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by strict9 5y ago
I think this phenomena is at least partly responsible for why so many devs stay in the same position and why they are difficult to find/hire. Before a tech interview, good candidates will spend a large amount of time doing 'homewo
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This is a good thing. Too many people are entering college and taking on enormous debt to get something which is less of an edge for getting a job. Worse, many get saddled with debt and don't finish for various reasons. Meanwhile tuiti
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The divide between those who dislike or don't understand virtual goods and NFTs is very much along generational lines. Two of my nephews are into Fortnite and how they talk about the game, the economy, and v-bucks is fascinating. They
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How many of these "X sucks" articles with an attention-grabbing headline can make it to the top of HN in a week? While these articles lament the state of technology today and wish it were better like back in the good old days, the
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I'm glad he addresses Stephen Diehl and his anti-crypto screeds. Nearly all of Diehl's criticism is some form of “None of this digital stuff has any real world value.” But the thing is, this digital stuff does have value to the
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Every time I see an article about an exodus to rural America I am reminded of the rural America I grew up in, and frankly it's terrible compared to living in or near a city. For all the reasons you cite and so many more. Of course cost
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This was a great read. Another way to appreciate the endless level of detail if you look hard enough is the Coastline Paradox[1], an idea expanded and articulated by Benoit Mandelbrot. Life has infinite levels of depth if you keep peeling b
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I agree with your sentiment, but the part about third world countries getting adequate access is more complicated than simply lacking access to shipments. In many parts of Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, hesitancy, misinformation on social med
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No. The information on fake accounts was passed to Apple by Citizen Lab, which discovered the zero click vulnerability.
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It is great to see this happen. It's also fascinating that the crux of the Apple's case against NSO hinges on NSO engineers that accepted iCloud's terms and conditions. From related NYT article: > The sample of Pegasus gav
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> Virtual fences keep the cows in designated areas, While the idea of vibrating collars to steer cattle makes me uneasy (what comes next?), I am somewhat hopeful this can address the issue of barbed wire fences. Interestingly, the idea
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> Why do we need an "audience"? It's not a requirement, especially for those like you. But most people write with the hope that people read their writing. We can debate the importance of this but can't deny the motiv
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> Why do people keep trying to declare that blogging is dead? Because the blogging ecosystem now is nothing like what it was 10-15 years ago. It's significantly more difficult to find and maintain an audience. The main ways a read
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> Through predictive processing, the brain uses its prior knowledge of the world to make inferences or generate hypotheses about the causes of incoming sensory information. I wonder if this mechanism is responsible for many shared false
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I think this is a large part of why people are moving further left and right in the past few years. Social media adds gasoline to the fire, but that fire was already burning, in part due to the middle class getting wiped out. The ends are e
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This is a great point. But a counterpoint is that housing is not included in consumer price index. Real estate prices have rocketed to outer space for the past year and housing constitutes the biggest monthly expense for most people. Not pr
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On one hand, this seems positive. It felt impossible for me to get into the sw development field because companies only wanted experienced devs. Not having a degree, I got hired for a non-tech entry level role at a software company and work
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For various reasons (including age and working in tech) I've considered leaving software development when I reach my 40s, to pursue something that I love doing that's a bit more tangible. This comment lit a fire under me. Thank yo
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When I've gone to tech conferences over the years, I've heard talks given by fb/instagram devs about the problems they're working on, and the tools they've created to do it. On one level it seems very alluring--pay,
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I don't think you should worry about it. Start small and incrementally work your way up. You shouldn't start with a load heavy enough to prevent getting out of. A quality adjustable fitness bench with a bunch of free weights can g
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An under-reported benefit of weight lifting: near-total elimination of RSI, at least in my experience. At some point a few years ago I decided to join a gym for the first time. While I improved my posture and BMI a good bit, I might be happ
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> Imagine if Taylor Swift sold a limited number of mp3 NFTs of a new song of hers. Several artists have created "limited" or 1/1 NFTs, with full knowledge that whatever media contained therein could be easily digitally re
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I don't understand the unfettered hatred many have for NFTs. This is the first technology to come along and offer artists an actual avenue to payment for their creative work, and for fans to directly engage with and support with artist
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This is a common anecdote, and a situation I remember as that's when I started driving. Also one used in scientific study with seemingly dire results: > The survey of insects hitting car windscreens in rural Denmark used data collec
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Because it's a hard paywall. It's adding visibility to those without a subscription.
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A metaphor for this situation (building exactly what customers ask for) could be the car Homer Simpson designed ("The Homer"). https://simpsons.fandom.com/wiki/The_Homer Not that all users are equal to Homer,
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For a particularly eye-opening video of how views change over time, a 1984 NBC news report of a mandatory seatbelt ordinance in a small Michigan town: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=glmcMeTVIIQ
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Securities, property, crypto and other related assets are the real rising stars. The rise of paychecks against that backdrop is very small. In the context of everything else that's increasing in price, it feels like a wash.
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This is why I choose to live in a large city, despite a lower cost of living and other benefits of living in a smaller city or the countryside (latter being where I spent most of my young adult life). In cities there is competition to be ab
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Can't imagine the guilt that comes with that situation, though you definitely don't deserve it. I think the amount of vaccine misinformation propagated by facebook will be the source of numerous reviews and studies in the future.

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