RonSkufca (u/RonSkufca)

RonSkufca commented on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business projectionlab.com/blog/we... · Posted by u/jonkuipers

scubakid · 5 months ago

oh neat! I was surprised how long their lifespan is -- my fiancé has had ours for over 20 years... although for some reason his allegiance flipped a few years ago, and now he only flies to me, not her.

RonSkufca · 5 months ago

Yes bird ownership can be a multi decade responsibility.

RonSkufca commented on Bootstrapping a side project into a profitable seven-figure business projectionlab.com/blog/we... · Posted by u/jonkuipers

RonSkufca · 5 months ago

Congratulations. I will be checking it out as I am a big fan of FIRE. Also my daughter has 2 cockatiels one for each shoulder. But they usually end up on one as they like to hang out together.

RonSkufca commented on Ask HN: Any resources for finding non-smart appliances? · Posted by u/everyone

dsalzman · 6 months ago

I bought a speed queen which is more geared to commercial usage, but you can buy without coin slots. Has two knobs and one button!

RonSkufca · 6 months ago

Second that. They are a bit expensive. My DR5 was around $1200 USD, but yes it is super minimalistic.

RonSkufca commented on They tried Made in the USA – it was too expensive for their customers reuters.com/business/they... · Posted by u/petethomas

aleph_minus_one · 6 months ago

> Make things that empower people and give them the ability to be class-fluid. That's what the world really needs, after all.

The problem is: by the way you were raised, you have become deeply brainwashed into the social norms of your class for decades. Becoming class-fluid means getting free of this whole brainwashing, and then get a brainwashing for your destination social class. This also implies that you have to give up all your friends (if you keep them, they will back-brainwash you into your old habits; additionally, by the reprogramming these old friends will be unable to get on with you anymore because you have become a "different person" for them).

Thus, I believe only very few people want that.

RonSkufca · 6 months ago

Wow! You just articulated a feeling I have had but could not put my finger on it until I read that. I grew up in a blue-collar Midwest US city that was decimated by the loss of domestic manufacturing. I went to college and got a CS degree and went on to enjoy 2+ decades of the tech boom and was paid well for it. Thus, allowing me and my family move into a different class i.e. white collar, educated, entrepreneurial, class-fluid. But now at middle age I don’t recognize any of my friends from the “old” neighborhood as I have changed so much, we don’t really know each other anymore. Our views on many things are so different we might as well be strangers. But due to being raised in that blue-collar environment my thoughts and ideas sometimes don’t mesh with the new class of people I find myself socializing with now. Which leaves me in some kind of limbo. I don’t fit in with the people from my past, but I don’t fit in with the people of my present.

RonSkufca commented on Ask HN: What Are You Working On? (June 2025) · Posted by u/david927

RonSkufca · 6 months ago

Even though I am not actively looking for work I am reading Beyond Cracking the Coding Interview. https://www.amazon.com/Beyond-Cracking-Coding-Interview-Succ.... It’s a dense read and I find myself oddly attracted to mulling over the questions and trying various solutions. I would be doing yard work, walking, hiking, biking and thinking about how to best solve the question I attempted yesterday. I feel more interested in solving the problems the same way people work crossword puzzles or attempt those 1000-piece jigsaw puzzles than trying to game the interview process.

RonSkufca commented on Getting Older Isn't What You Think katycowan.co.uk/blog/gett... · Posted by u/speckx

RonSkufca · 8 months ago

I am 53 and I have 2 teenage children and work with mostly Millennials and Gen Z, and I can honestly say I prefer hanging out with people younger than me. I have dinner/drinks with various friend groups consisting of 50-60 yr olds and all they seem to do is complain about the following: Health, Politics, Younger People. And the conversation inevitably turns to telling stories of the glory days. When when I am with younger people, I see there is still hope, ambition and energy. I know it’s all part of the aging process but many of these older friends are reluctant to leave their little domains and try anything new. I feel like a 35-year-old trapped in a 50 year old’s body.

RonSkufca commented on Ask HN: How do you deal with the brilliant jerks at your workplace? · Posted by u/sidcool

RonSkufca · 7 years ago

I ended up leaving due to a brilliant jerk. The organization believed his output outweighed the misery he created. It did not matter that 3 people out of 10 went to HR to complain. No one sued. Yet. Unfortunately I feel it's just a fact of life in some organizations. As long as someone makes the company money the owners/management will look the other way. If you can't get rid of them, my advice is to find a place where they are not welcome in the first place.