ryanmercer

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   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   > the galaxy is emptier than it should be. It really isn't. Do the math, I did (scroll about halfway down): https://www.ryanmercer.com/ryansthoughts/2014/11/30/this-jus... Being very generous, in
2. 32.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   An alien was trotted out for a press conference June 19th, 1997 https://www.deseret.com/2007/3/25/20009206/former-governor-s...
3. 33.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   Maybe they're just friends of Gordon Shumway, Mork, Paul, and Uncle Martin.
4. 34.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   Don't people realize many companies charge for API access?
5. 35.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   Sounds like you copy-pasted a post to multiple subs in rapid succession and got caught in a spam filter... Doesn't sound like a conspiracy to me, sounds like anti-spam measures doing what they do.
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   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   Yeah I don't do the whole "boo hoo unpaid worker" nonsense. I moderate several subs, some of them rather sizable. I do it because I want a quality community, not because I want a payday, I probably average 8-10 hours a week m
7. 37.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   I do! Day 72 post layoff Location: Rural central Indiana Remote: Yes, only Willing to relocate: no Technologies: not a dev Resume: https://lime-gweneth-73.tiiny.site/ Email: ryanmercer@gmail.com
8. 38.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   I wish I could say me, day 72 post-layoff. Not even a single interview yet with hundreds of applications, sigh.
9. 39.▲
   by ryanmercer 3y ago

   >would be paying around 2,5$/month, Which is less than I pay for premium. If more people would just, I dunno, pay for services they use regularly, Reddit wouldn't have a problem.
10. 40.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    Best way to read the site is, and always has been, old.reddit on a proper computer.
11. 41.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    And would be a heck of a terrorist target anywhere along its length.
12. 42.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    " green book International Unix Environments. orange book Computer security criteria, DOD standards. book with man wearing pink shirt The Pink Shirt Book, Guide to IBM PCs. So called due to the nasty pink shirt the guy wears on th
13. 43.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    Why bother with shell corps when they already back companies in the clear: look at In-Q-Tel.
14. 44.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    Exactly. If you make it open source, great, cool, but only well-funded entities - like massive corporations - can even afford the hardware costs.
15. 45.▲
    by ryanmercer 3y ago

    Or maybe he just doesn't need more money and wants to do something cool? If my basic needs were met, I'd go volunteer at any number of non-profits full time.
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    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >26 years of work experience are worth way more than most degrees, Not when 10 of it is fast food/retail/digging graves for a living and another 15 and a half of it is filling out hyper-specific paperwork all day that doesn&#x2
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    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >Guess you have somewhere between 1/4 and 3/4 of a million USD, in some form. Uh hardly. 2021 I worked 600 hours of overtime and didn't even break grossing 50k USD for the year. My take home pay for the last 15 years is pr
18. 48.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    Unemployment in Indiana is max $390 a week and only lasts for a maximum of 26 weeks. At best it would extend our living 'runway' temporarily and I'd bring home more working a fast food job.
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    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    I was at the employer before this one for 15 and a half years, I left because I didn't get a cost of living increase in over a decade and wasn't even making enough to rent an apartment on my own, I doubt they've drastically c
20. 50.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    Thanks! :)
21. 51.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >Update your resume. Your last job section needs more fluffing and your long term job needs editing. That is fluffing them.
22. 52.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >Get physical, if you aren't already. Got that covered, I'd actually just bumped up to 20k a weekday on my BikeErg the week before this happened!
23. 53.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    Cool, we'll have to look into it to see if it is cheaper at all!
24. 54.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    Thanks!
25. 55.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >Instead of doing COBRA can you get on your wife’s health insurance plan? Not until next school year several months away, if I don't have a "proper" job by then I'm working McDonalds and we're looking at selling
26. 56.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    >Next up is saving money. Most people can save an incredible amount of money on food by changing how they cook. Fortunately we are fine on food. We have over a year of food in our pantry and make everything from scratch already :). We&#x
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    Ask HN: How do I move forward after being laid off?

    102 points by ryanmercer 4y ago|89 comments
28. 58.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    It's crazy to think I've been (fairly consistently) playing MUDs for 29 years now...
29. 59.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    I wish HN had awards like Reddit, I would spend coin on this comment. I got a much-needed proper belly laugh from it. :)
30. 60.▲
    by ryanmercer 4y ago

    Discovered this a few months ago, have lost so many hours of my life to doing it over and over.