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I agree with you 100%. Most political talking points on sites like Reddit (and even HN) are just platitudes. The problem is they've been repeated so often that even questioning something is ground for a public tar and feathering.

We cannot have any sort of meaningful dialog when the opposition on both sides is painted into a caricature.

George W. Bush had an amazing quote during the memorial service for the fallen Dallas PD officers. Paraphrasing but: "We judge other groups by their worst and ourselves by our intentions"

Do both. Remote work is a thing and it's what my wife and I are currently doing. We have 9 acres and have many agricultural plans on the horizon.

Yeah, I caught your sarcasm. But the follow-up poster didn't seem to.

Thiel himself is gay. Surely you don't accuse him of being homophobic?

I drink alcohol once per week, give or take. I drank a bottle of wine on Saturday and it didn't bump me out of Ketosis. You have 50 carbs to spare typically without completely exiting. A bottle of wine is about 20-25.

Liquor has 0 carbs unless it's infused with something.

Y2K bugs didn't disappear when the clock struck midnight on December 31. Many appeared for the first time.

Ah, gotcha. I wasn't trying to put words in your mouth. But I think it does happen frequently (and not just in software development). Certainly if I were faced between not providing for my family and dying my hair / getting botox injections, I would choose the latter.

You can have alcohol. I follow a ketogenic diet and regularly drink liquor and wine. Wine has carbs, but not a lot. ~4 grams per 5 ounces.

I think plenty of people take this route. There are stories from SV about middle-aged men who undertake cosmetic surgery to look younger, so it's not a stretch that some people would do what you're saying.

However, what you're suggesting isn't a solution. It's not even a band-aid. Imagine living your days worrying about whether or not you'd be exposed for being older than what you are. That would be maddening.

I'm only 28, but I fear what the career landscape will look like when I hit mid-life as well. My inclination is that the field has grown so much we're looking at peak-agism right now. Although I've never seen it in person, it makes me wonder when so many teams don't look like they have anyone over 40.

I use Trello as well. It actually helped quite a bit launching my current endeavor, as I picked what as the MVP at the beginning. I had a "For Launch" column in addition to the ones you mentioned. It kept me focused when my brain would've had me work on other things.

I think (and correct me if I'm wrong) the advantage of a Roth is that you're paying the tax on a much smaller amount at entry than you are at exit. For example:

- I deposit $4000 into my Roth IRA this year.

- This was post-tax income on $6000.

- In 40 years, It grows to $20000.

- My total tax burden is still $2000.

There were fewer students, fewer colleges, and lower enrollment rates. A big reason why college costs have risen is due to the artificial demand created by subsidized loans.

It's considered a "soft" science by many.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hard_and_soft_science

From the wikipedia article:

> [hard sciences have the characteristics of] testable predictions, performing controlled experiments, relying on quantifiable data and mathematical models, a high degree of accuracy and objectivity, higher levels of consensus, faster progression of the field, greater explanatory success, and generally applying a purer form of the scientific method.

Your first link is redirecting to what I assume is a paid blog post. It's advertising and providing extensive backlinks for a computer desk.

I had never heard that acronym before but that makes complete sense. I suppose that you _do_ want the best launch you can muster, but it isn't make or break.

This is the kind of feedback I hoped I would get. And you're right, I can launch new versions of the product as time goes on. I've been working in a black box so far and need to get customer feedback.

You'll notice in this thread that (at 9 comments in) there are no repeated recommendations. If the question was "What are some good reads for learning about algorithms?" you'd probably see the same handful of books being praised by everyone.

Don't be overwhelmed by this though -- API design isn't an exact science. It's also very opinionated.

Personally, I would just start reading actual API documentation (GitHub is a great place to start -- their API is a joy to work with). Find things you like and don't like about it and try to figure out why those decisions were made.

Perhaps for simple plumbing jobs (like the ones you mention). However, things are rarely so easy once you start actually working. Like with most things, being skilled at plumbing is being able to handle the edge cases. And trust me, plumbing is not fault tolerant. :)

I'm working on something that may be a complement to this. My email is in my profile if you want to chat.

I've seen very conflicting information when it comes to how dangerous unprocessed milk actually is. Many people argue that the ultra-bad bacteria is a result of the processing itself (homogenization of milk from hundreds of cows in a single vat, unsanitary conditions for animals, udder sores producing infectious discharge).

I'm not saying you're wrong, but my wife and I get our milk from a single cow. It's tested for harmful bacteria bi-monthly and we wash our own containers beforehand. Do we run a greater risk than purchasing pasteurized milk from the supermarket? Probably, but the flavor and nutrition make it worth it for us.

Additionally, the raw yogurt eventually does turn to curd if put in an environment > ~50 degrees F. If you strain it through a cheesecloth, you have a very soft cream cheese. We don't make a habit out of doing that though -- leaving milk out overnight seems like a bad idea regardless of the source.

Cow's milk from the store expires in the manner it does due to the processing. Raw milk eventually turns into yogurt, but is still consumable (and delicious, imo).

I'd say they froze the milk in question though, just thought I'd mention it.

If I were to guess, the results lag behind the prevalence. It takes many years for someone to get cancer. If you were to push back the graph by 20 years it may correlate strongly.

Edit: Also, the U.S. banned asbestos in 1989. That's the turning point of the graph.

Perhaps he means inflammation. Inflammation has been linked to certain types of cancers.

> Now what I don't get, and I'm not trolling here, is why would you want this? Isn't a VM a better option?

If this is indeed close to native performance, you wouldn't get anywhere close to that with a VM. I could be oblivious to some optimization techniques but Linux VM's on Windows have always performed drastically worse than native.

I don't think he's calling the deaths insignificant. He's only saying it's statistically insignificant given N.

I'd be interested to see a large group of remote workers move to a small town and try to build a community. You don't have to move the entire company to these places, only some of the people at each company.

Small towns frequently offer tax incentives for manufacturing / government contracts. The same thing could be provided for those working remotely. It seems absurd but I think it could work. Two examples:

- Local/state tax credits for remote workers that live in a given area for > 2 years

- Subsidized loans for remote workers that decide to buy property

It might be considered unfair by the existing population, but the workers would provide a major jolt to local economies. One would assume that service industries would build up around them, in turn creating jobs.

All fluid modeling at least. I once worked for a company that built heat exchanger simulations. I spent limited time in Fortran but was able to successfully integrate some C++ and C# libraries. The language isn't bad at all.

It went from 19% to 9%. Meaning a relative reduction of > 50%. When you're already at the bottom there's not much room to fall :)

Indeed, and it's really nice to see someone practicing that.

That's fair.

It was surprising to me that a few local Chic-Fil-A restaurants served food Sunday to those donating blood in Orlando. Maybe it was PR, maybe it wasn't sanctioned by corporate, but I didn't see it coming.