15:[[24892249,{"by":"krrishd","descendants":4,"id":24892249,"kids":[24902136,24928097,24895120,24913577],"score":5,"text":"ie. in the way SF was for tech, or NY for finance but for other communities, lifestyles, industries, etc","time":1603678712,"title":"Ask HN: What are some non-tech schelling point locations?","type":"story"}],[13412070,{"by":"louprado","descendants":62,"id":13412070,"kids":[13412684,13412703,13413033,13412941,13412296,13413036,13413208,13412350,13420670,13417481,13412982,13412591,13412521,13412589,13413499],"score":35,"text":"I am considering purchasing Bose's noise cancelling headphones to block out constant street noise while I work. Is that overkill given that I do not plan to listen to audio ? Has anyone tried earmuffs worn at gun ranges instead and if so are they uncomfortable if worn for prolonged periods ?

Just to share, there is a loud traffic control device right by my office window that plays a cuckoo sound whenever the north/south walk light is on. It plays from 6AM to midnight at wildly varying volume levels. I find it comically ironic that I am slowly losing my mind to the sound of a cuckoo.","time":1484593548,"title":"Ask HN: Do you wear ear protection or noise cancelling headphones while working?","type":"story"}],[13223818,{"by":"bsvalley","descendants":64,"id":13223818,"kids":[13230781,13226557,13225334,13225654,13224071,13224183,13225571,13226641,13226177,13226435,13245181,13229554,13225738,13223837,13225479,13225586,13232912,13225448,13226312,13223919,13224175,13223949,13227149,13225607,13226649,13229934,13226655,13236773,13223928,13226902,13248621,13232546,13225602,13240578],"score":45,"text":"If you had $500K to invest, which would be your entire equity, cash money, how would you invest it?

It's your equity so a low risk would definitely be considered. Looking for creative advices, not boring banking stuff...","time":1482267137,"title":"Ask HN: How would you invest $500K?","type":"story"}],[13064265,{"by":"sdegutis","descendants":17,"id":13064265,"kids":[13067082,13064706,13066970,13064298,13077021,13066754,13064418,13064728,13077921,13082390,13069472],"score":13,"time":1480438760,"title":"Ask HN: Are there any high quality non-Apple laptops for development work?","type":"story"}],[12355240,{"by":"shmapf","descendants":9,"id":12355240,"kids":[12358810,12355399,12356446,12355503,12357196,12364101],"score":12,"text":"I'm a software engineer thinking of moving to California. There are many options within California, so I'd like to get opinions from people in the know about the various locations.

Could residents (or those with experience) state where they live/work and why they do or don't like it?

I don't care about salary, living costs, and jobs available - these stats are all widely available online. I'm looking for subjective and human perspectives on what it's like to live there.

Thanks to anyone who can help, I'm sure others will find this helpful too.","time":1472072564,"title":"Ask HN: Where to live within California","type":"story"}],[10176618,{"by":"normac","descendants":5,"id":10176618,"kids":[10176695,10176785,10180254,10176696],"score":7,"text":"I love writing small, elegant programs--under 500 lines, say--that do one thing well. Scrape a website and dump the data to a CSV; take a directory full of video files and rename them based on the metadata; poll a JSON API for a retail site to check the price of an item and email someone if it decreases.

I like coding, but it isn't my passion, so it's hard to get my teeth into developing a big web app, or making small enhancements and bugfixes on someone else's. But I always love those little projects when I get the chance to do one. There are lots of non-programming fields that involve this kind of thing (data science, devops, IT, etc.). But are there fields or sub-industries of the software world wherein it's possible to do this kind of old-school scripting for a living?","time":1441504752,"title":"Ask HN: Software gigs involving small, scripting-type tasks?","type":"story"}],[9951569,{"by":"jason_slack","descendants":14,"id":9951569,"kids":[9951635,9954056,9952098,9956659,9952257,9953476,9953376,9953084,9952156,9953742,9953743,9952010],"score":6,"text":"I wear over the ear headphones a lot, Beyerdynamic T70P.

For earbuds I use the Apple Pro in-ear with small ear pieces. The Apple ear pods don't fit. I have tried the $150 Beats ear buds and they didn't work in my ears.

The problem is I am breaking the jack of the Apple Pro in-ears. Twice now I have cracked the jack off. I am not sure how it is happening.

Can anyone recommend a sturdy pair of ear buds that have small in earpieces like the Apple Pro in-ears?","time":1437930603,"title":"Ask HN: What earbuds do you use? I need help","type":"story","url":""}],[9918713,{"by":"alt_rox_haxer","descendants":17,"id":9918713,"kids":[9918899,9918770,9918762,9918934,9918818,9919493,9919653,9919714,9919835,9919221,9919567],"score":5,"text":"I was talking to my girlfriend the other day about rent prices and such here in the Bay Area, and she said (Knowing that im a programmer/"techie"), that, and I quote "All these fucking techies keep moving here and are making it harder for the rest of us normal people." What's your thoughts on it, HN?

Personally, I think people need to stop blaming the techies that are moving out here for all the work that there is that needs to be done, and start blaming the shitty ass landlords and such that keep raising rent, because they know they can. We don't want to pay higher rent either, you know.","time":1437423301,"title":"Ask HN: How do you feel about people who say “Techies” are raising the rent?","type":"story"}],[9767589,{"by":"dothething","descendants":12,"id":9767589,"kids":[9768807,9768156,9776018,9768233,9768062,9774843,9768444,9778379,9778805,9768049,9768017],"score":5,"text":"About 4-5 times a month the number one topic on HN is a post about how to hire the perfect programmer. For reasons outside the scope of this discussion I find them annoying.

I'd really like to hear experiences with bad programmers - from people who have actually worked with them instead of just interviewed them. Was it personality - passion - tech debt creation - they destroyed your billion dollar empire? Thanks!","time":1435091645,"title":"Ask HN: What's a bad programmer?","type":"story","url":""}]]

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