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Poomba··on Nine things I learned in ninety years
Other than moving to the right location, what are other ways to expose yourself to luck?
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
How can I support them? (Sincere question)
Poomba··on Ask HN: At what point do you give up on tech career?
What is that something else for you?
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
When ur entire immediate family is here (ie. Aging mom with mobility issues, kids , siblings that depend on u for housing assistance) that is not practical.
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
Ideally there would be no parties. Just have candidates present themselves, and where they stand on issues. Disqualify anyone that label themselves liberal or conservative.

But that would probably confuse the hell out of most zombie Americans and half would end up so confused, mental hospitals would be overflowing with patients. Cant have that…

Poomba··on I forced myself to spend a week in Instagram instead of Xcode
are you talking based on personal experience too, or just based on this article?
Poomba··on I forced myself to spend a week in Instagram instead of Xcode
or they will come if they search for it, but u need to be in the place they land on after they search for it (whether it's google search results or chatGPT)
Poomba··on I forced myself to spend a week in Instagram instead of Xcode
I personally enjoy reading about the journey most solopreneurs take, and that includes the mistakes they made, their thought process etc. So definitely start sharing instead of waiting.
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
Thats what everyone says. But nobody ever ever says what things to do thst actually will have an impact..
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
Disagree. For example, how i educate my kids has far more of an impact than something like the administration trying to stop public school funding. How much i exercise or how well i eat has far more of an impact of my health than the current administration getting rid of vaccines
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
There’s also practically nothing i can do to stop any of this. I dont hold any position of power or influence. So given that, i choose not to worry about it, for the sake of my mental health
Poomba··on Ask HN: Is America Going to Become an Autocracy?
Cant speak for anyone else but personally, i got many other things to worry about in my life, such as my kids, family, my health, my parents health, building wealth/finances, and i simply dont have the time or bandwidth to worry about this country.
Poomba··on Ask HN: What's stopping you from starting your side project?
Because i dont feel it will make me $$$ or i have the stamina for it to make me $$$
Poomba··on Ask HN: I don't think I want to work in tech anymore?
All of those don’t sound like they have a high barriers of entry. Maybe a bit higher relatively speaking, but people with a CCNA or an AWS certification are plentiful in today’s market.
Poomba··on Grief gets an expiration date, just like us
Yahoo does recycle emails though if i recall
Poomba··on Gemini in Chrome
I feel like we are past that point now. The fact that AI will get things wrong has been normalized already
Poomba··on Ask HN: I don't think I want to work in tech anymore?
What would those jobs be for him? If he’s developing CRUD apps, there really arent many jobs with high barriers of entry…
Poomba··on Meta’s live demo fails; “AI” recording plays before the actor takes the steps
He was so funny, people laughed when he died!
Poomba··on Ask HN: How can we reliably determine if text was written by AI?
I dont think you can. If you know who “wrote” it though, you might be able to detect it if its drastically different in tone than what they have written in the past (but even then it might have been ghost written)
Poomba··on Paid $2400 to Cloudflare, support refuses to help
Their CEO is notorious for replying to “normal” people. I’ve emailed him a few things and to my surprise he replied to my email. Which is a good thing!
Poomba··on You’re a slow thinker. Now what?
>> I still think, that others perceive me as awkward or just not fun and it's hard to just ignore that.

Most likely they don’t care as much as you think. They are probably thinking about what they should say next

Poomba··on Doorbell prankster that tormented residents of apartments turns out to be a slug
I wonder if the residents are millionaires #iykyk
Poomba··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Yeah, even cold, spineless Claude thinks one side / person is the most responsible for political violence https://claude.ai/share/46db846e-e701-4d79-8b28-9133cbfd4f73
Poomba··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Granted, I live under a rock, but I only knew of one of those events you mentioned (Kirk’s death). I intentionally dont read or watch news. It does absolutely wonders for my peace of mind.
Poomba··on Charlie Kirk killed at event in Utah
Most jobs are boring jobs, like being a software engineer dont provide much benefit to society, so I dont get why you should drop out?
Poomba··on I didn't bring my son to a museum to look at screens
There are some art museums around the DC area where kids can paint and draw things, but those are indeed a minority
Poomba··on Guy running a Google rival from his laundry room
That’s how residential proxies work, in a perverse way
Poomba··on Tell HN: My advice after I applied to 450 positions before getting hired
Because the people they have an “in” are working for companies that arent hiring
Poomba··on Ask HN: How do you fight YouTube addiction and procrastination? I'm struggling
I cant answer for Youtube addiction, but for procrastination, I often have simplify what I have to do so it isnt too overwhelming. Instead of thinking i have to accomplish some huge goal, I tell myself to just to focus on this one simple task instead and ignore everything else
Poomba··on LinkedIn seems to be leaking Google Docs
Wouldnt surprise me if they let Linkedin have some access to parts of the doc so they could show a preview. Does the same thing happen if you share it on Instagram or Facebook?
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