regularemployee

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by regularemployee 5y ago
I tried this myself too and when I try p2p with 4 people, out of 10 tests about 50% of the time I won't be able to see all 4 people or someone wouldn't be able to see all 4 people. It was really hard to make p2p work and debugging
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by regularemployee 5y ago
when food breaks down in the soil, the compost is integrated into the soil so it's already used. Plants then grow better apparently, I've never had to buy soil from the shop
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by regularemployee 5y ago
I had a compost bin but I eventually just dig a hole in the ground and bury my food wastes. Every since doing that, our weekly trash has been reduced pretty significantly. Instead of filling up our trash bin, we only fill up half. Its been
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by regularemployee 5y ago
can someone enlighten me? I was always taught growing up that weeds are good for the soil, they will generally die out once its done its job. Is killing weeds generally used in unsustainable agriculture or are there weeds that truly needs t
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by regularemployee 5y ago
> is doing a bunch of stuff people don't enjoy I enjoy writing documentation and writing tests. To me, writing documentation is like teaching others about the awesome product / features we have built, and also the different tec
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by regularemployee 5y ago
In January, I took 2 weeks PTO from work to visit this community to checkout what they do: https://wheaton-labs.com/ What I saw was incredible! They were making homes that keep cool during the summer and warm during the win
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by regularemployee 6y ago
Yup... I think finishing the game (in the sense that I've done everything fun about the game) put a closure on my desire to play MMORPG games in the forseeable future.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
So am I right in saying that this money went to other players/farmers, rather than the devs? -> Yes Did you manage to sell your account in the end? -> Nope, still have the account as a sort of trophy / reminder. Do you inten
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by regularemployee 6y ago
"The person used an unofficial server with cheats to instantly get the best gear" > Smart, unfortunately I didn't think of this. I feel like if I did, maybe I wouldn't have spent so much time on this game. My addictio
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by regularemployee 6y ago
Having been hooked on Diablo 2 in high school, I made the terrible decision of playing Path of Exile (POE) last year during thanks giving break (cuz we had 5 days off, I thought hey maybe I can play POE for a few days). Since then, I have b
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The Phoebus Cartel(npr.org)
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by regularemployee 6y ago
one feels like a personal attack and the other seems like an opinion.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> "help people more" Thanks, I agree :) > If anyone you're helping comes to rely on your continuous support From my experience, everyone I've helped is trying to get out of the situation so they are not depending o
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by regularemployee 6y ago
"And good people are the kind of folks who don't stomp right over and ask for help" -> sad, but true.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> But imagine if you didn't have any of those friends to give money to - how fo you then know how to allocate your money? Not sure tbh. > Or let's scale up your salary so that you're now a millionaire. I really don&#x27
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by regularemployee 6y ago
Heard this so many times before, please embark this endeavor yourself. I don't really have that time / bandwidth / interest.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> The fact that you give money to people you know rather than to nonprofits suggests that your motives are not as purely altruistic as you'd like them to be. I think this is passing alot of misguided judgements. I'm not thinkin
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> Sounds like a man about to get divorced who really resents his soon to be ex wife and didn't want her to get a single penny from his lifetime of hard work. Sounds like you are projecting your deepest fears. I'm lucky, my wife
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by regularemployee 6y ago
That was in a different comment with a different context from a different perspective. Yes yes everybody knows and accepts it. I'm supported by loving people in my life, and that enables me to feel secure enough to not have savings.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
Yeah this is what I meant, thanks for helping explaining it so well.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> I'm sure many billionares are only doing it for the PR - but if they want to give away $4B for good PR then isn't that a still a benefit to society? I'm not sure. Growing up, I'm only occupied by achieving "suc
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by regularemployee 6y ago
"my wife and kids depend on my salary for money" -> This part I lied, sorry. I have no kids and my wife works too.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
> Why did he feel the need to compare himself against MacKenzie? I thought about this and in hindsight I think I was unhappy because it seemed to me that billionaires get glorified alot by the media.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
The replies to your comment is correct. If you are making 300k+ a year, you can borrow money easily for rainy day. I also have many close friends and I have a developed a habit of reaching out for help early when I feel mentally unhealthy.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
"Similarly I believe giving money to random people is primarily making you yourself feel good" -> I don't think this is true. Parting ways with my money was an incredibly painful experience internally. It went against ever
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by regularemployee 6y ago
This year I actually gave away all of my money and now my bank account has only ~$3k (after 8 years of earning software engineering salary). I didn't donate my money to non profits and instead I just gave out money to people I know who
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by regularemployee 6y ago
I don't understand peer to peer. Is every fork on everyone's computer? Who holds the latest source of truth? How does a client know if they are up to date if everyone else around the client is behind? Is there a good resource for
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by regularemployee 6y ago
very cool. thanks for sharing.
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by regularemployee 6y ago
I've always wondered, given enough time could any species on Earth become "intelligent"? If one day humans all left Earth, then in a million years when we come back to visit, is it possible for Octopus to have made octopus sp
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by regularemployee 6y ago
I am also a developer in the Silicon Valley and I agree with everything you said 100%. It is a lonely place to be if you are not greedy.

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