18:[[37479933,{"by":"pcloadletter_","descendants":77,"id":37479933,"kids":[37487930,37480391,37480330,37480279,37481326,37480380,37481220,37489910,37480384,37480407,37480177,37481479,37480978,37480971,37481205,37481332,37480509,37494639,37480519,37480566,37481551,37490182,37481330,37480878,37495759,37481253,37481267,37480849,37503648,37480119,37480224,37504537,37481170,37498091,37480776,37480415,37480742,37490206,37480469,37499817,37481032,37479976],"score":66,"text":"I’m just super interested to learn about this language that is effectively never used with the huge caveat that it still underpins some of the most critical financial and government systems.","time":1694521057,"title":"Ask HN: Has anyone here learned COBOL for fun?","type":"story"}],[36628284,{"by":"gitgud","descendants":42,"id":36628284,"kids":[36629020,36628928,36629386,36637755,36634486,36631481,36628932,36630799,36632808,36629676,36628814,36632336,36628781,36630039,36645690,36634156,36631025,36736555,36635024,36631173,36628823,36629388,36632616,36632592,36628994,36638493,36636271,36628818,36629884,36632900,36636069,36630229],"score":45,"text":"After hearing the news I think it’s finally time to move on, or at least backup my data.

There’s a few export options and 3rd party tools. Any have any recommendations?","time":1688713968,"title":"Ask HN: How did you migrate off Evernote?","type":"story"}],[35599118,{"by":"herodoturtle","descendants":79,"id":35599118,"kids":[35599602,35600015,35599986,35609881,35599739,35599973,35600080,35599365,35600100,35599957,35600102,35600218,35600328,35599519,35600031,35600021,35599224,35600761,35599613,35600344,35600967,35599274,35599528,35603898,35599992,35603363,35599630,35599567,35599506,35601097,35599760,35636286,35604378,35600224,35602684,35618726,35616939,35599679,35601850,35599622],"score":83,"text":"I hope this doesn't entice a flamewar, but speaking honestly here, whenever I discuss this (PostgreSQL vs MySQL) with folks working in the data space, PostgreSQL is always touted as the superior RDBMS.

Now I know that MySQL is the most popular (because there's a banner on mysql.com that says so! /s), and I get the sense that on raw speed alone, it's probably faster (this is purely anecdotal), but folks that use PostgreSQL speak about it with an air of superiority.

So I'm hoping some of you HN users can shed light on this, based on your experience.

Is there a clear winner, or is it purely a case of "it depends"?

(and if it's the latter, is there a generally agreed comparison list of pros and cons that I can refer to?)

Thanks!","time":1681729551,"title":"Ask HN: Is PostgreSQL better than MySQL?","type":"story"}],[33954778,{"by":"finnlab","descendants":401,"id":33954778,"kids":[33963166,33963025,33965665,33963789,33964448,33962577,33963053,33963859,33965643,33964904,33956610,33962553,33963087,33963533,33962694,33956068,33956159,33963397,33964827,33963748,33965277,33956717,33956514,33956210,33965995,33965876,33956874,33958222,33963198,33955603,33964562,33964977,33955819,33963006,33956310,33965328,33955906,33955443,33964812,33966040,33963177,33961276,33956306,33956184,33964357,33957683,33956363,33964497,33962917,33964443,33956319,33965692,33963421,33965992,33956704,33965551,33964176,33956629,33964856,33957071,33956404,33965749,33956118,33963037,33966024,33970506,33964274,33956354,33962955,33964667,33970082,33956522,33962897,33965600,33963296,33955861,33962558,33965409,33956971,33956208,33964836,33962673,33955642,33962649,33955768,33965943,33955986,33965307,33966392,33962788,33965595,33965725,33964482,33965271,33964510,33959207,33963892,33957129,33958525,33964491,33963478,33970914,33957636,33966288,33965053,33954802,33964528,33956580,33957961,33969696,33999623,33963108,33976730,33976914,33967106,33966376,33969576,33998373,33962778,33965655,34007089,34005863,33958112,33957801,33966509,33968032,33964220,33963467,33966112,33962650,33966211,33963072,33964850,33966273,33965330,33973297,33965967,33968561,33966006,33955928,33962902,33963266,33992919,34132003,33962498,33965231,33964887,33965332,33963785,33969441,33966591,33965864,33965004,33963787,33981661,34016627,33963201,33964625,33968098,34001868,33964681,33964861,33966460,33963048,33969240,33976718,33955964,33963325,33965752,33962767,33965406,33965727,33965403,33964436,33963701,33961116,33964790,33956527,33966262,33965909,33975248,33974535,33956033,33964700,33963111,33963281,33965479,33964776,33955807,33956290,33966075,34006911,33956261,33976574,33964257,33965198,33966080,33963573,33999609,33964360,33972513,33966321,33964560,33964503,33964282,33966270,33963822,33962792,33965432,33964090,33955892,33965314,33966374,33956852,33967978],"score":296,"text":"I saw this question being asked on here years ago with few but interesting answers. I'd imagine that a lot of you still have some pretty interesting stories to tell about some crafty workarounds.","time":1670854425,"title":"Ask HN: What's your proudest hack?","type":"story"}],[32200007,{"by":"gavinhoward","descendants":31,"id":32200007,"kids":[32200356,32200140,32200646,32200884,32200433,32201440,32200103,32200108,32200656,32200409,32201411,32200064,32204246,32201506,32202522],"score":62,"text":"$19","time":1658546398,"title":"Ask HN: Why don't file systems and OS's provide file system transactions?","type":"story"}],[32102655,{"by":"treyfitty","descendants":67,"id":32102655,"kids":[32103113,32103034,32102829,32103165,32102840,32103874,32103254,32102824,32102992,32102859,32102805,32103199,32103129,32103019,32102841,32103336,32105905,32103217,32106083,32105167,32103343,32103419,32103062,32102797,32103446,32111111,32103081],"score":46,"text":"I just went through a month from receiving a verbal offer, to offer on paper. In between, they reduced the offer twice, and the offer on paper was 15% lower than the prior verbal offer. At no point did I negotiate. I was going to negotiate once they got their stuff together on paper. Now that I received the formal offer, I felt like I had to walk away with dignity and just declined.

It was with a mid-tier cryptocurrency exchange. I knew their culture was terrible since the NYT recently covered them, so I can’t say I was surprised.

It appears the balance of power has shifted back to employers.","time":1657841733,"title":"Ask HN: Worst experience receiving an offer?","type":"story"}],[31630915,{"by":"u385639","descendants":141,"id":31630915,"kids":[31633131,31632945,31633756,31632023,31631464,31631310,31631373,31632290,31631446,31632856,31632973,31633401,31635786,31632549,31631303,31632384,31631408,31636338,31636130,31632743,31636022,31631106,31634368,31633741,31635067,31632894,31631959,31637259,31631413,31635177,31636092,31631549,31633205,31636250,31633670,31631342,31635352,31631556,31636275,31633400,31634123,31631042,31631317,31632348,31632836,31634066,31632536,31634419,31636309,31634058,31632828,31633894,31637100,31637489,31631882,31634041,31631860,31634571,31632342,31635791,31631765,31631552,31633577,31635753,31636328,31635682,31637487,31633441,31631879,31636236,31632343,31635494,31634529,31636325,31632458,31633439,31631950,31632453,31632152,31632788,31634281,31637978,31634867,31635037,31633276,31635664,31632302,31631325,31632871,31632701,31633380,31653027],"score":298,"text":"I wonder if HN could share their favorite pieces of technical writing?

Preferably openly available content so that everyone can access (blogs etc.)

Focus is on "overall" score: tone, presentation, etc. as opposed to "very technically advanced" (although advanced examples fully welcome)

EDIT: awesome suggestions so far - should add that it doesn't have to be programming or even computer related... cookbooks count!","time":1654436579,"title":"Ask HN: Examples of good technical writing?","type":"story"}],[28032071,{"by":"acquiremoney","descendants":43,"id":28032071,"kids":[28032468,28032342,28032280,28032298,28032277,28032279,28032308,28032462,28032106,28032458,28032288,28032337,28032283,28032261,28033225,28032601,28032426,28032451,28032726,28032378,28036353,28032245,28032507,28032257,28032344,28032429],"score":18,"text":"I am brown guy.I have been in usa for 2 years.One problem I have is that i got this thick south asian accent and also get fluent speaking english because during internship at the end thats only feedback i got from my manager that you are techinaclly sound but you do lack communication skills.So reason for asking the question here is to get advice and resources to solve my problem:)","time":1627868726,"title":"Ask HN: How to Do Accent Reduction?","type":"story"}],[26477507,{"by":"pramodbiligiri","descendants":795,"id":26477507,"kids":[26477967,26481910,26482036,26477787,26483026,26478068,26477937,26483019,26482648,26482447,26484320,26484286,26482595,26481801,26477651,26482209,26477818,26482922,26482025,26478170,26482804,26481588,26478038,26484379,26482729,26486470,26477851,26482444,26477891,26483664,26482367,26481834,26481989,26482008,26482382,26477843,26483995,26484564,26477756,26478802,26481746,26485991,26485662,26482337,26481922,26483464,26483100,26484613,26478139,26483690,26477998,26483685,26484127,26485430,26481816,26478198,26477750,26477739,26478042,26485870,26482349,26483831,26483252,26483390,26483652,26477859,26478290,26486171,26477676,26480278,26477764,26477932,26484200,26477834,26486563,26484987,26485622,26482839,26481754,26477995,26477925,26481655,26484666,26487011,26483115,26485492,26487693,26483098,26484715,26484529,26484402,26485235,26483730,26485231,26480453,26487063,26480503,26478520,26486259,26478262,26485689,26477942,26483049,26485118,26485203,26483333,26482692,26488652,26519029,26485155,26478550,26484957,26482834,26481656,26478694,26483799,26482659,26482809,26490973,26483583,26481623,26485552,26485105,26487553,26482279,26526656,26477984,26485529,26483267,26486634,26484033,26482068,26487075,26478535,26483418,26500293,26483102,26485928,26485143,26492849,26487147,26481770,26482942,26483246,26478039,26484246,26486808,26482017,26485978,26477985,26487628,26483970,26524849,26485601,26478432,26486805,26485401,26482039,26485544,26486765,26497039,26483286,26483313,26506379,26485038,26484985,26477639,26486445,26486984,26485241,26485764,26484699,26486254,26477907,26486194,26477860,26493767,26486884,26486836,26477692,26491055,26487146,26486751,26482821,26485322,26483271,26482768,26485896,26484509,26483495,26499355,26483762,26484899,26498927,26486227,26483551,26477732,26484557,26483997,26487443,26514146,26482779,26482171,26478445,26486714,26486184,26486996,26483875,26477978,26486853,26484591,26486603,26486811,26489155,26487235,26478057,26491999,26478041,26482975,26485469,26484104,26482702,26477846,26478138,26477796,26485277,26488028,26481525,26477892,26490286,26482827,26486447,26477831,26485494,26521813,26486809,26495062,26477973,26487649,26477661,26484067,26486162,26486225,26486543,26486178,26483839,26483037,26488334,26483671,26487903,26506246,26490328,26485929,26491840,26486196,26477983,26485594,26486320,26538442,26484911,26483729,26484571,26485570,26484965,26484074,26483042,26483016,26481824,26477696,26484578,26478518,26499164,26487218,26488720,26482873,26485265,26483173,26489688,26477743,26477768],"score":441,"text":"Peter Thiel has written about the "10x rule" for startups, where your innovation has to be 10 times better than the second best option [1].

Have you personally experienced such 10x improvements in your own interactions with software? What were they?

[1] - https://thenextweb.com/entrepreneur/2015/07/13/the-10x-rule-for-great-startup-ideas/","time":1615906457,"title":"Ask HN: What are some “10x” software product innovations you have experienced?","type":"story"}],[6962122,{"by":"simonebrunozzi","descendants":42,"id":6962122,"kids":[6962404,6962327,6962525,6962170,6962255,6962343,6962161,6962323,6962457,6962242,6962195,6962399,6962293,6962549,6963817,6964030,6962439,6980230,6962571,6962205,6962453,6962235,6962191,6962229,6962393,6962245,6964619,6962197,6962562,6963183,6962256,6962132],"score":34,"text":"My wife and I are Italian, and we live in San Francisco. She's trying to find a job but feels stuck because her English is not good enough (I think she's at an acceptable level, but clearly she can't speak or listen as good as a mother tongue). She's looking for advice on what's the best way to dramatically improve it in 4 months, 25 hours a week or so. Thanks!","time":1387944141,"title":"Ask HN: What's the best way for a foreigner to improve English to a great level?","type":"story"}]]

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