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2 out of 5 of his clients are blockchain companies/orgs. I feel this path would be quite easy in blockchain, where almost all of the projects are open source

Plenty of user facing apps do need strong consistency. We use Cassandra at Ripple, for API access to the XRP ledger, and strong consistency is a requirement. Records refer to other…

I mean this is just evolutionary biology. If you're a defenseless woman in the African Savanna, do you go for the skinny, short man who's nice, or the tall, muscular man who will p…

Hacker news is just not that pro west. I actually find it quite refreshing.

Yeah I mean I totally agree that live coding in an interview is some contrived thing that doesn't reflect the actual value that you would bring. No one builds anything great in 45 …

Practicing a ton can reduce anxiety, since you'll have confidence that you can most likely solve the problem. Plus, if you practice enough, you'll see so many problems that you mig…

I am not spending Christmas alone, but sometimes I wish I was. The holidays are the toughest time of year for me, because they bring up bad memories from my childhood, and the dark…

Hey I have bipolar and borderline too! But I just want to say, life isn't about achieving things; it's just about being happy. And a little secret: achieving things doesn't actuall…

That's quite a pessimistic outlook. You can find inner peace even though you're being harassed.

Gym memberships are notorious with this. I always wondered how it was even legal. I cancelled my debit card and they sent me to collections.

You should 100% talk to the original author before rewriting though. Not doing so communicates that you think you know better than them, so much better than them that you don't eve…

They are fiat on and off ramps, they hold crypto for you, and they allow you to exchange different cryptocurrencies.

> republicans represent a minority of Americans. They'd never have power again if we had fair democratic elections. Democrats represent the majority of Americans. They benefit grea…

The article said mildly depressed people could have a more accurate view of reality, not majorly depressed people. Quite different. A mildly depressed person doesn't have a complet…

Actual paper cash is more anonymous than most crypto, including Bitcoin.

How would a government seize Bitcoin? Stealing Bitcoin is not the same as seizing.

You can still use unions to fight unethical decisions though

Do you really think you can't just find a new job and quit? (In that order).

If you really hate your job, quit and find a different one. If you hate the tasks, asks for different tasks. I know this might not be an option though. So some things that help me …

It is not a human right to make the planet uninhabitable for future generations

I don't think the climate problem can be solved without some form of authoritarianism. For most people, climate change does not affect their everyday lives. It primarily affects fu…

Tangentially related, I think political advertising actually does work. Not just ads ran by candidates, but all the different memes and infographics and whatnot. At least in Americ…

I don't think it matters if $75k is middle class or not. It's definitely not ultra rich, as was the other example person in the original comment, so the argument still applies. Mid…

If it were imposed by a democratically elected government, would it still be a problem?

The lack of charge back is really a small issue. I don't think it applies here. Crypto does solve this problem. Even if there's the lack of charge back, it still overcomes the cens…