bobblywobbles

The text needs to have more contrast on the main page to make the content more readable - that's my only comment. Thanks for building this!

This is promising news, nothing for certain, but promising. Thanks for sharing.

What about accreditation? Aren't online classes not accredited and therefore companies aren't impressed you have an online degree or course completed?

Thank you for your thoughtful reply. I do think that loans are a definite room for improvement in terms of reducing the cost of higher education.

I will think how to approach this if I choose to do. I do not feel motivated to go into the political space - which is why I prefer a technology-focused approach. I will sit on these thoughts and see if I can come up with something I am comfortable taking on - thanks again!

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Thanks for responding!

This was more-so a thought of making the expenses of running a school cheaper, rather than teaching in a new way. I do like your enthusiasm, but let me think about this and how I feel about possibly pursuing this avenue!

We want our 401k's to continue to grow, we like investing in the stock market (for those who can), but we don't like the intrusion of privacy.

We want opposite things that can't co-exist, or can they? I'm certainly not for this, not one bit.

Are you saying that unions are what's keeping the cost of people who work in education high?

My intention was not to reduce the need of developers, but the staff that has seemingly continued to raise tuition rates for students.

This is a great guide, thanks for sharing!

Thanks for bringing Pokemon into programming, I enjoyed your read!

So, where's the distinction going to be? Use Github for developer networking, LinkedIn for non-developers?

It's more than just Communion. There is ceremony, listening to the Bible, the homily, the readings. What we do comes from the Bible, and helps us reflect and position our minds and hearts towards God.

Yes, 5-10 minutes is quicker, but it's not about spending _less_ time with God, that's not the point of mass.

As someone who plays games, I am having a hard time imagining myself spending this money to your service.

I mean no disrespect, I'm sure it took some time to build, but the alternatives are popular and they are free (Steam/Discord). The only part that I would consider is finding new games, but there is usually enough media coverage that I don't have to look for.

I'm sorry, just that's my opinion. I thought it would be helpful to share.

I'm sorry you have to leave the company you started.

In all parts of our lives, we may feel threatened or anxious and so we do things to take control or push others away. The fact that he couldn't share the stage with you shows more of him than it does you.

You both hopefully learned some things, but the point of the matter is to not take this stuff personally - it was meant to be this way. Learn from the past, but don't dwell on it. We all have a future ahead of us.

Can we get an explanation of the app before we sign in?

The only icon I recognized was Angular on the page.

I feel though a standard of sending money is a little too similar for paying a vendor. I'd personally prefer companies to handle this than a recommendation, because who is to say my payment details are saved and then a malicious script sends the bad actor my money?

Can someone please explain to me the POP reference? I do not understand what this author means by that.

I also would like help understanding what $ units gives? The command looks to be "units", but where do the numbers he entered in come from? I would appreciate this extra context.

I can't really read the whole article, but from what it sounds like is a man put too much into the stock market, and lost. He took out even more to pay his debts, and lost that too.

This has nothing to do with the app, but the risk tolerance of those involved.

Yes, and no.

Yes, in the sense of you need a list of everything you need to do, then you need to delegate because that's too many things for one person.

No, I think that keeping your list written down/stored somewhere offloads your brain to focus more on your task at hand then remembering all you need to do.

If you offer a way to fix something, you need to have the position in order to re-allocate time/resources to doing so, otherwise your attempt will be unpaid.

Try to convince the people that have this power, and then leave it up to the organization. With the best intentions, some companies will not change due to ignorance, fear, resources or culture.

I think with everyone, it's important to have boundaries, realism and your motivation for the project.

If you are asking the question, yes, it's probably too late.

This is blocked by a paywall, so I couldn't read the whole article as I don't have a subscription.

The belief that masks are controversion speaks more to the individual than the disease itself. People don't want to wear a mask because:

1) It infringes on their freedoms 2) They may have conditions such as claustrophobia which makes them very anxious and may trigger panic attacks 3) Ignorance, not keeping up with the news on their effectiveness 4) Belief that they can't get sick 5) May not have enough money or resources to make a mask

While the reasons are varied, I've mostly found #1 to be the case. Speaking to that, if you feel your freedoms are being limited in a pandemic, and that causes you to protest, is more of an emotional response than anything. Best not to argue with people who hold this view because you can't change their emotions on the topic. Better to maintain distance from them like everyone else to keep your family safe.

We all know pharmeticutical companies are out to make money, not make drugs affordable.

It's sad, but it's not new news.

The thought that buying short content from celebrities I think fails to realize that content is not desired if from people who have status, but content that is interesting in and of itself. The fact that the two spearheads are in Hollywood shows this as a viable hypothesis why other avenues were not considered.

This is just another overly hyped "business" that wasn't meant to pan out.

Agreed, this also happens outside the game developement profession.

My work process goes like this: 0. Talk to or get instruction from someone who understands the problem 1. Understand the problem yourself 2. Think about how to solve it 3. Solve it 4. Go back and clean up the code (making it production ready) 5. Repeat 4 if necessary

Eventually, you learn and get good practices in memory that you can start writing production code before you ever get to step 4. This is how I see developers gain experience

Thank you for offering this free service to us!

Understood, I wish you luck! I might consider your platform but as I said before, I don't usually write on blogs.

I'd like to offer my comments as well. I do not blog, but did for a short period of time.

What's your position, what does this offer instead of a web-hosting solution, is it security, privacy? I like the thought of it being hosted outside of a pre-packaged vendor but that's only to satisfy my desire to help the underdogs above anything else.

A good question, and I'm sure many people ask this every day. I'll try to do my best to answer.

It takes different forms, different paths for everyone. Not everyone goes down the same path. I think the best question/mindset you should start to think is this is a life with many people. You are only one piece of that puzzle, try working on your empathy first. You don't seem judgemental, but consider how others are feeling when you talk with them, listen to them more closely. Put your thoughts and replies before them, make _them_ the more important person in the conversation. (Again, not saying you are judgemental, but just in general).

Eventually, this desire to help others before yourself grows; it becomes your default response. With this, I've felt myself grow more humbler, more understanding of others and less judgemental. What you may experience is just this greater joy - helping others is giving you this happiness that nothing else gives.

At this stage, you typically start to realize bad habits you may have, distractions. We as people distract ourselves with a myriad of things in order to avoid feelings or situations. Try to uncover that, dig deep down and look at and help heal your hurts. This will likely take time and a change of behavior if you have them, but it's well worth it. Once you feel you have a good handling of this, you might start to notice others who have their own hurts. As you speak to them and gain trust with them, bring it up from time to time (if you are close), you may have an opportunity to heal them (which in of itself really makes you feel like you are doing good with your life).

If you read this, please do not be dismissive of what I am about to say, but without my belief in God - I really wouldn't know what I'm doing here. Honestly, even _in_ my belief I still very much question my purpose here on Earth. With everything else I have said up above, there was still this piece of my heart that felt like it was missing, and no matter what, nothing could fill in that gap. Point being, even though I still feel lost often, knowing and believing in God, makes me feel better that the path I'm on is on a purpose for God and for others I meet, touch, and heal along the way.

I hope this message helps you along. If you have any questions, feel free to respond.