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_davebennetton How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

That’s a good point! Though, I would still argue that things like RC cars are more mainstream then a video about building a RISC-V emulator or re-implementing an existing protocol.

_davebennetton How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?

I think DIY content is so hard to make. For me, it usually involves building stuff that I find interesting, but that is usually super niche and doesn’t appeal to a mainstream audience. Thus, less views which makes the whole time spent on making the video feel wasted compared to other projects I could be doing.

On the other hand, I could try to build projects that might be more mainstream for the better views, but then I’m spending time creating stuff I don’t want to make.

_davebennetton An Open Letter Against Apple's Privacy-Invasive Content Scanning Technology

Wait, why is everyone so distraught about this? Am I missing something? This only affects people who upload their photos to iCloud?

Just don't store any data on iCloud. Seems simple enough. Yeah sure, we can make conspiracy theories and all, but based off of what was officially announced I'm not understanding all the hysteria.

_davebennetton Ask HN: How Do You Optimize Your Intake of Information?

I relate to this so much.

_davebennetton Why Even Go to Work

> Work is about finding a meaningful way of living your life, of creating something or giving something you can be proud of. If you just do it for money, you already fell prey for the bad parts of human greed and status games. This has nothing to do with other people.

I'm definitely doing that part wrong...

_davebennetton Ask HN: How could I align a Tech Career with my values and life goals?

Thanks for the wisdom! It's encouraging to know that other people have the same thought process but are still able to achieve what they want. It also goes against the whole "one career your whole life" mantra that I hear a lot.

_davebennetton Don't Get Stuck

Hmmm....but what if you are "stuck" in a job that pays decently (enough to cover needs) extremely flexible hours and unlimited vacation and awesome work life balance (sometimes less than 40 per week). But the actual work is pointless and boring. Is that time for a change?

Some people say yes, but often these are the people who are the "high achieving" tech workaholics who love to go home and code for fun.

Other people say no, and these are often the people who don't really care much about work and just look at it to a means to an end.

How would you know?

_davebennetton Ask HN: How to make a difference in the elections as an engineer?

Honestly, you might be better off getting involved in non-tech ways. That's often where most of the help is needed. I do manage a website for my party but it's very hands-off WordPress style.

_davebennetton Career advice for people with bad luck

This is so true! I wish more people would recognize it

_davebennetton Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?

How do you propose finding those real problems to solve? I know that every problem I encounter in my life (or work) has already been solved 100 times over.

_davebennetton Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?

I relate so much to this!

_davebennetton Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?

Thanks! I will look into those types of jobs.

_davebennetton Ask HN: Why did you leave the tech industry?

I haven't left, but I'm thinking about it (despite still being early in my career lol). For me, it's the frustration of "nothing really matters." I value helping people, and building software actual people will use is one of the ways of doing that. Unfortunately, I have not had that opportunity. I've had to work on multiple projects that served no real purpose. It's extremely annoying.

_davebennetton Ask HN: What is your blog and why should I read it?

https://bennettnotes.com/

I mainly write about things that are on my mind or stuff that I struggle with.

* People Who Are Obsessed With Success and Prestige - https://www.bennettnotes.com/post/obsessed-with-success-and-...

* I Can't Do Anything for Fun Anymore; Every Hobby Is an Attempt to Make Money - https://www.bennettnotes.com/post/making-money-out-of-every-...

* Where Are All the Fun Software Engineer Jobs? - https://www.bennettnotes.com/post/where-are-all-the-exciting...

_davebennetton Ask HN: If you only do programming at work, how do you manage your career?

I work on side projects if it's something that interests me. Otherwise, I try not to make programming my life. I have other interests in politics, film, etc. that I would also prefer to pursue.

_davebennetton Seamless offloading of web app computations from mobile device to edge clouds

What exactly are we doing on IOT devices that we require so much computing power for? Phones are already strong enough and everything else just captures audio/video.

_davebennetton Sanders unveils plan to boost broadband access, break internet and cable titans

Wow so interesting comparing the comments in this thread vs Reddit. I guess since the HN audience is generally older, they tend to have a more conservative take on this than myself and my peers.

_davebennetton Google chief: I'd disclose smart speakers before guests enter my home

I know I'm gonna be in the minority with this, but what if you really just don't care despite knowing the danger?

I have a Google Home in my bedroom, and it's extremely convenient for controlling my lights. I'm aware of the privacy concerns with such a device, but out of all the things in the world that worries me it's just not far up my list to disregard the convenience. I imagine a lot of consumers might feel this way. Now this would be a different story if something was forced upon me (like the government mandated some device, and I don't have an active choice in having it) but I'm making an active choice to buy this device and use it knowing that it could very well be recording the conversations, sex, whatever else goes on in my bedroom.

_davebennetton Bike crash left Spokane man unconscious, so his Apple Watch called 911

Just an apple thing. Nothing in Android Wear

_davebennetton Where Are All the Fun Software Engineer Jobs?

I feel like that would be an ideal situation.

_davebennetton Where Are All the Fun Software Engineer Jobs?

That's a good way of looking at it.

_davebennetton Ask HN: Why do boomers love work so much?

I agree, maybe not insane but definitely not the norm nowadays.

_davebennetton Time anxiety: is it too late?

Overcoming the desire to build a legacy is something I struggle with

_davebennetton I Charged $18k for a Static HTML Page

Legit the definition of corporate

_davebennetton Ask HN: Is jQuery on its way out?

I recently used jQuery to parse an XML file. Easier than vanilla JS

_davebennetton Boeing 787 Suffers Rare Dual Engine Failure on Landing

Interesting perspective

_davebennetton POC: User Data API

It would have to be a UUID or something of the sort I imagine. Hmm... Using a Bitcoin address would be interesting but I'm not sure if that would make work since every app should have its own token.

_davebennetton POC: User Data API

A random idea I came up with in the shower. Thoughts?

_davebennetton Scuttlebutt, a Decentralized Alternative to Facebook

I think projects like these are cool for tech nerds out there. But to the average user, unless it's super easy to use and looks pretty, they don't care for it.