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Donations won't offset the dev time, but can be significant with a few thousand players. I briefly tried two PBBGs recently (idlescape.com + avabur.com) and could see from the chat…

Context for the author: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Ioannidis He wrote a column a couple days before this paper. Linking the response as well. https://www.statnews.com/2020/…

I've had my moments during all this too, no worries. > I should have made clear that I think you have poor judgement if you think this is a good idea to use unverified healthcare d…

I'm the last to disagree with your assessment of myself, but I'll defend the idea. Aggregating data during a global pandemic isn't a stupid thing to do. Rather - and stay with me h…

The usefulness instantly clicked when I saw this - awesome work, and I wish it were government promoted. I'm no good at writing copy, but I'd work on the homepage's phrasing. Link …

This is inaccurate for internal tools.

That's not how Google works. She mentions in the Gizmodo article that she had ownership over these files, which isn't given out casually. Creating these policy notifications would …

ah, also - are you cool with suicide? if so I think your hardline approach is fine, it's really just being forced to live + treated like shit (ref. your post) if you don't enjoy it…

Uh no, sorry, it's the argument. You've been on this site for four years now - be honest, have you ever seen someone with a lazy armchair opinion enter a debate, receive strong pus…

Okay, my mistake for getting dragged into the archetypal HN argument. It's clear you cannot be convinced. Your original point - that depression has no biomarkers and is extremely s…

> I'm not trying to trivialize depression. As someone who has been catatonically depressed for a couple years now, I'm not so sure about this! People with chronic pain also often c…

are you drinking enough water? just kidding, same. it's hell.

Don't be baffled! No one thinks this. Everyone has seen a variation of this comment a million times by now, and everyone knows it, but companies will never be able to admit it. It'…

disclaimer: employee "Google is pretty bad at creating products so no one is willing to pay for them" doesn't track when facebook switched to gmail after giving up on microsoft exc…

> DJB’s custom search engine I can't find anything on this, does anyone have more info?

Sure, these salaries are not available at every company. I just wanted to outline a path for a competent (but not amazing) programmer to make >$200k outside the Valley without movi…

Are you just talking about salaries? Total compensation has been on the rise lately. Google and Facebook pay between $150-200k to new grads, and a senior programmer at either of th…

I interviewed with Etsy for an internship position last year. After the on-site was finished, our group of interns was told we'd hear back within a few days (but likely the very ne…

I think this is likely just some angel investor's portfolio, with some other companies sprinkled in. A few alarm bells are going off: * Explicitly filters for people who do not wan…

That'd be great! If you search for "sophomore studying computer science at UW Madison", you should find my email.

Do you give rejections to people who apply? I emailed careers@matasano.com asking about an internship in October and never heard back. I took that as a sign that you weren't intere…

Psychological pricing - don't tell me that your product is $9.95; say $10.

Just yesterday there was a similar thread on AskReddit: "What is the coolest thing I can buy on the internet for under $20?" ( http://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/cqr6x/what…

Dan Ariely gives a related TED talk: "Are we in control of our own decisions?" http://www.ted.com/talks/dan_ariely_asks_are_we_in_control_o... Look around 11:30 for a few examples …