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Has anyone read Infinite Jest?

The whole book feels like Chekhovs gun but it is fun to read!

(I haven't finished it)

Ariezon Edward Snowden ousts a scammer during live stream [video]

No idea, but he does for some reason promote ZCash instead of Monero, and won't even speak of Monero, which is certainly odd.

Ariezon History of Techno

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wx9GH6L7VwI

This one has connected with me recently on that more tribal level!

Ariezon Ask HN: How to build empathy?

I was just thinking about this I think you're right. Such small differences in phrasing can have a big difference.

I think a great response would be "That sucks, do you THINK if you spoke to them something would change?" Rather than "have you tried to speak to them?"

The first is a question, that will prompt them to think and then maybe act. The second is a question that is a little accusatory (you should have already spoken to them about it)

Conversation is hard!

Ariezon Rockstar pays $10k to modder who fixed GTA Online loading times

You realise GTA V is the most profitable piece of media, ever?

Ariezon India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders

Okay, pretty annoying comment by him!

Ariezon India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders

What the hell - what country?

You need to move ASAP.

Ariezon Sky Global CEO indicted over encrypted chat drug trafficking

I wonder if the DOJ will try to indict the man behind Signal for similar reasons.

Ariezon India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders

I really don't think these types of restrictions will succeed in western countries when you have people like Elon Musk and Jack Dorsey heavily involved.

If crypto only had the underground attention it had 5 years ago, maybe.

Ariezon India to propose cryptocurrency ban, penalising miners and traders

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bi7V_RoUW3k

Ariezon Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending time on HN?

I have to agree it does feel more like a forum. I wonder how HN achieves this.

Ariezon Ask HN: What tangible benefits did you get from spending time on HN?

HN to start monthly thread: Who's single?

Ariezon Ask HN: How to stay focused and motivated working from home?

Those three things are not hard to do or unenjoyable.

You feel better for doing all those things and want to keep doing them as a result usually. I love to lift heavy weights and sleep. Eating healthy not so much but life isn't all about having what you want all the time.

I do differ with the no caffeine past noon though. I don't have too much trouble with caffeine and falling asleep though.

Apart from sleeping well, fitness & diet are tough at first but once you get in the flow they're easy and actually become a part of what you love to do. Just got to find the right workout for you.

Ariezon Ask HN: How to stay focused and motivated working from home?

Pavlovian effect is pretty strong. Same goes for fitness - put on your working out clothes (have some specified) and you'll want to work out, partially because you will feel stupid if you put on your fitness clothes and don't work out ;).

Ariezon What I Worked On

While it's true about the schools, I don't agree with you on your other points. It seems like PG is cognizant of change around and within him.

It wasn't by pure luck that he started Ycom, and it wasn't pure luck he started Viaweb. With viaweb he had a first mover advantage sure, but had already noticed tech and programming were interesting and changing the world. Ycom, as he said, angel investors didn't exist before Ycom. He almost created the term. Hardly luck.

It's certainly true the moving around schools, the cheap apartments etc is just not possible today.

Ariezon Bitcoin’s Overnight Collapse Probability Is About 50%

I'm guessing you didn't buy any stocks around april last year? :(

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

The context is clearly cryptocurrency here, not cryptography :).

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

Unlucky I guess.

I would hazard a guess you find crypto overall to be useless.

https://www.mastercard.com/news/perspectives/2021/why-master...

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

Perhaps you should compare the usefulness of bitcoin versus Facebook when you consider the energy usage of both, intentional or otherwise.

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

I assumed by him saying youtube was 'useful' by serving content and saying bitcoins merely exist, he was implying bitcoins do no useful work at all - simply not true.

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

It seems like you believe bitcoin has absolutely no use at all. Why would you think that?

Ariezon Bitcoin consumes more electricity than Argentina

The article itself is Whataboutism.

Ariezon Ask HN: Any tips for a programmer wanting to switch into security?

(not OP)

Thanks for you book suggestion, would you say it's a bit dated now?

I found this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Kq1MIfTWCE&list=PLt_s8-zoCd...

It seemed like a decent introduction, I am a beginner programmer/developer (doing Odin project at the moment and only done some small projects before).

Ariezon Tor – All v3 onion addresses are unavailable

It's pretty clear he was being sarcastic!

Ariezon TempleOS

Poignant quote

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmltIMPMeP0

Ariezon Everything I Know About SSDs

I was under the impression that if you do not encrypt an SSD from the first use, then any attempt at overwriting with 0s is futile, as well as any other method to securely delete the files. The files will be easily recovered.

This guy seems to say the opposite, in that the files are "simply not there anymore", contrary to everything I've read: who's right here?