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901.
by ketzo 5y ago
some time during a long night of talking about dumb shit with friends, I became the proud owner of http://thedarkweb.online . some day… some day I will figure out the right joke for that page.
902.
by ketzo 5y ago
“essentially the same” is… not as reassuring as you think it sounds, not when we’re talking $28 billion in circulation.
903.
by ketzo 5y ago
Yeah, but banks don’t create a market for themselves in a notoriously unstable ecosystem by explicitly promising that their deposits are backed by 100% cash. That is what USDC did. And it turns out not to be true. Which is… concerning.
904.
by ketzo 5y ago
Yeah, but flipside, you're probably gonna need things on the Moon that you wouldn't for a terrestrial base. I think it's fair to assume that the $7bn a year figure is just a very rough number, but still a useful one for under
905.
by ketzo 5y ago
One of my chores as a kid was clearing out stagnant water in our backyard if it rained; if someone didn’t during peak season, you would immediately notice a massive increase in mosquitoes in the next days.
906.
by ketzo 5y ago
Aw, hush. That’s a needlessly antagonistic take. Someone can say “I like driving” without us assuming that they’re totally ignorant of the negative externalities. I can say “I like ice cream” without you having to say “you like saturated fa
907.
by ketzo 5y ago
I love that the conversation is always around personal "bodily autonomy" despite the fact that your decision to not get vaccinated affects every single other person with whom you come into contact. Freedom of speech doesn't c
908.
by ketzo 5y ago
Extraordinarily so. A lot of it comes down to leverage: if you're poor, you have very, very bad options when it comes to borrowing money. Say you're already living paycheck-to-paycheck, and then you fall and break your wrist. You
909.
by ketzo 5y ago
Okay, the quote might not be literally true for boots (or many consumer goods) in 2021, but it's a good intuitive explanation of why it's quote-unquote "expensive to be poor," which is absolutely a meaningful and importa
910.
by ketzo 5y ago
If the primary goal is compensation, management is pretty much always gonna be the answer; that, or lots of very lucky equity.
911.
by ketzo 5y ago
Yes, I love this suggestion. Building the literal muscle memory of how to write, I dunno, a for loop, is so critical -- it means you don't have to think for even a second about how to use that tool in the future.
912.
by ketzo 5y ago
Since every top-level comment thus far seems to disagree with the Hole Hawg comparison, I will provide an agreement. My very first programming experience was the integrated shell of Python 2.6, maybe 2.7. I followed wikis and tutorials in o
913.
by ketzo 5y ago
I liked this interview a lot. Extremely actionable advice, with good reasoning behind it, all the way through.
914.
by ketzo 5y ago
Yeah, there's a reason Amazon is on or near the top of those "which institutions do you trust most?" polls. Regardless of what you think about the company's practices/dominance/anything else, there is a lot t
915.
by ketzo 5y ago
The Elixir/Phoenix forums are a genuinely delightful place. Can’t recommend them enough. Great mix of beginner questions and best-practice discussions, and commenters tend to be quite knowledgeable and very friendly.
916.
by ketzo 5y ago
Macros are extremely powerful, and like all really powerful things, they’re very easy to shoot yourself in the foot with… we’re lucky that the Phoenix team are some very capable wizards!
917.
by ketzo 5y ago
I mean, schools can force parents to tell them if their kids are vaccinated. There are exceptions to ADA/HIPAA "no information can shared/asked for at all."
918.
by ketzo 5y ago
> automatic mechanism that operates independently Yes, but I think this is more metaphorical than literal. Of course there aren't literal automatic robots doing the work of rooting out corruption; it's a goal. I would argue tha
919.
by ketzo 5y ago
And yet if I walk into a grocery store, I can buy milk with USD. Weird — it’s almost like there is something backing it, and it’s not just strictly gold/silver!
920.
by ketzo 5y ago
I like this comment. The archetype of the bootstrapped "lifestyle" software company is quite popular on HN, and for good reason, and venture capital often the subject of (often well-deserved!) criticism; but hey, the VC business m
921.
by ketzo 5y ago
Are they printing money with gacha games? Yes. Doesn't mean they couldn't do some optimization! But to your point, yeah, I imagine there's probably a little more pressure to develop new features/characters/etc. rath
922.
by ketzo 5y ago
The parent specifically said "I'm not (and don't ever expect to be) paid the same as other equally qualified engineers on my team." I understand your point, even if I think it's a little narrow, but the original c
923.
by ketzo 5y ago
If you're reading this, there's a pretty solid chance that you're a male working in the software industry. It is super, super critical for you to know: this happens where you work, too . No, not "this could happen where
924.
by ketzo 5y ago
What? Why wouldn’t you expect that? This is so incredibly defeatist. What is your reasoning behind equal pay for equal skill not being better for everyone?
925.
by ketzo 5y ago
This rules, honestly. Seeing and making shit like this was what turned me from "CS student" to "genuinely enjoys software engineering." To this day, little stuff that makes a life better is the best part of anything I do
926.
by ketzo 5y ago
I think this is a little ignorant of the actual, moment-to-moment realities of working these jobs. Software development is done from a laptop, in whatever air-conditioned room or office you'd like. Restaurant work is, by definition, ho
927.
by ketzo 5y ago
Yeah, and obviously that's an ideal, not necessarily reality -- fresh out of college, or just looking more urgently for a job, I think the stakes are a little different and you gotta be a little more willing to just "take the jo
928.
by ketzo 5y ago
That’s a really good point, viewing this as an accessibly-priced entry into PC gaming makes it even more attractive.
929.
by ketzo 5y ago
There’s obviously a lot of people who like playing games in a more mobile format, as evidenced by the huge popularity of the Switch Lite / mobile gaming. Giving the PC games market access to that form factor seems, on its face, like
930.
by ketzo 5y ago
In SF/NYC/LA, maybe. In any city with less than a million people, they are much more frequently upper-middle to upper class. Additionally, despite often being mentioned in the same breath/status, doctors and lawyers follow ve

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