MagicWishMonkey

Literally anything not done directly on the CPU - anything reliant on an external system - should be considered IO. If it requires talking with an external device/network/etc. it's IO.

The person who wrote that should go back and take an intro to computer architecture course.

I've done the startup thing twice and that was enough to make me realize it just isn't worth it.

There's a 99% chance that in 2-3 years the startup will implode and you're going to hate yourself for getting so involved that you drove away your partner. Not worth it. Not even a little bit.

I don't put a hard cap on screen time with my 2 year old, and he spends a ton of time playing by himself. Watching him do the pretend play thing is pretty fascinating, to be honest.

I'm assuming you don't have kids and only have limited interaction with kids in other social context. If we have friends over or something we try to put something on TV to keep the toddler occupied so we can have a discussion, but that's far from the norm. He spends most of the time each day playing with his toys, pretend playing, running around, etc. etc. - and again, I work from home and I'm not strict about limiting his TV time, he chooses to do other stuff the majority of the day.

Your dad would spend hundreds of dollars on a TV set every year and then throw it in the trash after a couple of weeks???

That sounds insane.

The “pay less for remote workers” thing will only work if all employees follow suit. If Apple decides to cut pay for remote workers, but google doesn’t, you’re going to see a lot more former Apple employees join ranks at Google.

My wife is lifelong vegetarian, and I'm a big fan of keto. We've basically adapted to a "I make food for myself, she makes food for herself and we split responsibility for making food for the kids" workflow and it works out pretty well.

It helps a lot that I do the grocery shopping, I try to avoid buying stuff that I'll be too tempted by - like regular carb tortillas or plain tortilla chips.

I know it's a personal anecdote, but 100% of the devs I've worked with who refused to use an IDE ranged from below average to flat out bad at software development.

The person who wrote this is my spirit animal.

A variant can be more dangerous even if it’s not technically more deadly simply because it’s more contagious.If a virus is 10x as transmissible, and a lot more people get infected than would otherwise, a 1% mortality rate would result in a lot more dead bodies

Congrats on having a spouse who makes decent money.

Shoes for my toddler are $30-$40, and while it’s not a burden for me, it certainly would be if I was only bringing home $1200/month.

No fast food jobs have flexible hours. You’re lucky if you have any say in your hours at all.

No lockdowns are going to happen, but I expect to be masking up for at least another 6 months. Not a big deal, definitely better than it was last August, that’s for sure.

The numbers don’t lie, .001% of vaccinated people end up dying from covid, which is an order of magnitude less than folks who aren’t vaccinated.

It's so sad to even think that's a possibility :(