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Went to the opthamologist this year cause I could tell my vision was worsening.

After all was said and done they ushered me into their eyeglasses store which was physically connected to their office. A nice friendly man told me the frames start at 299 and go up from there.

I said thanks man with this eye exam I can barely open my eyes so I’ll come back.

Got two pairs of awesome glasses from Zenni for $55 total.

I’ve read this is online movement is destroying the career of optometrists. Also the eyeglasses scam also seems to be connected to Luxottica which is a well known sunglasses scam also. I will continue to buy from Zenni

Amongst some of the people I know, cryptos _currently_ provide much better investment returns than the stock market. These people have a bunch of extra money lying around, why settle for 3-10% returns when you hear stories of crypto graining thousands of percent. To them it’s not about the potential or the technology, it’s strictly the returns over time.

This is interesting. One implication is that if I was in the dating market, I’d be worried my date would google me, find that I work for buffer, and instantly know how much I make. While that information isn’t exactly super important or secretive, I just think I’d rather reveal that kind of info on my own terms.

Wow brah Everything you said here I agree with. To the point where I feel I could have written the same thing word for word.

I'm also in kind of the same situation as you, the difference being I'm trying to build some software to provide myself income and work for myself and own my time.

Do you worry about money? I have a bunch saved, but if I'm not making money I start to feel sick big physically and mentally real fast.

Obamacare, the proposed trump care, its all a failure.

Get rid of the employer sponsored plans, that makes no sense at all and makes me hesitant to lose my job because my health relies on it? That is simply absurd. Get rid of this. I'm so frustrated with the healthcare here and I don't understand how Washington can't come up with any real solutions

yes, Discord is wonderful and I see them taking some of slack's greatest features.

Never unless they are revenue generating over a few thousand a month

Nice page. Was thinking of building something like this for my own use, but then I saw yours and it was pretty much what I wanted so that's great.

Glad to see whistler on that list! I'll be there next week if anyone wants to hit some runs, ping me

also, another data point.

I got all 3 of my Dev jobs thus far from StackOverflow careers despite using a bunch of other available tools at the time.

Hover is great and when you call them a human being picks up the phone. They have my business

I heard they pay way below market, otherwise I heard mostly good things

Few things off the top of my heads

- horrible at negotiating and playing it safe

- biggest mistake was probably being afraid to read source code of third party libraries when the docs led me to a dead end. Always read the source

- stop trying to make everything DRY, duplication is better than obfuscation

I wouldn't work there simply due to the fact that they advertise this. Not that it's a bad thing at all, it just shows that the company will have a culture that is very PC/SJW heavy and I'm honestly sick of it in this industry so I would stay away

I'd spend my days on outdoor activities. Hiking mountain biking. Skiing. Just getting some rays and fresh crisp air. I'd spend my nights on making a real change in the world. I don't know how but I'd try to use my skills in business and software to find ways to build software for those areas that desperately need it, but aren't a target customer of any modern startups.

There are more males at a very high IQ than there are females.

There are also many more males at a very low IQ than there are females.

I don't know why people downvote the parent comment, just because it's not exactly fair that people aren't born equal, doesn't mean we have to just sweep it under the rug.

They used to charge apprx 2.5k for the whole program.

Either way, a massive bargain, compared to what's out there

as an anecdotal counterpoint, I always used chalk for any deadlift over 2 plates, otherwise I was simply unable to grip the weight at all. And while I didn't need it for virtually any other exercise, sometimes when my hands would be extra sweaty a little chalk went a long way in improving my grip, for example on the bench. I can use more strength in the exercise itself rather than worrying about losing grip

There's more to the story than $ spent per student. Zuckerberg donated 100MM to Newark school district and the results are forgettable

http://www.businessinsider.com/we-now-know-more-about-how-ne...

I would argue that the reason suburban students are better are most likely because their parents are also better, whatever being a 'better' parent means in this case.

I don't think it's a worthwhile effort in the slightest. You don't see people as individuals, rather as categories. "I'm making an impact by helping minority/women" "I'm white" Nothing will get better by doing this. Instead, judge each human by their unique characteristics. People don't want to be recognized because of these attributes, but instead because they really accomplished something worthwhile, or did something extraordinary. Not be born with X genatalia or Y skin colour.

It's quite hard to gather anything of importance. You have to remember that some of the best candidates work full time on their company's private repos. If they do have their own projects, they might be using a diff VCS. Either way, there are too many variables to make a github have any warning signs, but it's a good data source along with everything else to get a better idea of a candidates background.

Level up my skills and creativity to create a "lifestyle" business that I can be passionate that also provides enough for me to pay my bills and more, be my own boss, own my time, etc

https://remoteok.io By Pieter levels is also worth looking at

Can someone explain to me, why this exists. How come, as a new resident I need to pay 3x the amount of rent compared to someone who has been there for a while. As a landlord wouldn't I be mad that the going rate is much higher? Can someone explain to me as I've never understood how come this happens or why it is the default. Why not just have free market? Forgive if it's obvious, I would love a lay-mans explanation

At this level of sport, everyone is doping. Whether or not that is moral is another question, but if you want to be the best, you have to do it. It is just a matter of who can hide it best, might as well stop regulating it so they can focus on the sport.

I've never bursted out loud with laughter from a HN comment. Thanks for that on this morning

How do I get to that stage if I don't know them yet? And if my existing pool of contacts from the opposite sex is lacking, where do I source these people from?

I've been using Tinder for a few years now and for the most part have had great experiences. My first date is always dinner and drinks, and this is the norm amongst my friends as well (American here)

What would you do in my case?

I love HN for intellectual stimulation. For everything else nothing can top bodybuilding dot com's Misc forum.