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mikeymz··on PS5 shooter goes from 5 players to bestseller after devs defend game
As original as the hacker news cynic
mikeymz··on Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do?
Put your part completed degree on your CV with a caveat like its pending or incomplete. It should get you passed the initial screening. Then it's on you to pass the tech test. Expect to fail many before you get good at them
mikeymz··on What Happened to San Francisco, Really?
Surprised nobody mentions the smell. A heady mix of piss and weed
mikeymz··on Desalination system could produce freshwater that is cheaper than tap water
Which ocean? People used to think this about raw sewage discharge. Check the state of UK beaches
mikeymz··on Ask HN: How did you stop drinking?
Don't hate yourself. If you can go a few weeks at a time that's good. Better than me. You are certainly better off for that. Blowing off is not all bad. Maybe feeling shit for a couple of days is a price worth paying for decompressing once a month? I'm not advocating that I would love to stop but at the same time... I also like it and it's part of my culture. Do your best, limit yourself, feel good for your achievements not bad about the failures
mikeymz··on Show HN: A mastermind-like version of Wordle
Reveal please
mikeymz··on How to interview engineers (2020)
I would also go that far
mikeymz··on A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags
get out more
mikeymz··on Why Russians do not smile (2002)
"But in the majority of life situations, like business or political meetings, there is no humor at all"

That's your problem right there

mikeymz··on Ask HN: What do you think will come after Kubernetes?
I genuinely worry about this community when after >100 comments nobody has said "k9s"
mikeymz··on The Viral Vasectomy: Covid's Silver Lining – Peter Watts' Blog
>social stigma traditionally associated with childlessness

poor thing has a bit of a chip on his shoulder

mikeymz··on How you can get banned from Facebook permanently
If everyone stopped using Facebook then the problems with Facebook would stop
mikeymz··on SARS-CoV-2 501Y.V2 escapes neutralization by South African COVID-19 donor plasma
Every few years? My experience is more like every 6 weeks in the winter. Even with lock down I have caught the second cold of the season. I am guessing you don't have kids
mikeymz··on Context switching costs more than we give it credit for
Absolutely! Snatching those gaps for clean up means you are not faced with total carnage once the meal is finished. It is clearly more efficient
mikeymz··on How I was failing to find time for life while working remotely
Without trying to trivialise this - it's a problem I have had and its an easy rut to fall into. Work can be a nice place to hide. However the solution is quite straightforward - stop. Work is not crack, it's actually pretty easy to not do when you try. Just don't do it. 5.30pm and you think about the next thing? Stop. 8pm and you think about opening your laptop? Stop. 6am and you think about getting up and looking at some code? Stop. If you are trying to hide in work it's probably not work that is the issue.
mikeymz··on The science of addiction: Do you always like the things you want?
I estimate 98% of all cigarettes I smoked in my life I did not enjoy. I could never explain why I smoked the horrible things
mikeymz··on Virgin Hyperloop Has Invented the World's Crappiest High-Speed Rail
I think that was meant ironically but I agree it was a little strong. as for the speed question - the point is it may go faster in theory at some point whereas the TGV does go really fast now and is (in my limited experience) excellent value for money and a much better way to travel than flying
mikeymz··on Ask HN: How can I make my startup's website ethical?
Turn it off?
mikeymz··on An open letter to India’s youth: Get off that smartphone. It can destroy you
not sure spouting unfounded assertions about the "cognative brain" is helping. spending 5-7 hours a day on social media is a massive waste of time though. of that there is no doubt
mikeymz··on I built a lay-down desk
"go the agile way and to not do any plans"

hopefully this was a joke

mikeymz··on Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
it's frivolous because it's silly to think that eating a large amount of anything with total disregard for healthy nutrition won't result in some kind of unhealthy outcome
mikeymz··on Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
yes some aspect of this dudes diet was coming for him. he made it interesting by eating a ridic amount of licorice (?)
mikeymz··on Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day
this guy was eating a bag of sweets (candies) a day. had recently started a licorice binge and collapsed eating a fast food lunch. I think his nutrition was all sorts of fucked up and if the licorice didn't get him the coronary heart disease would have
mikeymz··on Secrets I use to becoming a better remote developer
use grammerly... oh grap
mikeymz··on DNA sequencing of Viking skeletons reveals they weren’t all Scandinavian
it's an adjective. I go Viking I am not a Viking
mikeymz··on Dark hair was common among Vikings, genetic study confirms
it's not explicitly stated but it's fairly clear that the comparison is with Scandinavians
mikeymz··on Dark hair was common among Vikings, genetic study confirms
Confirming that you are not a Viking but that you go Viking. Fairly obvious when you consider this is an "ing" adjective
mikeymz··on Dickhead of the Week: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri
welcome to the world of grown ups. there is effin and jeffin everywhere
mikeymz··on Show HN: I'm 15 and made a bedtime calculator with React JavaScript
did you make the mattress and bed frame site as well?
mikeymz··on Scientists Have Discovered Vast Unidentified Structures Deep Inside the Earth
finally located the terrordrome
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