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ipad23··on Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007)
I'm really tired of seeing this posted whenever someone talks about their success. It breeds a loser mentality where people just assume they won't be successful, so they won't even try.
ipad23··on Why Good Developers Are Promoted into Unhappiness (2007)
many people just don't want to do anything besides coding. it's the reason there will always be workers and business owners.

I built a business 5 years ago while I was working. The tech for it took me a weekend to complete and I had over a million in annual revenue within 2 years.

Coding became 20% of my job, but I loved the new skills I gained and challenges outside of coding.

ipad23··on Americans Are Delaying Health Care Until Tax Refunds Arrive
Many of these articles exaggerate the price of healthcare in the US. I'm an independent contractor and pay for my own health insurance. My wife and I together cost less that 500/month (universal care would take way more in taxes) Checkups are covered, prescriptions are mostly free or very inexpensive, and if I do have an emergency, I don't need to wait 6 months to get treated, like in the UK or Canada. I also get some of the best doctors in the world.

A good test of a country's quality of healthcare is where people that don't have to worry about money go to get treated....that's currently the US.

It has problems, but sacrificing quality for nationalization is not the solution.

ipad23··on U.S. senators introduce social media bill to ban 'dark patterns' tricks
so, users would much rather get ads they aren't interested in? the point of a/b testing is to show you something you want to see and might be interested in purchasing.

This is a good thing