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robertAngst··on The Shrinking Singapore Stock Market
Are you talking about 200 dollars or hundred thousands?

I've been asking what to do with our ~100k/yr profit, thinking putting payment toward my 4% interest loan.

I don't know if I can beat 4% next year.

robertAngst··on Ask HN: What's it like to work in the same company for decades?
>get paid well for it,

I am curious what your pay is.

I feel like people get screwed if they dont change employers.

robertAngst··on El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown
EE here.

Electricity disrupts nerves. For better or for worse.

Its very artificial to help, and not solve the root problem. But, it does 'something'. And in Medical, something has a potential use.

Its really grasping at straws to solve this person's problem, but sometimes it helps.

robertAngst··on El Chapo Trial: Why His I.T. Guy Had a Nervous Breakdown
>Poor IT guy

I don't know how he got there, but I'm guessing this person isnt the highest moral figure.

robertAngst··on Reddit confirms $300M Series D led by China’s Tencent at $3B value
I agree
robertAngst··on Reddit confirms $300M Series D led by China’s Tencent at $3B value
HN has gotten worse since I started visiting ~2 years ago.

That said, still some of the best comments.

robertAngst··on Cryptocurrency Was Their Way Out of South Korea’s Lowest Rungs
No one bought at 19k/BTC.

And if they did, they likely bought petty amounts.

Most people bought before. We believe that there may be an alternative to government currency in a rare number.

I didnt lose 90% of my wealth.

I actually got an extra 0.6 BTC since Jan 2017. I consider that an increase.

robertAngst··on Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around age discrimination?
>How often have you assumed something about a person because they were older than you, and what can you do to overcome that and judge them on their merits instead?

I pretty much always think they are 'smarter' than me.

The only issue I've had with older folks is that they often say 'not my job'.

robertAngst··on Business networking is overrated (2017)
Or niche.

Yeah there were a few pyramid schemes and coffee places at ours, but there were a few people looking to problem solve.

But I dont think anyone was successful. I'm looking for a experienced business mentor, lawyer, or co-engineer. None to be found.

robertAngst··on Ask HN: Developers aged 50, how have you gotten around age discrimination?
>I did some amazing stuff earlier in my career, and I long desired to find a place where I could go even further, but I've come to realize that it's unlikely to ever come about again.

Can you elaborate?

robertAngst··on Consumer Protection Bureau Aims to Roll Back Rules for Payday Lending
I had to use it because tuition for school + new apartment rent was crazy, and I had just started my new salary job(1/mo payment).

Fees arent bad if you have your shit together. But I did the math ahead of time.

robertAngst··on Tesla to Buy Energy Storage Firm Maxwell Tech at $4.75 a Share
Was Maxwell a sinking ship?

I wonder what life is like for the new employees of elon.

I heard it will not be good.

robertAngst··on Things that are more inequitable than road pricing
>I wish other types of insurance (like health) were as easy to shop for as auto insurance. You can easily shop multiple insurers and compare prices from the comfort of your home and pick what works best for you.

Libertarian here, healthcare.gov is this. Its great.

well, its about as great as heavily bribed government sectors can be. https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=s

robertAngst··on Things that are more inequitable than road pricing
For the people who believe this is fair and just-

Should engineers and programmers pay more money for the same laptop as an art student?

I'm unsure if this pricing should only exist in the public sector or should extend to private services. Looking to hear your rationale.

I'm one of those, treat everyone equal, types. Would like to hear your reason.

robertAngst··on Sex censorship killed the internet we love
Aside from the privacy, google has been the best company of my life.

But I'm one of those, dont care about privacy people with mild porn habits and I'm starting a non-profit. I don't have much to hide, especially given the good I've accomplished with Google's support.

(Also I get 200+ website visitors from google daily)

robertAngst··on Apple blocks Google from running its internal iOS apps
This is Apple, where people pay more to have LESS features.

They are anti consumer and anti developer, buying from them is bad capitalism.

robertAngst··on The Roomba lawnmower is finally happening
It takes me 10 minutes to mow my lawn, once a week.

Are these safe enough to justify use?

robertAngst··on South Korea's program of higher wages and taxes – so far, it's not working
The top post about taxes not mattering references changes that happened in ~5 years.

Changes happen over the scale of decades.

You don't want to make bad policies today that turn your country into the USSR tomorrow.

robertAngst··on Language Server Protocol implementation for Swift and C-based languages
My legacy wordpress website I paid for 4 years ago? lol great argument.
robertAngst··on Language Server Protocol implementation for Swift and C-based languages
>But given that the apple ecosystem isn't going anywhere anytime soon, Obj-C will continue to be used for better or worse.

What is considered soon? 5 years? That is enough to go from Facebook to Myspace.

Claims about Swift seem to neglect the world changing power of Javascript.

robertAngst··on Ask HN: What should a systems/low-level software engineer know?
After doing embedded work, YES! THIS!

Electrical Engineering is basically being able to read drawings and choose components for your application.

Signals I found fun, but I can imagine doing a digital application and this being difficult.

FMEA comes with the job IMO, but a good tool to have.

robertAngst··on Language Server Protocol implementation for Swift and C-based languages
>Obj-C is 35 years old and it doesn't look like it's going away anytime soon.

What continues to be written in Obj C? Unlike its C and C++ counterparts, embedded work is not written in Obj C.

robertAngst··on A Year-Long Undercover Plot to Blow Up Eve Online's Most Notorious Space Station
I've gotten into the opposite, quirkly games that alternate your reality.

Papers Please, Grow Home, factorio, Minecraft/terraria, steam indie games, etc...

Ive already done my time with lengthy MMOs and RPGs and FPS. Next gen gaming may be related to our limited attention spans.

robertAngst··on Capitalism the Apple Way vs. Capitalism the Google Way (2017)
How to spend profits was interesting, was surprised they didn't talk about Apple's Anti-Consumer and Anti-Developer model that forces one time users into their ecosystem.

Wanted to see how google was doing similar.

robertAngst··on Facebook takes down Britain First ads
It seems like this is the first time non millennials had to deal with 'shitty mods'.

They are new and don't understand- Its time to move off facebook.

Same reason I'm here instead of reddit.

robertAngst··on It will become easier to buy a house
Glad we have a reasonable person here.

Ive done the math for Food as well, the prices arent 'going up' like people claim.

The only thing that has went up, is inflation.

robertAngst··on It will become easier to buy a house
>San Fran I cant comment on because I can only discuss rational markets.

Doesn't this imply a bad future? Also since San Fran is cold, I can see it losing its geographic appeal.

robertAngst··on 75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, or both? (2017)
>This will shift the supply and demand equation and lower medical costs and make life easier for doctors

Its time to start shifting this discussion over to the name of the profession-

>Physician

and

>Pharmacist

These jobs are not often limited by the amount of physical and mental labor, but often by bureaucratic paperwork to get the government mandated approval.

My wife is a Doctor of Physical Therapy, and Physicians have the stamp needed to get a patient treatment. $380M has been paid by physicians to politicians to entrench their position.

It seems we need to AI and remove the bureaucracy. This is true for Pharma, insurance, and hospitals. That AI will reduce costs.

https://www.opensecrets.org/lobby/top.php?indexType=s

robertAngst··on 75% of med students are on antidepressants, stimulants, or both? (2017)
Doesn't 'everyone' do drugs?

I was introduced to daily caffeine usage by the most religious christian engineer I worked with at the time. We would drink 2 cups at once to get a jolt.

I don't think I need to ask about engineering, as many of my coworkers have 4+ cups of coffee a day. I can't imagine how many of them take other stimulants/anti-depressants, etc...

From professionals to laborers, why would we assume drug usage is any different?

robertAngst··on Sobriety startups shaking up the 12-step model
My issue is I'm extremely productive on weed.

I hate alcohol, but weed makes my life, and everyone elses lives better(I run a consumer website).

During my month off weed, I pretty much only wanted to relax and play video games.

It seems to benefit, which makes it addicting.

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