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I don't think lacking life has ever been an argument vegetarians use. Once consciousness emerges, there is an innate desire to remain alive and to be free from suffering. Even if we could give animals a wonderful life in our current capitalist system, and then kill them without their awareness, we'd still need to justify (from a philosophical standpoint) why it would be immoral to do the same with a human animal.

I've been vegan for 15 years, and I've tried all sorts of veggie burgers and mock meats available. Some of them are good, but pretty easy to tell they are not meat. When I first had the Beyond Burger last year (just plain with 2 thin slices of bread) it brought back a very strong memory of how meat used to taste. I wonder if most meat eaters would be able to tell it's not meat on a blind test.

I'm curious to try the Impossible Burger, but I haven't seen it in my area yet.

I'm using their search with autocomplete as a convenience feature in our app. My bill will go from $0 to $3,000 per month.

I'd be happy to pay them a reasonable price, but this costs more than our whole infrastructure, so we are moving to a vendor who offers a more realistic pricing for us.

Previous discussion with good advice here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17654487

That can be prevented with simple validation on sign up.

> you have to compete equally with Mailchimp

Why would they need to compete equally with Mailchimp?

So heart disease is the #1 killer because people don't eat enough meat? This is nothing but a conspiracy theory that somehow became popular in HN. Mainstream science continues to support that a diet high in whole plants is the best way to prevent heart disease.

I have several Google Home minis and use them several times per day to check the weather, play music and podcasts, set timers while cooking, add things to my grocery list (my favorite feature), turn off the lights, ask for directions when driving (android auto).

Another neat feature is the "play latest news" to have it play the latest hourly news from NPR, Bloomberg, CBC or whatever you set it up with.

I'm a solo-founder too and I agree that cognitive load is the biggest problem, even working less than 40 hours/week.

I've been on this for 4 years and I feel like my personality has changed due to the fact that my brain can't dedicate reasonable resources to anything other than running the business. I used to have several interests (musical instruments, travel, film, photography) and now I can only afford to care about business and family. The only things I can talk about are related to business or child-rearing.

What keeps me going is that I should be able to retire at least 20 years sooner than I would by working a regular 9 to 5 job, so I'll have plenty of time to dedicate to other interests.

I invite you to watch Earthlings[1] and then answer that question on your own.

1:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BrlBSuuy50Y

> I feel that being 100% vegan isn't healthy

The American Dietetic Association disagrees: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562864

Came here to say the same thing. I used the KeyOne and now the Key2 and I can't imagine going back to software keyboards.

In 20 years, today's teenagers will be talking about "the good days when Twitter and Instagram were all the rage". I think that part of what you miss is the feeling of being young, with an open road ahead of you, fewer responsibilities, and hormones in full force, making life seem much more colorful.

The only required supplement for vegans is B12, and that's not because of lack of meat. B12 is produced by bacteria and most of us live in sanitized environments, so there is no reliable sources of B12 any longer. It's possible that even the animals you eat are low in B12 due to cobalt deficiency in the soil[1], so I encourage you to check your levels and supplement if necessary.

Also, your argument is a classic example of an appeal to nature[2].

1: https://www.agric.wa.gov.au/livestock-biosecurity/cobalt-def...

2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_nature

> low in protein and fat is a bad sign.

By that standard, human breast milk should be considered unhealthy (0.8%-0.9% protein, 3%-5% fat).

I use Rider for a pre dotnet core large project and it's much faster than VS. It's like having VS with Resharper, but without the performance hit that Resharper brings.

I think it's only underrated in the HN/startup world.

With Stripe, it's $15 for each dispute.

Do you do this from home?

> That same cow produces 3-4 gallons of milk a day.

Does that only include the periods when the cow is lactating or is it an average that takes the cow's entire lifespan into account?

> On top of that, most of that water is excreted again - otherwise, your cow would gain 640lbs a day.

Wait. Is the 80 gallons per day figure referring to the water that is consumed by the cow directly, or does it include the water used to produce the cow's food?

The book Why We Sleep mentions some experiments comparing the difference between 8 and 7 hours per night. I haven't looked into the actual studies, but the book suggests that 8 hours of sleep opportunity is the ideal for most people.

Couldn't they do this by using Atlas and choosing AWS as the host?

> There is simply no evidence suggesting full vegan diet is healthy.

It looks like you've been living in the low-carb bubble, like many others here on HN. I find it weird when people who identify with being rational drink the kool-aid promoted by anti-vaxxers like Dr. Mercola and ignore the positions of the ADA[1] and the BDA[2].

You should really look into where your information is coming from.

[1]https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/19562864 [2]https://www.bda.uk.com/news/view?id=179

Or certain types of plant-based diets[1][2][3].

1. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5466941/

2. https://www.omicsonline.org/open-access/diabetes-reversal-by...

3. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20425575

In 10 years it's likely that clean meat will also be widely available. I just listened to an interesting podcast episode about it: https://youtu.be/rE93wKm0Ok8

Earthlings (http://www.nationearth.com/earthlings/)

Not the parent, but do we have to start every sentence with "IMHO"? To me it was clear that they were stating their opinion, not trying to establish a standard for what one should care about.

I learned 20+ years ago and I feel like back then it was a lot easier to learn. You would get a VB or C++ book and immerse yourself in it. The book would be self-contained --it had all the information you needed to become decent at that topic. Once you were done, you moved to the next book.

If I was learning today, I think that I would be completely overwhelmed by the amount of information that we have at our disposal. It would be harder to dive into one thing while being bombarded by the other 300 things you are supposed to learn because everyone is talking about them.

When I mentor young programmers, I advise them to focus on a single language/framework for a really long time, until they achieve real proficiency, and actively filter out everything else.

At the individual level, decreasing or eliminating your consumption of animal products seems like the most efficient way to help. You can also support or work for companies that are changing things at a larger scale: https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/tacklin...

Use the stack you are most proficient in, unless you are building a SaaS in order to teach yourself a new language/framework.