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4 points·by code_Whisperer·il y a 7 mois·7 comments

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code_Whisperer
·le mois dernier·discuss
I was raised in a religious (Christian) household, and attended church 3 times a week through my childhood and teen years.

Initially I guess I started 'idling' on those beliefs and practices once I realized that the majority of churches were being run as businesses, with an eye toward making money for a select few as opposed to helping those truly in need. Throw in snake-oil televangelists and it further diminished my trust in those institutions and people. At that point I no longer went (or donated) to church, but preserved my own values and beliefs as a personal form of religion.

But then that all changed again.

Despite the strong possibility of being downvoted into oblivion by the rest of my answer, I am going to say it anyway, because it's the most honest response to OP's question I can summon. And maybe there's someone else reading this who has gone through the same thing.

The final blow to my faith and my upbringing was watching as my religious family and friends all self-inducted into the cult of [a prominent political figure]. To see them using their holy book and their pastors and their (false) prophets and their money to prop up and justify an adoration and worship of this figure's abhorrent and evil life became too much for me to accept. If you were to meet and talk with any of them today, they'd sooner tell you about the greatness of this particular person instead of the central figure of their professed faith.

And the ongoing weaponization of Christianity by this same political figure and all of his hangers-on has only served to further widen the gulf between where I am now and where I used to be.
code_Whisperer
·il y a 2 mois·discuss
not hotdog.
code_Whisperer
·il y a 6 mois·discuss
(I forgot I had an email contact in my HN profile, you can reach me there, as well) :-)
code_Whisperer
·il y a 6 mois·discuss
I am also interested in seeing what you have, and I love refactoring older code.

Please reach out if interested and let me know more, let's see if there's a possible deal here. :-)

codewhisperer at team803585.testinator.email (replace the " at ")
code_Whisperer
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
I had a similar requirement recently and ended up going with CodeKeeper (https://codekeeper.co/), mainly because they had a portal that seemed mostly self-serve. Because they are based in The Hague, and because my client had domestic restrictions, I also had to add the US-only storage option. Their pricing was also a factor in my decision. YMMV.
code_Whisperer
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Looks backup, but that was about a 10-12 minute hiccup. :-)
code_Whisperer
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
Excellent catch, thanks! Clearly this old boy needs a bit o' sleep.
code_Whisperer
·il y a 7 mois·discuss
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"Off to Be the Wizard" by Scott Meyer

"Daemon" by Daniel Suarez

"The Adolescence of P1" (vintage) by Thomas Ryan

"Snow Crash" by William Gibson

"Ready Player One" by Ernest Cline

"We are Legion [We are Bob]" by Dennis Taylor