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To be fair, you did argue that it would be nice if software engineers showed "craft," which suggests that you think the way software is done is the wrong way.
Arrrgh. They have a link to this thread, so now I'm in an infinite recursive loop..
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TripleBye articles are generally bad. They're a mishmash of random ideas that feel A/B tested for the highest possible SEO return.
I still remember reading through this: https://triplebyte.com/blog/a-taxonomy-of-programmers when it was first published trying to make sense of it.
Yeah thats what I was inferring... Basically - start a slack, find a bunch of people like him - pick a project to build together that suits their need (coding buddies) and build the tool.

Kind of like when I was trying blacksmithing, the teacher makes you make your tools first.
And yet everyone is voting this claim up from their Web browsers which do not come anywhere near this standard, on operating systems of which the same can be said.
I'm not sure how easy that would be since you're dealing with ASAR (just a binary encoding but definitely not as easy as modifying plain JS files) and code signing.
how important are the differences really?

whether you are in a Chinese prison or a US prison does it really matter which injust, ridiculous, hypocritical system put you there? does it really matter what kind of grandiose intellectual contortions your captors use to justify their behavior towards you? if you are being raped or beaten or worked until you bleed do you really care what language they are using to scream at you while they do it? does your family, who doesnt know where you are, and wont see you for years, care what flag is flown over the walls that enclose you?
Yes, he did. It's amazing how inheriting a thriving economy, and then lowering taxes, while increasing government spending, can result in a strong economy. Unfortunately the national debt is going up and up, too.
Excellent point. This is a prime example of how government intervention mucks things up by setting up relatively benign goals, but in practice leads to an outcome that is unchanged, or perhaps even worse. What if all Japanese citizens were allowed to carry guns out in the open? An armed society is a polite society.
Every day is a struggle.

For several years I've struggled to learn enough Japanese for daily living. (Spouse is Japanese and we moved to Japan a few years ago with our 3 school-aged kids). Very little success on this. しょうがないね

My wife is out of town anywhere between 3 days to 2 weeks each month for her job. While she is gone, we rely heavily on her parents (with whom I cannot communicate directly). They take care of laundry and dinner for the kids. I take care of all the other housework and breakfast.

I work at a large corp (English speaking technology department, Japanese company) with very little career progression without business-level Japanese skill. My dev skills feel rusted and I try not to despair about my career.

So what do you do? Do you double down on Japanese and try to get some level of fluency and let your dev skill rot? Or do you focus on polishing those dev skills and push the language learning back even farther? You get maybe an hour a day for this purpose.

Unfortunately I own a house where the mortgage exceeds the value of the property. So I am not in a position to move to greener pastures.

As an added bonus, I've hit mid-forty now and my body is starting to go. Exercise and diet help, but ifaik there is no cure for aging/degrading biologic systems.

...

But here's the thing: As a man -- and especially as a white, English-speaking, North American man -- nobody gives a shit about my problems. Sure, family and old friends care that I have troubles, but from the perspective that they hope the problems go away. (to be clear, I mean this as a general case, not specific to this country)

I painting myself into a corner, and just have to keep working to make things better.

It's simple, but not easy -> Keep working hard. Do whatever you can to improve yourself and your situation. Ask for help when you can. Don't complain.

---

Edit to add:

Thank you everyone for your kind comments. I appreciate it very much and will carefully consider your suggestions.
Anyone have a good VPN recommendation? My NordVPN subscription actually just recently expired, and I was going to renew it, but in light of this, I’m open to other options.
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As the site has grown it seems like the barrier to get an account has grown too. I've never been able to comb through the list of users and find someone who I knew. I should do a search for "hack lobste.rs" and see if there is a better way.
Oh that makes sense, apologies for misonterpreting.
Great question, thanks for asking!

I like Nikolai Kondratiev, Pettis, Alfred Marshall, Carmen Reinhart, and Bill Gates (read his recent stuff on software economics)

I don't like Krugman and Greenspan.
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If the mobile apps have this shady botnet stuff in them, why would the macOS app be assumed safe? I wouldn't trust it either. I'd stick to using a trustworthy VPN client program that's not affiliated with the VPN provider.
I was late to the MUD scene, only hopping on during my high school and later years, from 2006 onwards. But there was one that a lot of friends from my school played. Shame it's been shut down, though I heard an old fork of it recently got put online, with active building community...Might have to go find it now.
Liam, this is incredible!

I thought it might be useful for you to incrementally see how someone in industry would review or change this code, so here's a little code review via video: https://youtu.be/UkVOrcS--04

We very incrementally build up to the final code, which can be found here: https://gist.github.com/stevekrenzel/b490564bf1c7f98e232a6c8...

Hope you find it helpful!
According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Natural-gas_processing , the helium is recovered from natural gas during the phase in which nitrogen is removed. Natural gas has very different content compared to the atmosphere.

Let's also note that even ignoring the specific details of the process, what you're proposing is to use a pipeline which produces helium as a side effect of its intended use of producing methane, and which is usually run on a mixture of gases that is 1% or more helium, and apply it to a mixture of gases which will produce no methane and is 0.0005% helium. The helium is nearly worthless and there's barely any to harvest in the first place; there is no possible way for this to be economical.
Somewhat expensive, but I've been very happy with Encrypt.me since the beta of Cloak here several years ago.
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It's a classic question for technical interviews
> I realized I didn't have a hormonal or even psychiatric issue: I was an addict.

This I'd agree with. I'm addicted to food, but unfortunately there's no realistic way to quit food.

> And I realized it's really hard to become fat on rice, chicken and vegetables.

You are incorrect, in my experience.
I hear it used incorrectly all the time in the business world. People usually just say “we use AI and machine learning” to do XYZ better then wave their hands in the air at the technical background.
It should be pretty easy to prove with tcpdump or even a decent firewall; their app should make connections only to their server.
I doubt that the current administrations policies have had much effect on the economy yet, not enough time has passed. And even if the economy was doing well due to their decisions, you can't use that data to determine that policies they chose not to implement were flawed.
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This is assuming the customer would have better data protection.
jachee? I guess we've lost jachee.
Author here. OMG! Someone submitted my post here and it's got to the front page!! Happy to try to answer any questions that people have. Enjoy!
C++ only still exists because by the time every software developer and their dog had realized that C++ was the wrong way to go it was too late.
I make no adjustment for calories burned through exercise at all. 1600/day is 1600/day regardless of how long I spent at the gym.
Private internet access. They’ve been pretty solid for me the last few years.
I agree the two problems you presented can be tough to solve and are interesting problems to consider:

1. Managing egos can become a problem, maybe some sort of ability for users to tag comments with logical fallacies to try and encourage rational arguments?

2. Could users use some sort of anonymous verification for throwaway comments? A global key to sign their anonymous comment? There's definitely work done in this category, I found https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-642-36213-2_... after a quick google.

I think you bring up a slightly different point in the end, the gatekeeper/moderator is a much harder problem to solve and related to the clash of egos. Ultimately, rewarding critical thinking, limiting power of censorship and growing the community organically are key here
There’s some bad stuff in PUA and some reasonable things.

Some genuinely helpful things I found.

1) Try making small talk conversations to every day strangers. It removes approach anxiety. Talk about the weather, the city, politics, anything. Being able to hold a stream of connected topics in a conversation is sort of a skill. Also kinda helps understand what’s creepy and what’s not. Good conversations skills are a great life skill.

2) Eye contact, volume and posture. Look into the other persons eye when talking to them. Don’t be too soft, but also not too loud. Don’t speak too fast too. When people don’t struggle to understand you, you project confidence. Dress with fitting clothes, be well trimmed and walk with a good posture.

3) have your own things, find your own happiness. Whether it’s work, hobbies, hikes, whatever. Something that you’re enjoy and you’re decently good at. Great if you have a group of friends that you regular do things with. Be happy and contempt.

4) Life is not a race. You don’t need to try too hard. Good things will eventually happen if you’re meeting women your age and having decent conversations.
Dude, I tried everything. Fasting works for a time, but eventually you get sick of nearly fainting every time you stand up and you end up overeating on days you're not fasting.

> I can imagine sharing your story will lead to many people trying to offer you their ultimate solution

The irony.
I played Threshold too. I must've been 13.

The level of in-character roleplaying I saw was so convincing and thorough (and intimidating), like when someone gave me a tour of the Fighters' Guild (iirc), that I thought I was on an on-rails scripted experience. They would take me into a room, and the regulars who were hanging out would exchange some banter with my tour guide. Was way too impressive to not be scripted.

So I made some snarky in-character comments to amuse myself since I was, after all, just listening to a script. And then I felt like a goof once everyone responded to me, clearly unscripted.

It's pretty magical to experience a world where the roleplaying is that seamless.
Ask HN: Remote microservices consulting?
I'm looking at the viability of building a consulting business to specialize in micro services.

I'm a developer with 20 years experience and I live in Silicon Valley. I have experience with all the technologies I mention below.

Some thoughts on why micro services are:

- Micro services are small and can be built independently. So building new services should be easier than building or adding onto a monolith.

- There's a steep and nuanced learning curve involved in going from monolith to micro services and another in the transition from synchronous processing to asynchronous/reactive programming. So there are likely to be lots of mistakes to clean up and opportunities to offer help.

- Microservices make more sense for companies with larger teams working on a single product. Because the teams are larger, the company is also larger, so fewer mom and pop type projects and more opportunity to get recurring opportunities with a larger company.

- I can specialize in some of the key enabling technologies like Kafka, ELK/ElasticSearch (particularly for CQRS applications), Cassandra, Spring Boot, Docker and the whole AWS stack. This will allow me to focus my efforts and build strong core competencies.

- With a strong set of core competencies I will be better suited to blogging, writing, speaking in order to build my brand.

- Given how tricky microservices can be to get right, there could be strong opportunities for longer-term support contracts.

Do these sound like viable reasons to focus on microservices?

Do you think that this could be cultivated into a consulting practice starting with one person (me)?

What do you think I should consider that I haven't mentioned?

How would you structure the business and how would you bill?

Thank you so much.
It was founded in 1999 (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SurveyMonkey).

It's not a Startup, it's a 19 year old company providing Internet based service.
Been a fan of vpn.ac, simple and easy, supports any protocol I'd care to use.
When my caloric intake goes up, my weight also goes up. Trust me, I keep meticulous data. You don't know what you're talking about.
One could also build those things as a network of systems, each understood and built separately.
> As a young person, you feel compelled to participate in digital fads -- like "challenges" or "pranks" -- or risk being ostracized

Could you elaborate on this?
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It reminded me of some of the 'hidden' tracks at the end of Tool albums.
I'm 38, almost 39 next month ;-)

I'm having a blast. Best move of my life! The only thing I slightly regret is not doing it 10 years ago. But it's still ok.

I'm loving the place (Tokyo), the culture, the opportunities, the food, the way of life, and I'm making tons of friends.

If I can get proficient in the language (it's looking good, I'm top of the class for now) I'll look for a job here, hopefully for an American tech company. I have a CS degree and 10+ years of experience. English is my 2nd language, but I'm way ahead than in Japanese, plus I'd rather work in a US- or EU-style workplace, because Japanese companies are scary places.

I'd love to make a tech startup, I have tons of ideas. But that will depend on connections, opportunities, and visa status.

Finally, girls seem to be more interested in me here, and the social dynamics seem more... relaxed? so I may have a chance to overcome my struggle. But the first step is getting good at the actual language.
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Over the years, I've been leaning more and more this way. Designing, writing, developing software using the Unix Philosophy [0], the suckless philosophy [1], cat -v [2], Write Small and Fast Software [3], DJB and libdjb derivatives [4][5] as sources for inspiration, IMO, will lead me to writing more comprehensible, more performant, more secure software. I mention these inspirations when ever I can. And I think software is overdue for a reboot on how we design, write, develop software.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_philosophy#Doug_McIlroy_o...

[1] http://suckless.org/philosophy/

[2] http://harmful.cat-v.org/software/

[3] https://www.fefe.de/dietlibc/diet.pdf

[4] https://www.fefe.de/djb/

[5] https://www.fefe.de/libowfat/
Seems you are suffering from what a lot of Japanese married man have, no one gives a shit about your problems except that you bring back the bills.
There is a reasons people don't even date anymore here.
Take some time for yourself and don't stop hustling.
I used to work third shift support. On long conference calls wasn't uncommon for people who were at home to fall asleep and start snoring.
I made an account to let you know that I'm also facing these very same issues. If you'd ever like to talk about it let me know.
Well the funny thing about "number one" is that it can be defined in so many ways. It's a good marketing tack.
It entertains me how small and precisely (presumably pettily) staked out the parishes were. There must be a good story why All-Hallows-the-Less, upstream from London Bridge, was specifically allocated that green space disconnected from the parish itself, seemingly cloven off of All-Hallows-the-Great's parish.
Laziness is the death of us all.
The Urban Dictionary also defines docker as someone who makes a slight jab.
I find it strange that being this profitable is labeled a "lifestyle business." The hypergrowth/unicorn exit isn't a healthy outcome for many businesses.
Not at all, given all the businesses (and public sector agencies) that have built essential workflows around it displacing paper processes.
It's not just a return for the VCs, but all the contributors that gave their money to the VCs to invest, like your university's endowment fund, retirement and pension funds, etc.
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My theory is that people are moving up to better jobs, after years of job training, education, and depressed demands, after 2008. Which would explain the low unemployment rate. Thus even though the wages for some industries are stagnating/declining, people are moving to better job positions, and thus have more money to spend.
At the risk of trivializing your situation because I can't even begin to imagine the frustration that I would feel in your situation.

Do you have coworkers who are bilingual and can start speaking to you daily in Japanese and English? Are your kids learning Japanese in a way that you might be able to learn it with them and sharing in that experience?
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rofl, it sounds pretty bad when you put it like that. I think what we’ve been doing in software for sometime has been complex, were just beginning to draw more lines as we learn more
Hey, this is great. With concurrent editing/sharing I would use this to work on collective texts before translating to LaTeX for actual typesetting. Any plans to offer that in the future?
And heavy breather who despite everyone trying to get their attention..... they clearly are not paying attention ... but will be the first person to send a stupid email after the call.
Woah, this has got to be the most positive recruiting message ever. It is clear buffer prioritizes the right things and executes then achieves those goals. Impressive.
Because people who zoom do not deserve to be on the internets.
Bullying, vanity, peer pressure, conformity, etc. are not specific to schools. Any viable solution for this then has to be equally viable for the rest of the world. What's noteworthy here is the fact that almost no one seems interested in finding a solution to this (aside from fruitlessly trying to change others or 'the system').
In Japan, seemingly everyone doing commercials is "number one", by that same logic.
What? The new Gmail has so far been a nightmare. Dumps me to a loading screen and eventually loads my inbox. Once it loads, don't rush too quickly to a message. Because it isn't ready. :(
Disclaimer: I work with the author of this post. I can answer any questions about the technical content.
I don't think it's doable, but it would pretty great to see the federal government just collect extra taxes to make up for every tax break given.
Of course I would. I do already - I give them to my accountant, my doctor, their secretaries, etc.
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> An armed society is a polite society.

Perhaps suggesting that the Japanese need more guns to be polite wasn't the best example. Japan is already one of the most (the most?) polite society in the world - at least talking about how strangers interact.
I was actually quite paranoid in those days that Microsoft was trying to take over computing in its entirety. We were looking at a future where every computer would run Windows and only be able to connect to a network owned by Microsoft. All the protocols and document formats would be proprietary.

But was it really paranoia if it's actually what Microsoft was trying to achieve? I was quite surprised when they were defeated by the Internet, and they had to scramble to buy a web browser. That lead to the "Best viewed with Internet Explorer" days, but that's another story.
>So what do you do? Do you double down on Japanese and try to get some level of fluency and let your dev skill rot?

Honest answer, from someone who grew up as a child of a diplomat (and is also a white, mid-40's middle-aged man)- this isn't even close to an even question. Push your language training as hard as you possibly can.

Linguistic and cultural competency will gain you access to not only the people of the country you live in, but will also gain you the ability to better understand your children as they grow up in a Japanese environment.

Compare that to honing, what, experience with some APIs that will be out of favor in half a decade anyway? There's no path forward if you don't speak the language as it is. Focus on the important stuff (communication) first. Dev skills can be resharpened rapidly as needed.
Western media loves reporting on instances of rape, murder in India, China even though statistics reveal they are lower per capita than in the West. Hegemony in action.
I don't think there actually is a contrast in philosophies. The philosophies are the same for each: do a cost/benefit analysis, and then go with whatever makes the most money.

It just happens that the cost of fixing an automotive defect (i.e., with a recall) is generally way higher than the cost of fixing a software defect (i.e., by shipping an update). So the automotive industry invests more heavily in eliminating defects.
Has anyone (with tons of money to spend) ever made a suggestion to you that they might sue you? It is pretty stressful. I do not recommend it to anyone.
This is oddly relaxing to listen to. It's as if it's the background noise for 90% of my day to day work.
I think the socialist would agree, but that's impossible in a capitalist system.

This is a bandaid to try and help against one particularly blatant form of exploitation by corporations.
Why don’t they date? Just curious.
China has one of the lowest intentional homicide rates in the world.

I’m actually writing this from Didi at the moment. It’s quite irrational to overhype these didi-murders since China is a country of about 1.4 billion people and statistically these incidents are pretty much meaningless. I guess it’s same kind of irrationality like in the west, when people try to come up with problems about Uber that have always existed in other contextes.
I used to love this app, but lately (~1 year) it's been buggy and not refreshing the bus schedule (SF) properly and giving me garbage info – which is worse than no info at all.
I'm really bothered by his "Russia is innocent" stance.
Zoloft... I use Zoloft and it has literally changed everything. I'm happier, easier to get along and things are better controlled
Careful. If you're breathing pure helium, the time between feeling woozy and passing out is much shorter than you think. I helped a friend set up and tear down an art project involving a 12-foot weather balloon filled with helium. At some point, I felt it was pretty wasteful to be just venting the helium without even playing with it. I sat down on the rubber gym floor for safety and had a friend watching. Two breaths of pure helium in a row was enough to make me pass out. I felt woozy and said "whoah", and I heard my head thump the rubber floor of the gymnasium. I was out just long enough for my friend to realize I wasn't joking around.

Had I been using a heavier gas (lower effusion rate and tendency to pool in the lungs) or not exhaled and inhaled when I started to feel woozy, I very easily could have required resuscitation.