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dkdk8283··on Men are rapidly losing their close friends, poll finds
Same population density different social environment. I went from wealthy to all blue collar neighborhood.
dkdk8283··on Men are rapidly losing their close friends, poll finds
I moved to a conservative state to escape modern insanity and have made many strong friendships. I’m mid life and never had a better group of friends.
dkdk8283··on A Public Registry for AWS CloudFormation
Yes the CDK is a major step backwards. Just because you can reduce reuse doesn’t mean you should.

Operations is an exercise in complexity management, not feeling smart.

dkdk8283··on Americans Are Keeping Their Cars Longer, as Vehicle Age Hits 12 Years
For those of you who are looking to turn in a lease check the value on Carvana or similar. A friend of mine bought out his lease, sold the car, made 5k.

Car prices have risen quite a bit in the last few years.

dkdk8283··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
I was under the impression that without peer coaching you couldn’t get a prescription. If state guidelines are at fault how did you find a in state doctor sympathetic?

I apologize but I can’t get over the notion it’s drug seeking and/or doctor shopping.

I must assume that there was a reason for the doctor not wanting to prescribe you that medication. If state guidelines were the true root why was another doctor amenable?

Using performance enhancing drugs is a losing game. It makes it harder for those who wish to use their natural cognitive abilities.

In time it forces everyone to dope up.

dkdk8283··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
Rather presumptive to think I haven’t been through the medical system or ran into bad doctors. My experiences will be left as an exercise to the reader.

You get medical records sent and see multiple doctors until one is aware of your ailment. Strategizing on how to lie is unacceptable to me. Happy to agree to disagree on this one.

If one of my reports used work resources to collude for substance abuse I would do everything I can to fire them.

dkdk8283··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
I can’t agree with your anecdote. Your previous doctor could have forwarded your medical records.

If multiple doctors are of the opinion they won’t prescribe it I don’t think that justifies drug seeking behavior.

dkdk8283··on The home computer as a cultural object is physically vanishing (2007)
I detest mobile: I find the interface very difficult to use. I would give up mobile way before giving up my desktop. I realize, though, that I’m in the minority.
dkdk8283··on Building a WebAuthn Click Farm
Anything with a capacitive touch sensor can easily be automated.
dkdk8283··on Ask HN: How did an adult ADHD diagnosis help you?
At my last company engineers openly bragged about strategies to get prescriptions and increase dosages. I find this behavior reprehensible.

If they were my reports I would have fired them.

dkdk8283··on Senate approves $250B bill to boost tech research
Does it matter? Everyone is full of shit.
dkdk8283··on Justice Dept. recovered most of the ransom for Colonial Pipeline cyber attack
I get 404. Has the article been retracted?
dkdk8283··on Amazon’s wage increase to $15 an hour also upped pay for non-Amazon workers
America should prioritize legal workers. Expel all of the illegal immigrants and force corporations to step up and pay livable wages.
dkdk8283··on To Bring Back U.S. Manufacturing, Get the World to Dump the Dollar
I can’t take your comment seriously with all of the political biases in your opinion.
dkdk8283··on Trials begin on lozenge that rebuilds tooth enamel
Can I buy this? I want it, and I’m happy with no guarantees.
dkdk8283··on Woman catches state police attaching tracker to her car, now they want it back
Throw it in the garbage. Let them dig it out on garbage day.
dkdk8283··on The pandemic revives interest in a morbid French financial scheme
Arguably the benefits don’t outweigh the financial burden of taxes.

The human element is the common denominator to all failing (or failed) policy and there will always be winners and losers. mIn my opinion the only way to succeed is to give people a chance at winning instead of taxing them into poverty.

dkdk8283··on Moving my US tech job to Australia
Only on earnings above 80k and foreign taxes are deductible. You can also funnel income through puerto rico and legally avoid US taxes.
dkdk8283··on Shameless Work Influencers Are the Bane of LinkedIn
Real life.
dkdk8283··on Baltic airlines reroute flights to avoid Belarus airspace
> participating in anti-government protests often results in people losing their jobs or being expelled from the universities

This is quickly becoming the situation in the US if you criticize popular political movements.

dkdk8283··on One man’s fight for the right to repair broken MacBooks
It isn’t dubious. He posts for engagement and money. You can absolutely blame youtube for incentivizing bad behavior.
dkdk8283··on The Usenet War Between alt.tasteless and rec.pets.cats (1994)
I can’t see the article - just the teaser text.
dkdk8283··on Woke at Work: Why tech firms are trying to run away from politics and failing
I avoid woke workplaces. I’m much, much happier. I don’t give a shit about politics or activism and it just gets under my skin.
dkdk8283··on How corporations buy and food made with prison labor
If you want to be even more disappointed in the US look at UNICOR.

Government agencies hire prisoners to do arbitrary work at costs the private sector cannot compete with. License plates are a commonly cited example of a product they produce.

It’s slave labor as the prisoners are paid something absurdly low like a dollar a day.

dkdk8283··on Evolving beyond 100B recommendations a day at Reddit
I have a bookmarklet to enable select. There is no valid use case for disabling this.
dkdk8283··on How Big Companies Spy on Your Emails
what’s wrong with the ios mail app?
dkdk8283··on Developing MLB’s Automated Ball/Strike System
fairness doesn’t exist. it’s a myth.
dkdk8283··on The Covid lab-leak theory goes mainstream
If it is true China would never admit it. It can’t be dismissed on their word alone. Glad to see this investigated.
dkdk8283··on Reddit aims to double in size as social news site invests for growth
Just when you thought social media reached peak toxicity. It’s going to be a disaster and is a disservice to the journalistic integrity.
dkdk8283··on Request for comments regarding topics to be discussed at Dark Patterns workshop
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