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Comment · 3 years ago
Build things, get critical feedback on them, improve them, repeat. HN is a great source for that type of feedback. Start tiny and just build as much as you can. Nothing will teach you more faster than just building.
Comment · 3 years ago
It will never get fined because it’s how the people who legislate fines are making (and keeping) their money and control.
Comment · 3 years ago
Comment · 3 years ago
I agree. There’s beauty in suffering. There’s lessons in it. It sucks but when you come out the other side I wouldn’t trade the lessons I got for anything.
Comment · 3 years ago
Ah, I see someone went on a deep dive of Utah lore after reading the PornHub ban thread
Comment · 3 years ago
> feels like it will lead to a pyrrhic victory at best by making your average Joe more skeptical of government overreach

This is basically how all climate regulations are perceived at the end of the day, and it’s the primary fuel for my most doompilled opinions for sure.

Comment · 3 years ago
The 2022 SO survey puts it as one of the most popular languages, and spark or ada don’t even make the list
Comment · 3 years ago
Of course he was hired by Sheriff Joe Arpaio. Of course he was.
Comment · 3 years ago
The graveyard of bedroom sets
Comment · 3 years ago
AGI: “What is my purpose?”

Me: “You create blog-spam for a Fortune 50.”

AGI: “Oh my god.”

Comment · 3 years ago
Counter-point: I’ve dealt with engineers who certainly would’ve considered themselves this article’s brand of “craftsman”. But all it really meant was that they tolerated their own TODOs in the code and no one else’s. Theirs were obviously justified and smart and correct TODOs and yours were just nonsense, trivial, brutish TODOS.

Too frequently this attitude is just a bad cover for acting like your shit don’t stink.

Comment · 3 years ago
Their guidance to treat it like a security has clear tax implications, im obviously not saying they control the tax legislation itself.
Comment · 3 years ago
But crypto _is_ regulated. The SEC has been clear about how to treat and tax crypto.
Comment · 3 years ago
For the love of god people don’t use any website to generate passwords, it’s practically begging to be compromised.

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