Thanks, I'll definitely check it out. I found mvcforum to be surprisingly well built (https://github.com/YodasMyDad/mvcforum) but even there you could see major changes had to be made at some point (like completely dropping the repository layer in release 1.8).
I'm working on a new model of how online discussion is done by developing a new monetizing strategy which shares ad revenue with users who bring original and quality content to the board. In essence, insightful comments which spark meaningful discussion are rewarded with real money (or an option to gift that money to a charity or another user).
It's hard to say for sure. I am a touch overweight and haven't been very physically active of late. Combine with age (41) and my stress levels, and I expect that explains a lot of it. Genetics may factor in as well.
Looking at the picture on his LinkedIn profile https://www.linkedin.com/in/philliprhodes it does look like he may have been overweight. I suspect that is a huge contributing factor in this. I'm sorry if anyone get offended by this, but it does look like mindcrime could have been more proactive in looking after his weight. Now it's completely possible that mindcrime has some other condition which limits, or at least restrict his ability to do exercise, which makes trying to stay healthy a whole lot harder. But I would have thought for a lot of people it is caused by either: heavy smoking, heavy drinking, little exercise and a bad diet. Either way, I wish mindcrime a speedy recovery and hope he can return to good health as soon as possible.
When I was 18 years old and worked at a computer consulting company, my 41 year old boss had a heart attack. He was less overweight than the OP, smoked and got no physical exercise.
After his heart attack he went in for an angioplasty with one of those nicotine patches on his arm. Since having a heart attack, he was trying to stop smoking. His doctor looked him in the eye and said, "Well here we are. Do you want to live or do you want to die?" My boss said he wanted to live. So the doctor ripped the patch off his arm and said, "Just stop with the nicotine then."
OP you have a similar choice before you. I'm now 42 and I see your LinkedIn picture and "a touch overweight" is not what comes to mind. If your BMI is not into the obese category, I'd wager you're close to it.
One of the reasons I created my website http://meetandplay.com/ as after high school I stopped being active, gained 60 pounds programming and playing video games. As an adult you have to be really proactive to find sports to play they don't just fall in your lap anymore. meetup.com is also a good resource for healthy people doing healthy stuff like hiking, biking, climbing which I've used as well. My site is more for pick up games and locations to play. :)
Yes, I could have been more proactive. I made a lot of sacrifices in terms of not working out, overwork, stress,
etc., in the quest to get this startup going.
Maybe you can find some casual running groups in and around North Carolina? I attend one and we run every Wednesday and Saturday. Even though I'm 20 years younger than the average runner some of the guys (who were on track to be the position you find yourself in now) have really turned their life around with respect to looking after themselves. I would encourage anyone of any age or fitness to do the same. Having people around you who can encourage you makes it so much harder to give up.
Also, 2 hours a week is nothing in the grand scheme of things. If you have to commute, try commuting by bicycle or if you go by train, get off at an earlier station. I'm not sure what your commute is like in the USA (I suspect most people drive to work), but a lot of people in Europe get trains and buses - which does make that latter idea a bit easier.
Regular exercise makes such a huge difference in ability to handle stressful situations as well as dealing with long term stress. It also improves cognitive function measurably.
I don't know what else you have going on in your life, but you are sacrificing the wrong thing. Forty-five minutes a day is nothing for the benefits you get.
We're a startup (https://whoaverse.com) using .NET4.5/C# MVC5 and SQL, currently working on getting set up in Switzerland. C# beauty, Visual Studio and Azure were the key factors why we decided to go with .NET.
We are in the process of raising first round of funds for http://whoaverse.com and things are starting to get interesting. We have major plans for both enterprise and private use of the platform and when it comes to giving back to the community - we plan to use the same model big players like YouTube and Twitch have for rewarding content creation (actual money).
This will be a fun ride which currently feels like David vs Goliath, but boy is it fun :)
Bing is a clone of Google and Yahoo is a clone of... DuckDuckGo? Call it what you want, here are just a few distinctions:
- built-in night mode (reddit does not have this)
- responsive design which works great on mobile out of the box (reddit does not have this)
- limited voting (new users need to gain a certain amount of points before they are able to vote without restrictions, reddit does not have this)
- limited number of owned subs (reddit does not have this, one person can and does moderate hundreds of subs)
- youtube-like score bar which graphically shows percentage of upvotes/downvotes (reddit does not have this)
- user profiles which show statistics about user activity, for example, submission distribution and highest-lowest rated submissions (reddit does not have this)
- better privacy, users can delete all data stored about them if they decide to leave and close their account (reddit does not have this, all data is kept and public even after user deletes his account)
- youtube-like revenue sharing model (in development) where community is rewarded with real money (reddit does not have this)
- based in Switzerland, no censorship policy as long as content is legal (reddit is like North Korea when it comes to this, censoring thefappening but leaving sexwithdogs)
- no blatant ad submissions posing as regular posts policy (examples: a photo of a starbucks cup with a cute kitten inside which frequently reaches reddit frontpage or a video titled "look what I filmed with my GoPro")
- ...constant dialog with community and very open to new ideas and improvement
That sounds good. But what's your plan to convince me (and more) to change my daily website? I go to these sites for content, and despite reddit not having the nice features, it does have the content.
Also I think you should go away a bit from the look-like-reddit because most people will probably go there, see yet another reddit clone and dismiss it.
There is a pile of 8 books on my table right now (pro asp.net mvc 5, visual c# 2012, software architecture in practice, database solutions...". I started by skimming through each and every one of them, and it all seemed rather boring. Nothing taught me more than working on my side project.[1] I am far from good at anything and there is a long ways to go but actually digging in and creating something was very rewarding.
I can't even tell you how much I have learned outside of school and work by working on an outside project.
I had a co-worker ask me "How do you code so well in C#? I want to be a master in that language."
My reply...
"Create a simple blog project and then work from there. Eventually you'll want to add more and more features that will move you throughout that chosen language."
I've learned so much by creating and uploading semi-unfinished side projects on the web.
