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enilakla··on Did missing/corrupt dates in COBOL default to 1875-05-20?
It seems that for a lot of people, that source isn't reputable (e.g. they would want to see more than a screenshot a guy posts on his website to know the situation is as you described).
enilakla··on Israel seizes Associated Press equipment, shuts down Gaza video feed
They don't promote the killing of Jews (Associated Press, Al Jazeera, etc.), not sure where you're getting that. Last link notes that the four news organizations have denied these claims.

Edit: After reviewing the post below and others that have been made I see truth became irrelevant long ago.

enilakla··on Ask HN: Is the market bad, or am I having the worst luck job hunting?
I find it fascinating yet sad that some people have such adverse opinions toward whole generations, essentially. Why such animosity?
enilakla··on Binance commingled customer funds and company revenue, former insiders say
Random but, what do you mean by ‘goes brrr’?
enilakla··on Some insects I found inside dried Turkish figs from Trader Joe’s
Not a Muslim but eating insects isn’t considered haram and some are halal even.
enilakla··on Where Are the Customers' Yachts? Or a Good Hard Look at Wall Street (2012)
There’s a certain irony here given that this is linked from a wealth advisor or whatnot; I love it.

I found that book amusing some years ago but have lost my copy. Wonder what they’d make of the current market conditions..

enilakla··on Live-streamed $375k deal for Pokémon cards ended in disaster
I used to love this game and Star Trek in general. A kid stole my Data card while at the pool in the 90’s.
enilakla··on Live-streamed $375k deal for Pokémon cards ended in disaster
Haha, right, I felt the same in way.

At least there are still quotes around “personal Pokemon consultant”.

enilakla··on Data Structures Cheat Sheet
Sweet little reference sheet; thanks for sharing!
enilakla··on Robinhood and How to Lose Money
Lol...They can sell my order flow all they want as long as I’m still earning

Edit: Downvote all you want. That all brokers (well, not all, depending on your account) sell your flow to Citadel et el is well discussed, and RH has an even better client base to ‘sell out’...

The point I’m making is that for some users they don’t really care it it currently ‘works well enough’ for whatever they’re doing.

enilakla··on The end of the Arab world’s oil age is nigh
This may not be meant to be inflammatory, but such a strange comment.
enilakla··on Police surveilled protests with help from Twitter-affiliated startup Dataminr
Funny thing is surveillance probably doesn't prevent looting and/or property damage, lol

Not arguing with your post, as you mention prosecution not prevention; I agree. Ultimately, we'll be trading more liberty for 'security' I imagine.

enilakla··on Nvidia is now worth more than Intel
Exactly
enilakla··on Nvidia is now worth more than Intel
Pretty much - Large and Mega cap is performing well because at the end of the day it’s small businesses that will struggle while the larger entities can ride it out. Add a few trillion in cash and the writings on the wall.

I also suspect the decision makers don’t really want asset prices to go to shit, so better for them to issue more debt and let the next generation deal with it.

enilakla··on Robinhood 20yo trader with no income loses 700k on options, takes life
Something seems off here. The person would have had to have significant assets or collateral to end up negative; regardless of age and income.

It just doesn’t work like that.

enilakla··on Jack Dorsey gives $1B to fund global Covid-19 relief
Assuming that many people are of Austrian school of thought here and thus brush this 'inconvenient fact' off seems ridiculous.
enilakla··on Ask HN: How to prosper under negative interest rates?
Sounds like a recipe for disaster for many
enilakla··on Ask HN: Have you been laid off?
Always been a fan of Khan Academy, I'll try to step up the monthly donations I've been making.

Out of curiosity, are you looking for any python dev's or people more familiar with Go?

enilakla··on Company threatens to sue volunteers who 3D-printed valves for coronavirus aid
Right. I'm wondering the same. Enough bad pr and this will change quickly.
enilakla··on Why we need worst-case thinking to prevent pandemics
Elon Musk's endeavors are more about vanity, I think. I found all the twitter antics to be quite odd for someone in his position.
enilakla··on Robinhood is down this morning
It's been finicky for a while now, but now its been down for over 1.5hrs, and of course given the market conditions...

Lots of retail getting taken out this morning

enilakla··on Top Iranian General Qassim Suleimani Is Killed on Trump’s Orders, Officials Say
Does anyone know why this post is flagged? Or why similar stories have been removed, etc?

Is it that it's off-topic?

Edit: It seems every post remaining on this story has been flagged. I imagine it's 'off-topic' but curious why other off-topic stuff hasn't warranted such a strong reaction?

enilakla··on Basecamp Built a $100B Business by Doing Less on Purpose
ahah, right? I really hope thats a typo. Although you could probably see a lemonade stand valued at > 1m these days, that number is absurd.
enilakla··on Why beating your phone addiction may come at a cost
I do think that the smartphone has lead to some sort of degradation in terms of everyday social interactions, along with an increase in people consuming more clickbait and subjecting themselves to advertisements, etc.. Basically just consuming garbage.

Of course, one could argue that if you choose to not consume those things, you can harvest the benefit of having information and fluid communication at your fingertips. The reality is that in the aggregate, we likely waste more time on the things like browsing <insert_favorite_site_here>.

This could have been phrased so many different ways, and its tricky to point out what exactly is wrong with it all..but I believe soon we'll be at a sort of short/medium term high-point with this sort of behavior, and people will start embracing more natural interactions, etc..

I also think much of this has to do with economics/markets. For the past decade theres been a massive run up in capital and with low yields it's been invested in about every scheme imaginable. Large companies like Lyft lose a lot of money and investors apparently haven't had enough yet...

In 2009 this would not have worked. Next time we have a recession, it will 'slow down' a lot of investment and in that sort of market it will be hard to continuously lose money; and this is where it gets a bit vague (if it hasn't already) but I feel that society needs that slow-down, since these days there's constant hype of this new service, app, way of doing things, etc..

enilakla··on What Data Compression Does to Music (2012)
This was fun, thanks for this.