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Also have bad internet in LA. I grew up in North Dakota though, and back there my family is getting 1 gigabit internet for $100/mo from Midcontinent. Absolutely bizarre and ridicul…

IME growing up on the poverty line and now working as a dev and living comfortably, I get serious guilt trips whenever I spend money I don't need to spend.

GeoCities in the early 2000's is where I first created and built something with a computer and the Internet and the experience started the journey towards becoming a software devel…

I've completely cut out sugar too and it's intriguing how the body responds. I once accidentally sipped my partner's coffee (filled with sugar) thinking it was mine and I actually …

Poach said junior devs from the Bay Area to LA or in general? Sort of confused with your second statement. The crazy thing is that every one of my CS major friends I graduated with…

I understand the appeal of Seattle and the Bay Area, but it sometimes boggles my mind that larger tech companies don't build in cities where there are a large number of new grads l…

My Nexus 6p is the same. At exactly 15% battery if I open specific apps I immediately get notified that my battery is 0% and my phone turns off. This only started within the last 6…

It's not a matter of what's possible but rather a matter of who has control and access to that data. Do you want a decentralized platform or Apple to protect your records. Fwiw I'm…

My gut tells me the job market is worst for junior devs in SoCal. Junior level openings aren't growing nearly as fast as the number of students trying to break into the workforce. …

They would have a monopoly on LA universities since the LA area is experiencing a serious brain drain of talent to the Bay Area, Seattle, and NYC. https://www.ocregister.com/2017/0…

They would also have a monopoly on CS grads in the LA area ([0] among the highest number of grads in the country) which is experiencing a serious brain drain of talent to the Bay A…

I mentioned the Valley, and having a West LA airport I don't find silly at all if it cuts LAX traffic in half, contingent on OP's idea of public transportation into and out of West…

I like that idea. The links between each could double as public transportation for all, just include connections with existing metro stations. It would encourage the city to build …

I don't think it's in Facebook's interest to lose control of how they make revenue.

> Why would you advertise on that A small percentage of companies are actively advertising on that. The featured stories (ads) on Snapchat almost always use sexual imagery to bait …

I use Snapchat and my friends use it. It feels much more personal than Instagram or Facebook, which are social media platforms that extend beyond my close friends and include acqua…

Not sure why everyone's go-to after someone talks negatively about Bitcoin is "he/she doesn't get it." Exactly what is there to get?

>It is a phone beset by compromises, the only thing it does reliably is broadcast that you are rich enough to buy a $1000 phone. I think most of us with engineering backgrounds hav…

I'm too young to know, so I'm guessing, but was this move also to get Jobs back? I think not long after he became CEO.

I'm not one to take advice from and I would never assume to give any on this matter. Just a short anecdote. Max Levchin [Affirm] visited my university my senior year and someone in…

>I'm not sure why his motivation matters? I recognized this idea in in the last two sentences of my post. The biggest issue with this line of thinking is the diversion of scrutiny …

Bezos is an advocate for basic income, but I question his motives. Is it because he is genuinely concerned for others and society, or does he want to avoid the pitchforks at his do…