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by volkk 5y ago
well for one, i am also a skeptic. i just like to be proven wrong by foundational cracks and there are plenty of extremely smart people in the space. i'm certainly not arguing with you around blockchains being a useful tool today. howe
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by volkk 5y ago
your entire argument falls on "i dont know anybody therefore it must be wrong"
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by volkk 5y ago
> while those against web3 don't want to see the last vestiges of the free and open web as we know it destroyed by the tokenisation and monetisation of every interaction. i'm confused here. isn't the free and open web that
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by volkk 5y ago
as someone who is a healthy skeptic of blockchain/crypto -- my theory is a bit more on the optimistic side. the hype/cultists that exist are kind of good for the community and is just a natural consequence of tech being released s
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by volkk 5y ago
no worries
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by volkk 5y ago
i don't think i wrote anywhere "just go be happy?" are you responding to the right person? i was just surmising based on extremely limited information that OP would be much less miserable if they weren't at their job, an
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by volkk 5y ago
also hindsight is always 20/20, but if you don't seek to be happier now and this looming economic depression that might happen doesn't happen for another 10-15 years, then you've just spent that much time being unhappy.
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by volkk 5y ago
i clicked back to get back to HN after visiting and the music was still playing. oddly enough i didnt hate that.
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by volkk 5y ago
> Even if they're wrong well that's very loaded, as in, if they're wrong to the point of having long term damage to your body, then probably..don't just get it...right? albeit, we've seen no proof that this is t
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by volkk 5y ago
Probably no relation at all to https://ergodex.io/ but was just reading today about it for the first time ever and this popped up on HN frontpage with a similar name
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by volkk 5y ago
this is actually something that's been bothering me heavily, lately. i've noticed a lot of content is created in these convoluted and grandiose borderline word vomit. honestly, a lot of the stuff frequently makes me feel a bit dum
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by volkk 5y ago
> The thing is no customer wants to use any company's half-assed bug-riddled purchase or subscription system. Every iOS and macOS user will prefer to use the Apple system. the apple developer ecosystem (with regards to subscription
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by volkk 5y ago
I think by low cost--OP meant unaccredited. Community colleges can certainly be amazing for the money
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by volkk 5y ago
and that is exactly when slack will die and something else will come in to take its place. an endless cycle
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by volkk 5y ago
Cool, good to know! thanks for the reply
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by volkk 5y ago
as a new manager, had the same exact idea and found a few companies in this space[0][1] (and now this one too) ultimately decided there's just too many competitors. my only gripe with all of these is that they're heavily subscript
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by volkk 5y ago
ugh the title is pretty bad. the question is more -- will kanban be better? or am i misunderstanding how it works? are there any pitfalls to watch out for that i'm not thinking of?
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Ask HN: Team misusing sprints, kanban makes more sense. How to switch?
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by volkk 5y ago
i think if you truly hate doing something, it can almost never become a habit, unless you can somehow shove tiny things you really love into it to dilute your hatred for said thing. for instance, i love the act of going outside to buy a cup
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by volkk 5y ago
explain
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by volkk 5y ago
probably because its very heavily skewed towards tech dudes
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by volkk 5y ago
based on the fact that you're even writing about it and really reflecting so deeply makes me think that you're probably NOT that kind of person. and that is why all of this crap is so dangerous. actual decent people are collateral
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by volkk 5y ago
have you actually READ the article?
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by volkk 5y ago
considering i've spent hundreds of dollars on utter bullshit, i think buying jetbrains products is well worth the money. they're fantastic and worth every penny. i'm thankful my company has licenses, but i would still pay the
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by volkk 5y ago
i'd be happy to be hung from the gallows than live in such a world
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by volkk 5y ago
that doesn't explain the _why_, that only explains the how this keeps persisting
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by volkk 5y ago
OP means that the top 20% of men are getting all of the attention in the dating market. it's a well known fact at this point. i think the numbers largely come from dating apps but they reflect real life pretty well (from my anecdotal e
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by volkk 5y ago
i dont disagree but then comes the question -- how can product effectively create a roadmap without any estimates? which then brings me to the question of whether roadmaps are a waste of time? but senior leadership needs to understand prio
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by volkk 5y ago
how do you volunteer specifically at nycmesh?
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by volkk 5y ago
random question for anybody that can answer: for satellites that are scheduled to be "deprecated," can we use a different rocket to gently nudge them out of orbit and have them float off into space? even if you nudge them at some

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