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sayelt··on Ask HN: Do you still use Antivirus in 2017?
No.

I'm a GNU/Linux user since 2000.

sayelt··on Getting started with vim
At work nobody understands why I use Vim, I'm tired of having to explain myself to my coworkers and hearing all the time "Why don't you just switch to Atom?"
sayelt··on Ask HN: What are some poorly written but very successful open source software?
Vim.
sayelt··on Ask HN: What are some well written/engineered open source software?
This is surprising to read considering the following article:

https://freeswitch.org/how-does-freeswitch-compare-to-asteri...

FreeSWITCH is an alternative to Asterisk.

sayelt··on Ask HN: What are some 'must watch' talks?
The mind behind Linux | Linus Torvalds

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8NPllzkFhE

sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
If your legal system is fucked, that's not bitcoin's fault.
sayelt··on Ask HN: How would you invest $500K?
Buy Bitcoin and HODL.
sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
With banks you always go through KYC/AML, this is nothing to do with bitcoin, and everything to do with banks.
sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
What paperwork do you need as a business to buy bitcoin?
sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
That's bullshit. Banks are the ones with the highest friction and fees.
sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
Why not?
sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
Localbitcoins should allow you to buy BTC other than with a bank account.

https://localbitcoins.com/country/IN

sayelt··on Ask HN: How to receive payments from India for an international company?
Bitcoin.
sayelt··on Ask HN: Does anyone else hate startups and their culture?
First off, I don't live in the US. Secondly, I'm not anti-startup—pro-bigcorp, both are awful and good in many ways.

My problem with startups is that everyone expects everyone else to be a robot nowadays, so many principles, toxic environments, too much bullshit and I've got enough of it.

sayelt··on Ask HN: Does anyone else hate startups and their culture?
No, there isn't.
sayelt··on Ask HN: Does anyone else hate startups and their culture?
Startups are the reason I can't have a stable/steady job because they all require me to work 15 hours a day and also work on weekends, if I don't appeal enough to the get-rich-quick boss, I'm fired.

Seriously, I hate startups and their culture.

sayelt··on Rails 5.0: Action Cable, API mode, and more
So NIH is the appealing factor of Elixir according to this slide?
sayelt··on Ask HN: How would you improve GitHub?
Make issues optional for projects that don't use it.
sayelt··on Ask HN: Examples of reliable software you enjoy using
GNU/Linux.
sayelt··on Possible QT WebKit revival could be great news
It's spelled Qt, with lowercase t.
sayelt··on Ask HN: Why companies don't want to hire remote employees anymore?
OK as I said English isn't my first language. Thanks for pointing out.
sayelt··on Ask HN: Why companies don't want to hire remote employees anymore?
> Did you try applying for jobs that specifically mention remote, like those found via https://www.google.com/search?q=remote+jobs ?

Yes.

> Was it ever to easy to find a remote job?

Sometimes, sometimes not. I've been working remotely since 2008 because IT jobs are lacking in my area. Unfortunately, and of late, employers respond with something like:

"Unfortunately we're not looking for remote at this time", or "You have to be in the US for this position".

There are some companies that accept remote, but as you said, they are the exception, not the rule.

> A total side-note: there's no such thing as "average of 17 years of experience" when you're talking about just one person.

Can you elaborate on this? Why is that wrong to say? English is also not my primary language.

I actually have something like ~17 years of programming experience.