adetrest

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by adetrest 7y ago
This is both absurd and obscene. I could think of a million better ways to spend the money and benefit people or ecosystems if I had 10 or 20 million $ burning a hole in my pocket. Shame to the people spending this kind of money on such tri
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by adetrest 7y ago
> These allegations are false. Hidden at the bottom of the article, is this: "Public prosecutor Walder of the Competence Center Cybercrime contacted me, saying he had been misquoted". In other words, the alleged source (a publi
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by adetrest 8y ago
In a country where everything and everyone is for sale, this is hardly surprising unfortunately.
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by adetrest 8y ago
Sharing donut coupons doesn't kill bystanders. DUI and speeding does.
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by adetrest 8y ago
You can do work on the side without disclosing your employers trade secrets, I would hope. There is nothing mysterious about yet another CRUD web application. Besides, confidentiality is covered separately and an NDA can stand on its own. I
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by adetrest 8y ago
Count your blessings, every US and Canadian work contract (hell, even some contracting/consulting agreements) I have ever seen or signed had a no-compete and a clause prohibiting you from doing anything else than working for your emp
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by adetrest 8y ago
It's meant to be struck out but HN doesn't do strikeout text. I meant that just as when you were in school and needed a hall pass or note from your parents to be absent, once you're an adult you need a formal authorization fr
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by adetrest 8y ago
Meanwhile, in the US and Canada, you are forced to sign clauses that gives your employer full ownership of anything you invent ever while employed and you have to ask your ~parents~ employer if you could please do something else on the side
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by adetrest 8y ago
Have you read "how to change your mind"? It touches on the subject. There is also erowid.org that might have the information you're interested in.
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by adetrest 8y ago
Definitely, I was replying to parent who didn't seem to have a problem with a $25k loss.
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by adetrest 8y ago
This has been going on with Apple for as far as I can remember. Apple puts out a new product, a significant number of people are affected by what seems to be a manufacturing defect, Apple suppresses mentions of it as much as they can, and a
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by adetrest 8y ago
Not even mentioning the ridiculous costs (especially in the US) that come into play should the fire that started in your unit injure or kill anyone.
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by adetrest 8y ago
It adds up really fast, especially when deaths or disabilities (even worth from a financial perspective) are the result of the crash.
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by adetrest 8y ago
I... Don't get this mentality. Yes replacing 25k worth of contents isn't that big a deal (although it would suck), but in a fire there are other costs that dwarf your contents. Think about how much your building/unit is wor
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by adetrest 8y ago
I have a very hard time understanding why do people cut corners and do not follow safety instructions to the T. They're there for a reason, so why ignore them? Same thing why I'll never understand why people bitch about OSHA. They
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by adetrest 8y ago
Not everyone is a software developer with companies fighting over them. Some really don't have options, and the choice is either get no income and be unable to pay your bills, or get screwed over but get some money to pay the bills.
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by adetrest 8y ago
C. I only know high level languages (JS, Ruby) but never delved into lower level ones. Not from lack of interest but rather lack of time. I'm going to change that this year.
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by adetrest 8y ago
The US is just nuts. Are you saying that your earned but unused PTO doesn't have to be paid out to you when you're laid off but is rather at the discretion of the employer? How is that justifiable in any way? Does the bank owe y
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by adetrest 8y ago
Very neat, and impressive skills from the author! I wish I could do that myself... I started learning C so there is hope.
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by adetrest 8y ago
I agree with you. All these books and essays ultimately boil down to "what worked for me, plus a million other things I'm not mentioning because they're not as glamorous, and a ton of luck: it could happen to you too!" Y
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by adetrest 8y ago
WiFi support in openbsd? That's the only thing keeping me away from considering openbsd as my daily os: I thought there was no way to get anything else than 802.11n cards to work with it (so, no 5ghz or ac). Has that changed and I miss
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Ask HN: How do you get your employer to provide an ergonomic workstation?
3 points by adetrest 8y ago|3 comments
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by adetrest 8y ago
> Should the company be forced to keep paying redundant employees as some form of social justice or obligation? A lot of developed countries have it: its called employment insurance. Not sure about how it works in the US or if there is a
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by adetrest 8y ago
"how to change your mind" is about psilocybin (magic mushrooms) and it's a pretty good read on the subject of psychedelics. Couldn't put it down, highly recommended.
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by adetrest 8y ago
That's how I see it. Amazon is aliexpress with a 4 or 5x markup and delivery within a week.
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by adetrest 8y ago
There is also the issue of genuine items sold as new which are actually very well repackaged returns. Amazon does minimal (if any?) checking of returns and I have frequently received items that had obviously been opened and used then return
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by adetrest 8y ago
Always. The C suite is too good for open space but it's fine for the rest of us plebs.
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by adetrest 8y ago
Never thought about a dead drop that can only be located with a Bluetooth beacon only when the right WiFi network is visible on the buyer's phone. That's... A pretty good idea.
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by adetrest 8y ago
Every other seller is doing it for their own products on Amazon though, it seems to be the only way to move your junk efficiently on Amazon these days. Amazon is happy either way because more raw sales look better in their reports, and the
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by adetrest 8y ago
I've been burned with Airbnb rentals a few times. Never again. I deleted my account, I'd rather pay a bit extra and get a real hotel without wasting half my vacation dealing with these clowns.

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