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Define "net loss to the society." Society is just a group of individuals. If my counter-party was a democratic aide hedging that they wouldn't have a job come January, was it a rea…

I realize I'm an N of 1, but I've participated in prediction markets since 2019 and am just above 5 figures in profit. Not life-changing money, but it certainly doesn't hurt. I'm p…

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Spelunker, M.U.L.E, Seven Cities of Gold, Up N Down, Moon Patrol, Raid on Bungeling Bay, Blue Max I could go on and on...

I've been using Podcast Addict for several years now and haven't had any complaints.

I made a chrome extension for myself that does this: https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/hacker-news-saw-it... Edit: Oops didn't really read your question. So this isn't exac…

I worked in a hat factory as a summer HS/college break job. I stood at the end of a table and inspected the initial wool cut outs that would eventually be formed into the hats. The…

I came across this article after Googling the Jefferson quote cited at the beginning of the article: “How much pain have cost us the evils which have never happened.” I heard that …

Toastmasters might be a good option.

I've been doing work in Salesforce for the last 7 years in two different positions. Both are smaller companies in the Midwest (smallish city of ~100k if you include neighboring tow…

Every morning my dog wakes up full of energy, rushes down the stairs, and anxiously awaits as I get ready to take her on our morning walk. It's a good reminder on how to approach e…

Working Effectively with Legacy Code by Michael Feathers is a good resource for how to introduce testing code into an existing system: https://www.amazon.com/Working-Effectively-Le…

I have always struggled with this issue as it feels like you're abandoning your team and leaving them hanging. Especially when you like and respect your teammates. At my last job I…

My junior year in college, I had a semester from hell where I took AI, Distributed Programming, Operating Systems, and a 400-level Math class all together. One morning as I washed …

Rumor on PredictIt was one of the reasons they shut down tweet markets was Andrew Yang's campaign received email threats in regards to him tweeting.

I'm very interested in the Chainlink project ($LINK). Decentralized Oracles providing real-world data on-chain seems to me to be a no-brainer. A good example that's talked about is…

Same here except I have the Oculus Quest which I purchased for our family for Christmas. Just the Amazon Prime app and Netflix app were reason enough to buy it for the different vi…

I read Siddhartha three years ago. I realize this is a long quote, but when I read the passage below, I had a huge rush of emotions and joy. It's been easy to forget this passage w…

>>> there are ways to expand your communication and presentation skills without moving back to entry-level or taking a huge pay cut Toastmasters is a great place to get more experi…

This path worked for me. I recently started a position at a credit union that focuses on serving customers typical banks/credit unions won't touch. Every week we get to hear feedba…

Thank you for the morning laugh!

Both my previous and current jobs are with non-software companies and I feel that makes a big difference. My job prior to these two was with a software consultancy firm. While I lo…

Ha! Keeping wiffleball stats. That's great. The real question is did you make an APBA card for yourself based on those stats http://apbagames.com/apbabaseball http://apbagames.com/…