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hurxnid··on Tech Salaries in 2022: Why the Six Figure Pay Makes Techies Feel Underpaid
The FAANG companies also worked together to drive tech worker salaries down by agreeing to avoid hiring each other’s employees.
hurxnid··on MasterCard and Visa will stop processing cards for Pornhub
They mean that there are other much larger sites like Facebook which does take payments which has literally, literally, 1 million times the number of cases of those illegal types of things getting reported on their site.
hurxnid··on Ferrari is bricked during upgrade due to no mobile reception while underground
Don’t men get in more accidents?
hurxnid··on Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every 3-4 years”
Just because there is more money is chicken McNuggets doesn’t mean they are better than fine dining.

This is just the death of another art form.

hurxnid··on Spotify CEO: musicians can no longer release music only “once every 3-4 years”
Uninstalling Spotify.
hurxnid··on Headphones are collecting too much personal data (2019)
Yes I had some 555’s for almost 18 years of DAILY use and abuse and the band up top eventually broke. I could replace it if parts weren’t more than a new pair.
hurxnid··on U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars
Not if you work in the power industry.
hurxnid··on U.S. eyes building nuclear power plants on the moon, Mars
Can I have two for my house?
hurxnid··on What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
Prediction: The will blacken the skies with nanoparticles to cool the Earth.
hurxnid··on What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
Simple. We all walk in the middle of winter four hours to and from our unheated homes and offices and work by candle light. Also candles cost 45$ for the carbon offset.

Billionaires continue to have their G-wagons flown around the world for them.

hurxnid··on What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
Yep. Until it costs $4000 a month to heat your home people will not stop doing it.
hurxnid··on What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
Gasoline is now 40 dollars a litre.
hurxnid··on What if carbon removal becomes the new Big Oil?
Current climate models indicate that if we want anything less than catastrophe we need to completely stop producing CO2 in 20(30?) years AND begin capturing it as well.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
That doesn’t make it true.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
Why stop there? It is obvious that poor diet and lack of exercise is much worse. Maybe if your kid can’t run a certain speed or has a bad BMI you get the jackboots at your door threatening to lock both you and your kid up.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
And you are free to do that to your kids. Leave everyone else alone.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
They don’t need to be involved at all. Getting coffee with a friend at 10pm on a Friday when you are 16 is not “parental neglect”. Anyone who thinks that the law should get involved with that has so much wrong with their worldview it is almost impossible to unpack. It is not a healthy outlook. And it hurts kids.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
16 is hardly a child. 10pm? That’s insane and psychologically damaging to kids.
hurxnid··on How Iceland got teens to say no to drugs (2017)
It is absolutely unreasonable and sad.
hurxnid··on Ask HN: Ways to generate income when you're at home without pay?
Any recommendations for someone with a background in logic controls and light IT (industrial background)? What is actually worth investing your time in?
hurxnid··on U.S. drinking water widely contaminated with 'forever chemicals': report
That would almost certainly work but make sure to remineralize the water after.
hurxnid··on 'Shockingly High' Number of Injuries at Amazon's Staten Island Warehouse
Companies do that to muddy the waters while also pushing policy that punishes people for reporting “real” injuries. Also these are lost time accidents. They could not have been previously hidden.
hurxnid··on 'Shockingly High' Number of Injuries at Amazon's Staten Island Warehouse
I’m interested in the fact that “normal” is a 1 in 25 chance.
hurxnid··on Young Homebuyers Are Vanishing from the U.S.
I’ve been thinking that for 10 years now. Whoops.
hurxnid··on Young Homebuyers Are Vanishing from the U.S.
So basically wait until you are infertile.