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anduru_hon I'm Donating 90% of My Recent Income to Obesity Research

Can someone provide a little more context on this contamination theory of obesity? Does it actually hold up? I'm reading an article linked and it seems convincing enough, but I don't have the time and expertise to accurately assess that right now.

anduru_hon Show HN: Crosswordle: Sudoku Meets Wordle

Really enjoyed this. Was super confusing at first, but eventually caught on. Nice concept!

anduru_hon Why not anchor earnings into homesteading?

The way this question is worded makes it seem like it's so easy to go into agriculture / homesteading...there is a wealth of knowledge you have to have to have to do it right, it's not just buying land, plants and watering them. And more often than not, that knowledge is not readily available online, and comes with time and immersion.

Source: from a rural area

anduru_hon Ask HN: What are the downsides of working at FAANG?

The downside is that you're normally a small fish in a big pond as opposed to a big fish in a small pond somewhere else. The perks seem like the pay, the scale at which you work generally, and the quality of your coworkers is higher than normal.

If you like hacking on features, not having to do robust A/B testing or walk through tons of leadership / management hoops, and having a wider role in the development of something, then a smaller company or startup would be better.

TLDR: as with any thing in life, it depends on the person, and what makes you happy at work.

anduru_hon Ask HN: Anyone know video creators for web dev? Vanilla JavaScript / TS / React

Yeah, but do you know of any creators that would be recommended based on my criteria? I'm not really watching for entertainment quality.

anduru_hon Big Tech Workers, Does This Tweet Thread Mirror Your Experience at All?

Uh, well I just started working a few months back...but I can say I haven't noticed this at all.

This particular passage stuck out to me:

"Bring your whole self to work" was the Big Tech mantra. Tell people about your cool hobbies, share your politics (if you're far left only), share your sex life."

I can't see this happening at any true big tech company, maybe at a startup or something. The writer seems a bit disgruntled to me.

anduru_hon Set up a practically free CDN

I've been using BunnyCDN - it's been pretty cheap (<$5 month for 250GBs of data transfer).

anduru_hon Ask HN: What do you think about TC posted on Blind?

Reflective for the people posting about it on Blind...they're usually at a top tier software engineering company. As a whole, I would imagine the salaries are a lot less than the TC you see represented on Blind. The workplace is also a lot less intense.

FWIW - I've only ever worked in big tech outside of an internship in college at a slow F500 so small disclaimer.

anduru_hon Tell HN: Stop Accepting Shitty Interviews

Yes...but the bar to entry here is also a major factor. Doctors and lawyers in part have already been vetted by lots of crap before even qualifying for an interview.

How much of the content on the MCAT is "useful" for a doctor's daily work? I would argue that the majority of it is moot. In the same vein, the LSAT has a lot of "useless" logic puzzles that aren't applicable to their daily work as a lawyer. Fact of the matter is, we're lucky in tech to have this system that ANYONE can study for "useless" shit, doesn't matter your background, what college you went to, etc. If you get the interview and nail it, you're in.

anduru_hon Ask HN: Who wants to sell their side project?

Guerrilla "marketing" - try to phish people with fake domains and create the market for your product.

...that would be pretty unethical though.

anduru_hon Tell HN: Stop Accepting Shitty Interviews

I would think that real world programming careers are affected by someone's ability to remember information and put in effort, and that's demonstrated by the time spent to study for the little tricks and algorithms that go into passing an interview. I think it makes things a lot less subjective - you put in the time, you win.

anduru_hon I'm building a free spaced repetition flashcard tool. Would love some feedback!

I think it should be available without signing up first, at least for a quick demo. I really dislike signing up for anything when I don't even know what the features are, that I'm signing up for.

anduru_hon Tell HN: Stop Accepting Shitty Interviews

Not going to lie, I actually like Leetcode style interviews. What you put in is what you get - you know how to control your own outcomes, and that's by putting in the time and work to study for the questions.

anduru_hon GitHub will natively support Mermaid diagrams

Awesome! Really appreciate this.

anduru_hon GitHub will natively support Mermaid diagrams

As someone who just learned what Mermaid is...this is amazing. Great feature add. Does anyone have good recommendations for learning the syntax / alternatives?

anduru_hon Ask HN: Which games do you recommend to improve thinking and reasoning?

This might be a captain obvious-type answer...but have you thought about Chess?

anduru_hon Advice on maintaining ownership of an OSS project while working for a company

Every company has different policies, and whether or not they'll enforce those policies is another question as well. General rule, don't use your work computer ever to do anything related to your project, and don't do work on it during normal work hours, just to be safe. You need to look at your terms of employment, for sure.

anduru_hon Completing a part-time Master's in computer science while working

I was under the impression that the masters classes were designed to be a cash cow for institutions!

anduru_hon Best Pens for 2022: Gel, Ballpoint, Rollerball, and Fountain Pens

To be honest, $5 per pen is above the range where I wouldn't stress about losing one or giving them out. My opinion is, that's an expensive pen!

anduru_hon Google censors “Mass Formation Psychosis” search results awaiting new sources

IMO, it's the perfect set buzzwords for the masses and the uneducated. Short enough where they can glean a meaning from it at a quick glance, and long enough where it feels sophisticated to use.

anduru_hon Founder of crypto lender Nexo says Bitcoin could hit $100k in 2022

My educated guess is that it won't hit $100K, or $0 this year!

anduru_hon Only known video of the Chirodectes jellyfish

Unreal. Why are they so rare?

anduru_hon Tell HN: Rise in AWS accounts getting hacked and owner being stuck with the bill

I think you can get refunded for fraudulent charges, like if you get hacked. But if you leave an instance running or screw up auto-scaling somehow, that's normally when the charges may tend to stick around. I believe they have a one strike policy, though that could have changed.

anduru_hon High-sucrose diets contribute to brain angiopathy and higher brain dysfunctions

Honest question - what about if you drink a ton of water? Does that "dilute" the effect that consuming too much of one thing has? I've never actually looked into it myself but I've always held that belief, perhaps falsely.

anduru_hon Elizabeth Holmes found guilty

I never knew this was a thing, but now that I do...I want in!

anduru_hon Web3/Crypto: Why Bother?

Could you elaborate more on how a blockchain will allow clients to influence the direction of the API and also keep other clients up to date on new API changes? That seems a lot more complex than the way you're putting it.

anduru_hon How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs

I'm just saying, the claim is that no "junior engineer" can make 300k. That's pretty false. You can also look into HFT "junior engineers" like at Citadel which will clear 300k easily. Facebook return offers for new grad can hit very close to 300k, and there are definitely other companies that pay just as much, if not more. Of course, it's rare, and these people are in elite air.

anduru_hon How to Set Low Expectations at Your Two Remote Jobs

https://www.levels.fyi/?compare=Google,Facebook,Microsoft&tr...

Explore this site, it'll open up a whole new world of SDE pay at unicorns / startups / FANGMULA. I'd look at the entry level positions for maybe ... Dropbox or something, or Stripe. Those two off the top of my head get pretty close to 300k for "junior" engineer - SWE I.