Respectfully, go read Zhuan Falun and then comment on this thread.
On Dec 23, 2012, at 1:02 PM, BGB wrote: > On 12/23/2012 11:25 AM, John Carlson wrote: >> >> >> >> On Sun, Dec 23, 2012 at 12:37 AM, BGB <cr88...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 12/22/2012 9:11 PM, Julian Leviston wrote: >>> I think you've missed the point. >>> >>> The point is... you need to use your body and your emotions as well as your >>> mind. Our society is overly focussed on the mind. >>> >> >> could be, fair enough... >> >> The point is, if you don't use your body and emotions, they'll be sure to >> let you know. Perhaps in 15 years or so. Check out half-life of an IT >> worker, relevant post on /.: >> http://tech.slashdot.org/story/11/12/03/1435217/half-life-of-a-tech-worker-15-years >> ... The mind is co-dependent on the emotions and body, not independent. >> > > well, except I am already late 20s (will be 29 in a matter of days), and by > this point arguably already using "dated" technologies. (but, the usual > "catch up" is absurd, as most of these "new technologies" end up largely > forgotten in a few years anyways, while the older technologies remain in full > force...). > > IOW: mostly still using C, as Java is still lame, and C# still isn't very > good on non-Windows targets (as many of the advantages it has on Windows, > cease to exist on VM's like Mono). but, seriously, what is the point of > playing catch-up? or taking C# seriously as a tool for much more than > quick/dirty GUI apps and writing Paint.NET plugins and similar?... > > biggest thing I have written in C# thus far was a codec for a custom > JPEG-based image format (it is like JPEG but added more features, *1), and > mostly in the form of a Paint.NET plugin. in many ways, C# is much less > well-suited to this sort of thing than C is (for example, for the image > codec, I have both C and C# versions). > > *1: alpha-channels, expanded components (normal, luma, depth, ...), layers, > lossless encoding, some additional transforms and filters (can help improve > compression), ... basically, ended up bolting on some block-filters derived > from those in PNG as well, which can help compress things better when dealing > with certain types of images (flat colors and gradiants, or blocks containing > sharp edges). it is, however, not strictly backwards-compatible with existing > JPEG decoders (depending on which features are enabled). when the alternate > filters are enabled, it also uses a different entropy-coding / VLC scheme. > > > now, back in time, my early/mid 20s were a time of strongish and more poorly > controlled emotions, and I put a lot of time and effort mostly in getting > things mostly under control (such that being upset about something need not > interfere with my external behavior or ability to complete tasks). (like, > say, if a person is upset about something, it interferes with them writing > code or working things, ...). > > after a while though, a person largely stops feeling upset about things. > granted, there is always a risk of them "coming back" in some more aggressive > form (or, occasionally, playing tricks, and bypassing its usual "sandbox"). > granted, there is still the issue of memory-retrieval, where emotions can > apparently interfere with the types of memories that are brought up (so, > emotions are sort of like a cat that keeps getting up on the keyboard when it > wants something, and one usually wants the cat to not be on the keyboard). > > sometimes it is necessary to "get involved" and try to stabilize them though, > because otherwise emotions can go into a sort of feedback loop, resulting in > adverse psychological and behavioral effects (often: conscious fragmentation, > *2, partial loss of sensory input, reduced ability to move, ...), but things > will usually return to normal once emotions burn themselves out and dissipate > (I think the last time this happened was ~ 5 years ago though). > > *2: this state is a bit complicated to describe. I am left to realize that I > don't really want to describe it, nor is it probably really topical here > anyways. > > > as-is, lacking a job, I am mostly trying to "make it on my own", admittedly > without a whole lot of success thus far. > > as for the future, I don't really know... > > >> John >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> fonc mailing list >> fonc@vpri.org >> http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc > > _______________________________________________ > fonc mailing list > fonc@vpri.org > http://vpri.org/mailman/listinfo/fonc
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