Just in case you were wondering
Big city area where I live;
(All Numbers pulled off indeed)
Waitress @ Red Robin : $73k/yr + benefits and tips
Front Desk Secretary @ Bank : $54k/yr + benefits
Warehouse: $34k/yr - no benefits
And I know you're like what the fuck already but get this one;
Police officer; $28k/yr + benefits + douchebags
But get this, this is the real kicker;
Frontend (make buttons, sliders, menus) Programmer / Developer : $112k/yr + benefits
Ok the button guy makes as much as 4 cops - cool. So what, you all ask me, a beatupoldpickuptruck.
Here's some more jokes;
Director @ Trust Fund $85k/yr + benefits
Chief of Police @ (Precinct) $65k/yr + benefits
National Parks Service Ranger: $32k/yr no benefits
Backend (math, computation, everything not user facing in software) programmer / dev;
*drumroll*
$184,650/year + benefits + STOCK.
SO 👉👉 if you wanna *fight the bourgeois* or *overthrow the patriarchy* or get rich so you can buy your dream cottagecore tiny home, or buy a private island to build an entirely Wicca society, whatever you want
you should probably learn to code.
Specially since them daggum learning machines are getting so good at art and writing that sometimes you can't even tell the difference?
Only way to sieze control of the levers of power are to become the controllers of the sources of that power.
Wrench away the machines from the evil doers and capitalists
Let free your creativity on the canvas of virtual machines
Set yourself free, wielding knowledge as your sword.
Then no one can disarm you.
But that's just what this beatupoldpickuptruck thinks of things, don't pay me no mind, children.
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"Programming today is a race between software engineers striving to build bigger and better idiot-proof programs, and the universe trying to build bigger and better idiots. So far the universe is winning."
-- Rick Cook
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Almost had a breakdown at work and something my coworker said struck me as deeply important and I think you should hear it too.
Whatever you’ve got going on that is really getting to you, you shouldn’t let it ruin your day. Now, it’s going to affect you; it can’t not, that’s part of being human. And if it does ruin your day, that doesn’t mean you’ve failed in any way. It’s okay if your good day takes a break to process whatever is getting to you, but if a good day is worth having then it’s worth trying to have. Not everyone has the luxury of being able to move on, but you owe it to yourself to move forward. Not to anyone else. To yourself. You are amazing at what you do, and it’s easy to get lost in that, but most of all you are human. They will understand; allow yourself time, allow yourself space to work through it, as much as you need. Then keep having a good day.
I forget who said it or from where but “sometimes life’s a bitch and then you keep living.”
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i’m sort of convinced that the absolutely best essayists produce new work only erratically. it is very hard to do all the work of observing/engaging with stuff, then Thinking Real Hard, and then writing some actually-worth-reading piece, on anything like a weekly schedule. sometimes a person spends years of their life thinking about something and only writes one thing about it. but it doesn’t matter because that one thing was worth it, exactly what needed to be said
however, alas, the demands of (legacy) publishing and (newer) algorithms disproportionately favor Dudes Who Can Churn Shit Out On Schedule
which is why the most Aggressively Mid Writer of the 00′s Game Writing Scene, Ian Bogost, is writing for the fucking Atlantic nowadays, whereas all the actually interesting, provocative, strange, and generally-worth-reading writers from that era are like. their stuff’s languishing on some mothballed archive on their personal site. or on a defunct blog. someplace where people slowly forget about it even though their stuff was always way more daring and novel and just plain interesting than the polished bullshit that builds a career
grumble grumble
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White laced flower in bloom
Worm finding its way through
Raindrops falling from clouded sky
Feeds multitude of factions
Cycles of systems seeding earth
In the middle of space
Circular motions winding the crank
Earthlings imitating art
The sketch in time
Drawings from the origin
Embedded in designs
Programming the program
The seed initiating life
Providing sanctuary
Acknowledging source
The white laced flower blooms
Tlw
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I don't know you super well but I want you to know that I am looking out for you (as well as my headmates.) people have been cruel to you recently and it's undeserved. I just want you to know that you have people in your corner, and your struggles are valid. take care of yourself. you deserve to feel safe
- ⚰️
thank you, i really appreciate this. it gets really scary sometimes and it’s usually for no reason i can discern but. it’s really nice to hear that not everybody is bad, thank you.
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possibly a chaste noospheric interface then, if you would allow it
Noospheric contact with me would be instantly fatal from the sheer volume and ferocity of the data djinn i have in my noospheric bubble lmao.
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"If debugging is the process of removing software bugs, then programming must be the process of putting them in."
~~ Edsger Dijkstra
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Your mental health
It becomes an addiction, an obsession, a source for you to seek excuses for your own lack of health. Don't deny this. By denying...
It requires from you full honesty
If you struggle with depression, or anxiety, or any negative pattern of thinking. If you sometimes feel unworthy, or less than another, or somehow unable to reach certain goals or dreams for yourself. Ask yourself why this is.
But seek the real answer. Don’t blame your genetics fully. Or your childhood fully. Or your surroundings fully. Human beings tend to…
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law of attraction
The law of harmony, supreme balance.
The law of reincarnation of karma.
The law of wisdom, learning through wisdom and love. Wisdom to proceed with harmony.
The law of grace, be kind and loving.
The law of soul evolution.
Vibrational energy-Matter is energy. Energy cannot die, only transformed.
The law of freewill. Mitigate the event. Give grace to others.
The law of One. Move forward to create more energy.
The law of manifestation. Ideas and experiences, beliefs and behavior. Program what will create harmony and you can manifest anything. Change what you need to.
The law of conscious detachment. Accept what is. Accept reality. Let the negativity to flow through without effect.
The law of gratitude. Give!
The law of fellowship, world wide meditations for peace.
The law of resistance. Resistance is fear, change your perspective.
The law of attraction. Where your attention goes, your energy flows. You attract what you are.
The law of Reflection. Desire is your mirror.
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