karlmcguire

I really want to use OpenBSD too, the only thing keeping me on FreeBSD is proprietary Nvidia support.

> Once the startup bros say a site is good for "native marketing", that's when the begins to die.

That's a good point. Though it certainly isn't the case for Instagram...

They cancelled the ICO, not the underlying blockchain.

I can't tell if this is sarcasm (and you know something I don't), or you're being serious. I would agree if you're being serious, despite the lack of news coverage, based on a few points:

- $1.7B raised in ICO: This is far more than has ever been raised in any other ICO. I also think it says something about investor optimism. I'd bet that this was a data point in Facebook's decision to do something similar with WhatsApp.

- Telegram's development team: Some of the best in the world. They've done a lot with a few highly talented programmers and mathematicians.

- 200,000,000+ monthly active users as of March 2018.

Probably shorting TSLA...

> But I often have the feeling that my math problems are getting in the way of getting on the next level, hehe.

Same here. I hate finding amazing CS academic papers and trying to implement them, only to get stuck at some high level math formulas.

Some of the best software engineers I know went from a math background to software. I guess I'm going to have to catch up.

Telegram's creating a blockchain platform for payment processing on the app. Telegram TON or something. Raised a few $B for the funding.

> super app

Are you referring to WeChat? If so, I think Telegram is well positioned for that in the west.

Censoring historical documents is now considered "correct."

Wow.

I agree that the situation in Venezuela is dire. I would expect an article about the situation would respect that, and rather than presenting it as some cinematic experience it would present the facts in an easily consumed format. This "article" doesn't do that.

This time, we add a blockchain!1!!

> Second, the space is developing extremely rapidly, partly because the code, data, and knowledge is largely open source, and partly because of the increasing inflow of talent.

They seemed to conveniently leave out the biggest driving force behind blockchain technology: greed. I don't see how you can talk about the "rapid development" of blockchains and not mention ICOs and the type of armchair investors who gravitate towards them...

Imagine waking up in the morning and thinking, "This world needs another blockchain."

Just don't host it on Github Pages.

I wonder if we will finally see more than ~13 transactions per second in 2018.

This is the second "twitter blog post" I've seen in a week. And by that I mean 10+ consecutive tweets. Talk about bad UX.

Slightly tangential question: why call it "lively.next" ? What is the .next? I understand including a ".tld" in a name when the TLD is part of the domain name, but "lively dot next" doesn't exactly roll off the tongue and .next isn't even an available TLD?

This is just a scam.

As someone with performance anxiety take-home programming "challenges" have been my bread and butter.

I have no problem working 2-3 hours on an assignment to demonstrate my knowledge. Those at least seem more realistic than some of the interview questions about the most nuanced aspects of programming.

Author here, I agree to an extent. As I said in the "Spend Time With Them" section, a lot of developers also program as their hobby. In fact, you pretty much have to program in your free time in order to keep up with all the new paradigms and frameworks.

Jobs that have been around a lot longer, like construction or accounting, allow you to just leave your work when you go home.

In that way I think developers face a unique challenge. We all know how prevalent burn out is in the industry, it's tough making sure relationships don't burn out as well.

Thanks for the feedback!