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by np- 5y ago
I mean if we are going with “knowing people” as an anecdote, I know a LOT of extremely rich, successful, and motivated people (especially in SF and NYC) who smoke cannabis basically nonstop.
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by np- 5y ago
I'm replying to the post saying this is an "industry standard" thing--I'm not saying that there is no disaster scenario ever. Obviously not every contingency can be planned. However, there are certainly signals that a c
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by np- 5y ago
I think most experienced engineers realize on-call is a complete fool's game -- you will never get accolades for fixing shit at 2am. Literally never. Your only "reward" will be to become the escalation point to continue getti
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by np- 5y ago
I don’t know if it’s that straightforward of a comparison—while it may be true that taxis are bad for traffic, you have to take into account what the use of them is: transporting people around. If you consider the alternative where taxis do
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by np- 5y ago
I am pretty sure this just means that messaging companies will need to provide a publicly accessible API. There won’t be any mandate to actually implement this interoperability beyond that, but of course someone could write an open source c
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by np- 5y ago
I am just a random somebody around your age in previously mediocre but now significantly improved shape since starting kickboxing. One of the most important things I learned is that all that most age related “injuries” and “soreness” etc is
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by np- 5y ago
> How can I practice detachment (buddhism inspired letting go) while simultaneously accomplishing goals? I think this is somewhat addressed in Hinduism -- the thing you need to realize is that there is your Self, and there is your Role,
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by np- 5y ago
Yeah, sort of, but I feel like this is because most people don't really understand it's not exactly the same thing as sitting around surfing the web. Obviously this isn't a physically challenging job, but it is a mentally cha
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by np- 5y ago
It doesn't seem particularly nonsensical to contend a concrete wall has some form of consciousness. Concrete walls don't spring up out of nowhere, they're built by humans who have a need to separate things (either for good or
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by np- 5y ago
I’m not the original poster, but there is definitely increasing evidence in modern health research that gut bacteria is directly linked to mental health: https://www.science.org/content/article/meet-psychobiome-gut
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by np- 5y ago
They don’t need to listen to audio, which is very cumbersome and error prone, if they have your location. If your location is available, so are all of your friends’ locations. The apps can easily see who’s in the same place at the same time
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by np- 5y ago
To be pedantic, Apple does allow Progressive Web Apps which can bypass the App Store. (The Xbox cloud gaming app is a big one that goes down this path) Note that I don’t support at all this decision to cooperate with an autocrat.
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by np- 5y ago
I don't think this is a US vs Europe thing. There are a LOT of Europeans who go to the same exact beach in southern Europe every single year. Take any RyanAir flight from the UK to Spain, and you will see that the average passenger is
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by np- 5y ago
If you are trading on an SEC regulated exchange: https://www.sec.gov/fast-answers/divisionsmarketregmrexchang... , then yes the SEC can see everything.
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by np- 5y ago
Even if that's true, that's still well beyond a reasonable bound of sanity. Agreed that 8 years seems a bit light though, considering the notoriety of the crime.
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by np- 5y ago
Regardless of the thief, it does seem a little concerning that the chain of custody for actual human heads involves being left unattended in a random employee's car.
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by np- 5y ago
People shouldn't always just blindly accept what is told to them as truth either - they need to have the ability to determine if something is true or not on their own, and experiencing/verifying things yourself is a powerful way t
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by np- 5y ago
1) A big thing is trust - people trust Apple to keep their data secure much more than they trust Amazon, especially when you contrast both company's main business model. 2) Apple's "Find My" was pitched first and foremos
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by np- 5y ago
My theory is that they’re super successful in one area, so it probably doesn’t matter at all what the rest of the company is doing. Just one major successful project can float thousands of failed teams, due to the vast sums of money involve
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by np- 5y ago
I'm surprised this is the top comment, what's the deal with Europeans tending to talk like they're the authoritative source on American culture based on a few people they've met and a few websites they've read? This
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by np- 5y ago
Fair trade for the German word for mobile phone: “handy”, which certainly has more than one meaning in English ;)
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by np- 5y ago
There’s a pretty common four word slogan called “Loud pipes save lives” - if you look out for it you’ll start to see it everywhere, bumper stickers, tshirts, etc. Its somewhat controversial and not widely accepted by all motorcycle riders.
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by np- 5y ago
It’s not a Europe vs US thing. For example in Germany it’s still somewhat common for an apartment rental to come with no kitchen and barely any fixtures and you have to supply your own. That would be considered a step too far in the US.
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by np- 6y ago
I do appreciate the looking out. Fortunately I have already left my own personal toxic situation, and went somewhere that respects my boundaries much better - and life is indeed much better. I'm not particularly resentful of it either,
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by np- 6y ago
The problem isn't that we don't care at all. A lot of us were drawn to software engineering for some reason or other, maybe we can call it "passion." But I resent that my "passion" is only being exploited to ma
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by np- 6y ago
Eh, in general it's a common fallacy that just because somebody is especially good at one thing, they're good at everything. This is a hard pill for many to swallow, especially if they excel in their field. You'd take basketb
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by np- 6y ago
You can buy your coworker a pizza with your credit card today. At most the fee would be 3%. From start to end the whole process would take no more than 5 mins. Plus, pretty much every decent pizzeria on the planet already accepts it as paym
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by np- 6y ago
What I mean is that if we’ve (meaning the privileged Americans) already got it pretty good, then why should we leave? If the reason is that life would be better elsewhere, then that’s a valid reason to go. If the reason is that we feel our
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by np- 6y ago
You’re right, and again I’m not saying America is perfect. This was specifically in the context of being a developer, of which very little of the parent comment is true. Risk/reward and all that, yes, that’s likely a cultural or person
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by np- 6y ago
I get what you're saying, and I'm not denying this all exists in Europe. And I don't mean that America is perfect, it's actually in a shameful state for many people. But what I mean is that the "brutal reality"

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