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MiscIdeaMaker99on Ask HN: What do you struggle with?

If you think something is wrong medically, you should go see a doctor sooner than later. There's no reason you should wait.

MiscIdeaMaker99on Facebook removed the US Declaration of Independence for violating hate speech

I have a hard time caring about this.

MiscIdeaMaker99on America’s Millennials Are Waking Up to a Grim Financial Future

You have to pay back your loan in full, with interest.

MiscIdeaMaker99on Sysadmin left finger on power button for an hour to avert SAP outage

I always ask potential coworkers during an interview for a story like that for two reasons: 1) it'll tell me whether or not they have humility, honesty, etc; 2) and, because I love sharing war stories.

One candidate we interviewed answered my question saying that he had never made a mistake like that. Then he went on to tell me a story about how a bad patch from Oracle which he applied brought down production this one time.

The guy seemed arrogant, and I felt like he was lying or he is overstating his skills. Either way, he ended up getting hired by another team (knowing full well that we didn't like him), and he only stayed for about a month or two.

Go figure.

MiscIdeaMaker99on 4 Years Trying to Get Approval to Turn SF Laundromat into Apartment Building

San Francisco certainly has its share of self-righteous, self-important, holier-than-thou types.

I grew up and live in Indianapolis. It's only happened a handful of times, but while visiting San Francisco someone would say, "I'm sorry," after hearing that I live in a "flyover state." Of course, these folks weren't from San Francisco either. (I think I've only met one or two actual natives of San Francisco.) This has also happened in New York City.

I don't mean to tarnish the people of San Francisco, though, because I love visiting SF and the people there are the nicest I've ever met, anywhere.

I also understand that people want to preserve what good they have going on there, though, but I often wonder if this is because they're thinking about the greater good; or, some other self-satisfying motive.

MiscIdeaMaker99on The Berlin Wall has now been down longer than it was up

I was a teenager when the wall came down, but I remember that time well enough to know it was full of positive energy and good feelings. It was a great time to be alive.

MiscIdeaMaker99on Steve Wozniak: ‘I don’t believe anything Elon Musk or Tesla says’

What's the difference between the two?

MiscIdeaMaker99on California does not have the highest poverty rate in the USA

One of the best things I ever learned in school was from my German teacher in junior high school. I have no idea what we were talking about, but she said, "You can prove anything with statistics." I'm 41 years old and that has stuck with me all of these years.