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More than half the population of CO was born outside of the state. I would be surprised if it was still a top 5 state for educational attainment when looking only at those born and…

> higher altitudes within the US have fewer environmental contaminants Living in Denver, I routinely see headlines (and see with my own eyes) about how terrible the air quality is …

As someone with autoimmune issues who rarely checks HN but is very interested in your work, do you have a newsletter I could sign up for or an email address I could reach out to to…

I'm curious, what is your approach to some of the most common distractions in society? Namely TV (youtube?), movies, video games, and social media. Personally I have completely rem…

As an American with an EU passport, thanks for the idea. I had been leaning towards moving/retiring to Grenoble, France for the engineering university nestled in the Alps, but I wi…

> towns of that type had to be mostly independent in terms of income for money inflow....small factories, mining, farming and ranching, etc. > I'd say that this movement of people …

Good point. I guess you could say that its the contents of skyscrapers that are harmful to wildlife: humans. Lots of traffic (whether car, bicycle, foot, alpine touring skiing, etc…

Sorry but that is false. Please name even 1 hotel in Vail that is 10+ stories. The tallest that I can think of is 5, maybe 6 stories. edit: having been a ski bum in Vail, I can't s…

Not sure what you mean.

I agree with this sentiment in cities, however, I believe that this approach in the mountains would result in skyscrapers being built in areas of natural beauty, and be harmful to …

Lived in Vail for 4 years. I wouldn't say that they are exaggerating...

You're trying to say that both of your parents being college educated didn't provide you with any kind of advantage over someone born into poverty with uneducated parents? "Classis…

I like it. How would the bank make its money? The standard exploitative practices of other banks, just with smaller fees ($5 overdraft fee instead of $37?, or lower interest rate s…

You don't think that you are lucky to have been born into an upper middle class family, without any serious psychological issues? Someone born with mental problems is automatically…

> media like these focus exclusively on this negative minority and exaggerate the negativity of the status quo. Can you expand on 'this negative minority' ? Because I think there a…

Not sure why you're being downvoted, maybe its some SF NIMBYers? Anyways, your second sentence brings me an interesting idea. What if someone built a website with links to easily e…

"Honey, those people are lazy, so they deserve to be poor!" Dear lord. Go work in some shitty jobs full of poor people, and count how many work hard versus how many are lazy. Those…

> sob stories about people who spent half their lives pursuing 3 uneconomical degrees, had 3 more kids than they could afford, in cities with some of the highest costs of living in…

Is everyone just supposed to be as smart as us programmers? Is it peoples' own fault if they're stupid? Do they deserve no sympathy or humanity? Right now I make $13/hr in an expen…

Where can I email you? If you're open to helping others, that is. No email listed in your profile

2) I just realized that while I don't have much in the way of side projects that go along with my hospitality work, I am in a ski town and have skied over 500 days in the last 4 ye…

1) Understood, and will do. How do you suggest I frame the 4 year gap in tech work though? "I decided that after 17 years of school, I wanted to take some time off to ski. That yea…

Thanks for the reply! I’ve worked at several different restaurants here, but I’ll see about kind of merging all of that under just 1 restaurant on my resume. I also started and ran…

What is the best way to network my way into a software job? On paper I think I look like a terrible candidate, even though I’m actively building up my software portfolio. I’ve read…

Hey man, where did you do most of your skiing? Also I would love to chat with you about how you went from ski bum to professional programmer (I'm assuming) but you don't have an em…