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kamfc··on Black barbers have become mental health advocates for African American men
Counselors are more like it. Or a stranger at the bar you can vent to. Therapists do more from my personal experience.
kamfc··on We replaced rental brokers with software and filled 200 vacant apartments
Apps like this is something you planned to build but don't care for regardless of wealth potential...and you wished someone built it for you. It sucks that this took almost a decade (usually have to wait 3, 5, 10 years if you wait for someone else to build it) but glad someone decided to do it!

Thank goodness...and hopefully more competitors (choices) to come in the future. Good luck!

kamfc··on China allows couples to have three children
I've always wondered about the timing when population control was first implemented, and their intent.

1. Did population control allow Han Chinese/CCP to maintain their dominance in size over the growing minorities who were largely still living the agrarian lifestyle? 2. Minorities' would have their growth exponentially reduced over a hundred year. 3. And by increasing it now, Han Chinese can now exponentially grow again with momentum over minorities.

So in the background, it seems there's more than meet the eye to maintain Han Chinese power over other minorities in the country.Similar to Japanese (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ainu_people) and other "race"; same strategy and intent, different tactic.

kamfc··on CS Unplugged – Computer Science without a computer
irrelevant but i remember a week ago someone on here said that books nowadays are written with the assumption that you would be in front of a computer to try the examples out. but decades ago, you read books in the evening and then come morning, you get to try out the code at the lab. authors today crammed so much in book than necessary.

i wonder if cs unplugged is better than godot gaming for teaching 8-10 year olds how to think and code.

kamfc··on The Amish health care system
is there a list of recommended writings i can study on morals?
kamfc··on Fastmail Labels Beta
what about zoho? i use it for business but is it viable and friendly for non-tech literate families? I simply connect zoho to thunderbird.
kamfc··on FBI asked Sony for data on user who used PlayStation network to sell cocaine
Um...is this effective overall or does it feel the government's resource is being misdirected at a superficial level. How hard is it to get to the root of evil?
kamfc··on Postwoman – a free alternative to Postman
"Politically Correct" penetrates software -- Support at your own peril -- you may be the next victim.
kamfc··on DJI Mavic Mini
AV industry will never be the same.
kamfc··on I Miss the Old Internet
I miss Diablo II.
kamfc··on Around 30 percent of children in the U.S. don't get enough sleep: study
Poor logic. We sleep eventually.
kamfc··on Joi Ito Resigns from M.I.T. Media Lab After Outcry over Jeffrey Epstein Ties
Can someone explain if knowing someone nowadays can mean a ruin career by modern day social witch hunt or is there a darker reason behind Joi Ito resigning?
kamfc··on Mat Dan: 'I became an accidental celebrity 6,000 miles from home'
It's fascinating to see a white or black person make it big in an Asian country; in the startup sense, does this mean their ethnic and skin color became their USP and advantage? The same thing I've seen happen when a black or white person show up in talk shows in S. Korea, Japan, and China. Oh, let's not forget Jonny Olsen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cNm7k2PUGzI =)

The saying goes, you're only limited by your thinking 〰️ think big!

kamfc··on The more you learn, the faster you can learn
I still haven't found the patience to master Gimp the way you have mastered Photoshop :\
kamfc··on The more you learn, the faster you can learn
What would be some fundamentals you can recommend that's not new frameworks with unpredictable lifespan?
kamfc··on China warns India of 'reverse sanctions' if Huawei is blocked
What about Switzerland?
kamfc··on Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Right? (2017)
For a second, thought you were describing Netflix's algorithm.
kamfc··on Web Scraping and Crawling Are Perfectly Legal, Right? (2017)
It made billions for companies. The rule of thumb is to start off "legal", build a big audience with huge benefits to the companies you're burrowing the data from, then quickly shift to legal. If you're not fast enough, you're dead. Web scraping and crawling has become less acceptable because the market leaders carved out the niches before you in a very "legal" way, and DO NOT want you as a competitor.
kamfc··on Ask HN: What would it take you to join a funded startup that doesn't have a MVP?
Kevin Hale did a video on Startup Ideas and in it, he mentioned some of the business (wufoo, reddit, etc) that got into Y Combinator and/or received investment just with an idea without writing any code at all. So it does seem possible even if you're not an outlier. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DOtCl5PU8F0
kamfc··on Ask HN: What would it take you to join a funded startup that doesn't have a MVP?
1. Solid product idea 2. Business strategy 3. Founder's skillset

Thanks. I'll refer back to this as the development progresses.

kamfc··on No CS Degree – Interviews with self-taught developers
Shit. What about NO DEGREE in general?
kamfc··on Google's Project Dragonfly 'Terminated' in China
Right. AFAIK, China is unlike Japan, UK, or USA. To operate with similar economic structure and policies will be suicide to a country as big as China where millions of people are still farmers and villagers and way under poverty level. We have to look at competition too. It seems China wants to develop a mature marketplace, so native companies have room to compete with the outside world. Else, there wouldn't be a Baidu, Youku, or JD.
kamfc··on Ask HN: How do you deal with professional envy?
Who was it that said "comparison" is the source of all evil? Everyone gets caught up in it. What to do that works for me is to practice gratitude and feel inspired from people ahead of me regardless of age. They might just end up as a boss, friend, partner, lover, savior.
kamfc··on How the Dat Protocol Works
As a tech illiterate, what makes DAT superior to the standard p2p and blockchain technology? If my understanding is wrong, can someone explain in laymen term why DAT matters for the future?
kamfc··on Reinventing Firefox for Android
Firefox Preview is dope. Hot off the shelf, and it's as swift as a fox. Maybe hopeful but I feel this browser is on fire. Now just need to work on the ux like the button for `read` mode. Bye, G.
kamfc··on Japan resumes commercial whaling after 30 years
What?! If I don't know about it, just imagine how many "average" people like me who are out of the loop when it comes to ocean animals. How can the world powers come together to sign a ban on this? This is awful.
kamfc··on Desktop Neo – rethinking the desktop interface for productivity
Kind of like QWERTY vs DVORAK keyboard. Qwerty just works; but technically, Dvorak IS faster. The design presented is definitely a well-thought mash up of what I've come across through multiple projects with creative and cutting-edge UI/UX.
kamfc··on Chinese Cash Is Suddenly Toxic in Silicon Valley, Following U.S. Pressure
The shift can influence on easy a admin/mod will ban certain thread and comments if content "diss China". Again, like how the action of Israel is rarely (never) mentioned by politician.
kamfc··on The decline of the family has unleashed an epidemic of loneliness
Opinion vs opinion driven by marketing. At the end of the day, the mom who chose to breast feed her baby using formula will argue that breast milk lack essential nutrients as opposed to scientifically researched formula and and the cross-fit practitioner will tell you their regime is safe and sound for the human body. Who wins at the end of the day? Me. The one selling you the dream with frequently purchased items such as products and services to improve your chosen lifestyle.

Solution? Build a family that consists of blood relation and friends that are not fickle like your aunt Judy. People who can show genuine support and encouragement when you talk to them about life. If the "family" doesn't show goodwill, boot them. You want absolute loyalty. Fuck high school drama.

Otherwise, you will grow old, grumpy and lonely like your uncle Jerry. Mom and dad are dead; best friend settled down with a family; old Henry broke off with you; and a trip to the Land of Smiles isn't so happy anymore when no one visits you, but elementary kids during their field trips to your retirement home.

Jokes aside, have a family or don't. People like me are the real winners...you're just a by-product of our secret marketing. With that said, how do you feel about our latest product we know can improve your lifestyle immediately without any side effects in less than 7 days for as little as $0.25 a day (ps: your friend probably uses it too, no wonder he's always better than you).

kamfc··on Leaving Google Fi
"... leaving Google Fi [for Tesla's modern, re-imagined Wardenclyffe Tower global Internet service]."
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