antonzabirko commented on People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency   binghamton.edu/news/story... · Posted by u/rustoo
tomc1985 · 4 years ago
It is though, and it will confront you when you least expect it. It should be seen as a wake-up call, not something to be afraid of.
antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Life is what you make of it not what it makes of you. If you don't want anger it doesn't need to be there.
antonzabirko commented on People prefer friendliness, trustworthiness in teammates over skill competency   binghamton.edu/news/story... · Posted by u/rustoo
tomc1985 · 4 years ago
This sort of crap is why I left software. Niceness over competence.

I didn't enter this (at the time) largely solitary profession to have all the best, juiciest parts of the job get taken over by these people-oriented idiots.

There needs to be a revolution that returns programming back into the hands of solitary nerds working on sheer competence. More people need to care about the quality of the final output than whether or not the guy who wrote it is "a nice fellow".

I feel like this is 'participation trophy' culture coming back to haunt us. Stop being so afraid of getting yelled at, anger is a part of life!

antonzabirko · 4 years ago
Great perspective except anger doesn't need to be a part of life.

u/antonzabirko

KarmaCake day285February 19, 2020View Original