Hacker News: irpapakons

New comment by irpapakons in "I am the healthiest person I know, and I got cancer"

irpapakons — Tue, 08 Mar 2022 11:04:15 +0000

One thing I was shocked to realise is that breast cancer affects 1 in 7 (14%) of women worldwide. That's so high.

New comment by irpapakons in "I would like a job writing Haskell"

irpapakons — Tue, 08 Feb 2022 12:28:42 +0000

Yep. I wanted a job writing haskell. Got a job writing haskell. It was one of the worst jobs I ever hard (for non-haskell reasons). Team dynamics, culture, how good is a manager, how overengineered is a code base, how easy it is to feel valued and given responsibility. There's so many more important things than the language that now I actively don't care at all. Plus, I think these elitist programming languages attract more jerks so I'd rather avoid anything too niche and go for a Go job or something.

New comment by irpapakons in "My Many Girlfriends"

irpapakons — Thu, 06 Jan 2022 17:28:23 +0000

Sten is that you? Hi.

New comment by irpapakons in "The high price of mistrust"

irpapakons — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 16:30:31 +0000

I'm reading this article while waiting for one of the two people with write access to run my db migration, as developers don't get write access to the database in this company. Is this common?

New comment by irpapakons in "Why poor people make poor decisions"

irpapakons — Tue, 11 Feb 2020 17:23:12 +0000

I don't know, as someone who grew up in a dysfunctional family, I feel like if your parents are not good parents you're basically screwed. You just have to wait until you're grown up and make that tech salary to pay your therapist for a long time.

If there is neglect or abuse at home, it doesn't matter if there's some mildly positive neighbours / aunts / church people, I think it's hard for that to make a real difference.

New comment by irpapakons in "Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2019)"

irpapakons — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 11:39:17 +0000

Hello, I'd like to ask how flexible are the working conditions? For example if someone were to have a bad night of sleep could they start later, take a break to go to the gym for a couple of hours, continue after that? Or is it like some other places where flexible means "as long as you're in from 10am to 5pm you can be flexible how much earlier you arrive" (I'm more interested in the London office) - thanks.

New comment by irpapakons in "Half of England Is Owned by Less Than 1% of Its Population, Researcher Says"

irpapakons — Sat, 20 Apr 2019 22:45:04 +0000

The UK has no property taxes while it has high income taxes therefore increasing the inequality.

New comment by irpapakons in "How I Transitioned from Physics Academia to the ML Industry"

irpapakons — Fri, 12 Oct 2018 23:10:55 +0000

Doing an undergraduate degree is not being in "physics academia". The author transitioned from graduation to getting a job. But good post regardless.

Moving from overwhelm to a great new job

irpapakons — Fri, 17 Aug 2018 13:42:49 +0000

Article URL: https://generalabstractnonsense.com/2018/08/Moving-from-overwhelm-to-a-great-new-job/

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17782753

Points: 1

# Comments: 0

New comment by irpapakons in "'I’m not having children because I want to save the planet'"

irpapakons — Wed, 11 Apr 2018 12:28:00 +0000

I am skeptical of people who make such statements. If he deeply regrets it, what exactly would he expect his children would do to improve his life? It's not the children's job to save the parents from their emotional loneliness and give their life meaning. Children grow up and are their own people. If he deeply regrets how his life turned out, he would probably be unhappy even if he had children, or worse inappropriately demanding, placing his needs on the children.

New comment by irpapakons in "Bitcoin drug deals could haunt people for years"

irpapakons — Fri, 26 Jan 2018 13:41:11 +0000

related podcast episode: https://gimletmedia.com/episode/115-bitcoin-hunter/

New comment by irpapakons in "Iceland becomes first country to legalise equal pay"

irpapakons — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 16:43:19 +0000

The unadjusted paygap is still caused by sexism.

New comment by irpapakons in "Iceland becomes first country to legalise equal pay"

irpapakons — Wed, 03 Jan 2018 14:01:09 +0000

Yes, there is both an adjusted and unadjusted gender pay gap.

Cat person – a story about dating as a young woman

irpapakons — Mon, 11 Dec 2017 12:40:07 +0000

Article URL: https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/12/11/cat-person

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15896662

Points: 2

# Comments: 0

New comment by irpapakons in "Advent of Code 2017"

irpapakons — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 13:24:12 +0000

How does the scoring work? Is it dependent on speed? Are you penalised for incorrect attempts? What time / timezone are the problems released?

New comment by irpapakons in "Facebook’s New Captcha Test: 'Upload a Clear Photo of Your Face'"

irpapakons — Thu, 30 Nov 2017 12:52:53 +0000

I had the same happen to me when I moved countries, but I kind of understand it too as there is a whole industry of stealing and selling WoW accounts for a lot of money.

New comment by irpapakons in "Uber London loses licence to operate"

irpapakons — Fri, 22 Sep 2017 15:05:16 +0000

I have switched to using black cabs with Gett, I find it a much better experience. I like knowing what to expect, lots of space, the drivers are professionals and there's no pressure to chat. For me that's a good thing, I prefer to have a bit of free time instead of a social interaction with a stranger.

New comment by irpapakons in "It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK cities are too small"

irpapakons — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 12:43:02 +0000

Ok, I know I might be relatively lucky, but just to provide a different anecdote: I spend 34% of my take-home income to live in a big studio in a leafy neighbourhood with Edwardian houses, 35 minutes from work door to door taking the tube, next to 2 parks. I'm pretty happy. Like all big cities London has better and worse neighbourhoods and the experience you get living in them varies greatly.

New comment by irpapakons in "It’s not that London is too big, but that other large UK cities are too small"

irpapakons — Sat, 02 Sep 2017 11:30:42 +0000

We know very little about what the Brexit agreement will look like. As long as high paying jobs exist, nothing stops highly skilled European people from continuing to get them, even if that involves a bit more bureaucracy.

New comment by irpapakons in "Better management of discarded produce could help forests regrow"

irpapakons — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:06:13 +0000

I was recently effectively forced to compost, when my council changed the rubbish collections to only once every 2 weeks, while the recycling and compost collections occur weekly. This meant that if I didn't compost, I'd have smelly rubbish for two weeks at a time. It is indeed not that bad, the compost bin has a lid that keeps the smell and it has made me much more aware of how much food I waste and why.