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I'm portuguese, so don't take this as a jab, but cafes are also notorious for tax evading, specially on the single coffee or 2 beers kind of bills.

I have two very good friends that own cafes here (which seem to work similar to what you are describing) and he hates when someone uses a table for hours on end and ends up paying one euro or something, even groups. He always told me that his best customers are the ones that come in, have their coffee, pay the euro, don't care about receipt and leave after 10 minutes. Those are the ones that keep him in business (and yes, tax on a 1 euro coffee isn't much, but multiply by easily 500 a day, and it starts to add up)

You see it all around Europe as well. I live in a touristy area and Germans, English, French and Spanish are guilty of this as well.

Right now I'm working from a restaurant and would say 1/4 of the people are looking at a phone (give or take, didn't count!)

As a former boxer, I believe that there are a few body types that are well suited for boxing (and different types fit different styles) the same way in soccer you want different types/skills for a goalkeeper and a striker.

I started doing kickboxing but my leg speed/flexibility was a very limiting factor and I sucked at it. I would be floored by people that were training for half the time I was, but my hand and upper body agility was suited very well for a 'in-fighter' kind of style in boxing. I changed and was able to very quickly start having boxing matches and winning them.

I truly believe different sports require different body types (fast/slow, tall/short, etc etc) and sometimes is just the problem of finding the right sport for you to be proficient in. (I was a very good goal keeper when I was a teenager, top in the region, but when the other kids started to have their growth spurts and I didn't, my 'skill' compared with the other kids started to decline.)

How much is the Model 3 in europe? Not trying to start a pissing match, but at least in my country, 30-40% of the car price is taxes that don't exist in the US. If you compare prices, make sure the Model 3 + all taxes are factored in.

I have a Porsche Hybrid. Except for the green outlines, noone knows it is an hybrid. Porsche has a racing EV and a lot R&D into EVs. if They release a full EV PAnamera or Cayenne, noone will know except for the small details.

Only people that care about Tesla are nerds and Musk fanboys. 98% of the rest of the people will prefer a Porsche (or Audi or BMW or whatever).

Get out of the USA and outside tech circles, NO ONE (not in tech) knows or cares what Tesla is. Not the same with Apple where even before the iPhone it was a well known brand (know to be mostly a designer's machine, but still known)

Thanks so much. She is very driven and smart, and knowing her, she does have a good analytical mind, but since she was young, she was pushed more to humanistic areas and never really focused on IT/Math, etc. But I've seen her work when she was pushed in finance at a firm and with other accounting things and I think she has the smarts for it (if she didn't I wouldn't recommend her to try development).

Bootcamp wise, we live in a country without much access to those, and due to her family situation, she can't really move.

I will try Eloquent Javascript with her. I have Hartl's Rails tutorial but from what I remember, it was a bit complicated at the start if you didn't have any decent computing experience.

I have some projects that could use some clean up in the html area, maybe I'll write a few stories for that and will see how she does.

Again, thank you so much for the time and ideas!

Thanks.

I run a consultancy business and she can intern/learn with me. That isn't the problem. Is actually finding resources for her to start from zero. Where we live there aren't really any bootcamps. Was looking more for information on books or online courses that really do assume zero knowledge from the student.

I can try and do it myself (and of course, I'll help when I can) but it is hard to even think of where to start. Should she learn Javascript on an online editor? Install node and try typescript locally? Just install a full version of Visual studio and let her click the buttons until she can understand what is going on?

I remember learning how to program by reading the QBasic manual that came with my computer at the time and try to modify some source code (probably Gorila.BAS) but not sure if that is the most efficient way to do it nowadays (and I was young, had all the time in the world, so if it took me 2 months to get a square moving onscreen wasn't a problem).

Mind sharing your recommendations for your friend? I have a friend in a similar position that asked me for help but I'm a bit at lost on what to recommend her.

I've been a professional developer for over 20 years. I honestly don't remember what it is not to know what a for loop is and can't find any decent paths from 'non-developer' to 'junior developer' in an easy to follow manner.

In Portugal. Called Escola Moderna (Modern School). not sure if this is a more national methodology or international.

The main idea of the kids learning is through experimenting with things. They are also VERY keen on parents going there and spend the day with the entire class talking about their jobs, or just general things (some parents did gymnastics, other baked cakes, my ex-wife did a hands-on demonstration of what a paramedic may do on an accident. I mostly focused on science stuff, built paddle boats with them with rubber bands to teach them about physics, made the games mentioned before, etc)

If this isn't available, try Montessori schools as they share a lot of the ideas with Modern School.

I did something similar for my kids class (mix between 3 to 5 year olds).

The first thing I did was make a game in Unity (very simple, no death just collect things) that featured their faces and school uniform (had written permission from all parents). The kids were amazed at it and asked a lot of questions. The main point I tried to explain was computers are also for 'working' and 'creating' games, not just playing them and you could make games by 'programming' and explaining a bit what that is.

After this, I tried to explain what an algorithm is. Sounds strange to try to explain this to such young kids, but you can relate to real world situations (in this case, they have a 'routine' for lunch that never deviates, so I related to this and other routines) but to make it interesting, at the end we played a little game where we drew a grid on the floor, and we had to program a 'robot' to go forward or turn to get from one place to another. The robot was usually one of the kids and the others had to give instructions. We started to have one instruction, do movement, one instruction, do movement to having them try at least to do 4-5 instructions to get to the end. The kids loved the game and the teacher even created a small table based one for them to play by themselves.

After I took a Sphero ball, did a small app to control it based on the game we played before, and let the kids try to do the same, but this time controlling an actual 'robot'.

While I didn't show them any code, they understood that they could create 'routines' in the computer to control or display things. Was pretty cool (and the parents loved it as well when they saw the game and the kids explained to them what an 'algorithm' is :))

(this was over the course of a few weeks, so it wasn't a full day of them trying to learn everything)

I'll be honest and say I haven't bought any in a while, but I always had a lot of luck with Carhartt jeans.

They had inseams 29" and up (maybe 28 but never saw them in store) and they were built to last. I still have some from 15 years ago and except for some color fading, still hang in tough. They also have different styles so you don't have to be stuck into 'dad' jeans!!!

I've used Java very little. But about 1-2 years ago, on a long trip, and after learning about Kotlin on Android (iOS developer here) I decided to create a prototype of our iOS app on Android using Kotlin. Apart from some weirdness on the Android API (which Java, Kotlin, Groovy, etc) don't fix, I found myself very productive and created a fun prototype over a 14 hour flight that got me the OK to develop the first version of our Android app.

If you have developed in Swift (and probably other languages), Kotlin will feel very similar, the only thing you need to do is learn the native API's, but logic/model code is so similar you can just copy paste from swift->kotlin and vice versa and just fix 2-3 syntax issues

(not in the USA, so things are a bit different, we can't do credit checks or criminal records for example) The tenants I have in my properties were relatives of people I knew. What we do here is we have a concept (fiador) where while you sign the lease yourself, another person/couple (usually parents) are financially responsible for any non payed rent/damages. This has the 2 benefits, a) the fiador knows he will be liable for any crap the renters do, so if they know they will trash the place they will refuse to sign (big warning sign) and b) you have 2 separate entities to go after for damages.

To counter the op.

My family has been in the rental business for more than 30 years. I have 2 of my own. We never had any issues like the op mentions. A couple late payments and 2 evictions from lack of payment and that is it since I remember (I only started helping around 15 years ago, can't say what happened before).

Just really choose your tenants carefully. Better to have someone you know will take care of the house and get 400 a month then someone that can pay 500 but shows a lot of warning signs they will trash it. And if you are even remotely handy, a lot of the small fixes can be done by yourself in a matter of hours.

would you care if every transaction you did on your bank account also fucked you out of 2 cents?

We (me in Portugal but a lot of Europe as well) have laws to prevent this kind of fraud. Gas stations, scales in supermarkets, etc all have to be 'validated' every year to make sure no funny business is going on. If you end up fucking up, the fines can/will probably make you close shop.

You may not care, but if for each litre of petrol the station sells, it pocketed one cent, we are talking thousands of euros fraud per day. If most shops do this, the customers are being defrauded of millions.

You still think it is ok?

I work from home with a great team. I had my son jump into two calls. Both times he was completely naked and had just ran away from his mother after a bath. Both times I was greeted with fun and interaction from the team. When I apologised after about the interruption, I got a private message from the CEO to never even think about it. They are happy he was on the call for a few minutes and everyone interacted with him.

I guess it depends on the team/clients, but my kid comes first, 110% of the times. I don't care. I do good work, if a 5-10 minute interruption on a call because my kid wanted to say 'hi' to the people in the computer is enough to piss people off, I won't work with them.

Believe me, it isn't impossible to look and talk to someone 'like a little girl'. Usually when a woman says this, it is usually because the other person is dismissive of the other person's ideas and thoughts, acts superior, and just sorta 'tolerates' them because they are female (like a father may look at their kid and no matter how grown up they are, they still treat their oppinions and choices as those of a child)

(ps: a man, but have a few female friends that confided this in me about their 'rich' husbands that treat them more as a pretty trophy with no input about anything than anything else)

People that know me can vouch for the fact that as long as I am happy with where I live, I don't give a crap about things (I wear the cheapest sweatsuits I can find 90% of the time, I have no jewellery, watches, fancy cars, etc.) even though in my country I'm on the top 5-10% of earners. I bought an ok Mazda but could have bought a Porsche or Lexus with no problem. I got a 200 euro sweatsuit as a present, and while I appreciate the present, I get as much out of that as the 20 euro's ones I buy.

Having said that, my girlfriend is the opposite. She really likes material things. I see it in her eyes when she can put a nice pair of jeans (400+ USD) or her 2500 USD earrings that she truly smiles. She isn't a gold digger and doesn't want me to buy her expensive things (she has some money) but she loves and lives by branded clothes and items (I'm talking 330 USD tshirts, 5000 dollars bags) and the fact she can wear that makes her happy. I don't understand, but I come to accept that there are people that indeed are happy with material things!

Because I will be the best fit for the team from all available candidates. If you think someone else is, then it is that person you should hire.

Honest, to the point and not BS crap

I don't get it either.

My favourite food is called "Secretos Porco Preto" (black iberian pig secrets) [1]

This is the most fatty meat I ever eaten. I eat up and iron skillet, I put the piece there, it renders so much fat that it then fries itself (not grilled/sauted, the fat renders, heats up and fries the meat). After I take the meat out I get about 1/2 cup of fat for about 1.5 pounds of meat. I honestly don't understand how people think this won't get me as fat as the Michellin man if I just ate what I wanted...

1: http://www.miguelemiguel.pt/images/spsimpleportfolio/secreto...

I still don't understand this idea that is hard to eat a lot of fat.

Lean protein sure, there is a limit to the number of chicken breasts I can eat, but fat? Bacon, Cheese, Fatty meats. I can easily eat 1000-1500kcal in a single meal without feeling really full.

I eat 4-5 eggs with bacon with a bit of butter, being around 750kcals for breakfast and then by lunch time, want to eat a bunch again. I easily eat a pound of meat/baby ribs that go over 1000kcals easily (black iberian pig baby back ribs are more fat than anything else) and after a few hours I will be hungry.

I'm a small guy so 2000kcal is about the food I need to keep my weight and I work out a lot.

If I do, I will do for my family/friends, not my employer. I work my 40 hours a week, so why should I break my routine for a pseudo-gathering where I have little to no connection with people??

I hate travelling. I probably have more miles in the air than most from my previous life. I hate it. I will go to any length if it avoids me being in a plane or car.

Maybe I'm getting old, but break up my routine for a 'retreat' thing and I will get pissed as hell and will fight as much as possible to do it.

And that is great, my organization actually respects this and doesn't force me to go to any annual things. To each their own, but shared meals and drinks in the evening is for me too much. I work 8 hours for you, after I want to see my family or friends, not my co-workers. Or do sports, or whatever else. The problem with these retreats is 8+hours work and then off time with co-workers. I don't care about that. AT ALL.

The two times I did this with two separate teams I hated it.

I'm a very social guy, so it isn't an introvert thing, but I work 100% remote, I don't want to meet and be confined to 'activities' or environments where I can't be productive. If I wanted to be in an office, I have plenty of job offers to do so. If I wanted to meet my co-workers on 'activities' (like the once a year retreats with parties and trust falls and what-not) I would join the local kumbaya group.

Just thinking I have to travel for a week, away from my friends, my family my routines for someone to have face-to-face time with me that could have been done on skype/hangouts is ridiculous, and whenever I hear about yearly retreats/trips I pass on the job.

Hey

You replied to me about a month ago concerned about my health when I was dealing with issues with my wife: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13039203

I couldn't reply to that as it is too old, but wanted to tell you that we talked and we ended up parting ways. While things are still in a turmoil, it seems like some kind of window opened and hope is out there again.

Just wanted to thank you for the concern showed then.

Happy new year!!

Fair enough... but still weird I never saw it (and I end up reinstalling my system quite regularly) with the more than 8 mac machines I've own in the last few years (plus a couple from the wife)

I have no clue what you are doing, but I have never seen this happen by just clicking a textfield (Mac user since 2005).

I have my gripes with Apple, but to say everytime over the last 10 years, just clicking a textfield you get the beachball makes me doubt you. That or you are the unluckiest person I know that always touches a broken mac.

If I didn't have to work, I would up my tennis time from 10 to 20 hours a week, boxing from 0 to 10, Go from 1-2 to probably 10 as well. That alone would give me about a 40 hour week. This is the time my kid spends in school, give or take per week, so it wouldn't change my family time, but I'm betting I would be much more fun to be around me after days like these than after 8 hours of development work. (ps: this is what I try to do at least one week a year, I take time off from work while my kid is in school and do this)

I don't care about 'fulfilling' work, money, things. I love being physically active and improving in my hobbies.

Don't know the name, but there is an amazing faucet ending that looks like a normal one (not that plastic/metal bulge) and then you just slide in and out the different tubes. I was living in a house that had a roof terrace but no water supply, so only way to clean/water the plants that was ok, was to use one of these on the bathroom sink, looks almost like the original one, but when we needed, we slided the water hose there easily.

I can't find it now, don't remember the name, but I purchased it a couple years ago from Amazon, so I should be able to get the name if you are interested with a bit more time.