15:[[30930766,{"by":"kodjima33","descendants":2,"id":30930766,"kids":[30931430,30933650],"score":2,"text":"We are a Series-A company looking for a tool that automatically connects to our Stripe account and sends monthly reports to investors

What do you guys use/suggest?","time":1649243755,"title":"Ask HN: Best Tool for Investors Reporting?","type":"story"}],[30924209,{"by":"sussexby","descendants":16,"id":30924209,"kids":[30928245,30924864,30924622,30925837,30934796,30927785,30927302,30926871,30933600,30926867,30926254,30924778,30924530,30924557],"score":27,"text":"$16","time":1649188850,"title":"Ask HN: How to Combat Imposter Syndrome?","type":"story"}],[30911623,{"by":"ccleve","descendants":417,"id":30911623,"kids":[30912995,30913209,30912469,30912626,30914682,30912382,30912427,30915875,30912087,30912421,30912520,30913168,30913089,30912291,30912989,30916219,30912521,30914061,30912319,30913627,30914342,30917364,30913039,30911718,30912958,30912681,30912892,30912412,30913179,30913370,30915105,30914068,30912237,30915896,30914439,30911800,30913530,30923557,30912523,30913692,30919471,30914745,30912746,30913166,30929711,30912154,30914707,30915431,30914700,30915686,30916266,30915512,30911845,30919071,30916752,30915337,30916523,30911761,30918805,30912272,30916495,30915917,30914956,30911652,30917937,30913174,30914246,30944039,30913152,30913232,30916492,30917821,30919738,30915379,30917593,30913905,30913564,30912761,30912537,30916687,30913229,30913153,30912667,30913330,30916936,30918018,30913618,30916070,30915253,30913129,30915586,30915560,30915425,30915636,30924510,30915245,30915799,30913590,30922379,30913377,30916789,30927103,30915309,30913639,30927110,30916367,30913099,30926444,30915846,30930365,30914615,30919154,30913006,30912366],"score":936,"text":"$17","time":1649104338,"title":"Tell HN: My kid's school installed spyware and I can't remove it","type":"story"}],[30918495,{"by":"hugohamelcom","descendants":215,"id":30918495,"kids":[30920699,30919581,30919480,30919806,30919375,30918980,30919093,30918911,30920326,30920312,30919699,30921003,30919951,30920445,30919706,30922383,30920564,30919096,30919474,30919020,30921800,30919166,30923814,30919895,30922454,30921452,30919903,30920118,30919592,30920401,30924456,30920399,30920693,30920294,30919442,30920826,30920031,30920279,30919085,30919537,30921184,30920491,30920358,30921139,30919080,30924360,30926100,30923218,30919479,30919678,30919002,30919987,30919488,30920494,30920448,30947553,30922681,30922994,30927237,30920422,30919478,30920486,30920809,30919628,30920454,30923671,30918907,30944290,30919138,30919670],"score":190,"text":"$18","time":1649164194,"title":"I decided that I must live my life on my terms","type":"story"}],[30867313,{"by":"etamponi","descendants":5,"id":30867313,"kids":[30869561,30867863,30867934,30867476,30882382],"score":4,"text":"I think you all have been in this situation: you are going to present your work to a large audience. You're nervous, perhaps the demo you prepared so carefully didn't play as good as you wanted. You keep going, the audience seems interested, you're happy. You finally reach the slide you're proud about.

And then a question comes.\nAnd then another question. And another.\nThey seem critic.

And you just stop listening to the questions. You wait for them to finish, and then reply with some random sentences vaguely related with the topic of the question (if you are lucky).

That is: you just stopped listening.

The situation above is just an example. The same can happen in a chatroom, or on an email thread while you defend your design doc. The point is: it looks like your brain just does not want to listen to the question. You repeat it in your mind, and still you don't get the point.

How do you handle these situations? Do you recommend some specific approaches?","time":1648735396,"title":"Ask HN: How to Listen to Questions?","type":"story"}],[30860859,{"by":"labrador","descendants":228,"id":30860859,"kids":[30865282,30861770,30861135,30866760,30863331,30861567,30863624,30868330,30866161,30864990,30861767,30861141,30868340,30865280,30861711,30861223,30860954,31006540,30866969,30864859,30861755,30862999,30861813,30864794,30876086,30865830,30863818,30861893,30867307,30871227,30867300,30864289,30861930,30861278,30864941,30862080,30861774,30861876,30865476,30864791,30864452,30865500,30870078,30869432,30864325,30865254,30863017,30865643,30861603,30886039,30865316,30865987,30869647,30864822,30870675,30864436,30861783,30861557,30862800,30868409,30891023,30868173,30867854,30861120,30861696,30863062,30863029,30861792,30868584,30861855],"score":151,"text":"I'm not talking about Meta the company, but rather thier Facebook property. I've been on for about 13 years. My newsfeed lately is a graveyard only populated by ads and some groups I belong to. The only friends left are narcissists or people selling something. I'm not motivated to post anything because I get much less engagement in the form of likes or comments than I used to. Just curious if this is just me or everyone knows it's dying.","time":1648674941,"title":"Ask HN: Is Facebook Dying?","type":"story"}],[30842565,{"by":"pketh","descendants":120,"id":30842565,"kids":[30843170,30845177,30844438,30843754,30843304,30847812,30842596,30844136,30843504,30844679,30845543,30843626,30844930,30843508,30846710,30843769,30847844,30844942,30870657,30849117,30847535,30847569,30849308,30844333,30846358,30875255,30853600,30851828,30847490,30846951,30846996,30851260,30868565,30845033],"score":199,"text":"Whenever I'm searching for anything even mildly off the beaten path, it's not uncommon for the top results to be SEO stuffed spam websites, or maybe even real websites that I can't access (like paywalls or requiring adblocker exceptions to proceed). Usually pages from the same domains are top-ranked for other related searches too.

As a user I'd love to be able to tell my search engine to "Never show me results from this domains" (similar to blocking an account on Twitter) – but as far as I can tell there is no way to do this in either Google or DuckDuckGo search.

This seems like such low-hanging fruit to me that I'm wondering if other people have ever wanted this, and if there's actually a reason not to do it.","time":1648562162,"title":"Ask HN: Why do search engines not let you blacklist spam domains?","type":"story"}],[30858033,{"by":"whatshisface","descendants":20,"id":30858033,"kids":[30858984,30859155,30862036,30860079,30859761,30860084,30858183,30859288,30859926,30859589,30864063,30905932,30859032,30859776,30868557,30859919],"score":76,"text":"$19","time":1648660390,"title":"Ask HN: How dangerous is it to trust Google?","type":"story"}],[30867999,{"by":"greenail","descendants":5,"id":30867999,"kids":[30868150,30880667,30868535,30868149],"score":4,"text":"I was listening to BBC's global news podcast this morning and was somewhat surprised to hear a reporter describe themselves as a "climate misinformation reporter". Seems odd to me. Is this a new thing? NYT is hiring for this role https://talkingbiznews.com/biz-news-help-wanted/ny-times-seeks-misinformation-reporter-on-tech-desk/

'This is a beat that intersects with almost every part of the report, including media, politics, health and international, so an ability and willingness to collaborate is essential. A sense of humor is also required'

Not much mention of how a 'misinformation reporter' is different from a regular journalist.","time":1648739083,"title":"Ask HN: What Is a 'Misinformation Reporter'","type":"story"}],[30859821,{"by":"acadapter","descendants":23,"id":30859821,"kids":[30860111,30862958,30860215,30861474,30859859,30860226,30868468,30863040,30860789,30861737,30860195,30860428,30859897,30862876,30860033,30860119],"score":10,"text":"I'm aware that there are different sets of special characters for different languages, and that some have a menu system (such as the Japanese input).

What would you like to be commonplace on most people's keyboards?

I'll start with ≈.","time":1648668904,"title":"Ask HN: What symbols would you like to add to the standard keyboard?","type":"story"}],[30862995,{"by":"pigsinzen","descendants":10,"id":30862995,"kids":[30864778,30863781,30863822,30864269,30863695,30879456,30868411,30872008],"score":35,"text":"I spent my first 4 years in the industry doing freelance and word-of-mouth contractual work. The following decade has been all corporate, salary positions. This has all been remote/WFH.

I'm interested in consulting. I want to make sure I understand what separates a consultant from a salary employee, freelancer, or even just an entrepreneur. I am also curious how one successfully enters the consulting world.

My goals are to have more control over my schedule, avoid another decade of job hopping, and enter the next stage of my professional development. I have no interest in corporate politics nor do I care to watch Slack or have my butt in a seat during certain hours just in case someone needs me. I'm hoping that I understand what it means to be a consultant and whether its a good fit for me.

Can anyone shed some light on what life is like as a consultant along with tips or anecdotes about getting started?","time":1648691124,"title":"Ask HN: What is consulting and how to start?","type":"story"}],[30858942,{"by":"natpalmer1776","descendants":19,"id":30858942,"kids":[30859322,30860975,30872829,30859903,30868390,30859395,30862798,30861320,30859847],"score":49,"text":"I am asking specifically from the Software Engineering / Development field fo work, but it can likely be applied to a great many other fields.

I would like to know how others go about finding peers to discuss the more abstract or theoretical aspects of their craft/trade/field to a degree that a "9-to-5er" would typically just not care about.

In my work life I find it difficult to engage others in discussions about computer science theories, or even obtain advice about perceived best practices. Those who have the knowledge and experience seem too burnt out with the industry to care, and those without are usually in the industry for the status & pay.

So how / where do you find people who care?","time":1648664836,"title":"Ask HN: How do you find peers in your field who care about their craft?","type":"story"}],[30860259,{"by":"pedrolins","descendants":98,"id":30860259,"kids":[30860388,30861054,30860813,30862015,30861325,30860575,30862478,30860455,30861007,30862692,30860900,30860919,30861823,30860652,30860514,30863020,30861514,30860370,30868363,30860833,30863319,30860484],"score":148,"text":"$1a","time":1648671465,"title":"Ask HN: How does a CPU communicate with a GPU?","type":"story"}],[30842680,{"by":"vicvvv","descendants":55,"id":30842680,"kids":[30843659,30843555,30842836,30844168,30843323,30843493,30844243,30844394,30847033,30858163,30845646,30843295,30844892,30843424,30844742,30843248,30843917,30843231,30842923,30844906,30844396,30844796,30844462,30843306,30845565,30845540,30843434,30844270,30844298,30876564,30844533,30844646,30843224],"score":18,"text":"It seems that VCs is throwing money indiscriminately at anything with a narrative.

Do you disagree with the fact that eco-chambers are getting bigger and louder? This in turn crowds out the true subcultures and emerging behavior.

If content marketing, meta-verse, tokenization of everything, short-form video, and meme investing are overrated, what seems underrated but high impact in the future?

What real problems are worth solving today with computers?","time":1648562714,"title":"Ask HN: What would you do with a million dollars today?","type":"story"}],[30822339,{"by":"debanjan16","descendants":273,"id":30822339,"kids":[30823369,30823013,30824305,30822511,30822785,30824308,30827695,30826949,30825699,30824200,30823189,30827343,30822532,30822823,30824320,30823455,30822907,30825077,30827785,30822888,30829173,30827823,30823316,30823361,30824379,30823245,30825862,30828132,30826270,30825229,30824230,30823416,30823109,30824243,30829215,30822572,30822700,30828519,30824746,30823841,30822625,30823471,30826292,30824816,30823137,30825881,30826939,30823394,30824874,30822368,30829273,30823026,30824046,30828886,30827495,30823657,30822526,30823381,30823519,30824875,30900545,30825097,30828547,30828658,30823908,30823802,30827509,30824324,30822454,30822741,30828701,30823191,30828541,30828115,30825976,30823031,30828267,30827949,30824645,30824371,30830933,30827150,30823661,30827250,30827030,30825585,30828614,30824422,30828586,30832467,30826246,30858477,30829812,30857015,30825929,30840307,30826972,30828008,30825567,30823159,30829038,30822697,30825598,30823409,30830714,30823543,30823811,30828671,30822939,30827202,30823738,30825175,30826655,30823732,30825774,30825768],"score":569,"text":"If you were to choose one book (or maybe more than one :P) to lure a curious person to your field of study, which will you choose?

For example: How to Design Programs for Computer Science.

Note: It has to be inviting for someone that knows nothing about the field but becomes hooked after reading it. Not some epitome which is revered by experts only.","time":1648403649,"title":"Ask HN: Which book can attract anyone towards your field of study?","type":"story"}],[30842490,{"by":"joelrosenthal","descendants":18,"id":30842490,"kids":[30842851,30843303,30843163,30854559,30858594,30842795,30845626,30842498,30856512],"score":14,"text":"I've been fortunate to work with some exceptionally bright people who have taught me more than they will ever really know. Some have helped me technically, others with inter-personal skills, and others have been there for me when I was having a rough time. I always make a point of saying thank you but it's almost like I've said it so much it's lost meaning. How do you show a coworker that you're truly grateful?","time":1648561720,"title":"Ask HN: How to Show Gratitude to a Coworker","type":"story"}],[30854399,{"by":"somanynails","descendants":6,"id":30854399,"kids":[30855201,30856416,30855613,30854455,30854437],"score":2,"text":"I have been wondering lately: If I call a company for whatever reason and need to unlock my screen during the call, can the company/entity on the other end of the line see the PIN i use to unlock my screen?

Bonus question: what if I need to open my password manager or input a pin into another app (authentication or otherwise requesting pin) that is not affiliated with the company I am calling?

I'm mainly interested how it works on android but my curiosity wouldn't mind if someone has insights into other platforms as well..","time":1648644443,"title":"Ask HN: Can a caller/callee see my pincode?","type":"story"}],[30847402,{"by":"ElectronShak","descendants":66,"id":30847402,"kids":[30847781,30847461,30848684,30847434,30849089,30848639,30848658,30847421,30862820,30849229,30847776,30852104,30847830,30851098,30849349,30867439,30855671,30848361,30856374,30849318,30848465,30849659,30850286,30849635,30850672,30848529,30849747],"score":21,"text":"Watching Stranger things, and Wow, the 80's, so colourful! What a time to be alive!

I was born in 1995, but I wish I'd experienced the 80's. I'd like to know was it like for HN'ers who were there at the time.","time":1648582880,"title":"Ask HN: What made the 80s so pleasant?","type":"story"}],[30814248,{"by":"dondraper36","descendants":543,"id":30814248,"kids":[30817506,30815498,30814516,30815202,30815319,30819002,30814577,30814478,30815502,30815221,30814967,30816588,30814439,30814526,30816134,30815036,30814575,30816151,30815441,30815336,30817022,30815863,30814703,30814607,30815394,30815532,30816795,30814509,30815451,30816239,30815696,30814506,30820621,30815078,30816330,30819035,30815619,30832593,30816202,30814487,30816988,30814485,30831781,30816203,30816768,30814530,30815833,30814368,30816022,30815443,30814700,30816105,30814658,30814440,30814463,30817782,30814560,30815647,30814689,30815129,30820779,30818770,30815830,30815209,30819838,30815872,30815244,30816259,30815640,30819335,30816531,30816602,30815369,30815236,30814447,30822105,30823300,30816177,30814369,30819121,30818873,30814469,30814712,30817200,30819207,30877386,30817409,30816110,30817472,30815910,30816470,30819796,30815825,30817229,30819961,30815591,30819578,30815896,30816236,30816320,30820603,30819323,30817112,30832107,30815211,30820233,30814448,30820510,30815656,30815806,30814680,30814635,30815776,30815200,30814474,30817225,30822964,30815360,30815249,30819427,30818799,30817872,30815059,30821693,30816351,30816622,30816367,30818690,30816793,30816200,30815787,30816196,30815056,30827876,30815817,30816136,30820240,30837142,30816038,30815526,30817285,30816499,30815352,30814796,30814769,30815758,30815392,30819696,30815207,30816150,30814394,30815119,30816080,30816272,30814693,30814436,30815560,30819675,30815331,30815334,30856513,30816811,30815405,30816444,30817712,30817120,30818609,30814679,30817824,30815264,30815968,30815408,30816608,30820268,30820888,30815158,30816031,30815102,30817284,30815212,30819734,30815269,30819738,30815099,30817605,30824517,30820454,30814475,30816017,30816688,30818073,30816180,30821819,30829609,30815522,30816119,30818755,30817726,30819100,30817724,30817199,30854165,30814615,30863790,30816707,30815090,30814429,30815590,30817607,30816662,30818142,30846174,30814387,30814928,30814444,30815757,30814655,30819226,30817547,30862870,30818402,30817168,30814699,30814589,30816544,30815397,30815204,30815839,30816557,30819098,30827304,30817256,30814676,30815358,30819278,30818299,30816812,30818613,30815215,30842362,30818018,30829586,30814889,30817286,30816990,30817333,30815539,30815469,30816728,30817336,30818701,30827091,30815377,30815367,30815888,30818105,30832180,30816683,30817478,30816144,30818352,30815410,30815786,30814624,30823288,30820109,30816176,30815460,30843935,30818589,30815172,30818381,30820405,30819553,30818145,30814982,30814547,30815252,30817262,30816008,30816139,30818152,30818777,30817327,30816800,30815503,30819180,30820344,30817956,30817901,30815660,30815538,30815332,30817232,30814523,30817974,30824612,30816074,30815912,30817601,30815851,30814421],"score":520,"text":"Recently, I cannot help but notice how shy and socially awkward I might be at times, which is quite frustrating.

To be fair to myself, I am not awful in social situations in that depending on the context I can be seemingly confident and calm, especially when I am among people I know and the context is familiar.

When it comes to new people and places, everything changes dramatically. My voice changes, my posture changes, everything changes. I can start being awkward in all possible senses.

The discomfort gets to the point where I blush and this physical state of vulnerability and self-doubt of course makes things even worse :)

I understand that all of that relates to self-esteem and phychology in general therefore my question.

It's common to advise hitting on the gym, which I just started doing last week. Funnily, the gym is the place where I last noticed my awkward behavior :)

If you have managed to deal with that and improve in that regard, what is your success story?","time":1648320562,"title":"Ask HN: If you used to be socially awkward and shy, how did you improve?","type":"story"}],[30840992,{"by":"samh748","descendants":9,"id":30840992,"kids":[30842334,30841401,30851033,30841923,30841849],"score":8,"text":"$1b","time":1648551294,"title":"Ask HN: Tips on writing long-form non-fiction?","type":"story"}],[30839107,{"by":"i5heu","descendants":45,"id":30839107,"kids":[30840136,30840156,30840724,30839283,30839680,30839329,30841438,30840745,30839754,30847708,30840124,30841669,30841978,30840613,30843951,30847016,30847014,30842290,30840201,30841884,30841684,30839732],"score":20,"text":"If you can, answer with a cost estimate and what the "return" of your investment is or will be.","time":1648531993,"title":"Ask HN: What has been your single best investment?","type":"story"}],[30835403,{"by":"WinterMount223","descendants":28,"id":30835403,"kids":[30835550,30837973,30835694,30836377,30837726,30835536,30836217,30837626,30837153,30843906,30837892,30835826,30835597,30838218,30835544,30837761,30837732,30837368,30842272,30841975,30839384],"score":18,"text":"This is mainly due to security concerns and secondarily for ease of maintenance of network/systems.","time":1648500613,"title":"Ask HN: Is it reasonable to ban Windows OS from our workplace?","type":"story"}],[30829666,{"by":"servytor","descendants":57,"id":30829666,"kids":[30830601,30829834,30830134,30830240,30830249,30830917,30830522,30830467,30829934,30830613,30830793,30830912,30830717,30833046,30830171,30831805,30830379,30830129,30836395,30829882,30830780,30830709,30834502,30830850,30830724,30836946,30830340,30830269,30830414,30830539,30830214,30830248,30833104],"score":22,"text":"I define it as when machines understand people.","time":1648469858,"title":"Ask HN: How do you define the singularity?","type":"story"}],[30829003,{"by":"bkmn","descendants":253,"id":30829003,"kids":[30830918,30829856,30831329,30831354,30829492,30830003,30829551,30829898,30830494,30829595,30830031,30830902,30832073,30829599,30829511,30829894,30835136,30832256,30829661,30829559,30829515,30830136,30831848,30831357,30829168,30832505,30832287,30829655,30831711,30895173,30829537,30829214,30831690,30830642,30831546,30831047,30832801,30829457,30842592,30829627,30833103,30832032,30829545,30833831,30830974,30838557,30830955,30832426,30836343,30829902,30830421,30830939,30839797,30832020,30840566,30829933,30833872,30832966,30831804,30831296,30839568,30832397,30829940,30829738,30829848,30831534,30832088,30829782,30829626,30830809,30838666,30836007,30832141,30831176,30829430,30832760,30834631,30841909,30832551,30829976,30829909,30832373,30832442,30829851,30829588,30829708,30829516,30829739],"score":177,"text":"What is 'positive impact', you ask. Well, I'm eager to hear your ideas but I'm thinking software that tackles the big challenges: energy usage, preventing armed conflicts, reducing poverty, STEM training, improving access to sustainable environments, implementing AI, et cetera.

I would argue Wikipedia continues to be a very important software project (albeit with an emphasis on the database on content than the wiki software itself), and Linux as this specific piece of software serves as a platform for many other applications and services.

What do you see?","time":1648462576,"title":"Ask HN: Software with biggest potential for positive impact in 5 years?","type":"story"}]]

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