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Free content drivers people to the paid version. Is not like this model doesn't work. It's on every SaaS out there. Having a big paying community will drive more free content, as b…

That problem could be attributed to the tragedy of the Commons. Claiming you don't work well in an open plan office and being taken at face value would lead to literally everyone s…

Gorgeous. I'm a strong atheist but Buddhism has always been the religion I've respected the most. At least the philosophical aspect of it. I used to struggle with this too. To this…

I strongly disagree. A senior engineer that has always worked in the backend won't be able to be up to speed with a complex frontend app quickly and be as effective as a senior fro…

This is one of the best selling points to me. Most console games are designed to be played like this. I can just leave the game and come back tomorrow. For PC games I have to open …

Poker players not necessarily. The point is that the market has been going up in the long term for as long as there's been a market. So you're better off just investing and forgett…

It's perfectly fine to enjoy a day job. I truly love mine. I enjoy working at it, and I enjoy the freedom it gives me to do other stuff after work. I enjoy the monetary reward but …

Isn't everything a rat race if you boil it down enough? Working for yourself? Rat race Working for others? Rat race The human reward system works in a way that doing something repe…

This is the reason I switched from Roam Research to obsidian. If Roam goes bust, so does my data. If Obsidian goes bust, I'll just have a bunch of markdown files I can import elsew…

Thank you for bringing joy to my evening. This was hilarious

Sure thing. But I always give reasons. That stuff builds trust. Even silly things like "hey I'm tired and feeling down, gonna take a couple of days off" builds a lot of rapport. An…

The author exactly says this "two engineers with the same experience". I'm sure there are engineers that can create an architecture 10x better than mine. But show me someone that c…

Knowing that so many things are being changed for good is amazing. "climate change is forcing everyone's hand" Everyone should see it this way. Like, there's no leeway, just do wha…

Well... This is an idea I never had lol.

I love titles. They're made up bullshit but people assign value to them. If I meet someone with 8 years of experience that is not confident to tell me they're a senior engineer, I …

Was going to comment the same. What kind of city would need that? I'm always amazed at how people think their little part of the world is an accurate representation of reality.

I lived in cities all my life, until two years ago when I moved to the very green suburbs of Budapest. Now, Whenever we go to the city, I notice how much it stinks. It's so weird b…

This is the best video I've watched on nutrition in ages. Backed by real science while acknowledging the things we don't fully understand. The idea that not all calories are the sa…

This perfectly encapsulated why I LOVE web development. You can debug one of the most complex softwares in the world (a browser) so effectively you can understand what you did wron…

Comments are documentation. I've never seen or heard of a team that keeps documentation for their complex algorithms. It's just not done. And if it was, I'd bet that they get out o…

I find this incredibly sad for many reasons. Taking time off to work for the company that doesn't let you work for them during normal work hours. The irony is so strong but I under…

Can someone explain to me what does IPv6 offer that's IPv4 doesn't? Apart from way more addresses. A good article would suffice.

Haha I shouldn't have included it, it was petty.

Sucking at what you do != not being passionate. Passionate people can also suck at their jobs. I did some terrible things when I was inexperienced. There's nothing special about so…

Been there. But what I try to do is just invite them. Like literally tell them before hand the food is on me. Or find some stupid reason to pay for them. Even if it's just two pizz…