The Other Side of Midnight - Richard C. Hoagland - Live Chat Thread

[Barfly]

Consider vesica piscis.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vesica_piscis

I do this stuff in Autocad all day long

[Dr. MD MD]

I hired a guy with a mullet, hes a good programmer.

If he's got the chops what do you care if he's sporting a bad hairstyle from the 80s? 

[Mind Flayer Monk]

I remember enjoying the first Creepshow movie but I haven't seen it since then and can barely remember it now. I'll have to do a Creepshow/Tusk double feature one night soon 

I rewatched it recently and its still pretty good. Leslie Nielsen as a bad guy was fun.

[comaphobe]

Wow you youngsters!  i saw it at the theater when if first came out.

it couldn't have been out for more than a few months when i saw it. but i was too young to interpret. it was definately new though. the only thing i remember vividly was the final scene with taarna with the green blooded sons of bitches, the same scene posted in the thread earlier. i don't even think i saw the actual magazine until the late 80s. i was born in 1975, not many of my friends had parents that took them to the drive in to see movies like that.

[Dr. MD MD]

Wow you youngsters!  i saw it at the theater when if first came out.

I saw it in it's original run too...but I'm not as old as Barfly 

[Barfly]

If he's got the chops what do you care if he's sporting a bad hairstyle from the 80s? 

Correct, hes actually a pretty cool guy, keeps to himself and loves to program.
He saved my ass keeping up with my workload while i was in the Netherlands.
Hes hard to define, hes in his 20's, just rides a bicycle, i guess i could define him as a geek and a hippie in the same package.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

We're hiring kids with 2 year degrees from the local community college to program now. They are ok, but nothing revolutionary. They pretty much do the same work as a kid with a 4 year degree from Berkeley or Stanford. The programmers from 30 years ago were really good.

[Dr. MD MD]

Correct, hes actually a pretty cool guy, keeps to himself and loves to program.
He saved my ass keeping up with my workload while i was in the Netherlands.
Hes hard to define, hes in his 20's, just rides a bicycle, i guess i could define him as a geek and a hippie in the same package.

These young kids aren't hippies. They're just smart enough to realize they should be concerned about the environment 

[Belles]

We're hiring kids with 2 year degrees from the local community college to program now. They are ok, but nothing revolutionary. They pretty much do the same work as a kid with a 4 year degree from Berkeley or Stanford. The programmers from 30 years ago were really good.

Thank you.

[comaphobe]

I remember enjoying the first Creepshow movie but I haven't seen it since then and can barely remember it now. I'll have to do a Creepshow/Tusk double feature one night soon 

i have tusk and el topo here waiting to be watched. i've never seen either. i have holy mountain too, that movie is crazy.

[Barfly]

We're hiring kids with 2 year degrees from the local community college to program now. They are ok, but nothing revolutionary. They pretty much do the same work as a kid with a 4 year degree from Berkley or Stanford. The programmers from 30 years ago were really good.

30 years ago we where doing COBAL, im mostly doing Python and C++ now.
I know a kid who is probably around 16 or 17 that i will hire in a heartbeat, but i think he may be getting a free ride to MIT when he gets out of HS.

[JesusJuice]

15 minutes left. "We only have enough time for one more caller."

[Dr. MD MD]

i have tusk and el topo here waiting to be watched. i've never seen either. i have holy mountain too, that movie is crazy.

Yeah, El Topo. That's another one I have to rewatch. Apparently, it was a big influence on Peter Gabriel when he was writing The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway.

[Belles]

30 years ago we where doing COBAL, im mostly doing Python and C++ now.
I know a kid who is probably around 16 or 17 that i will hire in a heartbeat, but i think he may be getting a free ride to MIT when he gets out of HS.

Yes, pages and pages.

[Barfly]

Yes, pages and pages.

Type till the fingers bleed and realize you made a mistake on line 50 or so.
Not a fun time.

[comaphobe]

this guy's mind works like a proper human being's should.

[Barfly]

this guy's mind works like a proper human being's should.

I hate to say it, im liking him

[Belles]

Type till the fingers bleed and realize you made a mistake on line 50 or so.
Not a fun time.

Or compiling it and having it kicked out.   Looking for your error.

[Dr. MD MD]

I hate to say it, im liking him

This has been my general experience in listening to him over the last few years. He's not crazy. The world around him is 

[Barfly]

Or compiling it and having it kicked out.   Looking for your error.

I still go through that in Python

[comaphobe]

This has been my general experience in listening to him over the last few years. He's not crazy. The world around him is 

i agree with that.

[Belles]

I still go through that in Python

In 200 pages of code? I admit i know nothing of python.

[Mind Flayer Monk]

Brother Side of Midnight

[Barfly]

Was a pretty good show, actually im glad Hoagie didn't do the interview, at least John got to talk.

[Belles]

Was a pretty good show, actually im glad Hoagie didn't do the interview, at least John got to talk.

This is true though I still want to hear him and Hoagie.

[Barfly]

This is true though I still want to hear him and Hoagie.

yup, but im glad i got to actually hear him talk first, Hoagie will bring out the bat shit crazy aspect

[comaphobe]

ghost fishing is up next..

</winamp>

[JesusJuice]

Hoagie will bring out the bat shit crazy aspect

But that's why we wanted to hear McAfee and Hoagland together 🙊🙉🙈

[comaphobe]

im out.. see you tomorrow night. remember it's the fukushima show on MITD. i hope it doesn't disappoint.

[Lilith]

Listening to McAfee talking to Robin, with my morning coffee.  I enjoy listening to McAfee, and Robin is very nice to listen to I guess, if Hoagie can't make it once in a while.