jonheller

Sad to see so much anger expressed at this couple's financial success and how they decided to use that and then do what I thought was a interesting, fun, and in no way "rub in your face" or arrogant writeup about it. The author even recognized his luck with his financial situation in terms of things like the housing market in California.

I'm not sure what the angry people in this thread want. That they should have donated to charity? That they should not have shared the project? That they should have turned down raises or sold their house below value just because?

There are good arguments that the wealth distribution in our country has some serious issues but I don't think attacking this author is the right way to address that.

Agreed. These have been a game changer especially for those with partners who snore. It took a few days but my ears got used to them after that. They are very comfortable.

To the person who asked, I can sleep with these in on my side without a problem after I made sure to use the right tip size.

Like the majority of "Don't buy from Amazon" articles I've read, this one doesn't seem to make any mention (unless I missed it!) of if these Levis were shipped by _and_ sold by Amazon.

There's no doubt Amazon has a problem with fake or imposter products. But every post I seem to read about this is people who unwittingly by from a marketplace seller.

Of course Amazon should do better to regulate those marketplace sellers, but it seems similar to me to someone buying a Rolex from a street peddler in Times Square and being shocked it isn't the real thing.

That's too bad. At one of my companies they were using Trello for all engineering development which I found just too casual of an approach. Jira would have been overkill.

Pivotal provided a nice middle ground and was so easy to use with just the right amount of customization and power user functionality.

But I always felt like there was a small group of users and it just never got a foothold in companies.

They prompted it with "Button mushroom" as well. Asking "What mushroom is this?" elicits a much different response, but not one that would get clicks.

I know I'm a bit sensitive to this type of thing, going to the theater is such a roll of the dice:

- Will I set in front of someone kicking my chair? - Will I sit next to someone eating candy from a crinkly bag for half the movie? - Will I sit behind someone on their phone the whole time? - Will I sit next to someone talking most of the time?

I go to about two movies a year because of this, but I would easily go 5, maybe even 10 times as often if there was a way these issues could be addressed.

Or how about those that basically predicted Apple would cease to exist as a company for removing the headphone port, not having exchangeable batteries, or using a non-standard data/charging port on the iPhone.

Congrats on the launch! I do have a quick bit of feedback based solely on looking at the website:

Seeing a clearly fake testimonial immediately makes me lose trust in your product. It was pretty obvious the images in your testimonials were stock images, and a quick reverse image search confirms this (https://tineye.com/search/2f7aa5f73e0cee27b9ff54b1ad29cc8353...).

You obviously put a lot of work into your product, and it'd be a bummer to turn people off for something like that.

Honestly I completely forgot ATMs accepted cash! And my bank doesn't even have branches within 500 miles. As for friends, I mostly use Square Cash or Apple Pay (or, hesitantly, Venmo, though even with all the privacy enabled I don't love it).

I thought starting him at an 8% interest wouldn't give him the motivation. After a few months we had a talk and he saw the power of compound interest based on these crazy numbers, and we've adjusted it downwards since then. Of course he was a bit disappointed but understood this was closer to the real world.

My son has a Greenlight card. It's been fantastic for helping him understand allowance, savings, charity in a more modern age than when I used to get cash I put in an envelope with a table on the front. It's taught him about interest and he's able to see quick results (especially when I started his savings account at something crazy like a 500% interest rate to encourage him).

As others have mentioned, cash is near useless for children nowadays. He used to give me cash when he bought Robux etc but cash is also near useless for me.

I was concerned when I saw this headline but it's not quite clear to me what impact this would have on him, that wouldn't be gathered once he got a credit or debit card as an adult. Maybe because he literally purchases from only three places (Apple Store, Microsoft, Roblox) and donates to a panda charity.

This is one of the most impressive projects I've seen on HN in a long time. Nice work!

I used to push back had on my kids wanting to buy hats, pets, etc in Roblox. Seemed like a waste of money and I hate microtransactions.

Then I realized that this is literally the only game they play, and it's free. Compare that to me at that age, buying Nintendo games for $50 a pop, why am I hesitant to support these creators with a $2 hat?

I still limit purchases just for general personal finance lessons, but otherwise let them spend money here like they would on actual paid games.

This is a great example. Especially as it's quite possible to make delicious jerky without sugar.

But especially as Americans we demand sugar in everything. When I started removing sugar from my diet I couldn't believe all the places it hid.

- Ketchup - Yogurt - Salad dressing - Coleslaw - Spaghetti sauce - Soups

Etc etc etc. After years of avoiding too much added sugar, if I accidentally eat any of these my mouth almost feels sick with the sweetness.

I grew up listening to the marketing and science that said FAT = BAD and so stuffed myself with raisins, low fat cookies, and baked chips. Took decades for me to recover from learning to eat that way.

The survivor / confirmation bias is my biggest issue with a lot of these books.

I listen to a lot of "How I Built This" and have noted that the vast, vast majority of the founders on that program will answer the "what percent is luck vs skill" question with 90 (or above) for luck.

This rarely seems addressed, specifically in the entrepreneurship segment of these books. Which is understandable as "get lucky" is not a pitch that is going to sell a lot of books. But it's unfortunate when some of these folks use blanket advice like quit school or quit your stable day job because it worked for me.

I always assumed running air conditioning with windows open was incredibly wasteful. Is this because Japan's summers are more temperate than where I'm used to (Northeast US)?

I do find myself sometimes running the AC with windows open when it's cooler outside than indoors. For some reason it can be 65 degrees outside but 75 degrees indoors.

Thank you, this fixed it for me. (What a mess!)

I have a six month old Thinkpad X1 Carbon and get about 1.5 hours. Pretty ridiculous.

I had the exact same thought. It obviously helps during a cash starved time like now, but just seems to delay the inevitable. I suppose the assumption is that, by that point, there's hopefully other financial support in place?

I went to a tech conference at Wayfair HQ. I had never been to an office where there was a several minute wait just to go up the escalators. So many people.

The conference itself was pretty great, but I remember walking around the floor, looking at hundreds and hundreds of engineers packed into the office, and couldn't help but wondering if they really needed all of those people.

For me, the key was not exercising immediately after waking up. The issue was that when the alarm sounded, I knew the next thing I had to do was exercise. So I'd find excuses.

Instead, I made it to the first thing I did was wake up, have coffee, and read the newspaper. By the time that is done I am awake and somewhat relaxed, and in a much better state to contemplate exercise.

Exactly. Maybe I can take this approach with a Stephen King novel, but trying to read non-fiction which I want to remember and absorb requires longer periods of focus, for me at least.

Agreed, but it's that way for a purpose no? Maybe not a whole 20%, but enough of a buffer so that you won't be underwater on a mortgage in a down housing market.

Same here, it's met my needs pretty perfectly: Fast, good search, plenty of categorization options, absolutely excellent grocery store list integration with recipes, and bookmarklet to save recipes I find online.

I would kill for a standard middle seat compared to the middle seat I get stuck in sometimes on my hour long commuter train.

It's a three seater that comfortably fits two. Not only is it a tight for for three, but there are no arm rests, meaning you are squeezed shoulder-to-shoulder the whole time.

I've taken other trains (notably NYC) that don't seem to have this. Only the MBTA seems cursed with this layout. Wouldn't be a huge problem if the train wasn't standing room only (for at least a half hour) meaning people are squeezed as-is.

Agreed with your points but if your boot takes longer than fifteen seconds, take the car into your dealer.

This is a knee-jerk reaction so take it for what you will, but I thought I had landed on the iTunes podcast page. And while I know it wasn't actually that page, it was hard for me to "trust" these recommendations as being any different than what I see when I load iTunes.

> I'll play devils advocate here, and say that I could potentially see this idea working.

This gave me a chuckle as it describes Hacker News to a T

I do agree though that I recognize some channels here that I really like and figure if there's even one or two more like those, i'd be quite happy.

I drank five to six cups a day, and felt like I desperately needed it, and scoffed at anyone who suggested I try getting by with less.

At some point I stumbled on an article about the adenosine receptors in your brain will actually compensate for this much caffeine by just growing more of them. I also read that you can actually "kill" these extra receptors by going cold turkey for a week.

So I did it, and it sucked (the second and third days were the worst). But that was a year ago and I now get an equal if not better effect from two cups a coffee each day.

Yes, I found this to be a shallow article with a clickbait headline (oddly, one of the things he criticizes in this very article) without anything new.

Surprised to see it so highly voted on Hacker News.