simplemen

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by simplemen 6y ago
I am assuming you don't have any kids. I used to think same way and so did most of my Asian friends. Hey I am doing fine, I end up going to decent college, other Asians can do same, right? But it slowly changed when my friends and I st
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by simplemen 6y ago
Seems like in all these methods, you need to be in top 10% or top 1% to make money.
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by simplemen 6y ago
This is sad. I knew several Asian Indians who claimed that they were mixed race to get into college. Because if they didn't, they won't get in while they all had 4.0 gpas. They just didn't completely kill their social life, t
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by simplemen 6y ago
Why? What should we care about then? Is pollution worse than COVID19? Human trafficking? There are so many problems in this world, we need different people working on different problems.
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by simplemen 6y ago
I have worked for 5 companies in my 15 years career. One of that company was ecommerce consulting firm which dealt with a lot of mom-n-pop ecommerce stores. Let me tell you not a single one of them was willing to give up any dark patterns i
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by simplemen 6y ago
Fidelity, I daytraded GME today without any issues. I also have accounts with Tastyworks and Think or Swim. Tastyworks sent email that their clearinghouse had blocked certain stocks but ToS didn't sent any email. So assuming ToS is als
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by simplemen 6y ago
Why is this downvoted? This true and I would not trust IB. My friend had been trying convince me to come to IB but now he is moving to Fidelity.
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by simplemen 6y ago
A lot of broker restricted and then rolled back. Some brokers like Tastyworks said it wasn't their choice but their clearing house was restricting. The damage is done already and no granutee that this won't happen again.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Where are they going to go? Every company is using dark patterns. Maybe there are a few small ethical companies but that is very small number.
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by simplemen 6y ago
At this point, no broker is lending gme to retail investors. However, if you are market maker, you should be able to short it still.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Is it just me or do others also feel raised blood pressure, tingling in forearms, and other physical symptoms after watching violent videos? These disturbing videos can kill my productivity for hours.
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by simplemen 6y ago
How would you get started? And did you turn it into your fulltime job?
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by simplemen 6y ago
Not sure why you are being downvoted, trading is very objective indeed.
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Ask HN: Who else hates living docs?
1 points by simplemen 6y ago|1 comments
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by simplemen 6y ago
I used to feel same way. If I didn't produce 8 hours of code then I felt guilty. If I got stuck on problem for 8 hours then I felt guilty. It took some time but now I realize that it is not code lines per hour that they hire me for but
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by simplemen 6y ago
It is costly to switch context. I try to avoid it unless my boss directly asks me to. Even then, I try to wait until next day to do so.
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by simplemen 6y ago
I know a few devs who are hosting opensource alternatives of popular service like Dropbox. Other more extreme are hosting their own dns on pi-hole, email servers, etc.
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by simplemen 6y ago
If founders got dev and design skills, then this will work. Add in a few thousand dollars for marketing if you want a successful launch.
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by simplemen 6y ago
I am a software engineer at failing fortune 500 tech giant. Managers like to create artificial deadlines but other than that there is no real stress. If service goes down and I am not near computer, no big deal, we don't have a lot of
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by simplemen 6y ago
Same here. Pretty easy to follow their popular picks and make real money.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Fuji X100f. Love it, mostly because I learned photography on manual film cameras and this camera gives me that nostalgic feelings. Besides it looks cool and it is a good conversation starter with strangers. Image quality may not be the best
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by simplemen 6y ago
Is this Basis same as Basis watch?
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by simplemen 6y ago
Fat shaming is brutal in Asian countries. If one is fat, they will be bullied or they will need to be bully. I know a Pakistani American obese woman who went to Pakistan for a wedding. Every kid in the neighborhood was calling "moti&qu
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by simplemen 6y ago
Bought one off amazon for $25. Not the fanciest. Need to shut it off at valve after using it. It is not designed to be undwr pressure. But it has been working for 8 years. Don't waste your money on $300 bidet, it is just a hose.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Pools. Trying to get and contractors are not even willing to work on one unless at 75k in my area
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by simplemen 6y ago
He wasn't fasting, he was on fruits diet.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Is believe in science also not a religion? But besides that I have met some amazing geeks who are religious nuts too. Most don't talk about their religion at work. But some can get annoying. This one guy would use weird jesus love us l
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by simplemen 6y ago
Starting projects and then abandoning them. 1. Started a niche dating site in early 2000s. Got traction but too many rude assholes. Got tired of dealing with it and shutdown it. 2. Started better looking Craig's list in late 2000s. Got
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by simplemen 6y ago
I love my Outback but Mazda looks like a strong contender for my next car.
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by simplemen 6y ago
Back in old days, I could send text messages with phone in my pocket. In my car, I can control all analog knobs without taking my eyes off the road but still need to look at touchscreen for a few interactions.

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