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broth··on Forum reactions to Satoshi's Bitcoin paper
> Nobody is doing 'small casual transactions' with Bitcoin, which was evidently one of the goals.

That is not true and can be easily proven looking at the transactions on the blockchain.

However, layer 2 solutions like Lightning are good for small value transactions since fees are low and fast.

broth··on Show HN: ReadToMe (iOS) turns paper books into audio
Love this but I have concerns with the price. You can usually find an audiobook corresponding to a paper book for relatively cheap. Services like Audible are a little more per month but you get more audio books. Given the 250 page per month limit at $9.99, how will this compete?
broth··on Show HN: TLD Squatting
Exorbitant vanity gTLDs more like it.
broth··on Dracula Theme for Hacker News
A bit of an aside but are there any options like this for mobile?
broth··on How to do things if you're not that smart and don't have any talent
I think most of the tips outlined in this article make sense for anyone wanting to succeed at something regardless of their talents or intellect.

I think the working hard mentality should be approached with gumption and attention to detail as this can lead to high quality results.

broth··on Best Documentaries You've Ever Seen
Code Rush

Startup.com

broth··on I tracked everything I read on the internet for a year
What is the service called?
broth··on Responding to recruiter emails with GPT-3
I felt like this blog post ended quite abruptly. I was expecting for the author to show how GPT-3 was able to formulate a response back to the recruiter not just parse out the name and company of the recruiter.
broth··on What’s the strangest thing you ever found in a book?
What was truly won at that auction was a priceless friendship and the ability for someone to pass down some of their prized books to their grandchildren. Amazing.
broth··on Mourning loss as a remote team
I have been working fully remote for over two years now. I certainly feel quite disconnected from my team now. I remember the days of commuting, water cooler talk, and just being around people.

I’ve been with my employer for a long time now and have experienced a lot of coworkers passing away. Cancer, heart attacks, suicide, and undisclosed. The whole spectrum. Some of these coworkers I worked close with while others not so much. Either way it affects you and really puts things into perspective with how fleeting our lives are. Thinking about this gives me a lump in my throat.

broth··on I’m Disappointed with 1Password
What’s wrong with subscriptions?
broth··on Ask HN: Are you depressed?
I’m a former user of venlafaxine. The highest dose I was on was 150 mg. It really helped me out. I used it mainly to combat my anxiety but it helped with depression as well. The side effects were not great which is why I stopped. Tapering off was terrible — flu-like symptoms, mind racing at night, couldn’t sleep, sweats, etc. Would not recommend. The one thing I can say is that I do not feel like the same person having been off these meds for a long time.
broth··on Show HN: Browse recently expired, pronounceable domain names (Part II)
If you don’t mind me asking, what are some of the top domains that you have sold on Sedo?
broth··on Ask HN: Has anyone fixed their own bruxism?
Thanks. In a previous comment you said that “The oxymeter beeped and woke me up.” Is this the same oxymeter? I read the FAQ for the FL350 and it doesn’t have an alarm.
broth··on Ask HN: Has anyone fixed their own bruxism?
Which model?
broth··on Show HN: Generate Visual Sitemap from sitemap.xml, just write URL
A couple observations:

1. The design looks similar to Hey.com

2. The domain name/name is like Octopus Deploy.

broth··on With remote work plan, Facebook dashes hopes of paycheck arbitrage
Why is it illegal?
broth··on The Day I Found Out My Life Was Hanging by a Thread (2017)
> Zealous positivity can prevent you from somber reflection, asking difficult questions, and growing as a person overall.

Well said. This advice is something I try to follow more as I get older.

Dwelling on negative realities is a bit more challenging especially with the current events.

broth··on Pulumi – Modern Infrastructure as Code
Questions:

1. Have you ever used Terraform? If so, how does Pulumi compare?

2. What language do you use with Pulumi?

3. What is the learning curve like for Pulumi?

4. What specific actions do you use Pulumi for with GCP?

4a. What have been some hurdles or roadblocks you have faced using Pulumi with GCP?

5. Which Pulumi plan (cloud hosted, self hosted, etc.) and how is that working for you?

broth··on New Google SRE book: Building Secure and Reliable Systems
There's also the traits of adaptation and resilience.
broth··on Deploys at Slack
interested
broth··on Bank of America: 58,000 small businesses ask for $6B in loans since 9 a.m
Title of news article has since been changed to: "Bank of America says 85,000 small businesses have asked for $22.2 billion in loans since 9 a.m."
broth··on Ask HN: What were the things you did that made the biggest impact at your work?
This is an interesting idea. How are these emails generally received? Do you have a template[0] that you follow?

[0]: https://github.com/kbariotis/templates

broth··on Devurls: A dev news aggregator that automatically pulls from multiple sources
Very nice!

It would be nice if on the rearrange page if the icons had alt text to display what site the icon corresponds to.

broth··on Working all night is not 'a badge of pride'
I’ve observed a trend in my life where destructive context switching during work hours leads to working after hours at home where peace and quiet facilitates productivity. I just want to get my work done and done well. I take pride in my work. No badge needed.
broth··on Zeigarnik Effect
I wonder how this plays into context switching in the workplace specifically with software development or related jobs? I find myself struggling to keep context on the stack while handling an interruption. It makes me wonder how many tasks I actually do remember.
broth··on DevOps Topologies
Are you referring to Team Topologies?
broth··on Be wary of functions which take several parameters of the same type
I would be wary of functions that take several parameters regardless if they are of the same type -- at that point you're already going to have to look into the documentation.
broth··on Show HN: Instant, Self-Destructing Websites
Be careful when perusing various names. Not all might be SFW.
broth··on Books on Burnout
> what am I coding for?

My family.

I’m constantly striving to be the best I can at what I do and sometimes that means burning the midnight oil. That doesn’t necessarily mean working on work related tasks after hours but working on bettering my skills and knowledge after hours so I can have more of an edge in my career and workplace.

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