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Not a bad advice although a bit painted with pessimism I must add.

It is an unfortunate result of relative lack of regulation that there are a lot of fiascos / scams happening. That doesn't mean there aren't respectable companies / uses. What I personally notice is that when web3 isn't the only way to solve a problem, the sceptics come up in arms and say "see, don't use web3". In my opinion that is a bit of an overkill. Ideas such as ICOs, NFTs etc. are quite interesting ideas; you have people paying a ton of money to speculate on monkey images but on the flip side you also have stuff like ENS.

I think being aware of the risks but having a bit of optimism that with increased regulation & hopefully the gold rush dying out a bit, we'll have a much more healthier ecosystem when it comes to this technology.

Obviously personal opinion and all; so feel free to disagree of course.

If you don’t run an ASIC, your hash rate is so minuscule that it won’t matter (in the case of BTC).

Cost of an ASIC is around the same ballpark if not more.

Great hire! I hope she will do well.

I'd agree with the implication here, if it weren't for the fact that the company on #2 would be _legally compelled to spy on me or my countrymen at the whim of 3 letter agencies_.

That rubs some people, such as I, the wrong way. I wonder why :)

Turkey's status is (or should be) always about who is at the helm. It is an interestingly "supreme leader" type of a culture, and with Erdogan you can see how that plays out. Heart breaking, in my opinion, as they had a reasonable shot at becoming a properly European country (read: culture & rule of law wise especially).

For example, you would have had an amazing time 20 years ago with a level of security comparable to other European countries. Nowadays? Personal no-go zone is a wise decision, to say the least. If I didn't have my biological family there; I would have done the same in an instant.

You are either ridiculous or malicious.

Individuals are not perfectly capable of this decision, especially since they are multiple steps removed from said decision (e.g. saas I use is using another service hosted on amazon); and in a lot of the cases (e.g. using a software for their job) not even in a place where they can make the decision.

Government does not tell you where you should keep your data. They tell, where you can't.

This is because it is not a compliant place to store data at. Same reason we don't want you to store data in china, for example.

People like being edgy in the end, I guess.

They literally claim that "EU is an American protectorate". At this point, it is literally pointless to even have a dialogue, as they is far gone.

Safe trusting an US based company with data _at the very least_ requires that US doesn't have a law that allows them to spy on us.

How does this not compute for Americans, I cannot even comprehend.

I remember quitting Ubuntu because they dropped unity - hah.

Well - not really. It is not legal to sell it is just "tolerated". Which is I guess making your point even further?

In all fairness, it isn't like we want people to come as tourists here to smoke weed or something so should be fine no?

For anyone else wanting to know more about the Dutch policy on this: https://www.government.nl/topics/drugs/toleration-policy-reg...

Ultimately it depends on how entrenched you were in your original culture.

Personally I don’t regret it one bit. Built (and still building!) a life here; actively working for being “just another person in the society”. However I have almost zero connection to the society I came from, and not much to look forward to if I were to go back. I hated the culture; and couldn’t come to terms with it - even though it works well for some.

That being said if the only reason was economical I think it wouldn’t have been worth it. Especially in our line of work remote work for developed countries yield a much higher quality of life. Just my 2c.

Recruiters.

I really wish next one could be big tech but it seems ever the more elusive… I just want to be in a proper engineering culture for once instead of having to fight for the basics…

Can you elaborate on “you cannot be made to unlock anything”?

Jail time, denying entry, a gun to your head are all potential ways I can think of.

For manufacturer & government; it depends on which government. If we are talking of the US government; you are right. If we are talking about most smaller authoritarian regimes? Not so much.

Because at customs etc. you can be forced to unlock your phone for example. Or your government might force you to install root certs etc. (Hi Kazakhstan!)

So there is an argument to be made for “should it be possible”. I am saying this even though I would still prefer to be allowed to access everything in the system.

It is a great idea actually.

Expectations play an interesting part for sure. To draw a parallel, this is why in the Netherlands at the moment e-bikes are scary as hell - because they are faster than the expected speed of a bike; it is harder to notice / react.

Important to also note, when something exists commonly on streets, it ends up being expected.

When a bike is a random occasion, you don’t drive expecting one on every corner. Even if you hate it. This can create an interesting type of blindness to it (your brain just doesn’t register it[0]).

Even if nothing changed in terms of people’’ feelings, this would be beneficial as well (which I presume, is much more common than people wanting to punish them).

[0]: https://www.psychologicalscience.org/news/motr/motorcycles-a...

In short - web is increasingly centralised, to the point it is not "personal websites etc." but "facebook / instagram / whatsapp".

Which is still not the standard - probably will take at least a decade before we can even talk about this issue being fixed.

This is horrifying to read. So much bias...

Having a family is the best "life hack" ever. Finding meaning in life comes much much more easier when you have your family and loved ones surrounding you.

If I had to do the same choice (i.e. early retirement vs having a family) I would choose having a family every single time.

The idea made my chuckle! Great job - we all have to start somewhere

If you don't mind me asking - why?

Check if your problem is about "eating behaviour" or if it is just a symptom of another issue in your life.

In most cases, the reason you are overeating is rooted in something else. Not fixing that would not really give you a proper solution - and you need to have a critical eye to analyse where it is coming from.

Some potential examples are;

* You are stressed - the way you deal with it is by eating. (You could explore ways of reducing stress and/or different coping strategies such as daily nature walks etc.)

* For whatever reason, you don't sleep early. Research shows that when you don't sleep, you are more likely to eat and eat bad (e.g. McDonald's, KFC etc.).

In my case this was because I was doing what's called "reverse bedtime procrastination" (I hope I remember it correctly). Essentially "I don't want tomorrow to come, I haven't spent time for myself/my project etc. I will stay up a bit more."

* You have been conditioned to "clean up your plate" to the point that you eat even when you are full. (Usually from childhood)

Apart from these;

* Remember to drink water (if hungry, just drink a glass of water and then if you are still hungry, eat.) * Prefer "unprocessed over processed" and "protein over carbs". You don't need to avoid everything - just make sure to pick one over the other when you can. (e.g. instead of bread with Nutella as your lunch, eat bread with an egg.) * Do NOT starve yourself. If you feel hungry, eat! Otherwise you will end up bingeing. Just keep your portion size "intentional". * In order to keep your portion size intentional - prepare your food on kitchen, put it on your plate in terms of whatever is a "good size" and then leave the kitchen, eat in another room. Having food on the table where you eat as much as you want usually leads to overeating - mainly because at some point you switch to "eating for pleasure" and it takes a while to notice that. * While this won't make you lose weight by much - please walk for 20 minutes a day. Make sure to leave your house for this. Don't use your phone, don't listen to a podcast or anything just go out, and walk for 20 minutes. It will be good for your mind and your weight (it is quite a short period of time but it is your _disconnecting_ time.). * Finally - sleep, sleep, sleep! I am saying it twice but it is extremely important that you get your proper amount of sleep. There is always a next day, and you need rest. A well rested mind & body makes for better decision making & will-power as well.

I hope it helps. Remember - weight loss is not a goal, a balanced life is. You need to find a sustainable lifestyle that is healthy for you, and then your weight will fall into place.

Any chance you are looking for more members - at least on the web aspect?

This really depends on the projects / companies people are involved with as well. Especially on the front-end, it is very common to take a project from start to post-launch support in a year, especially in a "non-tech" company.

Staying after that in a lot of these cases mean a lack of interesting projects, and also end up with stagnation. My experience may be a bit affected by freelancing though :)

The guy is a legend and makes me question whether or not I should stop working on FE to get into game dev all the time. So cool to see these!

If only people could be ok with the middle ground of spending some "meeting days" in the office and "individual contributor days" from home.

Probably would make the ICs more happy as well since now you know you can focus as opposed to getting nudged randomly.

Not to mention it is only happening due to the emergence of mobile with a different architecture (new field, existing moat is meaningless etc etc)