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bluepirate··on FedNow Is Live
Fed is laying ppl off?
bluepirate··on Accepted and ghosted: interviewing for a leadership position at Stripe
That's sad. Sorry that happened to you. I hope you guys are still moving forward and building.
bluepirate··on US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins
The author is CEO of ATOS Therapeutics. He has invented seven FDA-approved pharmaceuticals which have helped over 80 million people. He has been cities over 9,000 in various works. I heard his company's breast cancer treatment had a major win last week - phase 2 so successful that it's being halted and moved immediately to phase 3. I don't think it's fair to put his work in the YouTube loon bucket.
bluepirate··on US raises ‘deep concerns’ over WHO report on Covid’s Wuhan origins
Um I shared analysis 15 days ago from a doctor who did an in-depth analysis and determined it to be from a lab. My post got one comment. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25965751
bluepirate··on Millionaire hacker gets 9 years in death of man building nuclear bunker tunnels
Darknet Diaries has a great episode on this. It's called alarm lamp scooter.
bluepirate··on My Salary Progression in Tech
IT Security, Established company, East Coast, remote 80%, $ in USD.

2011 - Graduated B.S. Info Assurance, 55k, Security engineer

2012 - New company, 65K + 5k bonus, SOC analyst

2013 - Same company, 75k +10k bonus, SOC lead

2014 - Same company, 100k + 10k bonus, same position (sabbatical for 1 yr)

2015 - Same company, 125k + 12k bonus, SOC manager

2016 - Same company, 135k +12k bonus, same position

2017 - Same company, 145k +15k bonus, same position

2018 - Same company, 172k +20k bonus, promoted

bluepirate··on Show HN: Stand-Up/Meetings in VR for Remote Teams
My team and I have been using the Go to hold meetings and other collaboration efforts. What does this product offer that I can't already get from the free apps?
bluepirate··on A Third of Antidepressants Are Prescribed for Something Else
I was prescribed buproprion to help me quit tobacco. It was extremely effective. I don't think the reduction in aniexty was the main driver though. In my experience, I physically felt sick every time I tried to smoke. It was a really unpleasant experience, but it helped immensely.
bluepirate··on Why people believe others' social lives are richer than their own
Have to pay to read :(
bluepirate··on Bitcoin hits $10,000
I bought a laptop with BTC a few months ago. Also MDMA.
bluepirate··on Bitcoin hits $10,000
Maybe the price jumping high because organization like Amazon will announce that they will start accepting BTC soon
bluepirate··on Qubes OS: A reasonably secure operating system
Purism laptops do.