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by reidjs 5y ago
Didnt some major bank recently make a similar-scale mistake from a weird UI issue, and they couldn’t revert the transaction?
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by reidjs 5y ago
Yeah I definitely exaggerated haha. I think the oldest may be taking a screenshot of their desktop background and maximizing it, so they click around helplessly. Does anyone know a prank older than that?
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by reidjs 5y ago
Great catch, that's the oldest prank in the book, but still one of the funniest.
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by reidjs 5y ago
Meta question, at what point can you call yourself an artist? After you finish a painting, story, or song? When you sell something you’ve created? Artist isn’t a well defined title.
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by reidjs 5y ago
I always thought it was strange when people try to argue crypto has no utility and it’s value is purely speculative. I can’t imagine a future in which online gambling isn’t fueled predominantly by crypto.
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by reidjs 5y ago
I think calling unlimited vacation days a scam is a bit extreme. It's more like a bad deal and it's worth negotiating against, which is easier said than done by an employee with no bargaining power.
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by reidjs 5y ago
With localbitcoin and similar exchanges you can convert the btc to usd peer to peer with strangers.
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by reidjs 5y ago
I’ve thought of doing this, but how would it work if you have a normal day job? Can you have your job pay you through the LLC?
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by reidjs 5y ago
I have actually told this one at a party (well, not exactly a rager) "Two 12 Inch Pizzas have less Pizza than one 18 inch pizza." and we did the math to prove it to ourselves. Blew our minds... an actual valid use for middle schoo
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by reidjs 5y ago
Relativistic paradoxes are the most insane. Twin paradox, ladder paradox, grandfather paradox, things get so mindbendingly weird at very large, very fast, and very small scales.
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by reidjs 5y ago
That is not a typical situation for most Americans. You even knew that as an expat you were going to have to deal with some pretty nasty tax forms for no taxation on the first ~100K for FEIE. Just hire an accountant who knows how to handle
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by reidjs 5y ago
That’s sort of the risk you take when using open source software in general. You can put in a PR to fix that edge case if you feel so inclined. In my experience the IRS can be surprisingly understanding about mistakes on your tax forms (ONC
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by reidjs 5y ago
If those represent major complexities maybe there can be open source tax software that serves 80% of people, I.e. people in coastal cities that have one job, and then the remaining 20% have to pay for their software?
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by reidjs 5y ago
This is not a very useful article in my opinion. It is vague and generic about the benefits of being curious over being smart. Even the title doesn’t make sense to me, maybe rephrase it as “Is curiosity more important than intelligence?”
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by reidjs 5y ago
They may be more concerned about the potential of it spreading to their other employees. People occasionally associate with their coworkers physically outside work (e.g., happy hours, coffee, lunch, etc). Even if they are mostly working fro
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by reidjs 5y ago
Sometimes I will use a draft PR if I need to show some intermediate code, but I mostly agree. If you put up a PR that means you’re proposing this code is solid and should go into production.
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by reidjs 5y ago
It’s self driving cars, not autonomous governments. Considering how distracted and impaired the average driver is, this might be a godsend.
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by reidjs 5y ago
Same! A refreshing take on the startup world from the outside.
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by reidjs 5y ago
In my experience React, despite its complexity, was always far simpler to use than WebComponents because it has clearer documentation and established patterns. I'm sure WebComponents can do everything React can do, but they do not have
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by reidjs 5y ago
Repeating "don't bring your job with you." It often comes across as status-checking based on income. I feel bad for people who can't think of a better question than "so, what do you do?"
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by reidjs 5y ago
I don't personally want an exciting laptop. I want a laptop that works with all my other stuff (phone, tv, printer, various software) the moment I open it.
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by reidjs 5y ago
Most of my friends and family live here. I would rather fix the problems here than move.
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by reidjs 5y ago
These sorts of hidden gems are why I like to read HN. This makes a lot of sense to me: "The difference between process and data is profound. Process is abstract where data is tangible. Data is direct, where process is indirect. The dif
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by reidjs 5y ago
I've never seen a company try this, but I wonder if an SMS/text support number could work. This would help with the 'flakiness', i.e., you don't have to respond immediately and you can help multiple people at once.
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by reidjs 5y ago
Many companies unintentionally incentivize that behavior because the more angry you sound the more likely you are to get bumped to a higher tier support agent.
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by reidjs 5y ago
I realize this won’t work in LA, but if you are traveling for fun/vacation, why not check out places with functional public transit so you don’t need a car? San Francisco, Portland, New York, European Cities, etc.
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by reidjs 5y ago
That’s the one
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by reidjs 5y ago
I read a series of blog posts about a guy who would essentially work backwards from a domain name to start a business. E.g. he would buy things like 'weehawkenjobboard.com' then SEO a job listing service for people/businesses
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by reidjs 5y ago
I love analyzing game mechanics. I haven’t played Wesnoth, but other games that handle luck well are Darkest Dungeon and Faster Than Light. The article makes a good point about how a lot of the challenge is in distinguishing bad luck + good
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Keep Your Pull Requests Small, Explained Mathematically(gist.github.com)
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