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Ask HN: Taxes while living abroad as a US citizen
5 points by wnolens 2d ago|4 comments
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by wnolens 28d ago
The iron ring is symbolic, just like that ethics course. A Professional Engineer license and the passing down of liability to the individual is what's needed IMO
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by wnolens 28d ago
A course is nothing. I've long felt that Software Engineering should follow suit of many other engineering disciplines and push responsibility down to engineers. Like how when a bridge falls, an engineer has to answer for it. I don&#x2
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by wnolens 1mo ago
I did what you dream of. It's fun for 3-6 months. But it's only fun - not an existential cure. That could only be found in friends/loved ones.
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by wnolens 1mo ago
In all software jobs I've had (small, medium, and big tech), there's been no question about my start time. This has allowed me to sleep until 9-10am, and start work at 11. Huge help for getting any amount of good work out of me.
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by wnolens 2mo ago
Actually I'd love to see this metric.
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by wnolens 3mo ago
As an old user of thinkpads for years, on a Macbook the trackpad is as much under your thumb as the trackpoint is under your index finger and I find the trackpad far more accurate and less strain to use. In fact, my work-at-home setup is ma
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by wnolens 3mo ago
I subscribed 2 years ago and it took over 2 weeks to actually get my first paper at my door. I live in NYC.. Cancellation wasn't difficult though, and didn't require me to call anyone.
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by wnolens 5mo ago
I loved this. And love when someone chats me up at the gym more than just "you using this?". See you around the gym, my guy.
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by wnolens 6mo ago
I'm not applying at all! Happy employed and not looking. They're mailing me through linkedIn (i have a profile, and it's not set to looking and i'm completely inactive there), and or finding my email on the internet som
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by wnolens 6mo ago
Anyone else's inbox slammed with recruiters, more than it ever has been in the past? Feels like there's 10x the jobs available, but perhaps it's just that LLMs have automated a recruiter's job and they're letting th
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by wnolens 7mo ago
This advice was also given to me if I ever get caught in the rain while camping and soak my shoes. Bring some newspaper for both a firestarter and for leaving in your shoes overnight, and wake up to dry shoes!
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by wnolens 7mo ago
This has been my experience too. I feel freed up from the "manual labor" slice of software development and can focus on more interesting design problems and product alignment, which feels like a bit of a drug right now that i&#x27
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by wnolens 8mo ago
Yes, if anything I think harder because I know it's on the frontier of whatever I'm building (so i'm more motivated and there's much more ROI)
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by wnolens 8mo ago
Exactly my experience and how I leverage Claude where some of my coworkers remain unconvinced.
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by wnolens 10mo ago
Same. I've resurrected side projects and done months of work on them overnight, getting to my true end goals. Creating software is fun. Wrangling a bunch of opinionated libraries and plumbing together systems with terrible ergonomics (
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by wnolens 10mo ago
Why would I want to spend 1-2h researching humidifiers if I can spend that time in any other way, and still end up with a humidifier that fits my needs first try? This kind of task is perfect for AI in a way that doesn't take away to
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by wnolens 1y ago
> Each Sonnet agent costs about $10.50/hour to run overnight. When expressed like that, I can't help but see it as a wage figure.
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by wnolens 1y ago
A cool solution using only cardboard and hot glue. Love this person's channel. https://youtu.be/fUyQEPzpkLk?si=cADJNQbbquJCUBKD
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by wnolens 1y ago
> e-bikes above a certain power level This is already true in NYC. It just another law that there aren't enough resources to be enforced IMO
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by wnolens 1y ago
Genuinely curious and debating the costs of other SOC2 platforms. But your tool doesn't load anything when I go to controls. > Error: Failed to fetch Not a good way to debut
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by wnolens 1y ago
North Americans (my exp only) value cheap goods and services so highly, they don't care how the sausage is made.
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by wnolens 1y ago
Yea placebo is probably the wrong word here. And I agree with you. Often just recognizing something removes it's power. I'm glad the commenter experienced the change they did. Just makes me wonder in this case, the root of it seem
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by wnolens 1y ago
I was going to reply to the same post with similar. If just having a label to apply alleviates the negative emotion, isn't it a placebo? I think a far far greater number of people experience the exact same problems of focus and distres
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by wnolens 1y ago
Purely selfish pursuits lose their allure when you have the ability to just do them (once the initial rush of being able to do them runs out). At least they did for me.
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by wnolens 2y ago
Unique experience. I've had mostly useless managers in my 15y career, downright toxic ones in my 3y AWS stint.
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by wnolens 2y ago
It smells like corporate communication training. "Affirm the customer. Express that you hear their concerns and empathize"
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by wnolens 2y ago
It's gorgeous. Impressive execution - looks like a polished product from Apple.
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by wnolens 2y ago
It was probably the difference between me trying it at all and sending to a few friends. Thank her.
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by wnolens 2y ago
Thanks for doing this. I bought the calendar over 10y ago and used it but threw it out in a move.

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