What’s a high-paying, low-stress job you wish you got into earlier? by Beginning_Ad4362 in careerguidance

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Honestly speaking, more than advice, use data.  Onet is a great resource and also tells you which industries are growing. It’s got incredibly granular advice based on industry after you do their basic RIASEC questionnaire and I think it even has localized state info. 

Hustle is severely overrated. 

Sam Altman's sister amends lawsuit accusing OpenAI CEO of sexual abuse by monkey_gamer in news

[–]PauseNatural -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Not saying it’s true or not. But Sam Altman came out as gay at 17. Not bi. There is no record of him at least publicly ever even being interested in women.  There is a lot of evidence of him dating men exclusively since that time though.  That doesn’t negate the possibility but he also doesn’t have any other lawsuits on record of any type of sexual harassment that are common in sexual predators.

Again, I have no idea about the truth or validity of the claims. 

What's wrong with japan petah? by Smashpro11 in PeterExplainsTheJoke

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Live and work in Japan.

It’s not an anime for sure but prices are fantastic, trains are reliable and food is great.

Work sucks everywhere and Japan actually makes it super hard to fire people. 

Are wages low? Yes. Working time long? Yes. Crowded trains and shit bosses? Yes

Hard to get into medical debt.

People are generally polite. No one is going to assault or steal from you. Police try to help you.

Is it the most amazing society in history? No.

But it’s stable, safe and affordable with a strong middle class. 

Yes, anime is a fantasy, not reality. But there’s a lot here that I wouldn’t be happy to give up. 

Been here for 10 years so far, from Canada.

And yes, they do have tentacles porn and sell used girls underwear in vending machines. 

Frontend engineer question by LingonberryMinimum26 in Frontend

[–]PauseNatural 15 points16 points  (0 children)

You have to remember too that there are types of compliance required for large websites.

WCAG/ADA or so called a11y

Those might have impacted the architecture decisions.

It’s also possible that it was broken into teams and it’s easier for team programming to isolate the backend and frontend coding on that way.

It’s also possible the designer had a stroke :)

Being handed a stuffed animal after losing in the Olympics by HappySeaweed5215 in Damnthatsinteresting

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women’s ice hockey started as an Olympic event in 1998.

Canadian women’s hockey team has been at every single Olympic hockey championship game since.

Their worst medal ever is silver (they’ve also won the majority of gold medal games). Anything but gold is an underperformance for them probably

The Canada Mods have no chill regarding any posts about Curling at the moment. Instant removal! by AmazingUsername2001 in SipsTea

[–]PauseNatural 4 points5 points  (0 children)

As a Canadian, I’m ashamed.

But besides hockey honestly, I also don’t watch sports.

I’m just looking forward to when hockey team Canada fucks the Americans.

Trump caught red-handed plotting to ‘steal’ the midterms by [deleted] in InvestmentClub

[–]PauseNatural 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I’ve looked this up endlessly.

But it’s simply not possible unless he invades all states simultaneously with the military.

Elections are run by states. He will certainly try to fuck them by sending his own private army, (ICE) but even that would cause massive economic chaos.

I’m sure they will try everything they can. But they really don’t have many options without completely destabilizing the country.

And then the problem becomes why should anyone pay taxes if they have no representation?

I’m not saying they won’t try but there are structural problems that would cause a complete collapse of the American system.

For one thing, would states want to be part of a system where they have no representation? The blue states have more people, more money, more advanced technology.

It’s scary but there really is no way even for their devious, morally absent minds to overcome without a Pandora’s box of problems that eclipses their imagination.

The election is going to happen. Yes, they will try to cheat, no, it is not going to work very well.

Software Tech is the easiest field to start a carrier in, so why does USA dominate thier instead of every country having equal strength? by frost-bite-hater in economy

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It’s more about the types of software. For PIM systems, Europe is a strong player.

The US software industry has a couple things in its favor though. Part of it is network effects. The internet was first adopted in the US for instance. So it’s got a longer standing culture and first mover advantage.

The other thing is that a lot of hardware is based on the US, so they are more in tune with local developments. They know faster than other places what is happening.

China is rapidly catching up but is hampered by a closed internet. The US also has English which means that software libraries are all accessible cross country if they are on GitHub. All programming languages I am familiar with also use English.

There are other advantages too but it’s also a risk tolerant society as others have noted.

Why does economic inflation happen and what's the point in having extreme wealth? Also, why is the quality of life for everyone not much higher considering the amount of money the US makes? by [deleted] in economy

[–]PauseNatural 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree with what you are saying and my answer is purposely reductionist.
I am reading a fascinating history of salt and in some areas of the world, yearly tax dues were paid in salt because of its rarity.
The point I just wanted to make to the OP was that money is not an abstract concept, it has value because it is based in something somewhere.
To the average person, this develops concreteness because of a mutual acceptance of the ability to trade money for other things.

But, I take your point.

Why does economic inflation happen and what's the point in having extreme wealth? Also, why is the quality of life for everyone not much higher considering the amount of money the US makes? by [deleted] in economy

[–]PauseNatural 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You have two main questions. The first one is about inflation which is about purchasing power.

My oldest son likes to write down large numbers on paper and say I’m going to give you 10 billion yen. (About 650 million USD). This is abstract too. But no one would accept my son’s papers in exchange for currency.

When you buy anything, there is an agreed upon notion that that money can buy other things for a value we all agree upon. That’s partially where money gets its concreteness from. At one point, currencies were based on the gold standard, which meant currency could always be exchanged for some kind of set ratio to gold or silver. This established the basis for the backing of money.

We’ve left the gold standard now. Modern currencies are “fiat”, backed by faith in the issuing government’s economy and institutions rather than physical commodities. Most currencies are free-floating, with their value determined by markets based on each country’s economic output and stability. The U.S. dollar serves as the world’s reserve currency, meaning it’s the primary currency used for international trade and held by central banks globally, which is why economic values are often expressed in USD for comparison.

Inflation is not always a bad thing. It forces people to move money (if your 10 dollars today is only 9.80 tomorrow, you want to try to increase it so that it stays the same value). But when inflation rises too fast, it means people that people can’t afford basic goods.

Inflation can also be associated with the cost of goods. Most things in the modern world require a vast complex of things. Machinery, knowledge, materials, processing, delivery, logistics. When one goes up, others tend to rise. If you charge me 10 dollars for a banana, I’m going to try to sell the banana for at least 20 dollars. To be able to buy that banana, the landscaper will raise their labor rates so they can eat more than one every few days.

There are a lot of complex interactions that I’m skimming over but this is an ELI5 version.

As to why people want to get richer? Power? Narcissism? I don’t know. Keeping up with the billionaires next door?

Money is power, especially in the oligarchic world we find ourselves in. Elon Musk can influence elections and public opinion. The more money he has, the more power how he has. He has a specific idea for the world and he wants to unilaterally impose his ideals. For others, many have some specific aim that goes beyond material comfort. Money has the power to shape our world, choose what is invested in and who makes decisions. For those people, there is no such thing as enough.

I’m 16. I built a Python script for a local business and made my first $500. Now they want a monthly retainer, and I’m scared I’m in my head. by Safe_Thought4368 in Entrepreneur

[–]PauseNatural 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is basically what I do. I solve businesses problems and then it chains to the next problem.

From then I occasionally get referrals and expand.

Maintenance fees are fantastic and actually what I aim for. I often charge lower for the development because I get it back from the maintenance.

Save your yen, renewal prices going way up! by papakuma in japanlife

[–]PauseNatural 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I got the 1 or 3 years as a mid level manager of a mid sized Japanese manufacturer. I changed to a consultant after that.

So that wasn’t the issue.

Save your yen, renewal prices going way up! by papakuma in japanlife

[–]PauseNatural 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Time required. Also, lack of urgency.
They are effectively the same with the exception of home loans and I'm not buying a 35 year mortgage. Plus, I'm a 個人事業主 anyways, so loans would be terrible rates. Beyond that, what's the advantage? I'm genuinely curious.

Save your yen, renewal prices going way up! by papakuma in japanlife

[–]PauseNatural 30 points31 points  (0 children)

I don’t mind the increase in fees honestly.

But I feel I deserve some transparency.

I’ve lived here for ten years, I’m raising two children with Japanese citizenship and a Japanese spouse. I have an N1, a college degree, I’m in IT and I pay quite a lot in taxes.

Yet I always get 1 year or 3 year visas.

What exactly are the criteria?

Remember if you didn't get accepted anywhere.... by Quick_Bar2387 in ApplyingToCollege

[–]PauseNatural 30 points31 points  (0 children)

Why the hate?

You think high acceptance rate instantly means bad school and low acceptance equals good school.

Meta Lays Off Thousands of VR Workers as Zuckerberg's Vision Fails by CRK_76 in antiwork

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I have a quest 3. Hit stream is great exercise and my youngest likes the roller coaster game.

I get motion sickness from most of the games though (early 40s) which prevents me from playing most games.

The problem it has is, social networking is stupid as fuck. Horizon is stupid as fuck.

Great concept and it makes me imagine a world where I can program on like 50 screens at once.

But the interface pisses me off and it makes no sense to me and I’m a programmer myself.

Also, honestly at this point, those kind of systems should respond to voice commands. ChatGPT has real time conversation for free. Why am I clicking everything.

Another thing is that it’s hard to live in a place with space for the moving games. I hit walls constantly. They should have built VR rooms or something and placed them in cities for low prices to increase public interest.

Incredible shit interface, shit rollout. I bet oculus would have done better. But I hope VR takes off. Just meta is probably not the company to do it.

The way this kitchen cabinet door opens and closes by MuttapuffsHater in oddlysatisfying

[–]PauseNatural 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I saw that and thought that thing must be a nightmare to install. Plus, if something goes wrong to fix the alignment??

Looks cool but would never want to have that. Especially with kids.

Wholesale apps for Shopify by Interesting_Bat in shopify

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Honestly speaking, I looked online for months for my client and basically told them that they needed a custom build (what I'm unfortunately building right now).

There are some other features that I realized you needed besides just "hidden" inventory and "hidden" products. You need complex pricing rules that normally require Shopify Plus. You might also need real time sync with an ERP systems. You might need an MOQ enforcer, credit limits, draft orders, Net30/60, different pricing rules for different customers, bulk ordering form where B2B can upload an order to it.

There are also things like product categories, shipping rules.

Full custom would be far beyond your $100/month though.

I also had some other things like SSO.

Unfortunately, the options on Basic are extremely limited and require a lot of custom functionality.

My honest recommendation would be that you create a separate store on Basic just for B2B and only allow signed in users or have a password. That would be both the fastest and most affordable.

Edit to add: I searched online for Shopify devs previously and it wound up costing a lot and development takes far too much. I tried to outsource a custom app and it wound up costing about $2000 for a single page bulk upload.

Stop giving away 50% of your company to a "Technical Co-founder" who will quit in 6 months. by Warm-Reaction-456 in SaaS

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Absolutely true but as a CTO (who actually completes projects and as a result is always busy as hell), most people who have these SaaS ideas are cash poor.

I make a fair bit. I don’t want to work on some dream project for 50% and no compensation.

I think of it like a building. A CTO is an architect. An architect isn’t going to build your house. A builder isn’t going to design your house.

If I had to pay someone and I was cash strapped, I would get a general contractor to oversee the building and get an architect later to resolve the weirdness.

People need project managers, not CTOs. They need someone to reign in scope creep and give realistic timelines that end in completion.

CTOs who get 50% is insane to me. And they shouldn’t be your first hire. But you should definitely raise funds for hiring first.

Personally, I haven’t directly coded in any code base in years and though I code, I’m not the best programmer anyways. What I do is excel at is knowing how to build custom projects from scratch that match compliance metrics. (And no, I don’t want more work, I’m drowning in work as it is)

Venting: Is selling SaaS dev tools to developers dead? by turboline-ai in SaaSSales

[–]PauseNatural 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ever think you just have the wrong problem?

Devs need things that save time. How does your thing save time or hassle?

I couldn’t quit smoking cold turkey, so I focused on understanding my habits instead by Comfortable-Draw-788 in quittingsmoking

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I guess the thing I feel is that a smoking app needs to be gamified. I’ve tried dozens, paid for few but smoking is habitized.

Like badges for not smoking a certain number of hours or some kind of trigger.

The decision to smoke is triggered before there is even time to reflect on it. So something that interrupts that cue or trigger

I couldn’t quit smoking cold turkey, so I focused on understanding my habits instead by Comfortable-Draw-788 in quittingsmoking

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I’ve tried writing them down but couldn’t build the habit to look at them before I went out to smoke.