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minusthebrandonon Kraken lays off 30% of staff

I received a message from a recruiter there last week. I mentioned that I wasn't interested because of the crypto market right now. Her response was basically to say "just found out the position is no longer being filled", which I'm assuming is because of the impending layoffs. Then this week I see they laid off 30% of their staff. It's crazy to think that they hadn't stopped hiring long before they decided to cut 1,000+ jobs.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: Software devs with 10 years experience, what do you still love about it?

For me, I notice that I get most engrossed in the code when there's a problem and I need to figure out how to solve it.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you subscribe to?

This is the strangest and most satisfying discovery in a bit.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

Flirting and speaking a foreign language are a false equivalence to not knowing how to e-mail or use social media.

Whether using your definition or another, my point still stands that social media does not lead to GREATER social skills than previous generations possessed.

Not being skilled in ALL aspects of socialization isn't the same thing as lacking social skills in general.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

Once again... not knowing how to communicate via a particular medium does not equate to a lack of social skills.

To your point, if a telegraph operator handed me a message I didn't understand, I could just say, "Hey, I don't understand this message. Can you explain it to me?" because that is social skills.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

I will still say that lacking the ability to communicate via a particular medium is not the same as lacking social skills. My inability to send messages via Morse code over telegraph lines doesn't mean that I lack social skills.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

My parents struggling with e-mail is no way the same thing as lacking social skills. That just seems a lack of technology skills.

My point was that saying Snapchat or social media leads to greater social skills than what previous generations had is very hard for me to believe.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

Yes, she is 8. But even if she were 10 or 11, we'd probably keep similar restrictions. She does have access to FaceTime and our time restriction will probably grow as she ages.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

She's 8. I'll grant that this works for us now. As she ages, we'll give her more responsibility for handling boundaries on her own.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

She interacts with her peers at school and with her family... by that same token, ANYONE who grew up before Snapchat or the Internet had or has lacking social skills.

Also, she CAN FaceTime. I would not consider Snapchat or TikTok to be "socializing with friends" for an 8 year old.

minusthebrandonon My daughter was a creative genius, and then we bought her an iPhone

My wife and I both work full-time and we still stick to my daughter's iPad restrictions: only an hour a day, no Instagram or TikTok or YouTube at all, and she only gets it after homework and chores and other things are done. We never take it anywhere. It's important that parents set AND KEEP boundaries.

My daughter now knows not to expect to be able to Snapchat her friends or anyone else because she's never been able to. When she mentions that her friends all have it, we remind her that our house is not their house and we have our rules in place for a reason, which we are always willing to explain.

While I agree that screens and TV ARE very addicting, that doesn't mean that parents are powerless or that the majority of the problems brought up in this article are not the fault of the parents.

minusthebrandonon A Famous Harvard Professor Became a Target over His Tweets

There is an obvious difference between disagreeing with what someone says and believes and circling a petition that harms their livelihood because of said disagreements.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: Which is that site which gives learning path for learning algorithms

Brilliant.org?

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What simple tools or products are you most proud of making?

http://brandonburning.com/warmup

A simple warmup calculator for my workouts. Use it multiple times a week.

https://safe-savannah-8578.herokuapp.com

When Turntable.fm folded, I was sad. I wanted to learn sockets, so I built this. It's like Turntable, but uses YouTube videos instead of actual songs. Bugs galore, but I use it at work almost every day.

minusthebrandonon How to Build a Robot That Will Feed You Breakfast

I'll be impressed when breakfast machines can do this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWd5D8wUc88

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

I totally get it. It's a complete mindset change and those are a little hard to get started. Definitely appreciate the advice.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

Yeah, you're totally right. I completely missed the "instead of sitting in the car" part. Thanks. Sorry nikanj.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

Honestly, the mornings and the evenings are the time I get to spend with my wife and daughter. I value time with them infinitely more than I value listening to audiobooks/podcasts in rush hour traffic for 15 hours a week.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

He still works there and can probably vouch for the agreement, but he's no longer my direct supervisor.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

The move has already happened, just now the new manager wants me to come in more.

You hear about things like "negotiation tactics" but I've never experienced this, so it's hard to recognize.

Thanks for the advice.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

This is how I'm starting to feel. I love the team. Part of me thinks I'm blowing this out of proportion and ascribing nefarious motives to the higher-ups when they don't actually have any... but I also think I'm telling myself that so I don't have to face reality.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

I tell myself I could, but it's rough. A good 3+ hours in the car every day.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

It was just an oral agreement. Nothing on paper.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What should I do in this situation?

Yes, but many involve a commute nearly as rough as the one I'm facing now. But I suppose in that situation, I could negotiate a higher salary from the get-go.

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: Who wants to be hired? (July 2014)

Location: Phoenix, AZ, USA

Remote: Totally willing.

Willing to relocate: Sorry, but no.

Technologies: HTML, CSS, JavaScript, jQuery, Angular

Resume: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/brandon-burning/99/314/b65

Email: base64(Ym5idXJuaW5nM0BnbWFpbC5jb20=)

minusthebrandonon Ask HN: What is the best fiction book you've ever read?

American Gods by Neil Gaiman is an amazing book.

minusthebrandonon Website Impounded

They probably couldn't find a designer in SF that charged LESS than the designer in Germany. A company that doesn't pay invoices tends to go for the cheapest option.