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by matt_s 6y ago
We have used swappa.com to buy used phones for the last purchases. Let someone else pay the depreciation on the new phone and then get it cheaper. This also means you own the phone outright and switch carriers on a whim. We have iphones a
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Find what interests you in web app development. You mention Fullstack but that really is a recruiter term. Slowly building a set of problems you have solved is experience. As you encounter similar/same problems, iterating on those sol
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If you want in-depth reading on this topic I would suggest The Okinawa Program. Excerpt from the amzn marketing blurb: > scientifically documented twenty-five-year Okinawa Centenarian Study, a Japanese Ministry of health–sponsored study.
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I'd agree on Tesla, one could argue that Toyota hybrids have had more of an impact simply by 2019 sales figures [0]. [0] https://www.forbes.com/sites/jimcollins/2020/01/15/toyotas-r...
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Outlook and Exchange aren't going to be killed off like that. Too many corporate customers and governments use it, email holds up in court these days as official communications. Larger users of that have it on-prem. Think if you run
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Head First did it for me, visuals and the format of that book helped with such abstract and dry concepts. I have found over recent years not having to dip into those concepts much, there are a lot of these patterns built into libraries and
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There are developers with biases for/against most major tech companies, Apple is no different. Developers tend to be extremely opinionated about stuff they use (e.g. vi vs. emacs) and aren't afraid to voice that opinion. HN is a
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Your two statements about social media appear to contradict each other. Harassment and bad tools (i.e. viral false info) are what political parties do/abuse on social media. I think social media shouldn't allow spreading of conten
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Giving woodworking a try. I need to break out of the acquiring tools and shop things phase and get into the building things phase. Learning via YT is immensely helpful. I also live near a woodworking legend that offers classes and took a c
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I have a router table and am finding with a small hobby style shop that setup time moving it around (cart with lockable wheels), attaching dust collection, etc. is cumbersome. I bought a battery powered trim router and end up using that.
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Nope, not time to quit if you still need to earn a living. You've invested 13+ years into a career and if you aren't financially independent and don't have a backup job then you do still need to pay bills, right? For an inte
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There is Open Source voting software and it is in use in about a dozen states. I'm not sure to what extent - couple counties or statewide. It involves paper, voting machines and most importantly audit software. https://vot
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Can you define IT? Do you mean the infrastructure the company uses to conduct business, like laptops, email, etc.? Or do you mean everything inclusive of the core technical parts of the company? If it is a technology oriented company where
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Most people (as in statistical majority, not HN readers) don't read anything about issues and just vote with their emotions or who they like or for whatever party they identify with. In the US, guns and abortion are the common "is
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Even a properly designed digital system will have flaws and if it is on a network it can be hacked at scale. Hacking paper ballots cannot be achieved at the scale necessary to sway a national election. Its similar to a story I read a while
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For funsies, I put the numbers from NY Times into Excel to play with on the final 7 states that are undecided/close (AZ, GA, MI, PA, NV, NC, WI). The unknowns really are the amount of leftover ballots and what goes to each presidential
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Traditional printers are commoditized. A few of the Big Brands, as you call it, have models that actually are the same exact printer with a different make/model attached to it. That business has been in a downward spiral for years wher
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I'm not saying don't care or don't take initiative in your job. Care about the software engineering and your craft and don't hang all of your mental health on a company's mission statement. If you aren't given
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If you are recognizing that the "change the world", "disrupt ABC", etc. mission statements are total bullshit then you are doing well. Look for companies that operate in business sectors that are more agreeable to your e
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Moving into a management track means using different skills than just software development. It also doesn't mean you are smarter or better than everyone, it's a different role. You likely get to write performance reviews, stare
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Maybe this post should have a question to spark discussion so I'll pose it: If American Democracy were software, how would you refactor it?
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It may be ancient but chances are that when an app is using Java EE it wasn't their choice.
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Absolutely not. It clearly shows you can take direction, be able to get things done and put up with various personalities.
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Learning by doing is more of the hacker ethos than getting degrees. There are various cultures where more advanced titles and more acronyms after your name are sought after. There are some fields like health care, social work and law where
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That should be an easy category to weed out - one time purchases. Their algorithms aren't even aware of what the products are, its just "find last 3 things purchased and suggest those."
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As much as there are lots of people working on AI suggestion algorithms, I have not seen much suggested to me be close to what I want usually. This goes for Amazon, Netflix, Youtube, etc. They all seem to think whatever I bought/watc
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Your experience in the medical field might give you a head start into software development more than you think. There are companies that build medical devices, data gathering for pharma trials, and lots of health care IT companies includin
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I remember similar feelings working at a large company. The in-fighting and politics were disturbing, it was any wonder how there was profit. So many people that seemingly contributed negatively yet were still around somehow. Older, wiser
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I would use Ruby/Rails. I would recommend you use whatever you are most comfortable with since what you are describing is build-able in nearly any language/framework. Without getting into what the personal use case is ... what y
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If you mean 4-5% annual average return, just stick it in a total stock market index fund. There's no reason to pursue interesting or creative ideas or even spend any brain power researching all sorts of options. Since its inception in

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