iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

They were great times to grow up. The microcomputer all happened when I was a young kid and they started getting them in schools, so learned to code that way. Probably the opportunities to learn more advanced stuff were better over in US (hence my bookshelf) but they were still exciting times 😀

I see - I work for a well known UK broadcaster on content management, and databases, and writing Java services, and have done for too many years. But it's never too late for a change. That was the idea of studying physics. Some kind of programming job in the scientific realm would be perfect.

Same here, although they tend to join us on graduate programmes after they've completed their degree. And we've got a few who are apprentices and doing degrees at the same time. It's a great part of the job though.

Fair enough - it was like that at the beginning for me, but I'm a bit bored with it now. But maybe I just need a more interesting programming job, or teaching is always an option too I suppose. I do get a lot out of working with younger engineers who are just starting out in their careers.

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Yeah, life does have a habit of getting in the way unfortunately. But we're both still young ... ish 😀 - plenty of time still.

Oh right? - I'm about 15 years away from retirement now, although hoping a bit earlier if I'm lucky, then get back to being able to concentrate on music. I wish you a happy retirement when it comes though. Hopefully you can get a bit more poetry published, or just geek out to your heart's content 😆

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😀 - yeah, I studied music first time round at uni, but went into software engineering to pay the bills. And the physics is just me getting bored and wanting a new challenge. Can't bring myself to throw out my old programming books though, even though they're completely irrelevant these days.

Haha - that looks exactly like my bookcase.

andyw @andywww.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Probably not having a 3.5 litre V8 would have also helped.

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andyw @andywww.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

And in exchange, Russia gave Fiat a load of crappy steel with loads of impurities in it, which is why all Fiats from that era rusted away so badly.

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andyw @andywww.bsky.social · 25/11/2024

Very unfair judge .. blah blah .. witch hunt .. blah blah blah .. politically motivated .. blah blah .. like no one's ever seen before.

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No, I do get it. It's about money.

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Right, I get it - so it's about the money? And not really about wanting to prevent any loss of life or funding the military industrial complex as you originally claimed it was. Like I said, just be honest if that's what it's really about. Also, I'm confused as to what vaccines have to do with this.

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No, I'm getting it I think. So war is ok if America is attacked, but not ok if Russia attacks anyone else. And everyone else should just surrender to them. But America is special and if they're invaded you would fight and not worry about the deaths or the military industrial complex.

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But you would support war if Russia invaded your country? You literally just said so. So all you're really saying is, "I don't give a fuck because it's happening to other people elsewhere" whilst dressing it up as being a pacifist.

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Well you started off by saying, "I just understand that thousands of innocent people keep dying so the military industrial complex can make a buck." - now you are saying, "Ukraine can fuck off because we don't give a shit." At least be honest enough to say that in the first place.

andyw @andywww.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

Yeah, my parents. They're old now. But I always tried to appreciate the time I'd spend with them years ago when they weren't so old, and told myself this time would come one day.

andyw @andywww.bsky.social · 23/11/2024

I hear this from Americans all the time, people who I regard to be pretty intelligent people in other areas. What would they do if Russia invaded Florida, or Texas? Go, "oh, ok - just take it, because we're against war and don't want to support the Military Industrial Complex."