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quxpar··on AMC, GameStop Give Hedge Fund Mudrick Capital $200M in Gains
Many people were prudent blue-chip investors whose retirement was ruined by the housing crisis. There doesn't seem to be any 'smart money', just 'big money'.
quxpar··on Show HN: Fourhands is a P2P MIDI jam room for pianists
This is an exciting idea!

I seem to get a 'room is full' error when I try to connect between my macbook and imac. Any tips?

quxpar··on React Fundamentals: What I’m Learning
In order to build the first airplane, you need to introduce a lot of concepts at once. The Wright brothers needed to build a custom engine just to get the weight-to-power ratio they needed, on top of understanding spruce wood fabrication, wing aerodynamics, propeller design, etc etc.

If there was a logical midway point between the old jQuery-style paradigm and react, I suspect it would quite popular. However, all the react alternatives I've found make an equally large leap in terms of new concepts, because that's what makes the total development experience viable.

Edit: typo

quxpar··on Basic Concepts in Unity for Software Engineers
Same! I am trying to switch over to Godot, they seem to be developing with an eye towards the kind of assets I'm actually going to use, instead of AAA super-high-res stuff.
quxpar··on The social and economic costs borne by young people without offices
Currently subletting an apartment with an eat-in kitchen and two offices. Incredibly opulent by Brooklyn standards, but it's utterly essential for both me and my partner to have isolated space to work in. The kitchen is a nice bonus, because we can have coffee breaks together.
quxpar··on One-third of American renters expected to miss their August payment
You have my vote.
quxpar··on One-third of New York’s small businesses may be gone forever
It's impossible to make rent in the city while at 50 percent capacity. The reckless and inconsiderate patrons are back already, the rest will not be going back to bars and restaurants any time soon, meaning probably two years. How many of these businesses would make it two years under normal conditions? 80% of nyc restaurants fail within 5 years. [1]

Nonetheless, I have seen two new restaurants open up in my area - both focusing on take-away with some outdoor seating. When businesses are being forced to adapt to a public health risk, I consider that a positive.

However I 100% agree with the need for better use of public outdoor space, the crippling of open/summer streets programs makes no sense.

[1] https://www.businessinsider.com/new-york-restaurants-fail-ra...

quxpar··on The fall of Quibi: how did a starry $1.75B Netflix rival crash so fast?
Wait... they did what? I didn't realize they had such a terrible idea at the core of their business....

> Every show (and ad) is filmed and edited in both portrait and landscape. Creators upload two video files and a separate audio file, which are then synced and streamed simultaneously to your phone, so the video instantly switches when you rotate the device.

I already dread getting the sides chopped off my movies due to aspect ratio confusion, are they seriously offering a platform where I'm always missing out on one half of the footage? Maybe it's the ol' OCD kicking in, but I imagine constantly switching back and forth to try to figure out the 'right' angle to look at a scene from. It seems deeply unpleasant.

quxpar··on Advice to Young Web Developers
"Nooo you can't just use an SPA, it's your job to know the most appropriate solution for the problem at hand! Google already factors site speed into rankings and with all the Web Core Vitals stuff they've been pushing lately it's only going to be more important. You're failing your clients!"

"Haha react goes brrrr"

quxpar··on Robinhood 20yo trader with no income loses 700k on options, takes life
That's what I say about drug dealers, aren't they just like pharmacists without all the flim-flam? And if people decide to make poor decisions with drugs, why stop them?
quxpar··on POTUS: 75 Year old appearing to scan communications in order to black out eqpmnt
Would it be wrong for me to print and sell 'ANTIFA provocateur' shirts?
quxpar··on Treasury official is running the bailout. It’s been great for his family
After all, the king is chosen by Divine Right, so who could possibly be better prepared to steward the kingdom?
quxpar··on Show HN: Ballparq – a small PaaS for Godot games
Really interested in the multiplayer functionality, since Unity seems to have made zero progress on the problem in the last 5 years.
quxpar··on San Francisco faces fiscal chaos
You're like halfway through the expanding-brain meme. It ends with 'actually, they just add a few zeroes to a few balance sheets, printers don't need to be involved'. All this theory around debt is a rationalization of the money printer.
quxpar··on Remote work means anyone can take your job
Pre-remote, I was afraid of a random person walking in off the street and doing my job. I don't think I ever worked for a successful company that wasn't continually hiring people in my role.

I don't think the author realizes that large businesses that rely on software see tech as a team sport, in which camaraderie plays a huge role. Subconsciously, they're willing to pay another $40k for a better social/emotional experience.

Who is a theoretical startup hotshot going to prefer? Option A, who is also in San Francisco, who talks about concerts and cool events they went to every weekend, who stays up late hacking on fun side projects, etc etc. Option B, ives in Omaha, nice enough person but pretty much always logs off at 5pm. Has 3 kids screaming in the background of every Zoom call. Likes board games.

That's not to say B has zero chance of employment. In my experience, B can existed at a company but has to have some seriously strong technical chops, know the higher-ups really well, AND be an integral part of the company in terms of how critical infra is maintained.

quxpar··on Why Is the Stock Market Booming?
*16.6 million, not 5 million. And that's only people who got through.
quxpar··on Fed to buy junk bonds, lend to states in fresh virus support
Sure, and anybody who wants a covid-19 test can get one.
quxpar··on What Happened to the Hiccups?
The stats department at columbia must be pretty strong if you can publish a blog article where the only data cited completely disproves your point.
quxpar··on 13.3" full color ePaper display
So it's you who got that incredibly sick 1733 custom bag! Figures I'd run into you here. /r/ManyBaggers says hello!
quxpar··on Keyboard with Trackpad for iPad Pro
which version? I have the 10.5 inch and it's given me way less problems than the keyboard in my 2019 15 inch macbook pro.
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