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> No society can continue like this without breaking down I wish you were right, but I think you are wrong. This article on poverty in ancient Rome suggests otherwise: https://en.w…

Indeed. This book strikes me as yet another "guide to making money" which was created in order to make money for the author. It is all just his opinion, without any evidence. One m…

As a counterpoint, there are plenty of people who are passionate about their hobbies and make no money on them at all. I have some doubts that there's a correlation between passion…

I like JUnit Recipes. While it's written years ago for Java, I like how you can jump around within each chapter and read about different problems that can be solved by running test…

I like the idea of you https://joinkith.com/ but I don't see how it can possibly work. These are the issues: There are people who are sick of social media and will never be convinc…

Did you read the article? The term "guild" was used, but what's being suggested sounded more to me like some kind of reputation management system. Something like the karma system h…

I have had the same problem. I studied some leetcode, but didn't feel motivated and never got very good at. Good enough to get an okay job, but nothing at a top-paying company. So …

Actually, there is. You have to search for "pressure". For example, "Other Tests: There are some other things that are important to know as well. You must know your blood pressure"…

> First time in my life I "chose myself" and quit a job instead of staying in something that was very negatively affecting my mental health I'm responding because I also quit a job…

"I'm sorry Dave, I'm afraid I can't do that."

Yes, you can still do that directly (I did that just the other day). I can't entirely understand Google's announcement, but it almost sounded to me like they will forbid sideloadin…

Have you tried Expo Go?

For those who are curious, this seems to be a link to the Philip K. Dick essay referenced in your comment: https://philipdick.com/mirror/essays/How_to_Build_a_Universe... "How to B…

Wouldn't you need an HN OAuth for this to work?

> On a whim I went 'whole food, plant based', which means no processed foods or animal products Plant-based can include some animal products, though. That's the definition I'm fami…

Here's a less noisy site: https://www.newyorkfed.org/research/college-labor-market#--:... Anthropology, physics, computer engineering have the three highest unemployment rates in F…

> They're angry that ... selfish older generations selling their homes (and therefore much of their generational wealth) to fund either lavish retirements or more medical treatment…

Well, minimum wage in NY state is $15.50/hour. ($432/mo)/($15.50/h) is about 28 hours per month, i.e. 7 hours per week. https://dol.ny.gov/minimum-wage-0 He also mentions other for…

Also what I was thinking! I saw the Home Depot on the map, and an International Airport (with daily flights to Boston no less), and thought, "Wait a sec, is this guy pulling our co…

> Even if they homeschooled, I imagine they want their kids to have some friends, and they didn’t talk about how that would work without a car. Why do you assume that they are no k…

> a low-frequency route means it's something you need to plan your entire day around. Okay but the dude is making $5K/y which means he basically has no job and he sits around in hi…

I think most of your points are fair ones. I also feel that it's rather cynical to drop out of the "rat race" by relying on the participation of lots of other people to pay for you…

> hope you don't need to see a doctor for anything serious, or go to a dentist for that mater. That's the first thing I thought about. His budget of $432/mo doesn't include health …

I used to run a SaaS, and I also used postcards to try to promote it! Why not use emails? I was sure that emails would get spam-collected, but physical postcards might get some att…

Hey, I'll chime in to say that I've been contracting for 10+ years. I got my first few gigs on CraigsList and Upwork. Sorry to say that neither of those look very good, right now. …