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G650··on A.I. Helped One Man (and His Brother) Build a $1.8B Company
Bingo. Couldn't have explained it better myself.
G650··on Guess the daily Wordle in one try using the tweet distribution
very nice. Thanks
G650··on The Homeless in Silicon Valley
"Praise The Sun!" Nice!
G650··on Snap: Programming for Everyone
Disagree completely. You are stuck in the old world mentality.
G650··on How ZenPayroll processes billions of dollars in annual payroll
Just amazing.
G650··on Ask HN: How do you deal with professional jealousy and getting older?
Amazing. You inspired me to write a blog post.
G650··on Why I keep fixing my bike
I couldn't have said it better and I'm still a cycling newbie. Props!
G650··on Build your portfolio by working on interesting projects
Very similar to https://code4startup.com/ but for a slightly different purpose.
G650··on Your daily commute. Redesigned
Oh man. This is not good amidst the gentrification debate.
G650··on The Dangerous Effects of Reading
golden
G650··on “Your monthly rent .. shall increase from $2145 to $8900”
messed up.
G650··on How Betty, Who Is 89, Gets Her News
Sad (to some) but true.
G650··on My personal struggles with learning how to program
So would you recommend Ruby over Python? That's the feel I am getting from your post. If so, why (besides the obvious resources you mentioned that are available for a noob like me)? Thanks so much by the way! Really excited.
G650··on My personal struggles with learning how to program
excellent. thank you.
G650··on My personal struggles with learning how to program
thank you so much for your advice. I am going to start today so I really needed this. Looks like people agree phython and ruby are great places to start. I'm going to go with one of these.
G650··on My personal struggles with learning how to program
Short and to the point. Good stuff. Hey guys, in your opinion, what language should I learn first? I am new to this and I will be going to codecademy and other sites. What is the most useful language for web apps and such. For example, what if I wanted to build useful things like my own product hunt.
G650··on The Mexican immigrant who set up a global drone firm
Really good points.

1) I am a Mexican American so seeing a successful Mexican in tech is really uplifting because there are very few that I can relate with. Definitely an angle that the journalist used so I agree with you. The headline unfortunately caught my attention but hey that's life.

2)Fantastic point on the terminology. This is now filed in my brain for later use. Thanks!

G650··on Show HN: A histogram of salaries given to H1B workers in the software industry
Think about that for a second. About $130,000/year. How much are they worth to the company? About 10X more. I hope some of these guys realize their worth and just create their own software.
G650··on Clef Offers Two-Factor Authentication Without All the Codes
Good stuff Jesse. Excited to see where this goes.
G650··on MacBook Pro Repair Extension Program for Video Issues
They will be reimbursing those people. If you read the additional information at the bottom of the site:

"Additional Information Apple is contacting customers who paid for a repair either though Apple or an Apple Authorized Service Provider to arrange reimbursement. If you have not been contacted, but paid for a repair that you think was due to this issue, please contact Apple."