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funkyy

2,116 karma · joined March 31, 2014

Developer and businessman.
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funkyy··on Oculus accused of destroying evidence, Zuckerberg to testify in VR theft trial
Sounds like he left because of flat management and lack of oversight.
funkyy··on Show HN: Founderkit – Startup tool recommendations from 1,000 YC founders
There is not enough data on review list. You need to click the product sometimes to see what it does. There should be 3-4 sentence, non-biased, non-advertisement description.
funkyy··on Universal Basic Income
Well, you are wrong. Not sure what communism you are talking about, but communism in countries like Poland and East Germany had exactly that. Everyone was receiving income no matter what. People working on higher positions were receiving higher income and were allowed to buy more. As simple as that.
funkyy··on Universal Basic Income
The moment, where asking people to work in exchange for money is called punishment, we have failed as a society.

People that are for a long time on unemployment have a hard time to get back on the market. By forcing them to work few hours here and there in exchange for benefits forces them to leave houses and actually do something instead of sitting in front of TV. It mobilizes them. And it serves public as they will work jobs that benefit everyone. So instead of taxing rich and giving handouts, rich could see this as an investment in better tomorrow and be more willing to pay up.

funkyy··on Universal Basic Income
There is a plenty of work that is hard to be done and is not economically viable. For me, any kind of unemployment should have a cap (let's say 6 months) after which person is forced to do free work (simple jobs like cleaning forests, planting trees etc.) and attend some courses that will help them to find a way to quit unemployment. 16 hours work and 4 hours education a week would be enough and would not interfere with searching for a job. People that get money without any requirement of work get lazy. They will not be incentivized to change their situation.
funkyy··on Universal Basic Income
No, it doesn't. Look up communism. Look up productivity in conservative communist countries. They had universal income and a huge group of society was milking the system. If you want to help people, deregulate street trade and small trade and you will be able to help unemployed people get simple jobs selling homemade products etc. Add $0,10 tax on all plastic bottles - force large supermarkets to buy them back from people. This will eliminate extreme poverty immediately. Remove brackets that force a person to forfeit welfare if they find part time job - instead dynamically reduce welfare when other income is introduced. Allow people to work and to earn money easily, and the will. Do not hand out money for free.
funkyy··on A new human organ has been classified
It's called social responsibility. We, as a human race, human society.
funkyy··on Live display of CO2 emitted to produce electricity in European countries
Poland is huge coal producer. Coal is cheap, easily accessible so it is used widely by people. Poland is slowly moving towards wind, but for heating it is still using coal.
funkyy··on Ask HN: What was your greatest accomplishment in 2016?
Closing all my loose tights, burning all bridges, finishing my toxic relationship, putting my startup into the grave, moving countries, finding my second half, traveling around Europe, settling down finally to start a new life and a new project in January.
funkyy··on Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case
I see that a lot of people say that police did that because it is incompetent. But what if this is actually a way for police and other low tier agencies to check how much Amazon collects? I bet NSA would never work with police and most likely not much with FBI etc. So this might be just a check? This is just a speculation, but we should not assume stupidity of some of the agencies just because its an easy answer.
funkyy··on Police seek Amazon Echo data in murder case
64kbps would be sufficient to hear back noise and whisper, so that would make more sense.
funkyy··on Do Not Eat, Touch, or Even Inhale the Air Around the Manchineel Tree
And this guy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heracleum_sosnowskyi
funkyy··on Firebug lives on in Firefox DevTools
Same experience for me. I have FF installed on my laptop as a second/backup browser. I use it once every few days. First time after I installed it I have got a notification that it is launching slow and I should consider removing add-ons. This was the first time I ever launched it. It constantly freezes and makes my laptop look like an oldie, even when it's not.

Chrome for me any day. I prefer to have ram clogged and no freezes.

funkyy··on 9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m one of them
He says exactly how this sounds. Seems this guy is not doing everything in his power to change his situation and he never really took step back and re-thinked his strategy.
funkyy··on 9M American men in prime working age can’t find jobs. I’m one of them
>Raising qualifications usually cost money. He's tried when he had work. When he didn't it sounds like money was so tight and stress to high that he couldn't afford it and was focused on the immediate need to get another job. Strategic thinking and action is actually a bit of a luxury.

Codecademy is for free and can teach you to code and earn some money within 1-2 months time if you can commit yourself. And that is just one example of rising qualifications for free. You do not need a degree when you are a freelancer.

funkyy··on De-Googleify Internet
Sometimes there is important information behind those that you need, so you are forced to look for walkarounds.
funkyy··on AngelList acquires Product Hunt
For me, personally Product Hunt was cool until they changed their design and created many categories. It was same as with Steam Greenlight - when it allowed only best games to pass, it was cool. Now due to some changes and adjustments - not so much.

From one of my sites to visit daily they dropped to a group of sites I visit once every 2-3 weeks.

The decisions made few months ago were terrible. Take a product that works, adjust it to widen the public but make the experience more shallow - typical for so many startups lately. Chase for the money and trying to rush things and bump metrics is terrible lately in startups/products I liked.

funkyy··on This security camera was infected by malware 98 seconds after it was plugged in
It almost looks like the camera producer/someone from an internal team was responsible for either giving out backdoor or actually infecting the camera...
funkyy··on China’s ‘Artificial Sun’ achieves fusion breakthrough
Polish here. We learn in schools that Chinese invented gunpowder - period. Few more things we learn about them and Arabs as well.
funkyy··on Why I won't recommend Signal anymore
That's why Facebook Lite is great way to get rid of battery draining Facebook app.
funkyy··on Show HN: Alienslike.us – Vote on what an alien society might be like
"Is there United Nations" - this question is extremely vague. It should be clarified. Overall most questions are based on our civilization and our path, rather than more important aspects.

-"Are they aggressive"

-"Do they have empathy"

-"Do they have family model"

Same with "Are there Jails" should be substituted by "Are there crimes" and "Is there a justice system"

funkyy··on DDoS Attack Against Dyn Managed DNS
I assume it was just a joke...
funkyy··on Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars
I think you do not remember fully how West was during the Cold War...
funkyy··on The new “Rich Kids” social media app has a membership fee of $1,000 a month
A lot of "rich kids" are as empty as it goes with no morals and screwed values. Trust me, they are nowhere close to rich adults. Imagine you being 8 years old and having access to the unlimited credit card. Majority people in such situation would show off in school, don t you think? That is majority rich kids mentality - they will not grow up and change. It's too easy to solve all issues through money so they are usually as lazy as it goes. They are empty, and the only way for them to be somebody, someone unique is by using their parent's credit card and by showing off.

edit: Just to be clear - at one stage of my life I lived in a "millionaires" closed community, so I know from my own experience how the kids are. Not all but I would say it goes 50/50. 50% are empty and showing off, and rest are either quite normal or even ambitious.

funkyy··on The new “Rich Kids” social media app has a membership fee of $1,000 a month
You don't know many truly rich kids, do you? I mean really rich, not doctors kids, but actual multimillionaires kids. I knew them a bit and private paid social network would suit them well.
funkyy··on Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars
I meant allowed by US/West Governments.
funkyy··on Europe and Russia prepare for historic landing on Mars
Propaganda would make it as a thread, but scientists (from west), if allowed, could use this data for scientific reasons.
funkyy··on The foreign words that seem like English, but aren't
For me its USB/USB drive, Flash Drive, Pen Drive and then I hardly hear Thumb Drive at all.
funkyy··on The foreign words that seem like English, but aren't
UK, Ireland, many customers from US/Australia. Many European customers.

Maybe you are talking about tech people. I am talking about mix.

funkyy··on The foreign words that seem like English, but aren't
UK and Ireland are pendrive friendly. It is not the most popular word but used here and there - thus I said common.

When talking to some of the US customers they use it as well. It is not as popular as USB stick or Flash drive, but still quite common.

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