16:[[44240302,{"by":"charleszyong","descendants":219,"id":44240302,"kids":[44244417,44240853,44241233,44253089,44240818,44241446,44241738,44240475,44241312,44241272,44242171,44249280,44241754,44240729,44241722,44240515,44240764,44240480,44241799,44251521,44241074,44240617,44243809,44241651,44249725,44249593,44248368,44250269,44242501,44244501,44240814,44240723,44243457,44240584,44245252,44242080,44240932,44241505,44242905,44241291,44243895,44242239,44240904,44242345,44243305,44243380,44243521,44253030,44241489,44241186,44242563,44244331,44249768,44243085,44240726,44243385,44241571,44240610,44240779,44240971,44240804,44244007,44247702,44241984,44241672,44246182,44241795,44241830,44252190,44245894,44240634,44241510,44243182,44243839,44244104,44240507,44242465,44243179,44243383,44241011,44253607,44240455],"score":580,"text":"$17","time":1749582737,"title":"Launch HN: Vassar Robotics (YC X25) – $219 robot arm that learns new skills","type":"story"}],[36908574,{"by":"proberts","descendants":391,"id":36908574,"kids":[36909763,36909526,36914072,36913463,36909197,36909560,36917405,36911445,36909418,36908822,36911375,36909462,36908988,36908817,36914371,36908879,36914731,36913008,36912367,36913646,36912314,36908668,36908723,36909939,36912684,36911238,36911336,36912117,36908785,36911918,36909421,36912405,36909780,36909718,36908792,36908888,36910051,36909406,36910716,36912219,36911344,36910269,36910181,36910730,36912424,36913804,36909328,36909341,36912207,36910976,36912075,36910369,36909298,36915197,36913351,36913574,36910929,36911182,36913151,36914122,36915686,36918139,36910790,36912205,36910965,36909668,36914031,36908804,36916989,36912604,36925991,36912411,36909446,36916290,36915840,36911381,36911100,36908872,36913404,36912547,36909373,36910998,36910320,36910564,36909092,36909314,36911071,36911418,36912023,36910909,36914164,36913612,36913510,36917685,36909864,36909731,36911823,36913118,36911893,36912286,36908851,36911400,36914100,36909149,36908945,36912837,36911239,36913547,36909215,36910761,36913126,36910902,36908779,36912735,36914076,36912124,36913307,36912665,36911289,36908840,36912434,36910621,36909532,36911960,36908678,36909322,36908923,36908794,36908834],"score":338,"text":"Hello HN! It's been about 9 months since we've done one of these and it seems like time for another. Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

I'll be here for the next 2-3 hours and then after a break of about 1 hour for another 2-3 hours. As usual, there are many possible topics and I'll be guided by whatever you're concerned with. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers!","time":1690559036,"title":"I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. 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for another AMA. Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.

I'll be here for the next 5 hours. As usual, there are countless possible immigration-related topics and I'll try to respond to whatever questions you ask but as much as possible I'd like to focus on issues related to the pandemic and the corresponding travel and visa bans and suspensions, office closures, etc. Please remember that I can't provide legal advice on specific cases for obvious liability reasons because I won't have access to all the facts. Please stick to a factual discussion in your questions and comments and I'll try to do the same in my answers!","time":1595603129,"title":"I’m Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA","type":"story"}],[19900955,{"by":"nathanasmith","descendants":401,"id":19900955,"kids":[19901740,19901559,19905658,19902291,19901468,19902590,19904070,19901591,19901907,19902332,19902838,19906381,19904622,19905017,19903658,19903836,19901818,19903281,19904755,19903675,19905201,19904579,19902094,19903512,19901553,19904342,19901501,19903093,19903602,19907433,19902265,19902004,19902054,19913833,19902359,19901989,19902391,19901543,19903403,19910128,19901912,19904320,19901937,19903707,19901504,19904758,19902687,19901808,19903990,19904987,19903016,19908191,19904322,19902798,19906225,19906456,19904576,19906285,19904242,19906956,19902619,19901859,19906510,19904359,19902733,19904458,19903899,19903203,19905000,19902177,19906480,19941734,19904989,19907043,19904411,19901428,19905096,19905937,19909482,19902018,19905067,19902920,19902282,19907244,19902222,19904347,19905098,19904951,19907508,19901790,19904545,19907936,19907015,19904593,19904401,19911370,19903172,19905091,19904263,19904699,19906264,19902067,19908416,19901058,19906586,19903200,19904975,19904396,19901963],"score":927,"text":"$1d","time":1557765251,"title":"Ask HN: What overlooked class of tools should a self-taught programmer look into","type":"story"}],[19423228,{"by":"bradhoffman","descendants":197,"id":19423228,"kids":[19426540,19425394,19426610,19424833,19424859,19424693,19425626,19424300,19424495,19425070,19426136,19425671,19427429,19424682,19428570,19425972,19429188,19424352,19424193,19427133,19426982,19427619,19438043,19425063,19425141,19424904,19424603,19462977,19425006,19425926,19424443,19425179,19425489,19424489,19426715,19426017,19425203,19481804,19425375,19424407,19431597,19431057,19425647,19426507,19427374,19427549,19424378,19424405,19424875,19426130,19426484,19425621,19428217,19424754,19425760,19424731,19425445,19424649,19426524,19425670,19432043,19424484,19430465,19425080,19424709,19425295,19424400,19426641,19424416,19424151,19424442,19424228,19428854,19425717,19424464,19424255,19424711,19424252,19425598,19425320,19425114,19425770,19428505,19424397,19424435,19425237,19429652,19425341,19426963,19426940,19425103,19424856,19424257,19425542,19424457,19424881,19424342,19424652],"score":440,"text":"I am currently working for a startup and am one of 3 developers. Most of my work revolves around building the API in Node + Express as well as some small projects with MongoDB. The other developers don't really assist me since they have their own projects to work on, and, honestly, they have less experience and knowledge than I do.

So my question is: What is the best way for me to go about learning best practices in API development, or using MongoDB, or even just being a better software developer in general?","time":1552931037,"title":"Ask HN: How to learn best practices when you have no one to teach you?","type":"story"}],[18953356,{"by":"danr4","descendants":75,"id":18953356,"kids":[18954063,18954121,18953679,18954302,18954305,18954393,18953940,18954776,18954040,18954050,18953878,18953792,18953883,18954685,18955897,18964784,18953718,18954218,18954006,18954183,18954237,18954048,18953909,18954492,18954062,18954339,18954900,18954379,18957608,18954571,18954547,18954460,18986896,18953770,18953802,18953803,18953822,18958580,18953868,18955885,18954719,18956193,18954832,18954455,18962966,18954558,18954708,19019499,18954965],"score":111,"text":"I find it hard to keep off from mindlessly browsing the web because I'm so dependent on it as a web developer.

It's become second nature to Ctrl+T and 'fa' for facebook, 'news' for HackerNews, 'red' for reddit, etc. that I barely notice I'm doing it.

I also regularly stay up another hour instead of going to sleep, "to catch up" on things that really don't matter or I can view tomorrow.","time":1547996986,"title":"Ask HN: How to deal with internet addiction?","type":"story"}],[18837334,{"by":"amadk","descendants":439,"id":18837334,"kids":[18841265,18837780,18839990,18838517,18839671,18839177,18837755,18838287,18837863,18837798,18837747,18837808,18839147,18837901,18840912,18839500,18841125,18839301,18839788,18839090,18839891,18842033,18838222,18838250,18839112,18837746,18837925,18838267,18837805,18839865,18837792,18838058,18837838,18839959,18839403,18837702,18840185,18848754,18838028,18840434,18838931,18837785,18840499,18837896,18837741,18839258,18839757,18840303,18838433,18839153,18841931,18839538,18837773,18839711,18840572,18838752,18842915,18838306,18842835,18837763,18840789,18840805,18847352,18843292,18839089,18838262,18845479,18844142,18839377,18847768,18840373,18839905,18847570,18845196,18839270,18837921,18837916,18838773,18839505,18839338,18838775,18840044,18846026,18840350,18838249,18842408,18840684,18844039,18840018,18842905,18839197,18837889,18838179,18839910,18838083,18837945,18839688,18837895,18840265,18838677,18839691,18839521,18845057,18838000,18838732,18838753,18843570,18843132,18840056,18853789,18838737,18840163,18838190,18882495,18852441,18839365,18838178,18838194,18838796,18838111,18837739,18838650,18839663,18843795,18839675,18844071,18837858,18837955,18863774,18841325,18843358,18848846,18839643,18839714,18843835,18842812,18846501,18841209,18838461,18839190,18843745,18838746,18837965,18840469,18838193,18847051,18839496,18838439,18839641,18837912,18841831,18841578,18843676,18838479,18838218,18838128,18837754,18844840,18872799,18839094,18855727,18842182,18838861,18839077,18845875,18839565,18843691,18837908,18839709,18840267,18854412,18848385,18844574,18841716,18839938,18842807,18838769,18841888,18838443,18848145,18846821,18890078,18842109,18842162,18838466,18837864,18850086,18846505,18891133,18838245,18840092,18844689,18839789,18838057,18840795,18839843,18839950,18842190,18847521,18849246,18840180,18838649,18838421,18840031,18845351,18844033,18838204,18839045,18839003,18840219,18839320,18840141,18843210,18838967,18838011,18839677],"score":985,"text":"In other words, how do you decide between what you want to work on and what should be worked on?

I've been stuck with trying to figure what to do with the rest of my life. I can't decide whether I should be working on what I want to work on (Energy, AI) or whether I should work on what I believe should be worked on (Healthcare).

It's a short life, so I want to be careful with this decision, to avoid any future regrets. Because I can't decide on this, I end up not getting anything done. Time continues to march on, while I'm still stuck with not knowing what to do.

Has anyone had any experience with this before? If yes, then what and how did you make your decision? What was the outcome? Is there a middle ground or silver lining, where you managed to work on both cases?","time":1546764419,"title":"Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?","type":"story"}],[18710525,{"by":"windowshopping","descendants":42,"id":18710525,"kids":[18710654,18711552,18710861,18712025,18711718,18711127,18710848,18712599,18710937,18710594,18710585,18711277,18711418,18710978,18711802,18710975,18712396,18710900,18711789,18711615,18711025,18712054,18712302,18710667,18711751,18710617,18711529,18710851,18712494,18712069,18711351,18712133,18710893,18710574],"score":14,"text":"I've spoken to a couple recruiters today who say it's uncommon for companies to reimburse applicants for travel, even if they have to get a flight from another state.

It's always been my personal policy that if they don't pay for travel, I decline the interview. These recruiters are ever so slightly making me wonder if I'm being entitled, although I don't really think I am.

What's your position on it?","time":1545166889,"title":"Ask HN: Would you accept a distant interview with no travel reimbursement?","type":"story"}],[18476626,{"by":"uvu","descendants":66,"id":18476626,"kids":[18476672,18477442,18477183,18477166,18476735,18477064,18477007,18478363,18477022,18478000,18476809,18479300,18476990,18476649,18477331,18477359,18477057,18476775,18480834,18477154,18477030,18481731,18477797,18477659,18476766,18476935,18477023,18485234,18477916,18477557,18478736,18477534,18477530,18478122,18476706,18477961,18477238,18481128,18477937,18485783,18479183,18478348],"score":280,"text":"While you are in busy, you want to learn or create something new. But, not when you have free time. It's always happened to me. And I ask some of my few friends and they said the same thing as well.

Can HN explain me why and how to overcome that?","time":1542478516,"title":"Ask HN: Why do we want to learn something new when we don't have time?","type":"story"}],[18407073,{"by":"mitchbob","descendants":286,"id":18407073,"kids":[18407642,18407974,18408585,18407790,18408041,18408325,18408177,18410378,18408484,18408022,18407547,18407724,18407658,18409247,18407944,18408370,18407943,18408461,18408403,18408077,18409984,18407839,18408358,18407942,18409133,18410884,18407578,18408310,18407622,18408384,18407882,18408117,18411248,18409431,18409261,18409109,18407996,18408990,18407977,18407616,18408462,18407934,18408202,18408013,18407701],"score":247,"time":1541692242,"title":"Sundar Pichai: ‘Technology Doesn’t Solve Humanity’s Problems’","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/business/sundar-pichai-google-corner-office.html"}],[17384564,{"by":"rishirishi","descendants":78,"id":17384564,"kids":[17384731,17384823,17384725,17384730,17384721,17384853,17386281,17384858,17384750,17387524,17384697,17385100,17384701,17384809,17384856,17385023,17385946,17384727,17384842,17384892,17384695,17385521,17384871,17384706,17389299,17384709,17385351,17384771,17384866,17385325,17384996,17389428,17384859],"score":74,"text":"A manager in this context is one that has direct reports and does not directly contribute to the work.

It is not to say that what managers do is not important. But, I am not yet convinced that as a manager you should get paid more because you have direct reports and have people management responsibilities.","time":1529806157,"title":"Ask HN: Why do managers get paid more than individual contributors?","type":"story"}],[16875106,{"by":"yaseer","descendants":113,"id":16875106,"kids":[16875523,16875952,16877547,16878069,16875428,16875562,16878355,16876334,16878064,16876895,16876535,16877017,16875695,16876800,16875780,16875521,16876516,16956521,16875742,16876712,16875989,16877105,16956494,16956257,16876328,16879740,16875788,16875519,16875481,16876188,16884248,16879490,16877545,16875645,16878713,16876490,16876043,16876597,16876936,16875454,16877112,16875392,16877926,16876940,16876027,16886976,16876737,16880143,16875381,16881228,16877740],"score":249,"text":"I imagine the HN readership loves to automate things.

I'm curious to know what tools you use to automate your business operations (if any).

For example, https://zapier.com is one such automation tool.

If you don't use any tools, do you use any frameworks or systems you've made yourself?

If you don't automate any parts of your business, why not? (I'm interested in the reasons why, not disputing the choice)","time":1524139410,"title":"Ask HN: What tools do you use to automate your business?","type":"story"}],[16577650,{"by":"filipt","descendants":62,"id":16577650,"kids":[16579435,16578198,16578154,16582483,16579030,16581083,16578664,16578518,16579068,16578732,16578266,16578289,16578317,16578115,16596683,16578329,16589903,16582792],"score":83,"text":"$1e","time":1520960848,"title":"Launch HN: EasyEmail (YC W18) – Gmail plug-in that helps compose emails quickly","type":"story"}]]

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