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I agree with the comment below. You are extremely lucky not to be hired by that CTO. Huge red flag.

If you genuinely think taxes are not a sufficiently 'proven' way of forcing demand for a currency, see what happens when someone stops paying them.

> The only thing that maintains the value of any asset (or currency) is the collective belief in that asset or currency. Hello jmyeet! Unfortunately, I believe this statement, as y…

https://store.steampowered.com/app/700480/Microsoft_Allegian... has been around since March 2000, and currently free to play

Books: Sci-fi: the Culture books (Iain M Banks). The Expanse series. Fantasy: Belgariad (Eddings), Discworld (Pratchett), Robin Hobb's work. TV: Farscape, Stargate SG1, Lexx (!), D…

Zachtronics: Start with e.g. opus magnum. Visual, will teach basic concepts of sequencing instructions, iteration etc. Then Shenzhen I/O if they enjoy it Alternatively: Human resou…

also relevant: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Grey_Walter "Grey Walter's most well-known work was his construction of some of the first electronic autonomous robots.[citatio…

Have you looked into the effects of zinc supplementation of common cold frequency and severity? I am not a doctor, this is not medical advice, etc. https://www.mayoclinic.org/disea…

Will pass that on to someone I know. They are using high-strength cranberry extract and zinc, with great success (cranberry specific for UTIs, zinc just to ensure not deficient, as…

Have you ever looked into zinc supplements? If I recall correctly, a huge (50%) part of the population are zinc deficient, and zinc deficiency lowers white blood cell count, amongs…

see my comment above about sintech...

Sintech sell adapters via amazon US/UK etc for about $15 that allow you to take a regular NVME drive (which are VERY cheap just now) and adapt it to the apple SSD hardware interfac…

> very unique I once read a short article by a journal editor, on the theme of contributors describing their work as 'extremely unique'. Something is either unique or it's not. If …

Try adding some chilli sauce. Mixed with the olive oil and fish it's amazing. After experimenting with quite a lot of chilli sauce with mackerel/oil over a period of years, I reall…

protip: get a sintech adapter and stick a big fast nvme disk in there. another 1-2 years before you need a new computer.

install smcfancontrol

if you need to 'upgrade' there's a sintech adapter that will let you put a MUCH bigger and faster ssd in there.

> I wish I'd opted for the 1t model vs 512g drive Hi there. You can buy a sintech adapter on amazon that will let you put a standard NVME SSD into a macbook air/retina 2013-2015 mo…

> If you want lucid dreams, slap on a low dosage nicotine patch before you sleep. This is utterly awful advice if you don't want to acquire a nicotine addiction.

> I woke up shortly after for real this time, into reality. I'm afraid not.

There is an anime series with something similar to this as one of the premises, 'Overlord'. Near the beginning, the protagonist uses superuser powers to reprogram a cute but hatefu…

Hello there yasbhagchandani Lots of people get suicidal thoughts, it's nothing to be ashamed of. Lots of people get depressed. Lots of people find that they have lost their reason …

To anyone who loves Star Trek, Firefly, BSG etc: I want to highlight Blake's Seven for you as a really great series that's well worth a watch: Imagine a gritty British version of t…

Turns out simply wishing people good luck and asserting everything is going to be fine [1] is a poor substitute for extreme weather monitoring / defence / preparation / response [2…

> What does society gain from taking more of those profits and consuming them, instead of allowing them to be invested in supporting more jobs and creating more economic output? Ju…