Have you considered starting a book club? I love to read and I found a few people that like to read in the same genre and we have a lot of fun.
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notenoughbeans commented on Ask HN: Seeking Advice – Relocating to Canada as a Software Engineer · Posted by u/engineerick
I moved away from Victoria to the US 5 years ago and don't regret it at all. Even as someone with only about 10 years of experience I felt like I was nearing the ceiling of earning ability in Victoria. Paired with the ridiculous cost of living for a small city it didn't make sense to continue living in Victoria.
The "tech hub" is kind of laughable with most of it being small startups and only a handful of established companies that may offer more career growth.
I wouldn't recommend Victoria.
Victoria is one of those scenes that is very bimodal. You have almost two entirely different communities that don't often interact. If you can make the jump out of the larger group of companies that are playing at lower stakes you can do pretty well.
That being said, the opportunities are limited, and I'm not surprised that you found more success elsewhere.
notenoughbeans commented on Ask HN: Seeking Advice – Relocating to Canada as a Software Engineer · Posted by u/engineerick
I live in Victoria which is one of the tech hubs in Canada, although definitely one of the smaller ones. The cost to living vs salary is not in a great spot right now but it's definitely doable.
If you are single or don't have any kids I think it is a lot more reasonable -- it's quite difficult to find housing for larger families. Even so, if you are capable of getting a good job working remote for a company it is possible to make it work.
I will say that Canada is in a bit of a flux right now. We are having an affordability crisis, and the cost of everything is going up.
It's not impossible to make a good life in Canada, but I think it's becoming increasing difficult and definitely not something that should be taken for granted.
notenoughbeans commented on Playball: Watch MLB games from the comfort of your own terminal github.com/paaatrick/play... · Posted by u/sotix
With all the stats available I wonder if it would be possible to show which zone the ball went into.
I did a little bit of work on pitch prediction and we were able to get a pretty good result predicting which zone the ball would go into. I think we were around 36% accurate with a specific pitcher. I built a realtime predictor on live games which was pretty fun. Wish I had know about this.
> And yet getting an appointment to see a Doctor is a multi-week process (Ontario).
And there's the rub; in the U.S. you pay for healthcare with your money, and in Canada you pay with your time. There's no such thing as a free lunch.
You also pay with your money, just through less direct means.
notenoughbeans commented on Ask HN: What are some surprising ways to gain social status? · Posted by u/DevopsQuestions
This isn't surprising, but I haven't thought about it as something to learn before...
Any advise?
I think the surprising thing is that you can learn how to do it.
As for that, it depends on your what your social circle looks like. I learned how to cook a couple great meals and how to make a couple fancy cocktails. I invited a few friends over that told my other friends. I slowly integrated different people from different areas of my life and now I'm that guy that throws fun cocktail parties.
It's not the same sort of social status as driving a fancy care, but it has increase my social status amongst people I actually care about.
notenoughbeans commented on Ask HN: What are some surprising ways to gain social status? · Posted by u/DevopsQuestions
Learn how to throw a great party.
notenoughbeans commented on A friendly introduction to the Friendship Paradox (2021) scribe.citizen4.eu/your-f... · Posted by u/triyambakam
If my friends have more friends than me, do their friends have more friends than them? And if I'm my friend's friend, am I not included in their friends that have more friends?
notenoughbeans commented on Why Cancel Tchaikovsky? lrb.co.uk/blog/2022/march... · Posted by u/rjzzleep
Almost done "Shadows of the Apt" and it has to be one of my favourite series.