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I looked into this. If I am remembering correctly the price was higher. It is just easier to connect a mini PC to an hdmi port and bypass all of the built in TV functionality.

I have had an old PC hooked up to the hdmi port of an old TV for years and it works exactly as I want. I have full control and don't have to deal with smart tv ads.

I said societal norms because I do think it depends culture to culture. Danes are famous for being incredible forthright and blunt while the Japanese are often seen as being circumspect.

In the US there is an incredible difference in what is allowed to be talked about in the midwest vs the west coast. I don't know about other regions as I have only lived in the two, but I would assume they differ as well.

Like many things different societies can be graded on a gradient.

Answering questions fully and honestly means being vulnerable, and depending on a lot of societal norms, being vulnerable is frowned upon. Most people don't let themselves be vulnerable with anyone, or if they do, its only a few very close people that trust absolutely.

That is a lot of hand waving for some very complex and disruptive economic and social changes.

I wonder what you consider regular, not because I disagree with you, but because I wonder if the term "moneyed" means something different to you than the author.

I am always fascinated by the normal human bias to assume that a single person's experience is that "average" experience.

To me "moneyed" in terms of being an entrepreneur would mean that if everything failed catastrophically I would have somewhere to go to have a roof over my head and food to eat while I got back on my feet.

My personal bias would lead me to believe that most people have less of a support system then the wonderful people on HN. Most of us have degrees and/or well paying STEM type jobs.

Unless they are paying for the 1 hour of work then yes. If the company wants to know if someone can do something then look at their github or bring them in for an interview. Do not do work for free.

I can't believe that people are this blasé about their privacy. Once something like images of your home are in the cloud you no longer control them. We should be fiercely guarding our privacy and our ability to not be monitored.

That unfortunately is not an option for us. We talked about it when we were younger, but both sides of our family live within a two hour drive of us and it important to us to be present in their lives and have them be present in ours.

If I had no personal ties, I would very much like to live abroad.

I have been struggling to find the breakeven point for me and my family. On one side, it keeps getting more and more expensive even though we are young and healthy. On the other, if one of us needs an expensive operation or months of treatment, no amount of HSA savings will be enough. I don't know if there is a 3rd option that would be more reasonable.

I use journaling to slow down so paper and pen being slowing is a feature not a bug. I have come up with a formula that takes about 15 minutes and I get what I want out of the journaling process.

I use journaling to reflect on my day more than a record of what happened. I do it right before bed and I follow the same format. I write a paragraph to a half page about my day. Specifically, how it made me feel. Then I write down what I ate and what kind of exercise I got that day because those are the two most important things I am working on right now. Then I finish with writing 3 things that I am grateful for that day.

I have found I sleep better and feel less stressed the next day because I took some time in the hectic day to slow down and examine the thoughts and feelings I had. My job and responsibilities require me to be a very rational person, but I also have a non-rational emotional side that needs nurturing as well. Having a journal focused on my feelings has helped me be a more balanced person.

Depends on the state.

Developers dont like agile for two reasons.

One is a valid criticism of the implementation of agile. 80% of all companies "doing agile" don't want to give up their traditional command and control so they never meet what the agile manifesto intends. Which is to reduce the overhead of projects and let the people doing the work make the decisions.

The second reason developers dont like agile is because some developers have this lone wolf attitude to development. They don't want to have to communicate and compromise with others on their work. They want to be given a project and left alone until its done. This type of development is not great for the business because there is no transparency into if the work being done is work the company needs done. And no feedback for developers if what they have created is correct until its completed.

Communicate and trust are what make great teams work. Bad implementations of agile are a lack of trust. Developers hiding away creates a lack of communication.

Agile should be a north star of what a team aims to achieve and not a religion to be followed without question.