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jw_mc··on Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2026)
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jw_mc··on Nothing left to solve
Source availability doesn't really feel relevant to a discussion about why most people don't use it. Most people don't know anything about open source.
jw_mc··on Five ways to soothe a mind overstimulated by anxiety, stress and information
Stress, anxiety, excessive worrying, etc all have reasons and causes you could use to justify them. Mindfulness is really just a deeper state of awareness and introspection. Observing your mind and beginning to see the patterns of thought and behavior that cause you unnecessary pain and suffering, and experimenting to find healthy solutions that work for you.
jw_mc··on Singleton Is a Bad Idea
I'm interested in this critique. Could be beneficial to others here on HN. Care to elaborate or were you just venting?
jw_mc··on Cosmonauts arrive at space station in yellow and blue
When the cosmonauts were able to talk to family back on Earth, Artemyev was asked about the suits. He said every crew chooses their own.

“It became our turn to pick a color. But in fact, we had accumulated a lot of yellow material so we needed to use it. So that's why we had to wear yellow,” he said.

jw_mc··on California bill would let parents sue social media companies for addicting kids
Sorry, Walter, I don't recall comic book companies hiring legions of psychologists, behavioral economists, and data scientists in order to optimize engagement metrics by exploiting evolutionary bugs built into our brains. This is fundamentally different technology, but nice try. I don't necessarily think that this law is the solution, but I'm glad not everyone is as laissez faire about it as yourself.
jw_mc··on California bill would let parents sue social media companies for addicting kids
Exactly. We don't live in a vacuum. So many people saying just take some personal responsibility. But when you see the effects on society at large, you have to acknowledge that maybe it's something about our genetics / psychology that's being exploited unfairly.
jw_mc··on Leaving Google
Netflix is known for having all-cash offers.
jw_mc··on Unix shell programming: the next 50 years
Pretty sure they mean as a research topic. Like, it's not being actively researched or improved by academia or industry.
jw_mc··on Top Paying Tech Companies by SWE Level
It's harder, but not impossible to get this sort of compensation in a remote gig. I recently went through a similar process, needing to move from Seattle to central MD for family reasons, and not wanting a lifestyle-altering commute. E.g. Stripe is high on this list and is very remote friendly.
jw_mc··on Using spaced repetition systems to see through a piece of mathematics
I have this at the bottom of my card templates. Works on desktop and Android: https://pastebin.com/uqUrJBdZ