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It seems that this year’s International Men’s Day is being celebrated with a little more enthusiasm than that of other years. It certainly helps when the discrimination against a well known male movie actor eclipses this day, but I believe that the focus on men is part of a growing movement that is responding feminismContinue reading “Some Thoughts on Men’s Health”
We have differing opinions on fat, yet few people have ever explored this subject in depth. There is clearly an aesthetics of fat, because we’ve seen from the Venus of Willendorf, or the sistine chapel to today’s fashion models, that views on fat have changed over the millennia. But we do not have a non-aestheticContinue reading “A Quick Philosophy of Fat”
Perhaps the most misunderstood idea about programming, I think, is that writing code has nothing to do with art. Introductory courses or books to programming, while challenging to the point that as much as half of students quit halfway through, never teach coding to be a writing discipline, which is a shame, given that oneContinue reading “Programming as a Writing Discipline”
Previously published on Medium “Wake up. You are still sleepy, but you must get up. Eat breakfast, don’t question it. Wash yourself, brush your teeth, put your clothes on. Go to school. Never mind that you don’t like it, do it anyway, learn what they teach you, Or you won’t get to eat. You needContinue reading “The Vital Lessons of Horror”
Previously published on Medium. With many organizations (and countries) going on lockdown, it may be seem unconventional to be talking about anything positive. Yet, I cannot help but think, that humanity might come out of this far better off than before. That is, if humanity gets through this crisis at all. For now, in our immediateContinue reading “COVID-19 Might Just Save Us All”
Previously published on Medium Lodash has been hailed as an essential library for JavaScript, with good reason. It is a library that provides plenty of functions, some more intuitive than others, that make the job of a developer much easier. However, an over-reliance on lodash can come with costs of efficiency, as well as readabilityContinue reading “My Problem with Lodash”
Previously published on Medium It was all too surprising to me when it exactly it was that I have felt significantly younger than the age that I officially was. I noticed a few months ago, that many of my friends had moved on from their youth and began buying houses, settling down and most ofContinue reading “Why Having Children is Immoral”
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