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DontchaKnowit

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DontchaKnowit··on Life After Work
This makes no sense to me. Work is needed only because there is scarcity. If no humans are needed to work, that means there is not serious scarcity.
DontchaKnowit··on I'm a Senior Developer and I Still Google Everything (Perfectly Normal)
What? Whens rhe last time you even thought about big o notation since college?
DontchaKnowit··on TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Yeah until they cancel the payment plan without notice and demand full payment or they start seizing assets.

Happened to my parents recently

DontchaKnowit··on TurboTax’s 20-year fight to stop Americans from filing taxes for free (2019)
Eh the problem is when they dont catch mistakes for several years, and then come after you for like 80 grand at once, and then when you cant pay it threaten to seize your assets
DontchaKnowit··on SEC approves Texas Stock Exchange, first new US integrated exchange in decades
Or options products, e.g. cboe
DontchaKnowit··on A comparison of Ada and Rust, using solutions to the Advent of Code
Maybe who cares?
DontchaKnowit··on Throne of the Third Heaven of the Nations' Millennium General Assembly (2021)
What? Can we start banning these kinds of "I wonder if an LLM" comments?
DontchaKnowit··on Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Thats ridiculous, 50 calories worth of edible is enough to get you high as balls for like 8 hours.

Tell me youre not a edible user without twlling me youre not an edible user

DontchaKnowit··on Cannabis use associated with quadrupled risk of developing type 2 diabetes
Yeah in my experience real heavy users of weed don't get munchies anymore and actually just smoke instead of eat pretty frequently. Eating kinda kills your high.

Source: was a burnout in college for 4 years

DontchaKnowit··on Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens
Ism doesnt mean systenic hierarchy. Does gigantism mean a systemic hierarchy of giants? Does botulism mean systemic hierarchy of botulinum. Hobestly what the hell are you talking about?
DontchaKnowit··on Corporations are trying to hide job openings from US citizens
I never understood this redefinition of the word... Racism means prejudice based on race. Period. Thats all it means. Redefining the word like you suggested is moving the political goalposts
DontchaKnowit··on The importance of counter-clockwise dance rituals
Left foot lead is clockwise, not counter clockwise. How could he possibly get that wrong.

This article is an incredible excercise in navel gazing

DontchaKnowit··on 9 Years of "Learning to Code" and I Still Couldn't Build a To-Do App
Any pluralsight style course ive ever taken is basically useless.
DontchaKnowit··on We’re Not So Special: A new book challenges human exceptionalism
Anything a horseshoe crab can do, I can do better
DontchaKnowit··on Ask HN: What are you biggest mental / relational challenges?
If you're saying its easy street, then yeah, no arguments here. Jealous?
DontchaKnowit··on Ask HN: What are you biggest mental / relational challenges?
What a weird comment. I think you're projecting a little
DontchaKnowit··on Show HN: I built an app to block Shorts and Reels
Installed and im amazed at how many tines ive habitually tried to use youtube shorts already after 2 hours.

Awesome app, been looking for something like this for a while. Thank you!

DontchaKnowit··on ADHD drug treatment and risk of negative events and outcomes
Had a similar experience with adderall. Worst decusion I ever made. Totally changed my personality. Made we eccentric, obsessive, hyper sexualized. Fucked my sleep schedule, gave me a weird kind of speech impediment occasionally, etc, etc, etc.

Also found out after I quit that it also probably contributed to an anuersym in my heart.

Highly recommend anyone to stay the hell away from amphetamines if at all possible.

DontchaKnowit··on Occult books digitized and put online by Amsterdam’s Ritman Library
Noteto everyone who is prescribed adderall, dont fuck with the occult amphetamines and occult reading make for a rabbit hole that will turn you into one weird motherfucker.
DontchaKnowit··on As Ozempic Shrinks Appetites, Some Restaurants Offer Miniature Meals
You can say that, but thats not how it actually works in practice. You get the same variety of food at expensive spots, just smaller portions. Perhaps an unusual selection, but no greater variety in the same meal.

And no, im still paying for the food. Fuck the experience. The experience of being at a restaurant ranges from obnoxious to mildly irritating and its unrelated to how nice the place is.

DontchaKnowit··on As Ozempic Shrinks Appetites, Some Restaurants Offer Miniature Meals
Cheddars is nationawide and it does have nutritional info on the menu.

Its also kinda ass

DontchaKnowit··on The fundamentals still matter
First time ive ever heard someone admit this, only ever heard people accuse theur coworkers of it. This is honestly a very sad thing to hear a professional dev say
DontchaKnowit··on You know more Finnish than you think
I think this is literally just a function of time and exposure oppirtunity and nothing else.

An adult studying a language is spending like maybe 1% of the time studying that a child learning a language spends.

DontchaKnowit··on AI is propping up the US economy
This kind of black and white thinking never pans out. The truth is always nuanced.

Eternal orgy time is not possible, will never happen. And if AI is useful, which it is, it will never be abandoned. Somewhere in the middle is the real prognosis

DontchaKnowit··on Ozempic shows anti-aging effects in trial
Well corticosteroid withdrawal will kill you also, or ruin your life if you fuck up and dont taper off quick enough.
DontchaKnowit··on Ozempic shows anti-aging effects in trial
Corticosteroids are also pretty damn dangerous
DontchaKnowit··on Why doctors hate their computers (2018)
Ive had so many problems woth e prescribe. Half the time its "just not working right now" the other half they send to the wrong place, or they send to a pharmacy that doesnt have supply and you cant find out that theyre out of stock until they recieve the script. At which point you have to cancel and then contact your doctor to resend. Which can take several days. Whereas with paper prescriptions you just drive to the next pharmamcy.

Theres pros and cons to both

DontchaKnowit··on Face it: you're a crazy person
1) I LOVED computer science school

2) I really love certain aspects of being a software engineer.

3) I have definutely said Ill kill myself if I have to sit in front of a computer for my entire life

4) this job will afford me a future where I can retire at a reasonable age. Whereas a non-computer oriented alternative (the other career available to me was house painting) will not.

Therefore I will bear the monotony of sitting in front of a computer all day for a few decades

DontchaKnowit··on Steam, Itch.io are pulling ‘porn’ games. Critics say it's a slippery slope
Absird comparison the bible is clearly not pornographic
DontchaKnowit··on The United States withdraws from UNESCO
China is bery culturally relevant and rising. But otherwise yeah I agree with you
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