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From time to time someone who is genuinely concerned for my well-being suggests I shouldn't make my writing to easy to find.
It's not just at Soylent News: a close friend that I know IRL advised me not to post to Kuro5hin anymore. But I persisted because I regarded K5 as the most effective way to disseminate my views.
How much of the code you write today will still be in use ten years from now? There is some code like that but it is quite rare when considered against the total amount of code written ten years ago.
How about a hundred years?
Homer's Illiad and Odyssey were composed about 3,000 years ago - but I own a copy of each. Few read it for pleasure but they are quite widely read by college students. A good friend of mine read them in their original Ancient Greek.
I am dead certain that my essays on mental illness have saved many lives.
Those who are concerned for me are doubtlessly correct that I will face repercussions for writing and publishing the way I do.
But I regard that as the price that I pay for doing right by others.
I mostly write essays. I've taken a stab at writing books but have never been satisfied with my results, so I regard myself as an essayist more than anything else. I don't really regard myself as a coder, rather I am an essayist who just happens to know a lot about computers.
You can find most of my writing here.
(Score: 3, Informative) by Nerdfest on Friday January 26 2018, @03:43PM
In the WIlliam Gibson novel, people would scrounge for old tech to get at the code, which would still be used in current software. Or something like that, it's been quite a while since I read it. It kind of implied that core code may be around for a long time.
(Score: 1, Insightful) by Anonymous Coward on Friday January 26 2018, @04:54PM (1 child)
Look after yourself so that you can continue to help others.
(Score: 2) by MichaelDavidCrawford on Friday January 26 2018, @07:27PM
Somewhere back in the mists of time I was taught that it was more important to take care of yourself than it is to take care of others.
If we don't take care of ourselves we won't have the capacity to take care of others.
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(Score: 3, Insightful) by realDonaldTrump on Friday January 26 2018, @08:23PM
They're working so hard, trying to get me not to use Social Media. They hate that I can get the honest and unfiltered message out. Those are foolish people. If I listened to them, I would never have gotten to where I am. On top of the world at #WEF18 [twitter.com] in beautiful Switzerland. Just like I was on top of Company A at boarding school!
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