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My job title, as it was printed on my employment offer and paycheck, at a start up that was located a few blocks away from the Google HQ in Mountain View in 2014 and staffed by plenty of xooglers, was "Front End Hacker". Six figure job.

Not that it disproves your statement that the titles are uncommon, but hey, I just want to stand up and say "Hey, us professional hackers and ninjas and cowboys are REAL!"

Yes, Hacker News is a lot better than Facebook, I think. Here, the crowd seems to skew extremely libertarian and contrarian and really, really, really, really, really kneejerk hates JavaScript, but on Facebook I was regularly seeing hate speech and conspiracy theories.

I do think one is worse than the other.

Onewheel owner with about 100 miles ridden chiming in: I think it's a great way to have fun, love riding mine on trails and on short trips for takeout, feels so similar to snowboarding to me, but a terrible choice for commuting. Expensive, short-ranged and slow compared to say, an e-skateboard, e-scooter, or just a bike (electric or not).

I fully agree with whoever told you that the automatic braking is dangerous on downhills, that has been the source of all my scariest Onewheel moments and now I don't go above 10-12 mph when riding downhill, which of course is much slower than a safe downhill speed on a regular bike.