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adeveloper870··on Life, part 34
Forgive me for being rude, but is this exercise simply exploration? It appears to me the author is looking for something (within their discovery) - but I am at a loss to what that could be.
adeveloper870··on $200M seed valuation for Roam shows investor frenzy for note-taking apps
I'm sorry, but I don't see any value in note-taking apps. It's likely these investors are just turning away from other products that have likely been hurt by covid.

(We work more remote now, we need to take notes, let's do it online, investor frenzy).

adeveloper870··on Causality is not a law and an argument in favor of the existence of God
St. Thomas Aquinas wrote these proofs to help those who are more logically inclined to believe in God. [http://web.mnstate.edu/gracyk/courses/web%20publishing/aquin...]

While the logical arguments in this article seem thorough, there are references to God throughout all of history. Many will say that the church was acting, over-extending it's authority and enforcing it's teachings was the reason why it lasted as long as it has. One could say that's why we still have the discussion of the existence God in our day-to-day lives.

The question you could pose is, say you are right. What if you did prove this all to be correct? What would happen then? You disproved God exists, now what? There would be nothing to gain other than feeling the need to point at others and tell them they are wrong (or be nice about it :) ).

I would instead not to approach God with logic, as there have been countless people, including myself, who have been touched with God's presence. While the pursuit of knowledge and logic is admirable, God will continue to exist.

What I feel is struggling to people who are not in the environment, is that belief in God arises from faith, and not reason. So many people become passionate (on both sides) that it often-times ends up in fights that the one needs to prove they are right. It's not about being right, it's about showing love, and that can mean listening to someone who you don't agree with so you can show them you care and will listen to your opinion, even if they don't agree.

Thank you for your article and your well-thought out statements, wishing you blessings in life.

adeveloper870··on Religion as a Helpful Delusion
I appreciate the lack of bias in this article, but do feel that it's missing depth.

Religion isn't a "delusion", and in fact believing or following a religion doesn't mean your life will be easier, it will probably be harder! I don't like how the author sees religion, because it's not just something that "manages emotions." These conversations can always come out so explosive, as I believe in God too.

Religion gives purpose to our lives, it helps us understand why something is happening to us or to the world. Without the purpose, I feel it's a bit shallow to suggest religion solely helps manage our emotions.

adeveloper870··on Optimizely to be acquired by Episerver
Worked at a company that considered Optimizely for one of their possible A/B solutions. We went with another vendor, but I then ended up writing an in-house solution that took about a month [w/o analytics].

It is very easy to implement this in-house so long as you own the systems and don't outsource [too much].

adeveloper870··on Gaslighting
One does not know this is happening until you've distanced yourself from the person gaslighting you.

Source: experience

adeveloper870··on Data Structures and Algorithms Actually I Used Working at Tech Companies
> "I've never had to use these data structures, and even if I did, I would look them up again."

Exactly.

Also, notice these companies are the top largest, tech-focused companies that require this low-level manipulation. I can't imagine you need to re-implement an algorithm at another job.

Simpler algorithms sure, but at that point it's just basic programming.

adeveloper870··on What is best in open source projects?
Thanks for the support of open source authors!
adeveloper870··on Show HN: GitSpo – Monitoring and Analytics for Open-Source Projects
I think your product is a good idea, but I received an email from you (to my personal email) without having signed up for your service. I do not know where you found my email, but I would like to be in control who I share my email address to.

Can you please take me off your list and if in the future I decide to use your service, I would happily sign up to.