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You literally can't afford food and you are on hacker news? You can afford a computer, your own web site, ... I mean I suppose if you value technology above eat

You literally can't afford food and you are on hacker news? You can afford a computer, your own web site, ... I mean I suppose if you value technology above eating then I suppose technically you can't afford food after you spend your money elsewhere, but the full picture doesn't seem quite as bad as you originally painted it.

speeder 10y ago
I used to type that post a 2013 MacMini, sort of smuggled in the country, that belongs to my startup (not me personally). The startup ran out of money, and I took the MacMini with me, so I could continue working. The MacMini is also currently using a damaged HDD, that S.M.A.R.T. keeps telling me should be replaced and is already critical, because I can't afford actually replacing the HDD. I was kicked out of the apartment I was living, and now I live with my parents, my parents own a store, and by law, all sales must have a tax form filled online, thus internet is a hard requeriment to have a store, I am using that internet connection. The maintenance of my websites, cost for me in total, about half a month of food. Currently my source of food is mostly debt (ie: me, my parents, and other extended family members are taking loans to pay basic stuff). It is not like getting rid of my computer, would help me, my choosen profession, the unprofitable one, is to be a programmer, so I need it to work anyway. So, it is not a question of valuing technology above eating, it is that I already have technology because of my work, and getting rid of it won't make food sprout on my plate. Even if I managed to sell all my belongings, I would still be unable to buy food anyway (my net worth is negative, even if I sold every single object I own, somehow for their "new" non-depreciated value, even my glasses, I would still not pay all my debts).
- jjnoakes 10y ago
  Sorry, I don't buy any of this.
  - speeder 10y ago
    The startup that own the MacMini: http://www.kidoteca.com http://www.kidoteca.com Screenshot of my desktop, with MacMini about screen, and smartctl -a /dev/disk0/ http://imgur.com/a/61brQ http://imgur.com/a/61brQ You want my bank account screenshot too? I can tell you how much it has (positive 37.71 BRL, overdraft is disabled) I honestly doesn't understand why people think I am coming up with lies, I didn't asked for anything, I just shared an anecdote, I am not begging, not trying to guilt-trip people, I was only sharing personal information, the fact that I made a mistake when I decided to follow my passion (programming), when people advised me to instead take a safer profession (construction worker for example) instead.
    - jjnoakes 10y ago
      You are entitled to write whatever you please, and I am entitled to not believe you. I personally think it is insulting to hear someone with obvious means say they literally can't afford to eat when most of this world actually can't afford to eat and don't have the luxury to post about it on hacker news while running their own web site, playing the latest video games, ...
    - centizen 10y ago
      You don't have to justify yourself to him, he's not going to listen anyways.
      - jjnoakes 10y ago
        I read through his comment history, so it's not that I'm not listening to what he's saying here, I'm listening to what he's said in the past. It is possible for people to listen to what is said and disagree with it, or refuse to believe it. Do you think he literally can't afford food?
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speeder 10y ago

I used to type that post a 2013 MacMini, sort of smuggled in the country, that belongs to my startup (not me personally). The startup ran out of money, and I took the MacMini with me, so I could continue working. The MacMini is also currently using a damaged HDD, that S.M.A.R.T. keeps telling me should be replaced and is already critical, because I can't afford actually replacing the HDD. I was kicked out of the apartment I was living, and now I live with my parents, my parents own a store, and by law, all sales must have a tax form filled online, thus internet is a hard requeriment to have a store, I am using that internet connection. The maintenance of my websites, cost for me in total, about half a month of food. Currently my source of food is mostly debt (ie: me, my parents, and other extended family members are taking loans to pay basic stuff). It is not like getting rid of my computer, would help me, my choosen profession, the unprofitable one, is to be a programmer, so I need it to work anyway. So, it is not a question of valuing technology above eating, it is that I already have technology because of my work, and getting rid of it won't make food sprout on my plate. Even if I managed to sell all my belongings, I would still be unable to buy food anyway (my net worth is negative, even if I sold every single object I own, somehow for their "new" non-depreciated value, even my glasses, I would still not pay all my debts).

jjnoakes 10y ago
Sorry, I don't buy any of this.
- speeder 10y ago
  The startup that own the MacMini: http://www.kidoteca.com http://www.kidoteca.com Screenshot of my desktop, with MacMini about screen, and smartctl -a /dev/disk0/ http://imgur.com/a/61brQ http://imgur.com/a/61brQ You want my bank account screenshot too? I can tell you how much it has (positive 37.71 BRL, overdraft is disabled) I honestly doesn't understand why people think I am coming up with lies, I didn't asked for anything, I just shared an anecdote, I am not begging, not trying to guilt-trip people, I was only sharing personal information, the fact that I made a mistake when I decided to follow my passion (programming), when people advised me to instead take a safer profession (construction worker for example) instead.
  - jjnoakes 10y ago
    You are entitled to write whatever you please, and I am entitled to not believe you. I personally think it is insulting to hear someone with obvious means say they literally can't afford to eat when most of this world actually can't afford to eat and don't have the luxury to post about it on hacker news while running their own web site, playing the latest video games, ...
  - centizen 10y ago
    You don't have to justify yourself to him, he's not going to listen anyways.
    - jjnoakes 10y ago
      I read through his comment history, so it's not that I'm not listening to what he's saying here, I'm listening to what he's said in the past. It is possible for people to listen to what is said and disagree with it, or refuse to believe it. Do you think he literally can't afford food?
- deleted 10y ago
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