billy99k

54 ms·

841.
by billy99k 2y ago
"Did Jeff Bezos launch a public company with essentially no revenue" Perhaps not, but this is pretty much how venture capitalists do business. Most VC backed 'unicorns' don't make any money. Are we now going to fa
842.
by billy99k 2y ago
I had a Razer laptop. The metal on the back split open at one point and became really sharp. Due to this and its bulky-ness, I got an Asus Rog Zephyrus and never looked back. I always used to like Asus as a company when I built computers
843.
by billy99k 2y ago
When I was a kid, Japan was seen as the technology center of the world. I've been there a few times in the last couple of years, and in many ways, it feels like they are stuck in the 90s. CDs, fax machines, terrible websites (using o
844.
by billy99k 2y ago
This is making the case for paid software. If you want to actually make a living, it's difficult to open source it. Anyone can just take your source code and release it for free/compete with you. This means you can only really m
845.
by billy99k 3y ago
All the large companies I deal with on a daily basis have moved everything to SaaS/cloud-based or in the planning stages.
846.
by billy99k 3y ago
Apple was never a friend to open source. They wanted to control the hardware and the software.
847.
by billy99k 3y ago
wokeness in a nutshell.
848.
by billy99k 3y ago
Can you speak Italian? Do you feel isolated in Italy because you don't know anyone? I feel this way when I visit my wife's family for longer periods of time because I don't know the language and don't have the freedom
849.
by billy99k 3y ago
Do any of these bootcamps get you a job? I can't imagine learning much in a few month period, especially if you aren't already in tech.
850.
by billy99k 3y ago
A friend of mine was just fired after he worked on a 6-month death march project. He worked until 2am almost every night with meetings at 7am the next day, including weekends. He missed New years, Christmas events, kids birthdays/othe
851.
by billy99k 3y ago
There are shootings by children almost every week in Detroit. In the future, will these parents also be held responsible and go to trial?
852.
by billy99k 3y ago
Are air miles taxed in the US? United airlines has a bug bounty program and they send you a 1099 for the miles and they say the points are valued a 2% of point value (you are taxed on this). After calculating the point value and the amount
853.
by billy99k 3y ago
Web frameworks coming and going like the latest fashion trends. This is especially true with Javascript frameworks.
854.
by billy99k 3y ago
To be honest, I don't think I would be willing to pay for a 1-day course. I really don't think I could get enough out of it to justify any cost I would pay.
855.
by billy99k 3y ago
I would be fine with it as a company owner if I am clear of all liability as a result. IE: if the high employee does some sort of damage while on the job, they are fully responsible. They should also be put into a different, more expensiv
856.
by billy99k 3y ago
Exactly. Regulations have made it so expensive and difficult to build housing in many parts of California (and other major cities in the US), that the demand outstrips the supply and it leads to unaffordable housing. I keep seeing memes abo
857.
by billy99k 3y ago
I think the biggest problem with retiring to places like Mexico is the healthcare. When you are young, cheap healthcare from the government is sufficient. When you are older, you need to have access to doctors and hospitals that can proper
858.
by billy99k 3y ago
While this is happening, I don't think it's happening at a large enough scale to matter or long enough timespan. Most people burn out after a year or so of working multiple jobs. It's posted all the time in /overemploy
859.
by billy99k 3y ago
My wife and I have never played the game and are on E03. We both have really enjoyed the series so far.
860.
by billy99k 3y ago
I just read an article about a 19-year old making $10,000/month from the Alexa developer incentive program. It's sad that this will be ripped out from him and other developers in a few months. I stopped trusting Amazon years ago
861.
by billy99k 3y ago
Complete your certification and/or start a portfolio and showcase some of your work. Even with this, the job market is pretty terrible right now. It's probably not the best time for a career change.
862.
by billy99k 3y ago
"motivated anecdotes" aren't valuable because they aren't accurate. It's political fuel for to shit on something you don't like. With this line of thinking, I could say climate change isn't happening beca
863.
by billy99k 3y ago
My brother died of colon cancer at 42 in 2017 and my grandmother died of the same disease at 62. I started getting colonoscopies at 35. It's good that more information is out there now. My parents never told us to start getting scree
864.
by billy99k 3y ago
I started this a few weeks ago and I knew it wouldn't be received well in China. Why? It shows the truth about how brutal the government was during the cultural revolution and how easily citizens can be swayed to become monsters. &quo
865.
by billy99k 3y ago
I also noticed this in Vietnam. The malls were packed with people every time I went there. It reminded me of the 80s/90s in the US
866.
by billy99k 3y ago
It became popular when there weren't many CMSs that non-tech people could easily install and use. It now has first-mover advantage and an entire ecosystem of plugins. In addition to this, there are entire companies dedicated to makin
867.
by billy99k 3y ago
This article is basically laying out the entire business model of most VC-funded startups as if it's new information. So when VCs do this for the last 3 decades, it's great. When Trump does it, it's suddenly bad.
868.
by billy99k 3y ago
Developers hate meetings, but they can be very beneficial. I can't tell you the amount of times I've had miscommunications over slack/teams that were resolved with a 10 or 15 minute meeting.
869.
by billy99k 3y ago
"Raise the bar at the bottom and all wages will go up" The people at the bottom might be making more, but they won't have spending power for very long because the cost of everything will go up. This cycle will just continue
870.
by billy99k 3y ago
How about parents actually watch their kids and prevent them from going on Tik-Tok and other social media sites? It's too easy to let phones do the babysitting. Typical response from Liberal governments like Ontario: blame everyone el

More ›