king-of-turtles

feels like an allegory for something, i'm not quite sure what, but it's there

if economists wrote kelly clarkson's "what doesn't kill you makes you stronger":

more info: https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3255603/chin...

if it's good for blackhat hackers, it's gonna get banned or censored. it's a fairly consistent litmus test.

This has been the case. It's just expanding.

Often times you'll find former members of the military or government start a `private` firm, just to turn around and use the connections they made to land a government contract, or two.

It's only a bad thing if you're one of the hundreds of millions of people not invited to the party and cut out of the deals because you didn't know the right people.

I don't see the problem? /s

Nashville, Research Triangle in North Carolina

Yeah, there are some inconsistencies with Apple products interop-ing with non-Apple stuff.

I've noticed this with wireless bluetooth headphone pairing. Sometimes it works, othertimes there are odd limitations and devices unpair randomly.

Also Samsung's Adaptive Fast Charging sends lower wattage through the cable if it detects a non-Samsung device. So Apple is not the only offender here.

vertical indoor farming , idk

I wouldn't look at it as "Should I get a job, or risk starting my own thing?". Even though this has been super common for years, it overlooks how much work even the most basic legitimate operation is in 2024.

It isn't always a choice. Many founders have trecherous failure in their backstory. Seems to be two consistent themes that drive people to do it.

1] "There is this problem / opportunity gnawing at my brain, and I MUST go do that. I must."

2] "I have literally no other choice and I will not die."

Treat yourself as a marginal factor, not the totality. You bear some brunt for what's happening in your life- but not the majority of it. So focus on what's inside of your control.

I have a weird life. I've had years where all the wind was in my sail and life was bussin, bad bitches and making money. I've had years where literally nothing I did worked, everything was useless.

You'd be surprised how many variables are actually outside of your control. Does everyone love you? Does everyone hate you? People can and will blow hot and cold.

It's better to have a value set and just stick to it. Whether you want to be a CEO or live under a bridge. Anchor yourself in something worth believing in, even if attitudes around your values shift around.

This is how you maintain self-respect no matter how well or how poorly your life is going.

You're not wrong. You need to be top-top talent to get offers on skill alone (I've seen it with one individual, it's rare).

The real kicker is that "All the people liking you outside the job" is going to be radically different at each place. There is no way to calculate for that.

This is why workplace culture is stupid. We don't need to be a substitution for real friends. Just let us do our jobs. Socializing is a great skill, but it doesn't equate to being able to debug Golang or detect accounting fraud.

A lot of OSS founders make bold claims to their contributors and donors like "oh we'll never take XYZ feature away or charge for our services". Until they do.

It's fine to be proprietary. It's ideal for most business models that are products and not building blocks.

It's better to start as closed source, then go open if you feel it's a good route for what you're building. You'll piss less people off that way.