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throwaway6734··on More German than many Germans
There’s something I find very distasteful about the idea of abandoning a country that provided you opportunity exclusively in the name of your own happiness. I think it’s the kind of attitude from immigrants that is greatly increasing anti immigrant sentiment. Become part of an old world people takes generations. Even in America, the branches of my family came here four generations ago and I view myself as American and would be accepted as such, but I still hold a high amount of gratitude for the original founders of the country.
throwaway6734··on Go hard on agents, not on your filesystem
https://docs.docker.com/ai/sandboxes/ Any idea on how that compares to this docker feature in development?
throwaway6734··on Ask HN: How is AI-assisted coding going for you professionally?
I work in the research space so it's mostly prototype code. I have unlimited access to codex 5.x-xhigh. I rarely directly alter the code codex generates at this point. My productivity has significantly increased.
throwaway6734··on White House plan to break up iconic U.S. climate lab moves forward
Why? When I think of boulder I do not think of “people that resonate with the American public”
throwaway6734··on The bachelor tax – what it costs in taxes to be single
What's going to get worse? Currently parents get absolutely shafted by the tax system as the tax credits are next to nothing relative to the amount of time, effort, and capital it takes to raise a child.

Currently the cost of raising children is privatized while the benefits are socialized.

throwaway6734··on The next two years of software engineering
I perform software engineering at a research oriented institution and there are some projects I can now prototype without writing a line of code. The productivity benefits are massive
throwaway6734··on Resistance training load does not determine hypertrophy
1-3 is few
throwaway6734··on Germany votes to bring in voluntary military service programme for 18-year-olds
> I'm here to pay taxes and get the bare minimum back

I find this point of view to be profoundly sad and I hope it’s not shared by the majority of immigrants to germany

throwaway6734··on In a U.S. First, New Mexico Opens Doors to Free Child Care for All
It's a shame that there's not the option of providing parents with the choice of free child care or some kind of cash subsidy.

A bit tangential, but the overall problem is that cost of having children is privatized while the benefit is socialized. I'd love to see age and number of children progressively factored into the income tax bracket people pay. Something like a 60-80% tax rate for all income >150k for those >40 without children so those that benefit the most from future generations being born are helping to shoulder the cost

throwaway6734··on China has added forest the size of Texas since 1990
> If there is trade the best way to handle it is probably to count the emissions for making things in country X that get consumed in country Y as being emissions in Y. With that correction China comes out even better).

Why?

throwaway6734··on Proposed NOAA Budget Kills Program Designed to Prevent Satellite Collisions
A fantastic show
throwaway6734··on Has the decline of knowledge work begun?
As a first step I'd prefer to see both of them dramatically more means tested. There's no reason that someone with millions of dollars of assets should be receiving thousands of dollars a month from the state. I think this position is politically tenable with the looming cuts that will happen automatically over the next decade
throwaway6734··on Has the decline of knowledge work begun?
The result of boomer cultural and capital domination. Millenials need to grow up and yank power from them, first starting with massive government handouts given to olds
throwaway6734··on ‘Bluey’s World’: How a Cute Aussie Puppy Became a Juggernaut
> She’s very playful, and Bluey is all about fun and silly games. She wants to play all the Bluey games, and will riff off them too, it’s been a huge source of inspiration for lots of fun together.

Our daughter is the same. Pizza girls and tickle crab are two of her favorite

throwaway6734··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
love to hear it! In that case, branching out to other peoples' children can bring great satisfaction. For example, volunteering to teach a class at a local high school
throwaway6734··on I am rich and have no idea what to do
Do you have children? If not, it's a great use of time, especially without financial pressure
throwaway6734··on Should more of us be moving to live near friends?
likewise. We have a signal group chat that we've slowly been adding new friends to. It's a fantastic way to stay in touch
throwaway6734··on Should more of us be moving to live near friends?
>Another thing that’s really weird and related is another recurring theme in the American ethos: the cultural shame that comes with living “at home” or staying in the same small town for your whole life. Somehow they made it so living close to your family and friends for your 20s-30s and maybe forever means you’re a “loser”.

The older I get, the more I regret moving away from my family and friends in New Jersey. I'm only 3 hours away so still see them about once a month, but I'm very envious of my friends that stayed in our home town and get to see each other every weekend and their children get to spend daily time with their grandparents.

Whenever we consider moving back though, housing prices are always one of the biggest deterrents.

throwaway6734··on School smartphone ban results in better sleep and improved mood: study
try out a cat s22
throwaway6734··on Ask HN: Former gifted children with hard lives, how did you turn out?
Congratulations and thank you for breaking the cycle.
throwaway6734··on To kill mammoths in the Ice Age, people used planted pikes, not throwing spears
to those unaware: 11 is the laughing taunt in aoe2 and is used in the community like lol. the poster above was describing how you hunt a boar in aoe2 which is a vital source of food in early game. it is risky to use your towncenter to weaken a boar because if you kill it with the towncenter you can not harvest the food
throwaway6734··on Ask HN: Has anyone successfully pivoted from web dev to AI/ML development?
I made the transition a few years ago by going back to school for my MS. This allowed me to re-enter the internship pipeline
throwaway6734··on Tokyo's Government Is Building Its Own Dating App to Combat Falling Birthrates
for a few reasons:children allow you to fulfill a whole new role in life, its a duty to pass on the gift of life, and family is important. people have lived through much worse
throwaway6734··on Silk Helped the Armies of Genghis Khan Conquer Asia
ive been thinking that down the line both of these would be moved to space
throwaway6734··on Korea sees more deaths than births for 52nd consecutive month in February
yes. passing on the gift of life is one of the fundamental duties of society. luckily this is a self correcting problem
throwaway6734··on The Great American Rail-Trail
ive done the gap ride 4 times now and its always been a blast. we go from pittsburgh to cumberland so the last day is always such a blast with the big tunnel and 20+ miles downhill
throwaway6734··on 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
the dramatic difference compared to what?
throwaway6734··on 'Lavender': The AI machine directing Israel's bombing in Gaza
Ukraine's troops are uniformed and fighting along a front, not trying to blend in with civilians in an urban area
throwaway6734··on When new hires get paid more, top performers resign first
> but the problem is that the value proposition for having kids is not terribly high. They're expensive, and time consuming

Yes but you get to pass the gift of life off to another person which I think is the greatest thing one person can do for another. It's a sacrifice so someone else will get to experience their first spring, their first love, the great works of art of humans past, etc.

>I don't think I'd be a terribly good parent, and I would prefer to avoid screwing up another human.

You sound like you'd be a great father. From a stranger who had their first 2 years ago with a second on the way, please reconsider your vasectomy. I can't stress the absolute joy and love it has brought my wife and I.

throwaway6734··on The window for great-grandmothers is closing
We just had our first child at 33 and I wish we had done it at 24 or 25, although it's hard to predict if we'd be as happy as we spent those years changing jobs, going back to graduate school, and traveling
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