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matt_mbon U.S. Secret Service Launches Cryptocurrency Awareness Hub

There's plenty of us that use Signal and aren't terrorists or extremists. Do you drive a car or use cash? Terrorists do those things also.

matt_mbon Canadian Court Freezes Millions in Convoy Protestor Funds–Including Bitcoin

They can't. All they can do is prevent off-ramping from exchanges. If you hold your private keys, you can transact on the Bitcoin network with whoever you want, whenever you want.

matt_mbon Don't make me think, or why I switched to Rails from JavaScript SPAs

"Reading docs top to bottom" is the answer to this frustration. It's strange that people don't think this is something they should do.

matt_mbon Metal Detectorist Discovers One of England’s Earliest Gold Coins in a Farm Field

"He will split the proceeds of the find with the landowner"

matt_mbon More than 1M fewer students are in college, the lowest numbers in 50 years

>However, today it's easier than ever to live off the nanny state WITHOUT a career.

In what way?

matt_mbon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (March 2020)

Mindbody | Principal Software Engineer | San Francisco | ONSITE | Full-time | https://www.mindbodyonline.com/ Mindbody is the industry leading software powering health, wellness, and beauty businesses, so work / life balance and a committment to wellness are baked into our company and mission.

Being recently acquired, we still feel like startup but with the security and investment that comes from a larger company.

You:

* Are a React expert

* Want to be the goto for multiple front-end projects

* Have built multiple React apps using a variety of packages

* Are fluent in Chrome developer tools, especially for debugging

* Have a deep understanding of APIs

* Have a working knowledge of the js environment like npm, webpack, CDNs, ...

* Care about quality, processes and the developer experience

We:

* Use React, Python, Ruby on Rails, AI/ML, Heroku, Codeship, ...

* Care deeply about quality, automated testing and the developer experience

* Allocate 20% tech debt time in every sprint

* Operate in a micro-service oriented architecture

* Release multiple services daily

* Have Flexible hours

* WFH / No meeting Fridays

* Team lunches twice a week

* Weekly tech talks

Apply here: https://hrbrg.co/y351gs

Let us know you came from HN :)

matt_mbon Ask HN: Who is hiring? (February 2020)

Mindbody is the industry leading software powering health, wellness, and beauty businesses, so work / life balance and a committment to wellness are baked into our company and mission.

Being recently acquired, we're still a startup but with the security and investment that comes from a larger company.