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nishantk commented on On Not Carrying a Camera – Cultivating memories instead of snapshots   hedgehogreview.com/issues... · Posted by u/pseudolus
nishantk · 10 months ago
I will literally forget if I didn’t have the pictures to remind me.

There’s nothing like finding an old picture and feeling the wave of nostalgia, slight disbelief, and warm memories.

nishantk commented on Ask HN: What was the outcome of Reddit blackout?    · Posted by u/thyrox
sorahn · 2 years ago
My outcome was the shutdown of Apollo, rather than the blackout. I no longer read Reddit on my phone. (Except for a link or two clicked from something else, but even then I go to `old.reddit` instead to read the comments). That was really where I wasted the most time on it.

It’s kind of a relief. I think I was too “lazy” to stop on my own because Apollo was so comfortable to use.

nishantk · 2 years ago
Exactly this.
nishantk commented on YouTube slows down video load times when using Firefox   old.reddit.com/r/youtube/... · Posted by u/csvm
nishantk · 2 years ago
Just tested this out myself. Firefox loads noticeably slower than chrome, even when loading same video side-by-side.
nishantk commented on Keystone pipeline shut after 14,000-barrel oil spill in Kansas   reuters.com/business/ener... · Posted by u/rntn
tstrimple · 3 years ago
It is. Even if it was exactly the same amount of CO2 (it’s not) it would eliminate much of the air pollution where people actually live. It gives you an handful of places to apply additional carbon capture versus trying to address it individually across millions of vehicles. And the grid is getting more and more renewables added to it every year so the coal that is used to power these vehicles is shrinking all the time.
nishantk · 3 years ago
Guys guys, hear me out. What if we took a nuke and instead of exploding it outside, explode it inside and capture the energy into electricity.
nishantk commented on Ask HN: Burnt-out, directionless but want to turn it around    · Posted by u/RoseBuckler
nishantk · 4 years ago
I had the same problem, here's what helped me. You should have some savings. Quit and take some time off to chill. Vegetate at home for a bit, travel a bit, and start doing a few leetcode problems a week. Soon you'll realize that you're not as terrible at them as before. I learned and switched to using python solely for interviews, and it's been a fantastic choice.

Start interviewing at a few places. You'll realize you're horrible at it. But keep interviewing. Doing leetcode doesn't compare to just having the experience. Figure out what you need to improve on, which algos you struggle with, Coding Qs, Behavioural Qs. Interviews become easier once you figure out it's just a matter of applying a few rehearsed algos and rehearsed answers in different ways. There's only so many ways to ask "tell us about a difficult problem/coworker at work"

Polish your resume up, talk to your co-workers and friends if you need help explaining/remembering what you did. Re-write it three times until it looks good.

If you do this, you'll have something better lined up within a few months and some time to decompress and time to renew your skills and confidence in programming. Whenever I quit, I always remember why i enjoyed programming in the first place.

nishantk commented on I Accidentally Hacked a Peruvian Crime Ring   wired.com/story/i-acciden... · Posted by u/sebg
SV_BubbleTime · 4 years ago
“Hacked” belongs nowhere in that title. Neither does “accidentally”, it was a coincidence or happenstance.

Non-clickbait title: “I bought a SIM card that was linked to criminal activity”.

nishantk · 4 years ago
It's even worse than that. He could have turned over the phone to local law-enforcement, or just ignored it, and bought a new sim. Instead he ends up giving security advice to this criminal gang. Like how much more irresponsible can you get?
nishantk commented on Doctors and Nurses Are Running on Empty   nytimes.com/2020/11/25/he... · Posted by u/kungfudoi
bigbubba · 5 years ago
If their industry didn't artificially restrict the supply of labor to keep their wages sky high, they wouldn't be so overworked now that more is required of them. My sympathy is nonexistent; they've made out like bandits for years and now they're paying the price for that (unfortunately, that's a price that must be paid by the rest of us too.) I hope they begin to take this as a wakeup call.

To the downvoters, let me ask you this: how many Americans have been driven into medical bankruptcy while their doctors are living in multi-million dollar McMansions? The system in America is the way doctors have designed it. They have outsized political power; legislators heed their lobbyists. They created and perpetuated this system so they could profit from it. They have been hoisted by their own petard.

nishantk · 5 years ago
you're blaming ground-level individual doctors and nurses for administrative and systematic industry failures. In a heavily regulated and specialized industry where mobility is more limited.

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KarmaCake day14March 24, 2013View Original