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blammailon Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against

No. It's just hard to believe all people don't get more tired as the day goes on. In fact, eventually, as the day goes on we all get so tired we eventually fall asleep (all of us).

So the nuance is what's your tipping point where you are performing worse due to fatigue.

blammailon Late sleepers are tired of being discriminated against

To me, regardless of what time you go to sleep - how productive are you in those last 3-4 hours before sleep.

Sorry, but you'll never convince me you get "sharper" at the end of the day than at the beginning.

I go to sleep as soon as I believe I'm able so I can wake up again. Sleep is a necessary evil, but it is necessary. So let's get it over with.

In the morning, I'm 100% the coder I am at 9pm.

blammailon Free Transactional Email Services – The Best Alternatives to Mandrill and Co

Any reason someone couldn't use the free tiers across several/many of these services simultaneously?

Seems like for transactional email, this would work great and give you quite a high free usage level each month.

blammailon The Elephant in the Room: Web design work is drying up

This is definitely a factor. Its never been easier to do web design with many excellent tools. Similar thing has happened in game development (i.e. unity, et.al) - technology is bringing the expertise required lower.

blammailon Why YC

The 7% really is not relevant. Getting useful people (for many contextual definitions of 'useful') to care about your success could be a direct reason for your success.

That's really the model of YC overall - the money is just "don't die before you start because of something so simple as money"

blammailon Custom resume from someone who wanted to work at Airbnb (2015)

It definitely checks the "passion to work here" checkbox.

blammailon Why Do Employers Rarely Offer Explanations to Rejected Candidates?

It's rude for sure, but from what I've seen (And I don't necessarily agree), the company feels there's no upside. The relationship is already in a negative space and it's unlikely an explanation will make things better.

blammailon Virginia Tech Professor Spent $147k to Help Uncover the Flint Water Scandal

This situation is horrifying. And if we're thinking of costs - those have only begun. I shudder to think the longterm health effects this will have for years to come.

blammailon Are Venture Capitalists Pushing Entrepreneurs Towards Trendy Ideas?

In all seriousness - haven't they, at some level - always done this? Even in the sense that VCs will take a stance such that "we only invest in mobile".

blammailon People Are Still Trying to Build a Space Elevator

To be fair, the advances in space tech by the private sector have been nothing short of amazing as of late. It's really an exciting time.