algaeontoast

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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I agree with all the points made above, however, very few of those would have value if the person arguing against you resorts to just calling you names, yelling, or defaulting to "nazi", "racist", "white male"
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I’ve never owned one and don’t plan to. I don’t need one more device strapped to my body distracting me every ten minutes...
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Wow, I didn’t realize they went under. It’ll be interesting to see if platforms like Boiler Room meet a similar fate. Mostly because they’re no longer fringe enough to support their original values (I stopped following them after a Call of
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
A friend of mine from high school had a parent who worked on the F117A project and maybe the coolest mug I've ever seen. It was a mug that had an F117 fighter that would disappear when the mug got hot enough, with the engineering team
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
About a year ago there was always this one guy at the MIT swap fest who had loads of memorabilia like you've mentioned. He had patriot missile mugs, miniatures of satellite projects from Raytheon etc. He was so cool to talk to, altho
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Damn, I'm totally having this logo professionally printed and framed.
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Why does anyone in tech still pretend there’s any real value left in blockchain tech? The crypto industry is stymied, time to move on and let “real” fintech take the reins...
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Yeah, but Russia has pennies in comparison to the U.S. regarding the amount of money and resources to throw at these kinds of subversive offensives... I doubt Russia could really pull this kind of thing off if they can't even manage to
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
YES! The number of times I was almost hit by gas motor-scooters in the lane during traffic (while commuting with an electric scooter) was insane. I was mostly surprised by how slow most people ride their bikes. A meager 17mph even downhi
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Having worked remotely for a startup and within a really nice office for a corporate hell hole, I'm now convinced that the best balance for productivity / sanity for me is in-office 4 days a week with a handful of remote days. Whe
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Joining a fast growing org early in your career is a bad idea, doing it as an intern is indispensable. Also, networking is vital, however mostly to develop a filter for BS and BS slingers (money slingers or "rich" people are decep
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
It's even worse when you're on a bike and this happens. The number of times I've yelled at people who open doors or just meander into the bike lane and hit them or nearly hit them because they had headphones in is one too ma
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
This is incredibly idiotic. I support societal change to reduce the impact of climate change, however, what this article argues is not part of the solution and just stymies efforts that actually have potential to make change happen.
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I can't echo this enough! The one time I had an exceedingly positive experience with a recruiter, the role and company involved had been grossly misrepresented and had a very fractured org (which explained the rushed hiring / rec
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Maybe the new maxim should be "Fast and Felonious"
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I’m in your exact position, it’s okay to leave. Life is too short to work for shitty people / orgs. Best of luck!
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Plain and simple, leave now. Things aren’t going to get better, you owe your employee nothing. Just don’t put it on your resume.
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I simply don’t deal with them anymore. The few times I’ve actually taken offers from them, the role has been misrepresented or ended up being in a rushed org that torpedoed their own culture. More recently, I had a recruiter sabotage my in
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Most recruiters have no clue what the fuck they’re doing.
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
This. I never understood why people at a startup I worked at (even after it was acquired by a FAANG) gave a shit what happened after hours. There was an ops guy actually trying to slack people at 3am. At one point they tried to contact m
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Anyone successfully pull off an "Office Space"?
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
My point wasn't about hope, I "hope" to live a life without years of agony. Living through years of chemo on to live a diminished or slightly less-painful life with a looming chance of the cancer re-occurring isn't a li
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I just lose respect for people who actually find utility in devices like this... It's a stupid gimmick at best. To other commenter's asking for "proof" Alexa devices act as listening devices, see below sources where Alex
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Poor people aren't going to like that very much...
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Might as well go ahead and keep dangerously depleting ground-water reserves to grow almonds for almond milk... because "progress"... [0] https://sustainability.ucsf.edu/1.713
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
If I ever have a cancer diagnosis that would require extreme treatment or a pro-longed period of suffering, i.e. stage 3 or 4, I'd seriously consider shooting myself rather enduring months if not years of agony. In theory I'd have
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
This guy always seemed to rub me the wrong way, aside from the fact that he came off as a coked up character from the Hunger Games Elite. Not only does he proliferate a number of obnoxious bay area stereotypes - but he also made videos like
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I think a lot of the rhetoric in this article could also be applied to people who struggled in school early on due to an unknown mental health diagnosis, essentially internalizing that they’re either too stupid or lazy to succeed. As someon
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
I fail to understand how this kind of grandstanding is productive to modern society or environmental efforts?
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by algaeontoast 7y ago
Might not be a popular answer among common folk on HN, but for me, once a week I go to a shooting range and practice with my handgun. I’m improving a skill, I have to be focused since I’m dealing with a firearm and most importantly I absolu

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