15:[[18372721,{"by":"throwaway435341","descendants":76,"id":18372721,"kids":[18373002,18372840,18373089,18373396,18373172,18372991,18373007,18373132,18376058,18373091,18372993,18372841,18373040,18373204,18373155,18373456,18373003,18379282,18373137,18373263,18374690,18373103,18373123,18373295,18373072,18380049,18377432,18373174,18373121,18378090,18375309,18373097,18373169,18373545,18388362,18373117,18373057,18375060,18373387,18375676,18378219,18373028,18373190,18376595,18373223,18372826,18379023,18373698,18373054,18394623,18373004,18373085,18377930,18373343,18373100,18373519,18377687,18373029,18373514],"score":77,"text":"I make an average living (low six figures, have savings, house, no loan, etc) but for the last 2-3 years my greed for money has been unstoppable.

I keep reading about these people who are making millions of dollars and I want to be like them too. It is turning into an obsession. I used to love what I do but now it's all about money.

Every minute I'm not working is me not working towards my goal. I'm either working or criticizing myself for not working.

It is making me very unhappy and I realize that it's all because of this stupid obsession but I just can't shake it. It's not just greed but I'm also scared because I feel if I don't make a lot of money now I will miss my chance and I will be poor when I'm old (it's not 100% true since I have good savings but this thought keeps bugging me over and over).

Anyone else feel the same? Any word of advice?

:(","time":1541282352,"title":"Ask HN: How to stop my greed for money?","type":"story"}],[18328060,{"by":"Bender","descendants":69,"id":18328060,"kids":[18328699,18330576,18328466,18329153,18329785,18328818,18330223,18328326,18328332,18331334,18331106,18333308,18328962,18328284,18328601],"score":98,"time":1540825524,"title":"Drug cocktail almost doubles lifespan of worms","type":"story","url":"https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181022122926.htm"}],[18134697,{"by":"milquetoastaf","descendants":73,"id":18134697,"kids":[18136435,18136240,18136582,18136007,18136412,18137150,18136930,18136414,18136485,18136673,18136433,18136641,18136139,18136335,18136119,18135973,18135920,18136471,18162313,18156820,18135904,18136534,18136354,18142087,18136281,18137698,18137647,18140916,18136898,18142614,18138920,18140829,18137269,18137792,18136488,18136511,18136737,18145386,18137022,18137372,18136498,18139250,18139640,18136458],"score":79,"text":"$16","time":1538599683,"title":"Ask HN: Was hired to improve company's devops, founder won't listen to my ideas","type":"story"}],[18049153,{"by":"saaswarrior","descendants":166,"id":18049153,"kids":[18049406,18049634,18051328,18049653,18049208,18049331,18049277,18049243,18049508,18053098,18049249,18049258,18049227,18049353,18049613,18049588,18049229,18061316,18051395,18049701,18049265,18049242,18049224,18049180,18050213,18049926,18054034,18049428,18050402,18051250,18049773,18049575,18049493,18051162,18050957,18052081,18051224,18049706,18051557,18049358,18050773,18049842,18051240,18049768,18049427,18049824,18051471,18049329,18049330,18051794,18049303,18054460,18050575,18061893,18049230],"score":168,"time":1537671654,"title":"Ask HN: How much did you, as an employee, make when your startup exited?","type":"story"}],[17992147,{"by":"cloudblare","descendants":94,"id":17992147,"kids":[17992326,17992451,17993856,17992270,17992236,17992207,17992413,17992403,17992379,17992414,17992196,17994044,17995562,17995904,17992436,17992811,17995845,17993787,17992435,17992727,17993044,17992247,17992316,17993435,17992307,17993382,17993631,17992368,17992394,17992682,17992675,17993150,17993966,17995056,17998291,17996802,17994577,17992333,17992976,17992225,17992280,17992473,17992396,17992319,17992221,17992378,17993401,17992182,17992425,17993143,17992373,17995804],"score":54,"text":"Is 4 years of going to school really worth it? Or should I just try to learn as much as possible on my own and carve my own path?","time":1536970872,"title":"Ask HN: Is a computer science degree worth it or should I learn on my own?","type":"story"}],[17906182,{"by":"turingspiritfly","descendants":37,"id":17906182,"kids":[17906332,17906281,17906363,17906349,17906343,17906770,17907990,17907103,17931612,17906440,17910470,17907189,17906292,17906395,17906406,17906496,17906704,17906326,17907098,17906284,17906415,17906430,17906301],"score":38,"time":1536027944,"title":"Ask HN: Your subjective takes on living a non-boring and pleasant life?","type":"story"}],[17696271,{"by":"Norther","descendants":177,"id":17696271,"kids":[17696873,17696498,17696573,17696450,17696417,17696535,17696511,17697400,17700105,17697039,17696796,17697775,17697093,17696428,17699777,17697270,17696655,17696762,17696640,17696643,17698203,17696795,17696575,17696992,17698419,17696416,17696500,17707621,17696491,17696711,17696425,17699080,17696896,17697601,17698774,17696420,17696633,17696639,17696366,17717803,17698058,17708931,17696403,17696746,17697031,17697160,17696583,17696676,17705576,17697351,17696427,17696813,17696430],"score":381,"text":"Hey HN,

What do you think is the most interesting emerging field in Computer Science? I'm interested in PHD areas, industry work, and movements in free software.","time":1533548759,"title":"Ask HN: What are the most interesting emerging fields in computer science?","type":"story"}],[17595545,{"by":"gravy","descendants":168,"id":17595545,"kids":[17595979,17596385,17595862,17595972,17595768,17595971,17595883,17600716,17596241,17597452,17595717,17595753,17596366,17596042,17595915,17595759,17597914,17597568,17595877,17598957,17595790,17595829,17595656,17596976,17595775,17596360,17601714,17599240,17596992,17600060,17597721,17595823,17595960,17596047,17597653,17604000,17598523,17598379,17598321,17597690,17595842,17597216,17596347,17598146,17595811,17595872,17603210,17595773,17601825,17597916,17595738,17597924,17596540,17599990,17597641,17595812,17598681,17598784,17595893,17595857,17602467,17595821,17595841,17595802,17599766,17595819,17595774,17616869,17595918,17605777,17615728,17595908,17596253,17607968,17596595,17599123,17595734,17597882,17597139,17595902,17601861,17597408,17597764,17600599,17616877,17595975,17596740,17596139,17603872,17600814,17598030,17595589,17597305,17596006,17616097],"score":126,"text":"For those of us without something to compare this stage of our life to, I was hoping to get some insight on how people handled/are handling their lives at around 25. At least for me, only being 2 years into my job I still feel like I'm thrown into a pit (a consequence of the job offer I took, I suppose, and complacency).

As for the second question, what advice would you give a 25 year old you?","time":1532376495,"title":"Ask HN: What were/are you doing at age 25? What would you change?","type":"story"}],[17589482,{"by":"Tmp1234","descendants":315,"id":17589482,"kids":[17590548,17590711,17590090,17590277,17589737,17589684,17589537,17589809,17589905,17590779,17589912,17590334,17589798,17590047,17590616,17589968,17589523,17589849,17590584,17589771,17590929,17589518,17590050,17590395,17590154,17590961,17590370,17590700,17592208,17591019,17591483,17589774,17590866,17590404,17592416,17592330,17591696,17591047,17590371,17591380,17592660,17589778,17591823,17590386,17589921,17590508,17590397,17590205,17589933,17591347,17590421,17590394,17590466,17592679,17590323,17592504,17594099,17591110,17590267,17591078,17591344,17590358,17592490,17591529,17590511,17590675,17593163,17589793,17590860,17589876,17590793,17590431,17589887,17590499,17590574,17591940,17589753,17594084,17590689,17590484,17590854,17590429,17590761,17590494,17592399,17591255,17595630,17593135,17600659,17589786,17593370,17590393,17590211,17590728,17600669,17590300,17590056,17592698,17592749,17590782,17592689,17591928,17590379,17590771,17591759,17589831,17592883,17590757,17591381,17592003,17605173,17590073,17592230,17590748,17593401,17590847,17590502,17591734,17590804,17594452,17590678,17590347,17590456,17591006,17591711,17598075,17589545,17590290,17592798,17591623,17590539,17592353,17589785,17591908,17592464,17592123,17590705,17590760,17590739,17590766,17590407,17591258,17590936,17591421,17589795,17592797,17589926,17590382,17590623,17590886,17589859,17590790,17591042,17592258,17591583,17594499,17591189,17591410,17593779,17592706,17590817,17590507,17592539,17589857,17593070,17590282],"score":294,"text":"I recently graduated and have been grinding for interview prep (leetcode and CTCI mostly), but I’m getting no where. Easy problems take me 2-5 hours. I experience PTSD like symptoms from the constant barrage of negative thoughts the difficulty and stress of doing these problems are causing me. I don’t have time to do anything else and no objectively measurable progress is being made. Even if I get a problem right, I gain little to no satisfaction at this point. I completely hate what I’ve gotten myself into. \nI put all my eggs in the “being a programmer” basket and it’s clearly not for me. I do have a computer science undergraduate degree which I’m hoping I can use for something. Are there any career paths I can pivot to that are less cognitively demanding than software engineering where this degree would be an asset?","time":1532302673,"title":"Ask HN: Got a CS degree, but I’m unable to be programmer. What can I do?","type":"story"}],[17536241,{"by":"rayalez","descendants":137,"id":17536241,"kids":[17536570,17536584,17536558,17536697,17536634,17536533,17536607,17536610,17536593,17536547,17536520,17536556,17536992,17536678,17536575,17536300,17536538,17536592,17536668,17537426,17539190,17536914,17536657,17536552,17536540,17536628,17545296,17536783,17536620,17539205,17536574,17536840,17574228,17538451,17536701,17536527,17536672,17544650,17536577,17536518,17536561,17596605,17537086,17536565,17536617,17536542,17536501,17547956,17536646,17539642,17538918,17598031,17540749,17543621,17538964,17538876,17582016,17538237,17536861,17536603,17540303,17536605,17586008,17537204,17536567,17540123,17539853,17539207,17538161,17537359,17536568,17536688,17537852,17536654,17536550,17538730,17537317,17536716,17536347,17537661,17537021,17580281,17580285,17536599,17536696],"score":92,"text":"I've been reading non-fiction almost exclusively, and now I'm looking to get into reading more fiction. Can you recommend something awesome?

I'd love to read something fun, lighthearted, and enjoyable (as opposed to gritty dystopias or super hardcore hard scifi). To relax, explore cool worlds and likable characters, and encounter some cool ideas. I'll be extra happy if it's available on audible.

Things I liked: Harry Potter and The Methods of Rationality, The Martian, Ready Player One, Mistborn.","time":1531677538,"title":"Ask HN: What are the best Sci-Fi books you've ever read?","type":"story"}],[17534136,{"by":"vijaybritto","descendants":38,"id":17534136,"kids":[17534453,17534436,17534435,17534667,17534466,17534441,17535332,17534585,17534491,17534641,17534851,17534412,17534812,17534407,17535173,17534402,17535041,17534432,17536219],"score":43,"text":"I just used a low cost smartphone in India and honestly it was the worst I have ever used. I was wondering why is Google not making a language for low end mobiles that consume very less memory? We had glorious computer apps running in 512mb of RAM. Now all apps need a gig of memory to run without problems. Is this because of VM on Android? Is dart lang memory sensitive?","time":1531638606,"title":"Ask HN: Why is Google not making a language that runs on low memory devices?","type":"story"}],[17120861,{"by":"ta2121","descendants":30,"id":17120861,"kids":[17121442,17121367,17121459,17121323,17121378,17122952,17122549,17121306,17121406,17122104,17121607,17121380,17121983,17121535,17122810,17122283,17121333],"score":60,"text":"Some recent events have led me to believe my employer is pitching the sale of our small startup. I have a small amount of equity in the company that is nearly fully vested. I know that its a long process and nothing is inevitable, but is there anything I can be doing now to be prepared for the exit in relation to my equity? I'm not concerned with being out of a job and prepping for my next gig but I'm sure others who find themselves in the same position might be.

I'd also love to hear anecdotal stories of sales from an employee with equity.","time":1526929535,"title":"Ask HN: I think my company might be selling. What should I be doing to prepare?","type":"story"}],[16811454,{"by":"thrwunderpaid","descendants":283,"id":16811454,"kids":[16811968,16812648,16812340,16812019,16811711,16811746,16811918,16811730,16811653,16811874,16812138,16812117,16811715,16812175,16812030,16816169,16812685,16812369,16811703,16811937,16812021,16811740,16817741,16811882,16814087,16812709,16812091,16811689,16811695,16812552,16811674,16811844,16812148,16822524,16811833,16811747,16813314,16813219,16815979,16812025],"score":282,"text":"$17","time":1523457308,"title":"Ask HN: Those making over $300k/year, how did you achieve it?","type":"story"}],[16806657,{"by":"drdrey","descendants":68,"id":16806657,"kids":[16810200,16808449,16810177,16807445,16807079,16810013,16810973,16810381,16807225,16807859,16810403,16810565,16808465,16810847,16811827,16807020,16819936,16810596,16807103,16817805,16810818,16811339,16810481,16809878,16811457,16810766,16813990,16811353,16810773,16810923,16812811,16845325,16810131,16808277],"score":109,"time":1523403074,"title":"Ask HN: What happened to the semantic web?","type":"story"}],[16735444,{"by":"0x7f800000","descendants":32,"id":16735444,"kids":[16737307,16736307,16736086,16736941,16736984,16736084,16736522,16746677],"score":52,"text":"I just noticed this. HTTP 301s to HTTPS. I say "quietly" because I can't find any official announcement.","time":1522683426,"title":"CNN.com quietly turned on TLS/HTTPS over the weekend","type":"story"}],[16682502,{"by":"itsevrgrn","descendants":90,"id":16682502,"kids":[16682685,16682670,16682682,16682741,16682702,16682894,16682904,16682968,16682646,16682765,16685284,16682859,16682834,16682632,16683555,16683818,16683237,16682807,16682649,16684040,16682872,16682829,16683726,16682705,16682855,16682857,16682746,16682659,16682613,16685872,16682665,16682747,16682813,16682680,16682745,16686884,16682809,16685458,16682709,16682849,16688064,16682729,16683072,16682883,16682810,16682831,16682802,16682643,16682647],"score":59,"text":"I am currently a first year student at university and wondering what I can do in the next few years to get a career that is not in corporate America. I know that the obvious answer is to start a startup, but wondering if you all have other unorthodox jobs.

My dream has always been to work as a creative. Although I am currently in the business school (parent wanted me to), I have a huge passion for user research, graphic design, and more recently web development.

Thinking about switching out of business school as I have no interest in becoming a consultant or investment banker. In all honestly I do not think I am good enough at math to switch to the engineering school and do computer science. I am taking computer science classes which I really enjoy, but I don't really want to take calculus 3 or differential equations.

Curious to hear the opinions of this community.","time":1522097655,"title":"Ask HN: How do you avoid the 9 to 5 life?","type":"story"}],[16646720,{"by":"rootsudo","descendants":81,"id":16646720,"kids":[16647083,16647506,16647258,16647429,16647330,16648103,16648010,16647431,16647454,16647106,16648131,16647490,16647034,16648045,16647627,16647554,16647686,16653089,16650649,16647842,16647443,16651150,16649118,16648284,16648182,16657489,16648349,16647109,16648968,16649628,16648561,16647850,16651886,16648105,16647825,16648800,16648132,16648459,16652118,16647867,16658962,16653795,16647986,16648039,16651549,16648796,16648043,16656542,16648112,16649881,16649876,16647423],"score":85,"text":"I've been off work for a year, and been doing minor projects/freelancing for some small companies as I backpack and travel around Asia.

Recently, I've been trying to find remote gigs/office jobs, and I've gotten feedback that my resume gap is troublesome.

I pass tech interviews, and I've gotten an offer or two that I declined due to not meeting salary/lifestyle requirements (but now looking back maybe I should've taken them.)

Should I just add a few projects I did on my resume? They're really minor and involve basic Windows sysadmin stuff that can be done in a week or two.

Or, alternatively, how do I re-word it so it doesn't seem like I'm desperate? I've had recruiters from the typical bucketshops of Apex, Cybercoders and misc say "you're a good candidate but that gap is troublesome" in not so nice words.","time":1521705798,"title":"Ask HN: How do I explain a resume gap after taking a sabbatical?","type":"story"}],[16637808,{"by":"FourSigma","descendants":2,"id":16637808,"kids":[16637867,16637848],"score":4,"text":"For example, the LAMP stack is sufficient to self-host blogs (Wordpress). What stack and architecture would be needed to recreate the basic functionality of Facebook (posts, photos, videos, and messages)?","time":1521638998,"title":"Ask HN: What tools and architecture would help build a self-hosted Facebook?","type":"story"}],[16557644,{"by":"deadcoder0904","descendants":44,"id":16557644,"kids":[16558286,16558932,16558953,16557942,16558792,16558665,16559146,16558107,16558852,16566372,16559449,16558549,16561616,16560214,16558854,16558282,16559009,16559060,16558084,16559329,16559323,16559092,16559043,16559110,16559488,16559152,16557714,16557672,16559189],"score":58,"text":"I know the good old answer, practice.

But are there any tricks that work for you while learning a New Language or you just get better.

I want to learn Swift as my new language so how do I approach it.

I know a lot of different languages but they have basically same syntax (C, C++, Java, JavaScript) but it takes me a lot of time to get a good grip of it and I am not sure if experienced developers feel the same or do they learn it faster.

So what's the best way to learn it and maybe the fastest?","time":1520669057,"title":"Ask HN: What is your best way to learn a new programming language?","type":"story"}],[16228615,{"by":"flippyhead","descendants":62,"id":16228615,"kids":[16228760,16228753,16228743,16229423,16228825,16228839,16229137,16229050,16228704,16228773,16228787,16228675,16229371,16228901,16228814,16228727,16228735,16229023,16228800,16228846,16228721,16229046,16229189,16231430,16229150,16230076,16228822,16228752,16231135,16229059,16228667,16229184,16248348,16238090,16228761],"score":87,"text":"I'm curious how people find excellent remote developers. We chose to make our company 100% remote in large part because we wanted access to a wider range of developers from all over the world. The trick of course is you have rely to a larger extent on advertising and methods that can't take advantage of your social networks.

Are there any places you've found particularly effective for advertising? Any other tricks or best practices you've found effective and finding and retaining great developers?

Thanks!","time":1516852639,"title":"Ask HN: Where do you find great remote developers?","type":"story"}]]

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created:	March 12, 2017
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