Path: ...!feeds.phibee-telecom.net!2.eu.feeder.erje.net!feeder.erje.net!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: candycanearter07 Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy Subject: Re: More Funny Stuff From Joel Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 06:20:03 -0000 (UTC) Organization: the-candyden-of-code Lines: 29 Message-ID: References: <17d716103c089ab3$7951$675878$802601b3@news.usenetexpress.com> <2ej96j1mbvgiok4q5c57vdlo94itpfu5dt@4ax.com> <6664e989$0$2363151$882e4bbb@reader.netnews.com> <666c774b$0$7519$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <666caa57$0$7531$426a74cc@news.free.fr> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Injection-Date: Sat, 15 Jun 2024 08:20:03 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="29f7004934c228c80d1456d18f79c0a5"; logging-data="3521233"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/dY9bIUsj7xajDOOoRKQ8MTP7diKiqFnbn7CECxZIi1A==" User-Agent: slrn/1.0.3 (Linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:baHU9/wlGxjKofjxHVPQ+GbSqqg= X-Face: b{dPmN&%4|lEo,wUO\"KLEOu5N_br(N2Yuc5/qcR5i>9-!^e\.Tw9?/m0}/~:UOM:Zf]% b+ V4R8q|QiU/R8\|G\WpC`-s?=)\fbtNc&=/a3a)r7xbRI]Vl)r<%PTriJ3pGpl_/B6!8pe\btzx `~R! r3.0#lHRE+^Gro0[cjsban'vZ#j7,?I/tHk{s=TFJ:H?~=]`O*~3ZX`qik`b:.gVIc-[$t/e ZrQsWJ >|l^I_[pbsIqwoz.WGA] wrote at 20:38 this Friday (GMT): > Le 14-06-2024, Joel a écrit : >> Stéphane CARPENTIER wrote: >>>Le 09-06-2024, Tyrone a écrit : >>>> On Jun 8, 2024 at 7:42:16?PM EDT, "Joel" wrote: >>>> >>>>> What purpose does coding that serve? I can code, I choose not to >>>>> because everything's already been coded, by someone else. >>>> >>>> What an extremely naive thing to say. >>> >>>You seem surprised. Is it the first time you read a message from Joel? >> >> >> I may not have the IT skills you have, but I know my way around >> computers, everything I need to do has been coded by someone, I never >> find that I would need to code myself. > > It's not about the technical skills. It's about the naive way you see > things. If everything had already been coded, there would be neither new > programs, nor improvements of old programs. Which is just plain wrong. Also, there's always going to be a small niche that you need filled. I know I have a bunch of stuff I made after being frustrated I couldn't find anything online (or by just cobbling together existing programs in a bash script :P) -- user is generated from /dev/urandom