Hacker News: devtul

New comment by devtul in "Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts"

devtul — Mon, 20 Mar 2023 15:10:43 +0000

I'm indeed panicking and haven't lost my job, yet, let's see in 3 weeks. I never worked at a FAANG and it terrifies me that if I'm out there I will be competing with people with big names on their resumes. This news coupled with the AI news of the past weeks is making me think about what other profession this forever developer can do to pay the bills.

I took the black pill. Maybe I can find wisdom in past professions' cataclysms, like ice harvesters and milk delivery.

New comment by devtul in "Making It Legal to Play Outside: “Reasonable Childhood Independence” Bills"

devtul — Fri, 24 Feb 2023 01:39:07 +0000

Charge $5 bucks for some type of reports, it's a small annoyance which should be nothing for someone truly concerned.

New comment by devtul in "How Twitter moderated the Covid debate"

devtul — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:50:05 +0000

It wasn't really a recommendation per gov policy in many countries, it was take the shot or else type of deal. Also any talk that didn't toe the official line was deemed "misinformation".

New comment by devtul in "How Twitter moderated the Covid debate"

devtul — Tue, 27 Dec 2022 07:45:27 +0000

To say "trust the system" requires a religious inclination that many don't have

New comment by devtul in "Ships carrying natural gas head for Europe as prices surge to new high"

devtul — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 21:32:39 +0000

The simpler explanation would be producers redirecting their gas to a higher priced market. I can't shake the idea that there's a non-zero chance of this being mitigation to a looming crisis with Russia.

New comment by devtul in "Incorrectly deleted from Facebook? Getting back on might take connections"

devtul — Fri, 17 Dec 2021 20:25:56 +0000

Funny story, deleted my FB acct several years ago, then a couple months ago I found a group for my school and tried to reactivate my account but now it says I was banned. Silver lining is I won't be in FB again.

New comment by devtul in "Australia to introduce new laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls"

devtul — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:26:48 +0000

A while ago I would say you are tainted, but I've watched as my group of friends increasingly parroted every corporate media talking point, even when they flip-flopped constantly about a subject. They wouldn't see a conflict there and would deflect if I tried to point that out.

Now I keep to myself and watch the patterns, and I'am ok with that it is what it is, I love my friends and I don't think less of them because of that.

New comment by devtul in "Video shows San Francisco police watching as burglary unfolds"

devtul — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 19:17:19 +0000

Experts seems to be awfully late to what every John Doe has already figured out, it's easy to be called an expert when there's zero accountability for the expert's advice. If you constantly get stuff wrong, then your opinion is as good as some random person walking the streets.

New comment by devtul in "Australia to introduce new laws to force media platforms to unmask online trolls"

devtul — Sun, 28 Nov 2021 05:31:51 +0000

I think about this approach every two weeks, when I hear that somewhere in the world there's a new initiative to treat the internet like a kindergarten. Sure why not, but I would like to sign up for the wild west, the easily offended and gullible can live happily on the safe side, thanks.

New comment by devtul in ""Buy Nothing" Groups Gain Popularity"

devtul — Thu, 18 Nov 2021 20:54:23 +0000

It pays really well to shift blame, I wonder is someone somewhere has an excel spreadsheet with the ROI for propaganda expenses. Like Greta pointing the finger to western countries while ignoring the biggest polluters and the countries that mostly contribute to plastic in the oceans.

New comment by devtul in "Tech-driven approach to neighbourhood watch is cementing community divisions"

devtul — Fri, 12 Nov 2021 16:57:29 +0000

> so sad to watch recently is peoples' disbelief in how different the reality of the Kyle Rittenhouse situation is from how it is presented to them on the news

I feel pretty positive about this actually. This will be the tipping point for many to finally question all the info they get from the corporate media.

For a long time I saw garbage reporting on subjects that I had the slightest familiarity but I still blindly believed their reporting on any other subject, until something clicked in my mind and now I can't unsee it. I'm sure many are experiencing this click due to the trial.

New comment by devtul in "The median voter is a 50-something white person who didn't go to college"

devtul — Sun, 03 Oct 2021 23:00:18 +0000

Reminds me of how important individual rights are, the smallest and weakest group is yourself.

New comment by devtul in "Texas passes law that bans kicking people off social media based on ‘viewpoint’"

devtul — Fri, 10 Sep 2021 14:36:32 +0000

Are we ignoring that todays discourse happens online? People tweet, use facebook, instagram and all other major social platforms.

This gaslight is so typical of people who happens to agree with the platforms bias, for them there's absolutely nothing wrong happening, until some of them get the whack then suddenly they agree the platform shouldn't be able to do that.

New comment by devtul in "A Chinese-Built Highway Drove Montenegro into Crippling Debt"

devtul — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 16:13:18 +0000

For now. China is building its navy and aim to have maritime supremacy in 2050, with parity with the US by 2030.

With more countries having China as their biggest trading partner than the US, Chinas ability to use embargoes as a political tool solidifies each day. China can wreck some countries economy if they stop trading with them, imagine forcing others to follow suit, it would break that country for good.

Now pair embargoes with superior naval forces and China will be able to use their military freely while twisting the arms of any country that tries to voice opposition to it. Much like the US did in the past century, to be fair.

New comment by devtul in "Note that I wouldn’t pass the listed minimum requirements"

devtul — Wed, 30 Jun 2021 14:34:40 +0000

I would still apply for it if I had most of the requirement but not all. They are not dumb and would see that on my resume and on a cover letter I would write explaining how I'm really eager to join them and that I would dedicate my time to catching up with whatever tech I'm lacking.

It's crazy to assume people would be stuffing their resumes instead of they making it clear the position is exciting to them and they would work hard to get up to standards.

New comment by devtul in "Canada: Hundreds of unmarked graves found at residential school"

devtul — Thu, 24 Jun 2021 15:12:15 +0000

Props for Canada for caring about this issue, other places wouldn't give two craps about what happened in the past. On the other hand this looks like a festering wound that will never heal and will plague Canadian society endlessly, including being exploited by authoritarian communist dictatorships like China.

I wonder if there's anything we can do to, in a way or the other, to leave the past in the past. Honestly I think it will be forever suffered by people who never lived throught that, exploited for financial and political gain, and punished upon the ones who never enforced nor supported. Much like US slavery, despite the 750k dead on the war to end slavery.

New comment by devtul in "Against Meme Activism"

devtul — Mon, 21 Jun 2021 19:28:28 +0000

(Non-US here) It baffles me the response to January 6th, a group of people vented their anger by invading a public building, a symbol of government and power. Not at their neighbors houses or businesses, not looting, not fencing out blocks of a city for themselves. And I here not making any value judgement on the act, it is besides the point.

If unreasonable* anger should be exercised, that it's target be public buildings and institutions, the bastion of power rather than at John and Mary down the street.

* to be decided by yourself

New comment by devtul in "We’re no longer naming suspects in minor crime stories"

devtul — Tue, 15 Jun 2021 22:03:23 +0000

> I'm desperate for any news company

I will never go back being that naive again, there are no news of consequence, only propaganda.

New comment by devtul in "Journalists demanding more action against online harassment"

devtul — Wed, 09 Jun 2021 14:53:46 +0000

The first paragraph is a delicious read, suddenly journalists are aware. If they could only stop and think about the consequences of their race-baiting, rage inducing headlines and poorly researched, mind reading, misinformation articles. We would all be living in a less tense society.

New comment by devtul in "Hundreds of fishing vessels vanishing along Argentina’s waters"

devtul — Sun, 06 Jun 2021 18:50:03 +0000

Still is, you must join the air force to work as an ATC.