jupiter90000 (u/jupiter90000)

jupiter90000 commented on Wells Fargo to pay $3.7B for mistreating customers finance.yahoo.com/news/we... · Posted by u/DocFeind

dvt · 3 years ago

> Since you asked for it, my advise is to live well under your means, save aggressively, set goals, and never stop learning. If you want to challenge yourself, look into a concept called "early retirement." Good luck.

Ah yes, glamorizing the hustle. You'll surely make it if you just "work hard enough," wink wink. Working a 9-5 career is (and has been) a net negative ROI for at least 2 decades, if not more. To be completely honest, this is why I'm on HN: doing your own startup is one of the few relatively low risk gambles one can take.

Thinking that it's okay for an entire generation (millennials), scratch that, two generations, (also gen-Z now)—that literally can't afford housing where they work is beyond societally harmful. Birth rates will continue plummeting, among other things.

This is all happening because Obama didn't have the balls to just let the shoddy banks crash and burn, and we continued QE for around a decade to alleviate blowback from 2008. This, combined with other factors (a lax policy w.r.t. foreign investments in real estate), will screw us in the long run.

jupiter90000 · 3 years ago

FWIW, If you’re talking about the bank bailout in 2008, that was signed by Bush (not Obama).

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emergency_Economic_Stabiliza...

jupiter90000 commented on Show HN: I made a CMS that uses Git to store your data Outstatic.com... · Posted by u/AndreVitorio

preya2k · 3 years ago

The lack of options in this space really baffles me.

Statically generated websites are everywhere and have been popular for many years. Gatsby, Next, Hugo, Jekyll, 11ty, Astro, etc.

Yet, there is a lack of visual editing interfaces for Markdown/Frontmatter/MDX content.

Netlify CMS has been the best solution in this space, and despite many thousands of stars it’s abandoned now.

Tina CMS seems nice, but requires a subscription/cloud account.

Why are there not more alternatives?

Will take a closer look at Outstatic for sure.

jupiter90000 · 3 years ago

Crafter CMS is a git backed CMS. https://craftercms.org/

jupiter90000 commented on How Brian Eno Created Ambient 1: Music for Airports (2019) reverbmachine.com/blog/de... · Posted by u/jim-jim-jim

candiddevmike · 3 years ago

Anyone have some other ambient works similar to Eno's? Preferably something more landscapey like music for airports or Apollo.

Some of my favorites include Stars of the Lid, Eluvium, Robin Guthrie (So Many Short Years Ago), Brian McBride (Overture for other halfs), and Helios.

jupiter90000 · 3 years ago

I like Eno, Eluvium and Helios and these are some artists that have similar music I’ve found that I didn’t see mentioned so far:

Ryuichi Sakamoto (sample piece: solari)

Roedelius (sample piece: A Short Walk in the Hills)

Vangelis (sample piece: Memories of Green)

jupiter90000 commented on Ask HN: Hybrid/Remote software team rituals · Posted by u/codemac

jupiter90000 · 4 years ago

Helpful ritual: not having zoom meetings half of every work day. Went from a remote company that did this to one that didn’t and I am way more productive and less burnt out.

Also helpful: no forced online hangouts and discussion of current events as if it’s necessary to do at work.

jupiter90000 commented on Ask HN: How do you get started as independent consultant or contractor · Posted by u/mr_o47

jupiter90000 · 4 years ago

This may not help a lot, but I did a good job at my regular employer and connected with coworkers. One of my coworkers introduced me to people that needed some side work. That turned into a steady stream of contract work so far.

Been doing it as primary income source for about a year and I enjoy it. As long as the work keeps flowing in I’ll stick with this path. I lucked out in that one of the contacts I made runs their own consulting agency so they bring me in on jobs I’m good at when they need help.

So networking, your work ethic, and integrity demonstrated to others seems important..

jupiter90000 commented on Why does my diet soda taste off? Aspartame hydrolysis foodscienceinstitute.com/... · Posted by u/stvnitt

Pooge · 4 years ago

Sorry if this is slightly off-topic, but whenever I drink Coca-Cola Zero, I get a bit dizzy. It doesn't happen with other soda like Pepsi Zero. I've read somewhere that aspartame is much stronger than sugar.

For the life of me, I can't find any references I stumbled upon when I searched about it, but has any of you had the same symptoms?

jupiter90000 · 4 years ago

Aspartame makes me dizzy, even a little bit like from gum containing it. I have to abstain.

jupiter90000 commented on Ask HN: Coping with cancer in the family · Posted by u/parvatzar

jupiter90000 · 4 years ago

I’ve found therapy and support groups helpful during and after going through this. People at work and other places may not get it or have the capacity to care to the extent to make a difference.

It’s weird when people are having conversations about dealing with a home purchase or finding a daycare then when asked “what have you been up to?” Saying “dealing with a family member who is/may be dying” and then they say “oh wow, sorry to hear that let us know if we can be of support” and knowing they don’t really mean it and are just kind of trying to move on to an easier conversation.

It’s not an easy thing to go through.

jupiter90000 commented on Remote-first work is taking over the rich world – research hints at why economist.com/finance-and... · Posted by u/pseudolus

EMM_386 · 4 years ago

Everyone should keep in mind that water seeks its own level. And think of this on a global scale.

I've been working remotely for almost a decade as a senior software engineer. Now, post-Covid, almost everyone realizes they can do the same.

Salaries are going to drop in the "rich world", and it's not just because people are now fleeing places like SF/SV to lower cost of living areas.

We are also beginning to compete globally, far more than ever before with the ease of remote work. Qualified engineers can be found for 1/10th of the price with "near shore" companies in the "rich world".

I know because I've worked with them throughout various roles, both as peers and as a PM/Team Lead.

The money may start flowing from the "rich world" to the "poor world" soon, no need for H1B visas or anything else.

The gold rush days may be over.

jupiter90000 · 4 years ago

It could have been done before COVID so it would’ve already been done. Business people aren’t dumb and if they could have offshores development, they would have (and they also have been doing this for years anyway).

So why would they hire workers in their own country? People in this thread already have said it. Time zones, cultural business norms and understanding, native communication ability, tax and legal issues regarding employment (already annoying enough to hire employees in other states in the US for example), ability to connect with clients in the same locale, etc.

Now I’ll give you that this MIGHT shift things to a degree. I don’t think it’ll be the race to the bottom you and others are saying.

jupiter90000 commented on I might have gone a little bit overboard dirtydatagirl.moogle.cc/r... · Posted by u/saimiam

thayne · 5 years ago

How did we get to a point where people make decisions about where they move based on how the neighbors voted in the last election?

jupiter90000 · 5 years ago

It’s not that hard to see why this matters now.

On the one hand you have folks that want to ban rights of LGBTQ folks, end ability to get an abortion safely, for example.

On the other there’s those that want to remove powers of the police, allow homeless drug addicts to take over neighborhoods, and more authoritarian style lockdown policies in public health.

There’s people that really don’t like some of that and will go where their lives feel less restricted.

jupiter90000 commented on I might have gone a little bit overboard dirtydatagirl.moogle.cc/r... · Posted by u/saimiam

smeej · 5 years ago

I was confused why this matters so much in a discussion of where to retire.

The Social Security calculations clearly indicate that's the consideration, but Medicare kicks in at 65. What does the ACA matter at that point?

I'd have understood if there was mention of Medicare gap coverage options instead, but ACA costs really don't make sense to me in this context.

jupiter90000 · 5 years ago

She mentioned calculating that due to retiring before the age of 65 as an option. However comparing only 2nd cheapest silver plan seems a little lacking; more equivalent would probably entail comparing price of plans that are actually close to equivalent in terms of deductibles and out of pocket costs. When I’ve looked at ACA plans, there seems to be significant variance between states and just using the plan color and price doesn’t necessarily indicate they are close to equivalent.