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First issue - outside of "my IQ is..." bragging rights, intelligence is multi-dimensional.

This is the reason I shy away from using the term IQ. I do not believe it's a valid test on the individual level.

If it's "homeopathy would be better than vaccines for our baby"-class stuff

A lot of it is this level. In fact, homeopathy is a major point of contention.

I would say some regular culprits are viral internet memes that say something crazy. My SO and I are ideologically aligned, for the most part, so are both right-wing. I don't know if you spend time in right-wing internet silos but there are a lot of [redacted] memes that go around claiming something wild that are almost always false. Maybe it's the same on the left, I have no idea.

Used to, I would explain what's going on, which I'm fine with. At a certain point, she became tired of the explaining and decided that I "never agree with her." So, now I have to ignore them, because I'd rather not fight about it.

Contrary to others here, I am not a fan of Porkbun. Yes, it has everything you need and yes, it is cheap. But the website is sub-usable way more often than it should be. I started using Porkbun because it was so cheap and I've found myself going back to IWantMyName.com. It's more expensive but I think I get a better experience and service.

I get that focus is important but I could do without the whole "a randomized algorithm could run a company as well as a CEO" rubbish.

Cracking the coding interview came out in 2008. 14 years ago, none of this is new.

Considering that Cracking the Coding Interview is no longer enough for most people, I think it's fair to say that the difficulty has increased.

I wasn't sure about the Vision Pro until I saw how negative HackerNews was about it. I'm sure it'll be a massive success now.

Fail2Ban 3 years ago

I am one of the people to whom you refer. I read about fail2ban in a "Linux Server Bible" e-book around 2010 and have used it on all of my servers since, even though I am careful with my keys and use password-less login.

He's right though, there will never be as many opportunities to start companies as there will be to become a worker at a company. The window of opportunity is shrinking drastically.

It doesn't matter if we're not fungible in the metaphysical sense, we are fungible when it comes to the economical value we provide to the world.

This is no different than telling coal miners that are 50 years old to "learn to code". It's ridiculous and it's disingenuous.