chasedehan

I couldn’t disagree more. In my experience I have found recruiters to be a complete waste of time (whether internal or external).

There is also formatted string literals from 3.5 to 3.6. 3.5 won't run if you included them in your 3.6 code

(2) —> virtual environments.

I’m curious why Ubuntu as a font was included on this list. While it technically is a font, it’s a font shipped with an OS. There is no mention in the article about problems with default fonts shipped with windows or macOS.

Subtle art of not giving a f$@k

And Ray Dalio’s Principles.

Both of those gave me personal aha moments. Neither was what I expected but both delivered.

Just tell them they are like burritos. ;)

I once had plans to do dev work on a chromebook. I even installed gallium on one.

BUT,the biggest problem for me is the keyboard and missing a bunch of essential keys.

Dope. I want one! And not just as a companion - I want the ability to disconnect from all the BS attention seekers on my phone.

Last year I tried to use the only "dumb phone" I could find, which was a flip phone. It was so useless because I couldn't text effectively, had a worthless camera, and I felt embarrassed when I tried to make calls with it.

I like the idea and will definitely be checking it out when it drops.

Haagen-Dazs black cherry amaretto gelato

This has to be some data entry type position - old Dell monitors and every seat taken.

my god, that is terrible! I generally think there is good content in the TED talks, but I now won't even look at the TEDx talks because regionally they do have to turn to the cranks.

Behavioral Economics has only gotten "so popular" in non-academic circles. This is mostly due to the quasi-science of economics where we try to mathematically model the world. These "cute Freakonomics" type studies, while publishable in some outlets, haven't even come close to displacing traditional microeconomic foundations in mainstream economics.

I'm an Economics PhD and former professor and most of the research isn't taken very seriously. Everyone acknowledges that people don't behave "rationally", but no one yet has been able to figure out how to build these behavioral assumptions into a working model that is actionable.

They will typically just restructure and continue without even closing down. They will probably end up closing a number of the low performing stores.

Although they potentially could go the way of Kmart or Toys R Us if the bondholders hold the company hostage.

I'm sure Palantir wasn't explicitly doing this - the blowback would be far too severe.

Although, I am hugely cynical and always "decline to identify" whenever I'm asked.

The overwhelming is especially prevalent on AWS - I get super confused every time I do work there. So many buttons, services, etc. It's for that reason primarily that I prefer using GCP as it is kept a bit more similar.

Whoa! Same, I guess I never clicked "Threads". Even things as simple as HN can still have more buttons/links than a lot of people will actually use.

The question I have about all of this is the environmental impact of the "densification of wood." They cite it being similar to paper manufacturing, which is really energy intensive and is a horribly polluting industry.

I don't have any info on the above, but it is something I wonder about.

Would anyone care about an OS (probably Android) that specifically limited the ability to use the time-suck apps (like snap/gram/tube), but still left the ability to use other things (like music/maps/camera/texting/etc)?

I tried disconnecting a while back, but felt like those were the things i was lacking because I was using a flip phone and was really frustrating. I have actually been considering picking back up this idea to focus on modifying to allow for curated list of allowable apps.

> 1) How am I supposed ro go to the beach with two kids, stuff for picnic and surfboards on a bike

Easy. With a trailer. My wife and I have two bike trailers for our 3 kids. The oldest will often ride her own bike (she is 5) and then when she gets tired, you can throw it in the back and she climbs in.

Another friend of mine has one of those stretched out e-bikes where he hauls his two kids around. Oh, and he sold his car in order to buy it.

> It should be a healthy, safe mix of both. This is true, but we are no where near the point of a "people jam" (or bike jam) in much of the US/Canada.

Here in Salt Lake City there are a number of people who commute year round. It really isn't bad as long as the snow is removed - which they do quite well here.

Unfortunately, my bike commute only happens occasionally now that I work in the 'burbs - which, at least here, is where all of the new office complexes are moving.

I have to echo this. Utah is really booming, although home prices here are exploding as well (nowhere near as high as SV, but rapidly increasing) because of the burgeoning tech scene.

Every once in a while I will entertain solicitations from SV/Seattle recruiters for 2x+ the money and then realize I would be worse off financially than just staying in SLC.

Very good book! Definitely the best one out there

Ha! I was working remote yesterday from my couch for a portion of the day. My wife wanted me to go to the store with her and her justification was "you're just playing on the computer"

The answer is no.

But, I guess the benefit would be the 15 minutes saved at least once a week when I forget/leave/lose my badge and have to ask for a temporary at security in the morning.

YC could do that, but it goes against YC's mantra of the importance of having a team working in the same office of a startup and it being located only in SV.

https://blog.samaltman.com/how-to-hire

Thats not to say that it is the right policy, but if I were founding a startup I would definitely be looking for remote workers in other locations.

depends on your end objective:

I really liked:

> Learn Python the Hard Way (the classic goto self study course, $30 book) https://learnpythonthehardway.org/

But if you are interested in the Data Science pathway, should definitely check out DataCamp.com. Really good content where you code alongside it - and its pretty cheap too.

The people I know who have actually done it wrote a personalized response as to why they wanted to live in that particular area.

i.e. "my son lives on X street and I would like to live by him" or "the access to hiking/biking trails is one of the things I cherish the most." , etc.

Otherwise, you are right that I think most of those letters are from Realtors and go immediately in the trash.

I know a number of different people who have done this and purchased homes. They were all in areas where houses rarely go up for sale.

I do like the idea of targeting people through Facebook although I feel like the physical letter would pull more at the heart strings

Hey HN!

I put this together for fun and thought I would share. It won't cost you anything, I promise not to spam you, and you can opt out at any time.

Sorry, but it will only work with US phone numbers at this time. I'm sending the messages with Twilio and its pretty expensive to send outside the US. Some people have offered suggestions on ways around it and when I get some time I'll try to work out a solution.

You can see the repo here with the database abstracted away: https://github.com/chasedehan/DadJokeJunkie

>Windows for fun, linux for work.

That is horrifying backwards :) I'm forced into the opposite scenario with my job.