17:[[32073595,{"by":"nippoo","descendants":5,"id":32073595,"kids":[32073625,32075907,32073728,32079430],"score":3,"text":"A lot has been written about the damaging effects of modern smartphone use/addiction recently. I'd love to give up my aging Android phone for something with a good camera, good battery life, and no Internet browser / social media. I still need WhatsApp, Google Maps, Uber, and a few other basic apps for work, but I want to get rid of anything with the potential to keep me scrolling infinitely. Has anyone else succeeded in this task? Are there good modern phones which can be successfully locked down to such a degree?","time":1657648963,"title":"Ask HN: Best Low-Addictive Phone?","type":"story"}],[32070747,{"by":"psim1","descendants":167,"id":32070747,"kids":[32074510,32071551,32071087,32075668,32075000,32073964,32075543,32070984,32074298,32071007,32071447,32071149,32074137,32071628,32078217,32071323,32074166,32077670,32071732,32073992,32071210,32074256,32074206,32074239,32074992,32071632,32073522,32073985,32074013,32077782,32075075,32071624,32071136,32071625,32091107,32072637,32075099,32077786,32074291,32075494,32074735,32075802,32074702,32076200,32075024,32071691,32075958,32071108,32071294,32078865,32077164,32071498,32077896,32071526],"score":120,"text":"By "ruin" I mean the less tangible parts of the smaller company, such as the culture, the enthusiasm and spirit, the flexibility, the overall happiness.

Having now been in two medium-sized companies that have been acquired by large, public firms, I find that everything we enjoyed is gone. Perks slowly disappear; meetings, trainings, and general wastes of time increase; productivity slows; engineers become demoralized; processes grind through bureaucracy. As I understand it, this is typical.

What are some examples where acquisitions like this have happened and the smaller company wasn't essentially destroyed?","time":1657637096,"title":"Ask HN: Examples of large acquisitions that did not ruin the acquired company?","type":"story"}],[32064875,{"by":"prostoalex","descendants":1,"id":32064875,"kids":[32067853],"score":1,"time":1657593024,"title":"Battery recycling could be the next investor darling","type":"story","url":"https://techcrunch.com/2022/07/11/battery-recycling-could-be-the-next-investor-darling-of-the-ev-era/"}],[31961992,{"by":"actfrench","descendants":681,"id":31961992,"kids":[31963174,31963165,31962703,31962372,31963608,31962155,31964367,31963061,31965405,31962214,31963400,31963315,31962205,31962146,31964876,31962959,31965170,31962126,31964682,31962453,31962226,32013658,31962622,31962166,31963936,31969454,31963938,31962162,31963010,31962112,31962140,31963491,31968977,31962188,31963514,31963001,31963032,31962914,31962626,31962227,31964079,31962991,31962341,31964518,31963903,31962077,31964654,31966536,31962907,31963063,31962136,31963021,31962087,31962251,31963197,31963609,31962326,31962168,31962814,31962092,31965158,31964254,31962089,31964580,31965100,31963399,31962765,31968425,31962064,31964200,31963361,31965843,31964109,31964941,31964278,31962535,31962202,31968847,31963972,31962113,31962737,31965248,31970054,31996699,31963846,31967969,31973520,31963537,31963745,31966761,31994056,31966012,31981261,31998703,31964162,31963330,31962838,31966954,31968511,31963665,31962240,31963246,31962552,31967065,31964981,31964620,31973912,31962122,31963299,31968408,31964114,31964472,31962591,31966933,31962968,31962484,31963180,31964425,31970235,31965032,31962498,31964607,31962956,31962178,31962179,31965457,31966493,32014557,31966533,31964975,31965724,31963207,31962184,31962053,31964119,31987645,31967210,31963694,31966773,31964750,31973231,31966166,31963675,31964560,31962106,31965381,31966928,31970167,31962120,31966105,31965103,31962133,31965657,31964499,31962475,31962324,31962471,31962887,31964091,31967739,31964086,31971862,31964363,31962088,31962158,31962181,31963952,31962987,31965737,31962111,31962794,32015845,31963347,31962529,31962237,31964122,31962332,31962410,31968122,31979059,31965549,31963601,31965911,31964799,31972970,31963052,31962847,31963048,31968609,31968217,31969283,31964881,31965817,31968227,31972219,31967108,31962826,31966961,31962411,31963855,31970881,31964470,31962250,31962152],"score":232,"text":"$18","time":1656793152,"title":"Ask HN: I’m 41 and still unmarried – what should I do?","type":"story"}],[31801093,{"by":"6581","descendants":588,"id":31801093,"kids":[31802867,31802054,31801738,31801648,31801772,31801652,31804622,31802812,31801957,31812060,31801894,31805186,31807419,31809953,31802626,31802791,31805171,31801735,31802077,31803899,31801732,31810181,31804487,31802175,31807408,31801729,31802237,31801805,31804582,31805608,31802118,31804561,31803868,31804136,31801715,31803970,31805336,31804183,31802084,31804818,31807476,31803878,31801987,31804133,31804128,31803466,31804792,31804969,31802429,31802029,31810681,31803948,31802158,31807228,31802725,31801669,31802715,31802686,31802667,31805019,31802704,31806882,31808139,31801918,31806269,31803166,31808373,31803718,31803517,31803872,31802514,31805805,31820028,31803446,31802351,31802700,31801925,31807891,31801783,31802631,31803514,31801862,31808283,31802132,31805391,31801758,31803958,31802169,31822965,31807327,31803854,31804240,31810843,31803333,31806631,31803121,31810600,31806839,31804190,31809511,31804533,31806755,31809363,31802064,31804924,31802149,31802253,31804071,31802057],"score":704,"time":1655657944,"title":"Webcams aren't good enough","type":"story","url":"https://reincubate.com/support/how-to/why-are-webcams-bad/"}],[31065876,{"by":"samh748","descendants":82,"id":31065876,"kids":[31066120,31066173,31066484,31067308,31066642,31066843,31066575,31067789,31194122,31066260,31066223,31074489,31068702,31066444,31066600,31066706,31066951,31070772,31066291,31072720,31066516,31068654],"score":94,"text":"$19","time":1650240957,"title":"Ask HN: Are you lost / confused / stuck? I can try to help","type":"story"}],[30923701,{"by":"jpgvm","descendants":365,"id":30923701,"kids":[30926530,30926675,30926077,30924485,30927104,30926066,30928030,30926091,30924648,30924383,30926933,30925973,30924911,30927822,30923894,30927358,30926686,30928591,30926747,30924809,30927853,30926743,30926511,30926168,30926009,30927316,30925928,30924407,30927427,30927091,30931243,30926571,30927906,30925781,30927441,30927496,30925196,30928530,30926866,30924559,30928313,30927903,30927533,30926746,30928992,30929192,30934150,30925574,30933975,30926892,30927545,30928260,30928252,30930762,30927417,30927044,30924102,30932443,30929358,30928333,30925918,30929407,30929216,30927840,30926896,30927080,30926767,30927257,30929483,30926825,30927981,30929026,30932455,30927682,30930158,30931565,30928918,30925032,30924529,30929085,30927969,30928124,30927010,30927476,30928595,30929398,30927231,30928347,30927266,30929258,30926861,30927313,30927343,30927944,30933072,30926946,30931363,30929673,30924993,30927872,30928602,30927836,30926999,30924922,30927792,30928310,30926638,30927294,30927195,30927972,30927004,30929351,30926886,30929738,30944093,30927951,30928590,30927182,30927462,30930240,30927563,30928068,30926884,30936747,30924931,30926597,30926553,30924662,30928387,30928572,30927857,30925847,30926904,30929840,30927987,30926487,30925027,30926008,30933782,30930899,30926594,30926015,30927033,30928167,30925227,30927023,30926720,30926872,30928483,30927415,30929780,30925826,31013188,30927517,30927446,30926019,30926054,30926506,30928955,30927081,30926865,30925314,30927544,30927478,30927642,30924562,30929837,30928111],"score":203,"text":"$1a","time":1649186659,"title":"Ask HN: Beating depression with or without anti-depressants?","type":"story"}],[30668506,{"by":"DevToRecruiter","descendants":243,"id":30668506,"kids":[30668581,30668529,30668769,30668620,30668608,30668830,30668990,30669465,30677855,30668655,30674568,30668630,30668627,30668875,30668727,30668764,30669001,30668538,30668765,30669019,30668706,30668718,30669662,30671884,30668813,30668564,30668742,30668636,30668721,30669090,30668872,30668709,30668970,30670324,30675880,30668543,30669078,30669034,30668547,30669764,30668968,30669807,30668785,30668933,30668685,30668748,30668802,30668584,30668720,30668762,30670723,30668788,30668678,30669366,30668823,30668661,30668868,30668871,30668676,30669005,30668959,30668779,30668664,30669009,30668658,30669179,30668527,30670824,30678284,30668805,30668917,30669224,30668861,30679720,30673177,30668847,30670588,30668833,30668906,30668931,30669002,30668834,30673080,30669203,30668812,30668626,30668881,30668971,30668800,30673542,30668656,30682226,30668730,30668624,30668908,30668937,30668818,30669082,30668936,30668746,30668951,30668733,30668905,30668594,30668893,30668531,30668877,30668707,30670438,30671934,30668819,30681439,30668898,30668811,30668796,30674713,30668635,30668956,30668900,30674785,30668548,30668651,30668621,30668570,30668949],"score":314,"text":"I don't know if this is the right place for this but here are my stats. I'm a 32yo male, divorced with 2 kids whom I have little access to at the moment. My childhood friendships have withered, my divorce left me untrusting of women (at least for now). I work alone and don't have many opportunities to meet new people organically.

The thing is I don't even like hanging out with people most of the time but I get into this space where it feels like a biological necessity.

Does anyone have any tips on how to give myself attention? Or, in other words, how can I learn to be alone without feeling lonely? I feel like I need this lifeskill in order to proceed in my life.

I have a pattern of loneliness pushing me into making very foolish decisions.","time":1647231888,"title":"Ask HN: I'm So Lonely","type":"story"}],[29863108,{"by":"dgan","descendants":54,"id":29863108,"kids":[29863463,29864275,29864222,29863336,29865052,29866205,29865657,29864529,29865635,29864525,29867062,29865430,29867466,29864917,29864343,29866557,29866733,29865860,29865025,29864522,29864794,29863684,29866031,29863957,29864192,29863266,29872109,29869508,29863964,29866896,29865307,29864936,29864089,29872066],"score":100,"text":"I have noticed many times, writing down a problem and work on it on a paper is much more productive than staring at my screen and/or jumping right to code.

Last time it happened, I spent a day on a Coq exercise, when I finally I decided to grab a paper and pen, and solved it in 5 minutes.

Is this something that anyone else is experiencing? Is it something that has been (dis)-proved?","time":1641735801,"title":"I feel dumb(er) when typing, and smart(er) when writing","type":"story"}],[27548204,{"by":"jamestimmins","descendants":476,"id":27548204,"kids":[27565815,27564809,27565850,27566674,27564861,27566084,27565820,27566307,27568168,27565787,27564705,27566085,27565382,27565903,27567272,27566661,27569168,27559620,27566522,27566353,27566218,27566734,27566066,27566615,27569326,27568744,27560690,27565912,27567430,27566993,27565465,27562787,27565366,27564671,27564686,27548263,27565823,27565508,27568239,27568000,27565871,27566858,27566657,27565489,27564756,27569349,27548261,27567495,27558846,27568243,27565940,27564980,27569488,27548270,27552644,27564724,27564786,27568972,27565654,27567822,27566591,27567013,27566664,27565005,27562759,27565790,27566890,27566863,27568702,27566415,27567410,27565171,27566182,27566274,27548276,27564725,27566265,27575569,27564771,27568212,27566851,27564735,27565805,27569426,27567352,27566967,27560926,27633039,27567888,27569524,27567149,27565765,27568203,27568224,27567844,27566986,27564732,27564734,27573279,27569376,27571810,27566086,27566200,27565662,27567019,27566155,27569620,27562039,27564887,27567170,27570529,27567996,27567531,27568855,27559456,27567463,27565621,27557011,27565714,27579453,27564779,27567195,27560373,27567948,27564843,27569740,27569358,27570668,27569061,27566919,27565420,27568601,27568298,27567420,27566611,27637467,27567138,27567562,27570016,27565915,27557896,27564794,27564672,27568625,27566867,27565452,27564774,27568076,27564704,27566545,27569165,27568500,27567801,27567652,27565360,27567201,27569257,27568840,27564758,27565966,27565681,27568572,27564534,27565973,27565987,27564687,27568551,27565503,27566144,27568932,27564730,27567386,27565669,27566345,27567885,27564717],"score":303,"text":"We’ve all been there — a seemingly huge mistake as an intern or Junior developer that you were sure would get you fired. What’s your story?

Mine: I nearly took down production by joining multiple large tables on non-indexed columns. Every time a product was updated on the site, MySQL would run my query and join across millions of records.

Infrastructure folks couldn’t figure out why the DB servers kept rubbing out of memory, and I very nervously made the fix. Thankfully the team was understanding (and appreciated that the person reviewing my code had messed up), but it was a terrible day.","time":1624001909,"title":"Ask HN: What huge mistake did you make early in your career?","type":"story"}],[25492047,{"by":"bongoman37","descendants":10,"id":25492047,"kids":[25492378,25492371,25492834],"score":29,"time":1608523747,"title":"Wistron’s Apple factory in India committed serious violations of labour laws","type":"story","url":"https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/economics/article/3114491/wistrons-apple-factory-india-committed-serious-violations"}],[25229672,{"by":"proberts","descendants":261,"id":25229672,"kids":[25230444,25229885,25231996,25232398,25231433,25231107,25232614,25230186,25231427,25231523,25232084,25231748,25230112,25230346,25236362,25229836,25230162,25232262,25235776,25231224,25230701,25235218,25231200,25231133,25231169,25229751,25231874,25233529,25230586,25231530,25230009,25230764,25230309,25230029,25237485,25230085,25230263,25230189,25230488,25230679,25230668,25238733,25233638,25230358,25230363,25230602,25230392,25231823,25234045,25236732,25234669,25229848,25230901,25230089,25232367,25231494,25231293,25230134,25229989,25230631,25234196,25231376,25230442,25230880,25235465,25232588,25231287,25235933,25235928,25230070,25229865,25233485,25232341,25230059,25230790,25229889,25230817,25230334,25229863,25235595,25230765,25236058,25230079,25230572,25230404,25230562,25232278,25230019,25230288,25232340,25230738,25232212,25232391,25233348,25232624,25232548,25232470,25231414,25234842,25230313,25230493,25230000,25231222,25231618],"score":193,"text":"I’ll be here for the next 2.5 hours and then again at around noon until the end of the day. As usual, there are countless 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!

Previous threads we've done: https://news.ycombinator.com/submitted?id=proberts.","time":1606492665,"title":"I'm Peter Roberts, immigration attorney who does work for YC and startups. AMA","type":"story"}],[24706325,{"by":"bornelsewhere","descendants":157,"id":24706325,"kids":[24707537,24707042,24706929,24707528,24711266,24713336,24708818,24709562,24707025,24708710,24714604,24707961,24707462,24712960,24709741,24714365,24707293,24707946,24707283,24707481,24709486,24713514,24713057,24706899],"score":199,"time":1602059343,"title":"Vertically aligned carbon nanotubes triple the density of lithium batteries","type":"story","url":"https://newatlas.com/energy/nawa-vertically-aligned-carbon-nanotube-electrode/"}],[24035791,{"by":"seesawtron","descendants":49,"id":24035791,"kids":[24036469,24036364,24036325,24037510,24036898,24036407,24036119,24036391,24036420,24036388,24036296,24036063,24036345],"score":31,"time":1596448096,"title":"Mahatma Gandhi is set to become the first non-white person on British currency","type":"story","url":"https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8586361/Mahatma-Gandhi-set-non-white-person-British-currency.html"}],[19054843,{"by":"randomly123","descendants":16,"id":19054843,"kids":[19069798,19060099,19055714,19055032,19060694,19054924],"score":7,"text":"$1b","time":1549034937,"title":"How do you sue / torpedo your ex-employer's IP after you have left a startup?","type":"story"}]]

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