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New comment by themightyquinn in "The technology to eradicate mosquito-borne disease exists"

themightyquinn — Mon, 05 Oct 2026 18:53:16 +0000

They just started doing this in Florida to deal with dengue cases this year. Mosquito fish!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mosquitofish

New comment by themightyquinn in "Tell the speakers that you liked their talks"

themightyquinn — Wed, 16 Sep 2026 16:41:40 +0000

Someone echoed a similar sentiment but in general I think people get great satisfaction and pride out of being told their work is good. When I worked in the food service industry nothing made me happier than hearing someone genuinely enjoyed the meal. It’s left such a lasting impression that anytime I enjoy a coffee, meal, etc I try to look the person in the eyes an earnestly say “hey this was really good.” If you don’t do this a lot you may be surprised to see just how happy this makes the person working. It doesn’t matter if they made the food or served it or even just worked the register.

New comment by themightyquinn in "Why Bullshit Jobs Are (Finally) Dying [video]"

themightyquinn — Fri, 11 Sep 2026 15:02:40 +0000

At first I thought we’d talk about the mechanisms that go into not noticing employees literally not showing up to jobs for years and maybe a larger trend of what allows for that. Tech layoffs are less interesting and feels a bit premature to dub those jobs as useless and not acknowledge these businesses transitioning to very capx heavy businesses.

New comment by themightyquinn in "Half-Baked Product"

themightyquinn — Fri, 03 Jul 2026 13:54:29 +0000

I’ve felt like this before but I think the responsibility of the founding engineer is underestimated. 20% of the company is a cofounder and a partnership. The failure was compromising on the buttons. An engineer who can say “no” is far more valuable than the one who will grind out features for a sales call.

New comment by themightyquinn in "An opinionated critique of Duolingo"

themightyquinn — Tue, 30 Sep 2025 22:22:45 +0000

Had a friend in college learn Ukrainian by switching his phone language settings and watching only Ukrainian reality tv… and then he also spent a summer in Ukraine

The Economic Impact of Instant Payments and Dollar-Linked Digital Currencies(US)