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IMO no degree is necessary or worth the money today for doing software/computer related things, there's virtually nothing you'd be taught in classes you can't learn with an interne…

See if you live in one of these localities, you might be able to stay where you are for a while. Even if not, eviction proceedings usually take at least a month. https://www.fool.c…

The assertion that restaurants failing in the wake of the government mandating them to close in response to a once in a lifetime pandemic is evidence of them being unviable as an i…

Keep code as simple as possible, shun abstractions until the refactor stage, adopt a language / toolchain that enforces a modular / functional discipline. EDIT: also, reading the c…

People will likely not flip sides but might be disillusioned enough to not vote or vote third party

Game development is exceptionally fun and engaging as far as software goes, so the supply/demand ratio is much more skewed. I would agree people are likely aware of the worse worki…

Dynamodb

It would go a long way to package this such that somebody on a mac can just download it and run, or install with brew. Also after disabling security, chmoding +x, and attempting se…

A lot of cynicism in the comments here, but having an optimistic outlook has been a boon throughout history in almost all accounts. It's definitely harder today with all of the mas…

It's the hard truth. As it is, there's just no way to solve the problem without some sort of global cataclysm. I think people in power have the logistics to know this, which is why…

Anyone read the updated article? Clinton applauds twitter for banning political ads and encourages facebook to do the same.. All this does is shift all of the power to those that c…

What industry do you work in? I do software and can quit and find a new job within a month no problem, 10k is more than sufficient...

Would likely be 100 if you remove all factors keeping somebody from quitting a job.

An outrageous misquote ignoring all surrounding context.. you're good at this outrageous thing

If the conditions of imprisonment are all that matter then the Japanese internment wasn't that big of a deal, they were treated quite well and humanely and in relatively good livin…

It is outrageous because in both instances we're talking about actual legal citizens being persecuted by their own government for belonging to an ethnic group, not a group of forei…

The problem is google isn't just a search engine it's the information seeking megalith of our time. That little text input takes what you give it, determines what the hell you're t…

A nuanced response, but my main point is about self censorship, what does one do if ultimately their conclusion is contradictory to their opponents. Acquiesce to maintain the peace…

lmao, welcome to hn comment section circa 2012+

But ultimately in those alienating conclusions you were _right_, how do we forget this? What does it make us to disregard uncomfortable truths?

This is absolutely false. Having lost 160 lbs over the course of two years I can say it is absolutely possible to continue losing weight from calorie restriction. Does it get harde…

This is a very false assumption, genetics absolutely do play a role in how much fat from dietary intake will be stored vs expelled as waste. Burning fat on the other hand, is unive…

It kind of is actually. Nobody escapes the law of universal conservation of energy. Sure some people due to genetics will store more of the energy they consume as fat than others. …

Agreed, I wish there was no downvoting, it's long run its usefulness in this forum

That's unfortunately what HN comments has become, a popularity contest where instead of replying to views you disagree with using counter arguments, you just downvote them and if t…