[HN Gopher] Life Lessons from a 97-Year-Old Lobsterman (2019)
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Life Lessons from a 97-Year-Old Lobsterman (2019)
Author : marconey
Score : 69 points
Date : 2020-11-21 17:30 UTC (5 hours ago)
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| 1996 wrote:
| Given the title, I was expecting advice from a human-arthropod
| hybrid who obtained longevity from genetic experimentation.
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| Unfortunately, not yet!
| owl57 wrote:
| I actually imagined a lobsterman from X-COM: TFTD:
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| https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php/Lobster_Man
| mendeza wrote:
| Your comment made me laugh! I can imagine a machine learning
| model would derive the same meaning.
| spiritplumber wrote:
| TIL I am actually a machine-learning model.
|
| (Actually, I wonder if it's easier for a chatbot AI to
| emulate the writing of someone like me who is on the
| spectrum, than neurotypical writing)
| nkurz wrote:
| As one might fear, Olson died shortly after the article was
| written, still age 97: https://www.penbaypilot.com/article/john-
| w-olson-obituary/12...
| [deleted]
| cryptica wrote:
| The software industry messed me up big time. Often, I wish I had
| chosen a simpler career. It must feel amazing to spend most of
| your time thinking only about real, simple tangible things.
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| I imagine that having a simple practical mind as an adult must
| feel like childhood but I will never know.
| grecy wrote:
| How old are you?
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| I got out of software when I was 27, got back in when I was 30
| and then out again at 34. I won't go back.
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| I drive around the world instead, writing about what I do, and
| teaching others how they can do it too.[1]
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| It's never too late. I met people in their 70s driving around
| Africa, having a great time!
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| [1] youtube.com/theroadchoseme
| forgotmypw17 wrote:
| I started when I was 10, first paid job when I was 15 or 16,
| got out in my 30s. I still love coding, and do it every day,
| but I can't see myself doing it for money again.
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| I urge you to put your skills to good use at your leisure and
| for your own pleasure, not as a job, but as an art. You can
| make the world a better place.
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| Thank you for sharing your YouTube channel, I find it
| inspiring.
| grecy wrote:
| Thanks! I do still tinker and write code on things I find
| interesting or challenging.
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| These days most of my efforts go into photography and
| writing (I've just finished my second novel). I find
| working on the "real" world a lot more satisfying than
| purely digital where not a lot is tangible.
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| Good luck!
| joshspankit wrote:
| There are definitely tradeoffs and I suspect that having chosen
| software, you might have gotten cabin fever before you were 20
| years in.
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| With software, you can tweak the rules that create a forest and
| press a button to have - in your hand - a board that's better
| than the last: solid, straight, and knot-free.
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| These are things that take _decades_ in simpler disciplines.
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| One must ask, "do I need the leverage tech provides to live a
| well lived life?"
| joshspankit wrote:
| This comment feels out of left field.
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| Was I accidentally arguing that tech is more important than
| a well-lived life?
| toomuchtodo wrote:
| I might have misunderstood your comment. If so, my
| apologies for the hot take.
| elevenoh wrote:
| >but I will never know.
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| Nature, solitude, psilocybin mushrooms, & you'll know.
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