I'm paying for readwise, any benefits of switching over to this?
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ijustwanttovote commented on Silicon Valley got what it wanted bloodinthemachine.com/p/s... · Posted by u/dotcoma
Bezos and Zuck moved to neutral…
That is a fairly big change.
Really I thought Bezos cancelled the WP opinion piece of endorsing Trump after they met up at Blue Origin?
If there is an argument for RTO, it would be this.
Stu Sjouwerman: We were hiring a fairly specific, hard-to-find software engineer who had background in AI. We have a number of AI initiatives, and so we needed a software engineer to support all those initiatives.
Jessica Mendoza: The job was posted on online job forums, and pretty soon, resumes started to flow in from all over the country, and one candidate stood out. He said his name was Kyle.
Stu Sjouwerman: "Mr. Kyle" quote, unquote, air quotes, had experience with exactly everything that we needed. It was a very good interview. He was very open. He talked about his strengths and weaknesses, indicated where he felt he needed additional training and indicated a career path. And so, was the perfect interviewee, which made us move to the next step.
Jessica Mendoza: After conducting background checks, Stu's company decided to hire Kyle as a remote employee. They sent him a work laptop to an address in Washington State and started the onboarding process. But almost immediately, it became clear that Kyle was not who he said he was.
Stu Sjouwerman: At that point in time, our team started seeing very concerning traffic on that laptop.
Jessica Mendoza: What kind of concerning traffic?
Stu Sjouwerman: Well, Kyle immediately started downloading malware. We immediately saw that a whole bunch of things were happening that should not be. We tried to get in touch with him and asked if he needed any help. I think this was through Slack, and he said, "Yes, I am trying to debug my router and I'm following instructions from a list." And this is where it became very, very iffy, very fast.
Jessica Mendoza: The company shut down Kyle's laptop and quickly fired him. And then, they investigated. What exactly was Kyle doing? The answer took them completely by surprise.
Stu Sjouwerman: Yes, we have egg on our face because we hired a fake North Korean IT worker, but this is what happened. And if it can happen to us, it can happen to almost anybody.
Jessica Mendoza: It's kind of unbelievable that you hired a North Korean spy as one of your IT guys.
Stu Sjouwerman: Yes. That is pretty scary. And there are hundreds if not thousands that are actually, as we speak right now, in this same situation and delivering work for United States companies.
https://www.wsj.com/podcasts/the-journal/your-new-hire-may-b...
I feel seen.
Jokes aside, carpentry is an amazing complementary hobby for software related work. There's something about drawing on a piece of paper and using your hands to make it a reality that scratches a lot of itches.
Sadly, entrepreneurship doesn't leave much free time for carpentry.
I got into software because I am lazy.
I don't think physical work is for me.
You can buy these off CL and sell it for almost cost.
I think they were overpriced and how would you know if it works or not.
We decided not to get one and our little one slept through the night. If we had the snoo, we would've thought it was the gadget.
ijustwanttovote commented on Show HN: Double – Design and invest in your own stock index · Posted by u/jjmaxwell4
It's what I want since I've been just DCA with recurring buys on Robinhood.
Let me know when you guys plan to hire.
ijustwanttovote commented on Launch HN: Roame (YC S23) – Flight search engine for your credit card points · Posted by u/zman0225
I won't be traveling for a while due to having a young family, but definitely bookmarked.
ijustwanttovote commented on Ask HN: How do you structure your shared finances with your spouse/partner · Posted by u/sbolt
4 accounts, one joint checking, one joint savings, two personal checking.
percentage goes to joint savings and living expenses go to joint checking.
rest is to do what we want.
ijustwanttovote commented on Ask HN: What macOS apps/programs do you use daily and recommend? · Posted by u/0bsolete
Choosy - is a must for me. It lets you select the browser/profile after clicking on any link or define the rules for opening them. For example, if a link contains a certain domain or it's source application is Slack, it will be opened in Work profile of your browser.
Obsidian - note taking, making presentations for work-related stuff.
iTerm 2 - it's better than default terminal emulator, but i consider moving to Alacritty to see what's so hype about it.
Scroll Reverser - macOS still doesn't know the difference between mouse scrolling and trackpad scrolling.
While i can't recommend Arc browser, i still use it daily. I don't believe it will exist in it's current form in two years, but now it's much more usable than other Chromium-based browsers for me.
I also have a simple shortcut in Siri Shortcuts that calls m1ddc tool to change the external monitor current input between HDMI and DisplayPort.
> Choosy
Wow, this would be pretty useful. Drives me crazy when my meetings open up in my personal chrome.
ijustwanttovote commented on The Physics of Karate (2021) daily.jstor.org/the-physi... · Posted by u/PaulHoule
I was a karate practitioner and instructor in my youth. Board breaking is really, really easy. The key is the boards designed for breaking are cut in their weakest orientation. Wood is incredibly strong going with the fibers, even a pine board is very hard to break long ways using a sledge hammer. However, if it's cut on its short axis, it's incredibly easy to break. Most people, even children don't need any guidance beyond, "punch through the board" to be successful. Breaking boards is more mental than physical. If a student is struggling or a novice, the person holding the board can hold their hands a little wider to make it easier to break.
Concrete is more difficult, but there's still a trick to it. The blocks you use for breaking have a bit of flex to them, but are also extremely brittle. So just getting it to flex just a small amount will cause them to break in half. That's also why you place spacers between stacks of bricks or wood. You're leveraging the flex of the material to break it, and stacking them without spacers makes too rigid to break.
In short, this stuff is 90% magic trick.
Your hand might not break, but it still really painful.
Breaking a stack of 6 with a knife hand, my wrist would usually be sore and bruised up the next day. It would take a week or so for full mobility.
I still think most people in the world wouldn't be able to break 2 pavers with no spacers. :)