tnel77

“Political influence is good as long as it’s my side :)”

Why? Why not? Why wish failure upon someone who is trying to do something “good?”

I haven’t read your other comment yet and plan to, but it seems weird to seemingly wish ill on someone’s grand plans.

That is your opinion, and you are entitled to hold it.

For what it’s worth, I’m not trying to be offensive or edgy when I say that word with friends. “The grass is green and that thing (random topic) is retarded.”

Why is this the case? I want him to be correct, but I am also skeptical.

This made me chuckle:

>TLDR: A complete guide to juggling, from zero to siteswap notation, by someone who juggles in nightclubs.

>by someone who juggles in nightclubs.

I’m not sure if I’d laugh or be amazed at someone juggling at a nightclub. I guess it really depends on how well received the act is by their target audience (aka can a man pick up women via juggling?).

Not saying anything positive about Musk, but what is the expected IPO price (I’m more curious about the alleged market cap)? If this scheme allows them to IPO at a valuation of $10T, I would be upset. If the valuation was something like $500B to $1T, that actually seems somewhat reasonable and likely to return value long-term as they are the clear leaders of space (for the time being at least).

I can see how that could happen, but I’d argue that the “value added” is just the opportunity to talk to someone.

I was once decently intoxicated on a subway ride home and I saw a man looking at the floor who seemed upset. I asked him how he was doing and he said “alright.” We chatted a little and he randomly asked me, “do you have a brother?” I told him I did and he asked me, “is there anything your brother could do that would be unforgivable?” I said, “I’m sure there are things he could do that would be beyond forgiveness, but I would have to think long and hard about given how permanent that decision could be. Cutting someone out of your life can be a good thing, but make sure it’s what you think is right because you may never have the opportunity to undo it.”

He seemed to really appreciate the advice and went on his way. I’m not sure what his brother did, but I hope they are able to figure it out. Those types of interactions are (IMO) one of life’s little pleasures.

When I first my met father-in-law in my college days, we ended up going to the store to get my wife (then GF) some random supplies. I struck up a conversation with a stranger and my FIL asked his daughter, “Does he know that guy?” She laughed and replied, “Probably not.”

Talking to strangers is one of my favorite things to do. Airplanes, trains, or just waiting at the coffee shop for them to make my drink. I have met so many interesting people and it’s almost always a joy.

Now, you occasionally end up talking to someone who confesses to you that their post-nuclear dream life is to be a mother figure to a band of semi-aware ghouls. Goofy in the moment, but makes for a great story to share over a beer!

This is spot on. I’ve had this conversation with so many software engineers that struggle to understand that what they want is rarely what your average Joe wants. “Well I’m right and they should understand that” is usually a good summary of the response.

This sounds great. Please share with HN when you go live!

It’s not perfect, but buying bulk meat directly from a farmer can greatly reduce the issues you listed above.

While you are technically correct, we live in the real world. People are busy and/or broke. Many cannot afford to go to the doctor every time they get the sniffles or have a question. Doing some preliminary research is fine and, I’d argue, responsible.

Yes, but sometimes it is nice to socialize with other people and they might play these types of games. I don’t enjoy Call of Duty, but I’ll play it from time to time so I can chat with my brother (this is the only way to get him on the phone/microphone for some reason). I value the time I am spending with him more than a bit of privacy (in that context).

I am very pro-Linux and pro-privacy, and hope that the situation improves so I don’t have to continue to compromise.

Just thinking out loud, but I wonder if Wall Street would be less awful about ruining companies if we were able to get a more meaningful dividend out of your average company? So perhaps the stock price itself stays relatively flat or boring, but the dividend paid out makes up for it. Or perhaps it would be the exact same issue and they’d be squeezing companies to maximize dividends.

I just know that I expect stock prices to go up because most “dividend stocks” give such a small amount of money per share.

Sadly, it is missed on a lot of people. Without the disclaimer, I would then have a bunch of serious replies “educating” me about my life choices.

In this job market, how am I supposed to get hired without the latest buzzwords on my resume? I can’t just have monolithic server and Postgres!

(Sarcasm)

While bad, that’s something entirely different. The reported 30,000 seems to be because of economic conditions, whereas that 600,000 number is allegedly from robotic improvements in their warehouses. Not great for the American workforce either way, but they aren’t exactly the same.

Hey now! I can’t raise money telling VCs the truth!

They didn’t say there wouldn’t need to be change related to insurance. They obviously mean that, change included, a perfect model would move to their described workflow (or something similar).

HackerNews is often too quick to reply with a “well actually” that they miss the overall point.

I suspect they mean that psychologists are more a problem than a useful profession.

I can’t control what others do, but I’ll sleep well knowing that I did my part.

That is their right. It is our right and, I’d argue, our duty to boycott them.

It isn’t?

I genuinely don’t know: how many H1Bs were granted this year while we have read about numerous layoffs? Were those H1Bs truly necessary? Were they paid at or above market rates?

I suspect the very best engineers will be worth every penny of that $100k/yr and the amount of abuse will drop. There is the very real risk that companies will move to outsource more roles, but I will personally be boycotting them.

Maybe I’m under-thinking this problem, but they couldn’t just break the window? Nobody wants to get hit with broken glass, but I’ll take some cuts over being burned alive.

How much of this is inflation?

I agree, but another aspect is what’s lost in text. Even when I don’t have negative intentions, my messages can come across as rude or brash. I feel like I get more negative responses from my friends in the group chat compared to in person, where I’ve never had a single argument with them. In person, the recipient can see my smile and body language, which makes it clear that I don’t mean anything negative by my words.