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SmushyTaco··on Tell HN: I miss the chatrooms of the 90s
You could always make a new platform for chatrooms like back in the day but with modern technologies.
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: How to find profitable side project idea?
You could make a simple but useful app and bundle ads with it to gain profit from that and have an in-app purchase to remove ads for even more profit. Like for example: You could make a calculator that appeals to people taking geometry like a Pythagorean Theorem calculator that shows the answer and work. Your best bet is to pick something easy that appeals to a group of people.
SmushyTaco··on I want to start to learn web development.Where to start
I never said they have to learn all that all at once... I was simply giving him a list of languages and frameworks that would help him in the future.
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: How do you get over the initial fear of learning something hard or new?
If you're going to learn a new language or software being organized takes out all the stress. For example, when I learned Rust I made myself the perfect Sublime text setup for rust when on udemy got a course for it and would code along with the course instructor. I'd also make a folder to containing the code for each source with a folder in there for each lesson which would contain the source and the compiled program and I got through that and it was actually fun. As long as you're organized and don't rush yourself you should be fine.
SmushyTaco··on I want to start to learn web development.Where to start
I disagree, Rust and WebAssembly are both two things that are growing quickly and taking advantage of that right now would be a good idea (Since they can both be used together in Web development) and I was just giving him a list of things he should learn as a web developer in general. He can go at his own speed and learn each language and frameworkwhen he wants to at his own pace but it's not a bad idea at all to learn all of that.
SmushyTaco··on I want to start to learn web development.Where to start
No problem :) out of curiosity what do you currently use to learn web development? Something like Sublime or VS Code would be good options if you're looking (I recommend Sublime but it's up to you).
SmushyTaco··on I want to start to learn web development.Where to start
Rust + WebAssembly may be a little more difficult but they're both languages that are growing very fast and being able to take advantage of that now before they get bigger then they already are is a great idea long-term. It may take a while but is it better to learn something fast or well?
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: How do you explain to non-technical people that bugs happen in software?
You could say "Our product reacted in a way that wasn't intended and we are currently working on a solution."
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: What is the minimum yearly income to live in your twenties?
It depends on the location since prices are different everywhere you go.
SmushyTaco··on Germany to restrict Facebook's data gathering activities
It shouldn't just be Germany to do this, every country should do so.
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: What can I do so that Monkeys do not chew my fiber optic cable?
Have you considered putting a tarp on it? Or spraying it with something flavored with something monkeys don't like the taste of?
SmushyTaco··on I want to start to learn web development.Where to start
It's best to go about web development like this:

Languages to learn: 1. HTML 2. CSS 3. JavaScript (ES2018) 4. Rust 5. WebAssembly (Rust + WebAssembly)

Frameworks to learn after all of that: 1. Flexbox 2. Bootstrap 3. jQuery 4. React/React Native 5. Electron

Hopefully this helps :)

SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: Should you offer a free trial for a software product?
I don't think free trials by themselves are a viable solution for you or the user since you wouldn't profit and the user would only have your product for a limited amount of time. A solution could be they could get your product ad free for a week and after a week passes ads would display on your software so you could profit and in order to remove these ads the user would have to pay a one-time fee to do so. You could also provide a add-on store where other developers could make add-ons for your product and also them and you could take a cut of the profits.
SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around age discrimination?
I'm currently a sophomore in high school and I'm studying a low level language called Rust and I'd be interested in what you think about the language and what languages you have a lot of experience with.
SmushyTaco··on What would you do if a company recently rejected you contacted you for an offer?
Well there are a number of ways you could handle the situation:

1. Ask if you could think on it for a bit to buy yourself some time to finish your other job interview and then make a pros and cons list of working for each company to decide.

2. Accept the job from the smaller company but keep doing the interview (Who said you can't have two jobs?) and then just work at both companies.

3. Accept the job from the smaller company and end the interview.

4. Decline the offer from the smaller company and prepare for the interview in the meantime.

5. Accept the job from the smaller company and keep going with the interview process and if you get accepted you could use that as leverage for a higher position in the smaller company.

I don't know your exact situation but hopefully this helps.

SmushyTaco··on Ask HN: What books changed the way you think about almost everything?
I recommend you give the book named The Giver a read. It shows the flaws of a perfect society and how our experiences make us who we are. It's a great read.