I gave you a code review after you posted on Reddit, a while ago.

I'm happy to see you're still hustling this, and let me know if you want that second review.

Cheers!

Absolutely! I'll take any help.

Send me an email info at twelve70 dot com.

Thanks!

A few quotes from it, that have stuck with me:

- It is good to be solitary, for solitude is difficult; that something is difficult must be a reason the more for us to do it.

- Perhaps all the dragons of our lives are princesses who are only waiting to see us once beautiful and brave.

- I hold this to be the highest task for a bond between two people: that each protects the solitude of the other.

- This is the miracle that happens every time to those who really love: the more they give, the more they possess.

Canada is pretty big, what area/city?

have heard every one of those arguments, both in the city and in the countryside. here's another one: my neighbour complaining about my bike being locked to the outside of the house: "get a car like every other adult"

Toronto suburbs

Ah, Ford Nation, say no more

Thank you, that's very interesting.

Do you have any ideas on how software developers can solve the problem of corrupt government?

Not being facetious, curious to hear what your views are.

OpenSecrets[1] and Sunlight Foundation[2] are great places to start. That said, IMO the greatest change is achieved by canvassing, working in public policy, or running for office oneself. Senator Jacky Rosen (D - NV), a former Software Developer, is a great example.

[1] https://www.opensecrets.org/ [2] https://sunlightfoundation.com/

Well, who is making decisions and how are they being made. What metrics matter? How can we judge them better? How can we improve them in people?

Or, to go even further, have you ever seen Star Trek where they use the holodeck for Training? They have many real-world scenarios so that they can build experience. Couldn't the same be done in many other domains.

Oh Yeeeaaaaaaaaahhhhhhh.

I'm a rails dev. This is nice.

Amen. You speak for me too.

With OSX, I get to be lazy when it comes to the OS. No wrangling, configuring like I see friends having to do. The environment is mindless and works. And they're pretty. Great screens and resolution. And everyone else had one when I started developing. And I was kind of excited to put a sticker on top of the apple.

Switching to linux is in the same category as Vim for me. Something I should do someday.

YMMV, but I configured i3, vim and some other stuff years ago and just copy configs from previous laptop to the next one. New laptop usually works just of the box and it is already configured the way I'm used to.

With all of the ways that we hear the environment is being damaged by humans, it's nice to hear about a way we're trying to improve it.

This give me hope.

I’ll second that and fingers crossed that the publicity encourages a cascading effect of environmental kindnesses.