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It's eerily amazing that you just described me. Trying to keep the spark alive at 33. Hopefully one day.

This is so confusing. I have to put some research into but I'm afraid of buying into a dying brand (thus no updates).

Exactly this. There's a ton of gray here. Have to pick your battles as best as you can.

Another example are game engines. Hard deny the value engines like Unreal and Unity provide. They are hard to ignore and have thousands of expert hours put into them.

I agree some parts of our society have basically forbidden any kind of discussion. That is in need of real change. Respectable and honest discussions between adults should be allowed.

Sucks that conference speakers are being "checked" for political affiliations. Why not let the topic stand on its own?

But of course, everyone is free to not listen to people that don't support them in some way. It's a delicate line.

> "grumbling about the need for a space for musical jam sessions."

What? I have to believe that isn't common and it's being used as a "see how lazy/unprofessional/undedicated _everyone_ in SV is"

Most will stick to their 4 hour work week and go back to golfing.

People "improperly" using block chain tech to replace traditional database storage doesn't make the tech a pipedream.

I'm very curious on your stance. Would be able to elaborate further?

I can't agree with this more. It really holds us back (since the beginning). From school boards, local government, and even HOAs. Humans are so prideful, they rather find ways to defend their wrong decision than fix the underlying issue.

You've been given plenty of examples showing it's been done. What's the point you're trying to reach?

Bingo. We were taught not get in a car with strangers or meet people online. Uber and Tinder are things.

That's what they said last year. We got Blox instead.

Amazing results and glad they stood up. Looking into signing up!

Coming from a place of ignorance, how does Smalltalk not integrate?

It's in the first sentence.

> While Puerto Rico suffers after Hurricane Maria, much of the U.S. media (FiveThirtyEight not excepted)...

> Don't read too much into it.

It's hard not to especially when comes to people in power and leadership.

Protectionism for all.

Seems like the "lessons" you learned was to blame others for what the Chinese government did.

- Google being blocked in China is out of their control regardless of their "tentacles". It's well know, try another CDN.

- As already mentioned, don't use a CDN for the purpose CDNs exist. Thats really baffling to me.

Sorry, this post wasn't so productive but I'm really confused by OP.

This seems legit. I haven't used Java (SE) in at least 10 years. I'd like to read more on this if anyone has any intel.

Interesting podcast on Tesloop [0]. A youngling like him starting the company with his dad running it.

[0] https://gimletmedia.com/episode/tesloop-s02-ep11/

OT: I agree Google has become monster-ish. But when this talk comes up, I can't help but think Amazon is just as if not more of a monster.

Especially the employee horror stories and now slashing Whole Food prices. While its awesome for it's customers, I'm worried about long term effects.

/r

Seems like the company they bought has the tech, infrastructure and apps. [1]

I'm sure it will provide value to some and not others. Overall I believe it's smart move for Disney.

[1] https://www.forbes.com/sites/maurybrown/2014/07/07/the-bigge...

Currently reading "The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right". Similar stories when it comes to medicine.

I also believe it can make money on independent musicians. But can independent musicians money scale to VC expectations?

Exactly. Current plan in motion is to keep my full-time remote gig while consulting on the side.

Hard to fathom not hiring your future self. Especially if they are qualified and experienced.

At 32 yo, terrified I'll be in this situation soon.

Live and let live. That would be an ideal out come.

But some members of society find homosexuals immoral. "Civilization guidelines" could deprive members of their freedom.

Devil's advocate. Consenting adults should do as they please.

What?

Generally curious, how come? I believe I understand why Gawker was disliked. But I must have missed out on BuzzFeed.

Don't believe it has to do with being "universally and undeniably right" but rather freedom to have gay marriage and marijuana legalization.

Nothing to be "correct" about.