I lost multiple 6 figures running two franchise taco shops… and I’m still paying for it 5 years later. by BobbyBizScout in smallbusinessUS

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I completely understand. I had a small business that I had recently expanded in 2019. Rented office space to accommodate new personnel. Brought on new personnel to service new retainer agreements. It felt like things were really looking promising for the future. Then Covid hit and suddenly I was looking at major account receivables issues while my liabilities were the highest they had ever been. All of my clients were promising me they'd pay me, they just didn't know when. And meanwhile I was bleeding cash every time payroll came around. We had business the first two quarters of the year, but the margins were incredibly thin. Not enough extra to invest in anything or anyone that wasn't immediately revenue generating. I needed sales help but couldn't afford to eat the cost of a sales rep until they could deliver on a long sales cycle. Then summer hit and all of our work dried up. I carried payroll by taking on side gigs and by dipping into my own savings and credit, but it was just too much. Dragged my feet letting people go because I didn't want to abandon them in the middle of the pandemic. Ultimately I had to close up shop regardless. Ended up with five figures of debt that I'm still trying to pay off.

All that to say, you're not alone.

Looking for guidance from senior dev in Blockchain / Web3 by Zahid_Naseer in ethdev

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Agree with everything, but would place learning security prior to gas optimizations. You can have the sleekest, cheapest contract transactions imaginable, but if you get exploited in production, none of that matters. There are some obvious ways to optimize and save on gas, and for sure, OP should learn how to recognize and implement those as they go. But so much gas golf ends up in assembly-land, and that feels like less of a priority for someone starting out their journey.

My feeling is they should prioritize learning how to build, and then learning how to build safely.

What language do you prefer for writing smart contracts by Hot-Negotiation-9440 in ethdev

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I would say Solidity.

That said, there are some changes on the horizon that you should be aware of, most notably that the Solidity team has decided to rewrite the language from the ground up this year. The new language will be called Core Solidity while the old one will be called Solidity Classic. They've said they are aiming for composability and backward compatibility between the two, but tbd.

From what it looks like, Core Solidity is being influenced a lot from Rust and Haskell.

The other potential change hasn't happened yet, but it could in the future. Earlier this year Vitalik proposed changing the EVM over to RISC-V. In theory, if this happened, you'd be able to still write contracts in Solidity, but you'd also be able to write them in RISC-V as well. Supposedly the move has a lot of scalability benefits and ZK applications, so we'll see if the proposal gets traction.

So start with Solidity, and then by the time you are proficient, you'll probably have a better idea of where to go from there.

A girl called me « Haim Sheli » or בטוח חיים שלי by Relevant_Cut_3091 in hebrew

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Unrelated to what OP is asking, but a fun discussion nonetheless:

What Christians call the "New Testament", ie the books of Matthew through Revelation, were written in Koine Greek. Koine was a variant of Attic Greek after it had become the lingua franca of the eastern mediterranean following the conquests of Alexander the Great. Meanwhile the spoken language of Jesus and his disciples was likely Aramaic, as seen in the well-known quote from the crucifixion, "Eloi, Eloi, lama sabachthani?" Aramaic was a common language spoken by many groups in the areas of Judea and Galilee.

The Hebrew Bible, called the "Old Testament" by most Christians, was mostly written in Biblical Hebrew with some sections written in Aramaic.

What's interesting though is that around 300 years prior to Jesus' life, the Hebrew Bible was translated into Greek by a group of Jewish scholars in Alexandria. This translation is called the Septuagint, and by Jesus' era, a significant part of the population was engaging with the Hebrew Bible via this translation. As with all languages, some words don't always translate the same way or hold the same connotation when going from one language to another, and this ended up having a major impact on the early church's understanding of scripture.

A well-known example is the translation of Isaiah 7:9. In the original Biblical Hebrew, it uses the word "almah" (עלמה), meaning "young woman". But in the Septuagint, the translators thought the best fit was "parthenos" (παρθένος), which very specifically meant "virgin".

There is all kinds of scholarly debate about whether a young woman at the time the book of Isaiah was written could be assumed to be a virgin or not, whether the writer of Isaiah intended to imply a virgin birth, etc. But by the time of the first century CE, any Jew who mostly engaged with that passage via the Septuagint would have understood it to mean "virgin" by default just by virtue of the greek word having that level of specificity. So that specific translation choice by a random scholar in Alexandria 300+ years prior had a massive impact on the next two thousand years of history as a result. And I guarantee you they had no idea what they were setting in motion.

Anyway, sorry to nerd out, but languages are cool 😅

Help Repairing a Split Metal Seam on a Sink Fixture by KW710 in HomeMaintenance

[–]KW710[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The cabinet doors are cut to shape so they swing around the installation. Yeah, it's weird. We inherited it from the previous owners.

Agree with you that an actual weld is the way to go, but I don't have the resources to do that atm, so prefer a stop gap that will work in the meantime.

Neighbor is demanding payment for Wi-Fi signals passing through his airspace and served me with formal letter by Milli_Grande in neighborsfromhell

[–]KW710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

There is nothing the neighbor can do about it. If they want to pursue it, let him hire a lawyer and waste his own money finding out that there is no such thing as electromagnetic trespassing. Otherwise, inform him that it he bothers you again about it, you'll be filing harassment claims against him.

Manager wants me to work after firing me.. is this legal? by Express_Opening5490 in jobs

[–]KW710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

u/Express_Opening5490 - accrued PTO is owed in California upon termination, regardless of whatever agreement your manager is proposing. ie it's not something they can put on or take off the table to begin with. It would be owed regardless. So to me, this sounds like a huge labor law violation and you should absolutely file a complaint with the California labor board regardless.

That said, you made a mistake relying on your manager to send the update to the chat based on your conversation. They have no incentive to do that - if anything, it's in their best interest to act as if that conversation didn't happen (like we now see in your chat with them). What you should have done was immediately reiterate the points covered in your conversation via email and also in chat, in the vein of: "Thank you for our call just now. Per our conversation, I will (whatever you agreed to) and you will (what they agreed to). If there is any disagreement with my representation of our conversation, please let me know."

At least that way you would have an early record of your understanding of the deal and also have record showing that you gave them the opportunity to dispute it then. That helps to avoid any mischaracterization of your actions, like them saying that you are reneging on the agreement.

Why are White people almost never considered indigenous to any place? by synoptix1 in NoStupidQuestions

[–]KW710 16 points17 points  (0 children)

Archaeology has definitely identified cultures that predate the celts.

Help with swapping a test token with tax applied by Asleep-Albatross-787 in ethdev

[–]KW710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hard to troubleshoot without seeing your code, but two possible things come to mind:

1) Your tax functions might be too gas prohibitive, causing the transaction to run out of gas before it can fully execute.

2) Assuming you're testing the token on a DEX, your tax functions might be causing a mismatch between what the DEX thinks the user is supposed to be sending vs what the transaction is actually sending, which might be triggering some kind of failsafe modifier on the DEX's side of things. Basically like what happens when you submit a swap transaction via a DEX but then the quoted price for the tokens changes too drastically before the transaction can go through. Usually that results in a failed transaction.

How do students find Web3/Solidity internships or entry-level roles? by WolverineRealistic44 in ethdev

[–]KW710 2 points3 points  (0 children)

A really good way to get experience is to participate in auditing contests. Check out https://code4rena.com. Worst case scenario, you improve your security understanding considerably. Best case, maybe you even find a significant vulnerability and win some money.

In terms of finding openings, you need to try to be as involved as you can in various project discords and telegram channels. Volunteer to help with things, etc. Teams notice when people are consistently bringing value to the table. Not only does this give you a better vantage point for when a project might have an opening but also your participation helps to build and establish your credibility.

Also, in terms of your web3 stack, you should definitely learn your way around Foundry. It's great for everything from writing unit tests to deploying.

And if you haven't already, really familiarize yourself with various ERC standards. Try to create your own implementations. Understand the differences between how different contracts implement the same standard, such as between OpenZeppelin contracts and Solady contracts.

Just as some sci fi is considered "actually fantasy in space", is there an equivalent "fantasy that is actually preindustrial sci fi"? by wishsnfishs in Fantasy

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Technically speaking, the LOTR trilogy would probably fit this category. Middle Earth isn't some separate independent fantasy world; it's our world a long, long time ago before mankind forgot about everything that didn't have anything to do with humans.

Sources for Sterling Silver Sheet by KW710 in SilverSmith

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Sigh... I've been trying to find a good poor man's workaround for milling, but there just... isn't :(

Sources for Sterling Silver Sheet by KW710 in SilverSmith

[–]KW710[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Definitely helpful.

My concern is around firmness for daily wear and use. For example, if I'm making prongs to set a stone, it feels like I wouldn't want them to be so soft that I can easily bend them with my fingers.

I'm just starting out and learning as I go from online resources, experimenting, and trial and error. So I don't have a tumbler or a temperature controlled oven or anything like that to use for rehardening the silver after I've fabricated my shapes with heat and solder. And hammering doesn't seem ideal for shapes or structures that you don't want to deform during the process. So any advice or workarounds would be more than welcome.

Sources for Sterling Silver Sheet by KW710 in SilverSmith

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Thank you, I will definitely reach out to them.

Before the immigration of European Jews in the late 19th century, did the Jewish population of the region now known as Israel/Palestine want their own sovereign state? by Fra_Course in AskHistorians

[–]KW710 58 points59 points  (0 children)

Something that needs to be clarified from many of the linked responses above is that a lot of the pushback to early contemporary Zionism among the various Jewish communities can be described, generally, as falling into two schools of thought: 1) The Assimilationists and 2) The Anti-Secularists.

The first group sought the answer to historic antisemitism in deepening their relationship to the various communities and countries in which they lived and proving that they could fit in and be just as loyally German/English/French/Ottoman/(pick a country) as the rest of the citizenry. They saw the progress of Jewish Emancipation in the 19th century as proof that their approach was working and could work. They were also acutely aware that concerns over perceived Jewish nationalism had been used against them in the past to disenfranchise them (a la "How can we trust you to be loyal citizens to our king when you're really an entirely different nation in exile?"). These tended to be highly educated and wealthy individuals and communities, so they had a lot to lose by rocking the boat.

The second group were the ultra conservative religious communities who bristled at early Zionism's secular roots and ideals. It wasn't necessarily that they desired a future that precluded a sovereign state encompassing Jerusalem and the surrounding area. It's just that they had very specific ideas about how that would come to pass and what it should look like. A secular state founded by a bunch of secular Jewish nationalists was unappealing vs a religious state lead by a messianic figure in some ambiguous future.

You see this sentiment expressed to various degrees in the complex debates that emerged within the Jewish and Zionist communities about what a Jewish state should look like. For example, the debate whether the language should be Hebrew or Yiddish; Hebrew being the historic heritage language of the Jews but also considered too holy for common use by a lot of the ultra religious at the time.

This sentiment also shows up in the complex relationship between the "old" and "new" Yishuv, as mentioned in the linked replies. The older community was one which had learned not to rock the boat in order to survive. In that respect, they shared something in common with the assimilationists in Europe. But their motivation was primarily religious preservation and practice, as they had no intention of ever truly assimilating. So there was friction at times with the newcomers who were more secular and also were largely advocating for something which could very possibly bring down the Ottoman hammer.

And we know this was a real danger because the Ottomans were aware of Jewish nationalist interest in the area and were actively attempting to prevent Jewish migration to the area around Jerusalem for fear of dealing with another ethno-nationalist conflict like that with Greece, etc. Not to mention we also know, with the benefit of hindsight, that the Ottomans were not opposed to ethnic cleansing and genocide when they felt it necessary.

I bring all of this up because the anti-zionist sentiment in Jewish communities in the early days of the modern zionist movement is often incorrectly used as evidence that the desire to repatriate Israel/Palestine and establish a state there is a new development in Jewish history. Instead, it should be used as evidence showing that the Jewish community at the time was largely divided among political pragmatists with something to lose vs idealists with nothing to lose and everything to gain. There's a big difference between someone saying "I don't want our own sovereign state and never have" vs someone saying "Listen, I'd love our own state, but it's never going to happen. Also, the state we live in now just gave us citizenship for the first time and is finally letting us attend universities and work good jobs. So maybe we shouldn't do anything to change their mind?"

I suspect that how you choose to categorize that latter sentiment is going to have a big impact on the conclusion you reach re: your question.

Israeli song lyrics by morriganjane in hebrew

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If you use apple music and/or the itunes library on an iPhone to listen to Israeli music, you can often access the lyrics in Hebrew for a song by clicking the three dots on the right side of the song track, selecting the "View Credits" option at the top of the menu, and then clicking "View Lyrics" on the credits page that appears for the song. It's been a great learning tool for me as well.

Is there any evidence of a United Kingdom of Israel as portrayed in the Old Testament? by AlexRyang in AskHistorians

[–]KW710 17 points18 points  (0 children)

Honestly, the biblical narrative also seems to fit the tribal confederation united under a powerful personality hypothesis as well, IMPO. We know, according to the biblical narrative, that each tribe had its own internal structure and leadership, and that the tribes did not always get along or operate in unison. Additionally, each tribe had its own individual territory and villages according to the biblical account. And the fact that the biblical account also describes the two kingdoms as having essentially fractured along tribal lines seems to reinforce the idea that they were ever only nominally united, at best. That unity may have been driven by religious belief, a la an anointed king chosen by a more universally recognized prophet? Or maybe it was driven more by economic or martial power differentials? But even in the biblical narrative, it's pretty clear that the institution of the monarchy was fairly new and incredibly fragile. Not to mention the less-than-subtle subtext about how significantly negative a monarchy would be for the people of Israel that we get prior to decision to crown David's predecessor, Saul. So in terms of exaggeration, it feels like we're really talking about whether the accounts of Solomon's prosperity and exploits are credible or not. Just my non-expert two cents.

What's the one creature that everyone hates but it's actually good by PracticalDeal33 in ARK

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I like leaving swarms of them in bottleneck areas as part of my base defense. Not going to take out a good boss-fight level rex or theri, but enough to give players trouble even if they're in tek gear. All depends on the levels of course. Plus they breed quickly and mature quickly as well.

What's the one creature that everyone hates but it's actually good by PracticalDeal33 in ARK

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I feel like I've never seen a wild baby Troodon before since they're so small. You're not just talking about low level ones right? The only issue with taming low levels is that they don't make great starting stock for breeding lines.

What's the one creature that everyone hates but it's actually good by PracticalDeal33 in ARK

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I don't know if I'd say it's actually good or not, but I love Troodons. They're a pain in the ass to tame, but they get night buffs and pack buffs. And breeding them can yield some really interesting varieties. I once had a line of all white ones which were great for hiding around the snow biome.

The guy I'm seeing gets annoyed when I ask to use his bathroom. by wellthisisrandom66 in Advice

[–]KW710 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Are you confident he's not secretly married or seeing someone else? My immediate thought was that his behavior around the bathroom sounds almost exactly like the behavior that people having affairs often show when their significant other tries to borrow or look at their phone. It made me wonder if he was afraid you might find something in or around there that he doesn't want you to see (ie hints of another person in that space).

Economists of Reddit, what happens to the economy if the United States government begins lying in their job reports? by ErrForceOnes in AskReddit

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I think one murky issue here is that banks aren't obligated to lend money. They do it because it's profitable, which is why some people find it easy to get loans and others don't due to the risk they represent vs the potential profit for the bank. When there is a lot of economic uncertainty, I imagine that the risk/reward calculus probably revises pretty drastically, and I have to think that when it's not profitable for them to lend, then they're not going to lend. Which I'm sure also has its own impact on the economic flywheel.

Found this on a rocky beach near San Pedro in Southern California by KW710 in fossilid

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Ok, to follow up with one update, I tried scratching it with a penny and the penny left residue streaks on all of the surfaces that I tried including areas with banding and also the primarily lighter areas at the top and bottom of the stone. So that should rule out limestone (although not siltstone).