18:[[47303755,{"by":"dzonga","descendants":24,"id":47303755,"kids":[47303789,47304247,47303928,47303828,47303835,47308728,47303991,47303992,47303929,47304414,47304104,47321110,47303794],"score":43,"text":"they all sound generic - monotonous - soul or individual voice

same tidbits all over:

>> Here's the game change

>> What the math says

>> What everyone doesn't know

>> the em-dashes --

for everyone who still writes in their own voice, thank you. if you generate social media slop for either linkedIn, Shitter, HN then F*k You","time":1773019700,"title":"Tell HN: Tired of Generic Long Form A.I Posts","type":"story"}],[43816853,{"by":"platevoltage","descendants":240,"id":43816853,"kids":[43817064,43817623,43817125,43819693,43817164,43817013,43817155,43822929,43817380,43821210,43817374,43817033,43817264,43817364,43816992,43817181,43818362,43822091,43817043,43818144,43817228,43817823,43924843,43820300,43820101,43889825,43817060,43819862,43820199,43817841,43818322,43817039,43817871,43870060,43818002,43817339,43818892,43816919,43820797,43824046,43821954,43817323,43817832,43823461,43824174,43822459,43876832,43877181],"score":86,"text":"$19","time":1745805999,"title":"Ask HN: CS degrees, do they matter again?","type":"story"}],[41593668,{"by":"moonlitroar","descendants":21,"id":41593668,"kids":[41593938,41593780,41594202,41593867,41594087,41593902,41594121,41595585,41594093,41594095,41594643,41594797,41594142,41593973,41594206,41594009,41600201,41594180,41597953,41594068,41594113],"score":49,"text":"$1a","time":1726763773,"title":"Ask HN: Book recommendations for CS fundamentals for a self-taught programmer?","type":"story"}],[41545633,{"by":"dmazin","descendants":74,"id":41545633,"kids":[41545926,41545928,41547404,41546328,41546903,41546657,41546447,41546939,41546057,41547521,41545895,41547305,41547201,41550215,41546471,41547335,41547264,41547864,41546283,41546668,41546228,41545956,41591186,41607923,41556745,41558722,41545930,41546775,41547143,41546042,41547097,41546991,41546181,41562390,41545866,41546817,41547100,41546090,41546031,41546842],"score":126,"text":"I recently read The Mom Test, and I learned something critical: before investing in your idea, talk to potential customers to see if anyone wants it or not.

While this might seem obvious, it wasn’t to me. The first time I started something in my 20s, I was so enamored with the idea and its potential that I didn’t validate it!

So, The Mom Test is obviously crucial reading.

There are so many other books and resources out there. Which of them would you consider crucial? Which contain crucial lessons?","time":1726381540,"title":"Ask HN: Must-Read Books for Startups?","type":"story"}],[40531157,{"by":"thinktechthurs","descendants":9,"id":40531157,"kids":[40531411,40531365,40531332,40531458,40536421,40577204,40531341,40531434,40531345,40531377],"score":11,"text":"$1b","time":1717125518,"title":"The Neuralink compression challenge seems impossible","type":"story"}],[40525629,{"by":"Hugsun","descendants":60,"id":40525629,"kids":[40526055,40525888,40526050,40525915,40525817,40527391,40526708,40526159,40526409,40526777,40525970,40525889,40525773,40525740],"score":14,"time":1717086668,"title":"Can large language models reason?","type":"story","url":"https://www.arnaldur.be/writing/about/large-language-model-reasoning"}],[32355947,{"by":"nassimsoftware","descendants":28,"id":32355947,"kids":[32357825,32357466,32358404,32357495,32365218,32363781,32358664],"score":34,"time":1659706635,"title":"How to choose your college degree (2021)","type":"story","url":"https://giansegato.com/essays/how-to-choose-your-college-degree"}],[31976803,{"by":"lllllll0","descendants":332,"id":31976803,"kids":[31977188,31978595,31976868,31981240,31977383,31978740,31977035,31978128,31979290,31977535,31977205,31977326,31977341,31978126,31977046,31977222,31978889,31978520,31977132,31977774,31981260,31977418,31979210,31977288,31977119,31977295,31977204,31977977,31977669,31977270,31977471,31978987,31977826,31977089,31981201,31978548,31977282,31977721,31977123,31990319,31977020,31977269,31978258,31976938,31978327,31978173,31977408,31977260,31977214,31977475,31977384,31988463,31979399,32015796,31980741,31977415,31977424,31977419,31977467,31977183,31977397,31977362,31990761,31977143,32009408,31978781,31980876,31977116,31982222,31977532,31992628,31977286,31983034,31978697,31980120,31978416,31977131,31977165,31980062,31977817,31982769,31977208,31977603,31977266,31979255,31977414,31984297,31977028,31988505,31979064,31977151,31978972,31978686,31977577,31978930,31980086,31978633,31978684,31977390,31983068,31979150,31978853,31987288,31978625,31977162,31981666,31978573,31977644,31977272,31993537,31980385,31982826,31977504,31978462,31980709,31981008,31979931,31977365,31980024,31981108,31980953,31986510,31992103,31980251,31981764,31978772,31977427,31989347,31978189,31977196,31978921,31979360,31991972,31980106,31981097,31982821,31978841,31980346,31978835,31979001,31980136,31979254,31977366,31978463,31979935,31980636,31977619,31980355,31978398,31977593],"score":192,"text":"It hasn't really sunk in yet, that in 2 months, we'll be having a tiny human in our hands. While I'm obviously excited, I feel like I've done precious little to really prep myself on what's to come.

Looking back...what do you wish you had done different?

What are some actionable suggestions you'd have for a new father? Habits to modify/cultivate, items to purchase, anything goes...

EDIT: What an incredible thread. Going through each of the replies here...thanks for the responses and advice, everyone!","time":1656941333,"title":"Ask HN: First-time dad-to-be. What do you wish you'd known back then?","type":"story"}],[31905256,{"by":"user0x1d","descendants":143,"id":31905256,"kids":[31905674,31906620,31906509,31906362,31906028,31906088,31908265,31910446,31906433,31905975,31906512,31910559,31906216,31906539,31905942,31906673,31905824,31906850,31908396,31906306,31911950,31912944,31906506,31911101,31909469,31906475,31926733,31912351,31907317,31919235,31915292,31906438,31916732,31907860,31905952,31906482],"score":65,"text":"Most of the blogs I read about whiteboarding and leetcode style questions come together with hate. “It doesn’t test real world scenarios” or “not proof of how well I’m gonna do at the job”.

Do you agree with those? Or is it just the case that the tests are designed to see if the person applying is actually really smart and interviewers want to work with really smart people, and those complaining about these types of questions are just not good enough?

Honest question and I’m not taking any side although I admit it I tried to phrase it more towards getting favourable FAANG responses","time":1656402645,"title":"Ask HN: Devs who passed whiteboarding at FAANG: how do you feel about it?","type":"story"}],[29266094,{"by":"yiiiizzz","descendants":96,"id":29266094,"kids":[29267668,29266439,29266915,29267400,29266228,29269325,29266638,29266226,29268915,29266633,29266309,29269113,29268471,29267225,29267392,29266266,29267166,29266373,29266977,29268506,29267510,29266508,29268417,29273670,29266253,29269001,29266829,29269449,29266513,29266504,29266209,29273750,29268976,29266245,29266431,29273513,29267611,29270360,29266301,29272859,29268527,29266247,29268246,29266834,29270596,29270308,29270204,29267790,29267680,29266411,29267842],"score":94,"text":"I'm in an interesting situation and would like to know about what others who have faced the same situation have done in the past.

I've been in the market for a new job since spring. At the beginning, I was only focused on products I really liked to (in summary, what a futurist engineer geek would like to: AI, blockchain, security, etc). I had several interviews, but no one struck a deal, either because they decided to move on with other candidates or because I decided to drop off.

Fast forward to mid September, I decided to start applying to positions that suit my role and/or career progression, but in less appealing companies. And I have been very successful. The minimum offer I have received doubles my current salary.

So, I'm in this situation in which I have offers which look positive from a financial and career progression point of view, but in boring products which not interest me at all and which have no upside at all.

Have you ever been in that position? What did you do?","time":1637247374,"title":"Ask HN: Career progression vs. meaningful/appealing products?","type":"story"}],[29188355,{"by":"arrayjumper","descendants":395,"id":29188355,"kids":[29188911,29189489,29188942,29191479,29190247,29190452,29189393,29190802,29191629,29196812,29194208,29189542,29188983,29189037,29192651,29189384,29188943,29190596,29195284,29192065,29192187,29190451,29192869,29189532,29191469,29190215,29189904,29189112,29189137,29189289,29188955,29190568,29190601,29191342,29189602,29189412,29190400,29191579,29191420,29194305,29188861,29193337,29194714,29193376,29199368,29192515,29192974,29189108,29195069,29189183,29190956,29194415,29190984,29189179,29193794,29188800,29193946,29196864,29193105,29197039,29197201,29193424,29197043,29188894,29197786,29191799,29195703,29198064,29195626,29195402,29194391,29197588,29194115,29195525,29194341,29194006,29196459,29189417,29205332,29191739,29196686,29192220,29197711,29197317,29195497,29190233,29192003,29190968,29190983,29191604,29195175,29193656,29195485,29194725,29190885,29189061,29193949,29190833,29197446,29197316,29206766,29196034,29195299,29195432,29195205,29192272,29194996,29189604,29189069,29207257,29209428,29196284,29194211,29189254,29189315,29193007,29207407,29190866,29196362,29194451,29194625,29193582,29191560,29188885,29196529,29189654,29192408,29188917,29196953,29190738,29191373,29189106,29195483,29194270,29194298,29188869,29197470,29196898,29189590,29192903,29189243,29191055,29190680,29191491,29196918,29191962,29192720,29196020,29191109,29188620,29195020,29191492,29192769,29190979,29197400,29193507,29190744,29190314,29191808,29192521,29195155,29196048,29190583,29197155,29194707,29192986,29195569,29200098,29191570,29190865,29190445,29197524,29196028,29190631,29193083,29191877,29194256,29190800,29190672,29194814,29192279,29192105,29192054,29196440,29197004,29194886,29189228,29189491,29190702,29191743,29193769,29192602,29188745,29193087,29197566,29195714,29192477,29191070,29189350,29196055,29191871,29189203,29192795,29190135,29193624],"score":348,"text":"Hi HN, maybe it's just the bubble I'm in but these days I see a lot of discussion around "no-code" and the "no-code" movement. There's also a bunch of new no-code apps being launched every day - https://www.producthunt.com/topics/no-code#order=trending.

Some seem to supplement developers (eg: retool) and some empower non-engineers to be able to build websites/apps/integrations without necessarily having a developer in the loop (eg: shopify/zapier/airtable).

What do you think about this movement? Clearly these apps/platforms enable non-developers to solve a bunch of problems which would otherwise need a software engineer. Is this a paradigm shift?","time":1636642067,"title":"Ask HN: What do you think about the no-code movement?","type":"story"}],[27193974,{"by":"infomiho","descendants":201,"id":27193974,"kids":[27196399,27195592,27196940,27195317,27198321,27194228,27201263,27196515,27195963,27197000,27197064,27198689,27196072,27198361,27197180,27196331,27195700,27197645,27197996,27194290,27198432,27199255,27197033,27196929,27196069,27202008,27197457,27196764,27195720,27196559,27197556,27197055,27194013,27196988,27198080],"score":193,"time":1621342857,"title":"Ad block shouldn't break your checkout","type":"story","url":"https://ilakovac.com/teespring-ublock-issue"}],[24342498,{"by":"whoishiring","descendants":696,"id":24342498,"kids":[24346749,24343871,24344236,24345541,24344748,24345407,24346191,24344033,24346774,24349820,24347022,24343659,24342636,24347773,24342981,24344169,24344092,24345144,24348883,24346449,24344907,24352512,24346872,24344493,24342697,24347496,24343667,24344193,24344089,24344813,24344608,24344059,24343815,24345841,24347073,24346050,24349683,24345203,24344422,24344345,24347747,24344055,24349382,24343657,24351244,24349190,24344170,24347574,24344900,24344740,24345739,24344118,24344211,24346584,24343477,24346101,24344953,24346143,24346330,24345008,24347533,24345269,24343016,24344131,24345530,24344222,24344015,24344839,24346412,24342683,24344360,24353245,24345012,24345750,24344097,24344201,24344220,24344610,24343708,24343858,24344412,24343990,24344503,24343941,24346905,24343634,24343973,24343909,24347876,24344067,24343199,24349231,24342669,24344049,24347771,24346727,24344070,24346546,24343360,24344190,24346038,24354008,24349282,24343789,24361686,24351808,24349049,24472235,24360746,24344809,24416353,24346378,24436116,24427767,24343280,24343908,24345454,24342529,24343500,24343884,24351063,24353667,24357535,24342608,24343558,24345155,24353432,24352402,24420763,24353980,24347226,24344387,24343682,24343699,24358927,24374435,24346622,24378281,24437710,24343711,24350730,24398977,24349408,24353501,24362127,24345882,24362300,24348929,24343774,24344114,24344147,24410272,24446968,24344071,24344181,24347709,24342672,24343927,24348144,24344814,24361620,24354811,24399046,24348265,24342549,24348890,24345014,24343732,24348966,24346102,24353477,24441202,24343441,24445748,24364200,24346155,24343505,24346508,24343714,24344774,24349616,24346618,24348987,24375416,24432864,24345427,24353885,24342508,24345402,24345641,24370343,24351724,24406360,24357587,24475682,24354593,24343314,24351061,24342944,24358765,24343653,24349124,24346139,24343366,24398150,24342982,24360995,24343557,24345701,24350760,24345536,24472946,24345396,24354399,24342663,24351191,24351339,24438546,24343379,24344548,24344202,24432509,24364411,24364901,24342610,24349666,24343890,24369982,24346202,24345278,24348107,24346715,24343591,24343877,24349450,24356180,24347734,24345434,24344655,24344482,24435483,24347189,24343263,24368467,24347382,24345552,24345683,24349911,24344041,24349684,24344134,24346766,24352937,24346966,24345071,24342824,24351601,24362504,24469556,24377114,24345106,24348356,24370642,24345800,24345848,24343383,24342729,24348343,24349713,24348007,24349494,24349942,24349502,24366350,24349665,24351289,24346450,24345604,24357299,24346249,24344964,24342530,24345975,24346018,24344540,24345179,24408792,24460357,24347316,24344029,24348055,24347276,24394697,24343483,24468979,24362972,24399916,24348862,24350536,24355728,24347488,24346582,24345675,24342823,24344838,24343188,24343883,24346964,24342732,24352487,24360176,24365861,24345009,24424303,24343310,24415590,24346951,24344507,24346646,24343293,24348958,24345688,24344307,24343231,24347160,24351420,24347953,24344286,24371477,24423434,24349067,24344940,24346581,24345534,24342662,24346282,24343111,24351461,24343370,24345670,24435647,24343788,24479187,24343965,24349981,24344689,24351668,24342990,24364094,24350605,24377728,24343975,24344192,24348176,24347631,24363408,24361762,24398917,24346635,24348654,24346690,24352883,24364777,24352090,24342558,24410518,24433201,24440135,24345863,24343161,24348090,24352949,24348189,24348358,24343467,24352411,24346763,24347996,24373488,24342510,24343654,24345587,24388605,24347183,24348378,24342639,24344896,24344347,24369757,24345232,24342503,24358813,24352603,24343921,24345839,24344378,24349514,24344693,24350999,24344750,24357327,24350699,24389983,24348077,24356082,24352827,24346846,24345995,24348477,24344617,24346758,24481813,24343408,24344772,24343069,24344157,24455538,24351014,24343853,24354859,24346657,24344890,24345881,24347360,24346547,24346235,24349295,24345775,24347683,24347979,24349007,24351425,24410602,24345423,24348604,24347984,24344040,24343521,24351152,24346608,24342892,24345158,24346149,24349990,24343453,24343579,24349782,24351036,24346899,24343099,24346239,24358928,24348570,24344287,24342553,24347070,24347408,24342513,24346055,24436690,24352825,24349763,24345327,24346393,24345974,24378968,24350514,24351656,24409062,24344604,24343780,24349164,24411768,24344819,24365201,24349772,24349594,24343863,24363425,24344349,24361520,24350668,24399354,24346659,24353978,24344591,24411039,24350482,24349096,24344756,24347279,24343926,24404893,24472856,24350079,24347379,24348755,24356767,24350985,24351016,24347390,24356192,24344636,24342567,24474078,24347133,24344951,24350226,24344031,24343971,24346738,24345757,24346146,24351256,24345918,24346627,24345448,24343559,24351308,24425857,24353550,24410165,24474961,24348382,24344203,24351007,24434298,24350735,24346532,24477229,24344357,24344982,24342719,24347548,24344618,24347823,24345342,24397747,24343045,24344680,24342977,24360174,24352447,24349839,24353771,24366279,24479945,24410212,24343993,24351507,24346589,24346425,24353595,24344095,24344989,24350201,24349430,24377405,24471483,24343692,24346218,24345768,24373621,24411239,24344654,24349143,24352428,24354345,24361773,24342699,24420225,24348567,24343779,24350808,24364159,24344641,24345689,24345102,24353668,24350018,24349784,24345471,24354653,24347091,24346898,24342651,24347417,24376373,24346165,24345866,24347678,24422942,24344986,24342713,24424322,24424315,24408219,24347193,24344314,24354601,24348506,24343550,24353541,24370828,24348623,24342506,24459176,24435458,24360409,24358647,24350786,24350484,24350113,24349798,24347314,24347274,24345512,24344079,24343721,24343685,24343423,24343392,24344406,24349071,24385722,24348729,24406412,24343719,24346051,24349975,24347593,24343599,24346342],"score":368,"text":"$1c","time":1598972474,"title":"Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)","type":"story"}],[19415599,{"by":"enosanto","descendants":77,"id":19415599,"kids":[19415981,19416001,19416271,19415749,19415997,19415658,19418026,19415843,19415820,19416099,19416243,19415819,19416009,19415746,19416064,19415771,19415911,19415756,19416192,19417930,19416228,19417657,19415617,19415861,19415739],"score":32,"text":"I know that Google is super powerful and has great products but what exactly are (if any) examples of Google showing anti-competitive behaviour?","time":1552848350,"title":"Ask HN: Is Google a Monopoly or just really good at building useful products?","type":"story"}],[19343521,{"by":"serbiruss","descendants":122,"id":19343521,"kids":[19344312,19345046,19346610,19345147,19345162,19345308,19343755,19343732,19346616,19345128,19344511,19345460,19344808,19344323,19344040,19344774,19346145,19344871,19344658,19344803,19344346,19344333,19344870,19346175,19344250,19343831,19344892,19345960,19346059,19345109,19344237,19344351,19345827,19346180,19395645,19344283,19345674,19346153,19346537,19351607,19345666,19344340,19345022,19345231,19344430,19344509,19344854,19345500,19346230,19345701,19345760,19344952,19347458,19345749,19344835,19346259,19346522,19346196,19348573,19343626,19347515,19346194,19344916,19363315,19344634,19345107,19344815,19346551,19345020,19344988,19345435,19345313,19345414,19345544,19344999,19344540,19343534,19344571,19344276],"score":194,"text":"I'm currently a lab technician with a background in microbiology and would love to get into software development; however, I lack experience and I feel I'm too old to ever get a job in the field. I'd appreciate any tip!","time":1552090517,"title":"Ask HN: Where should I start as a 34-year-old switching to software as a career?","type":"story"}]]

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created:	October 24, 2013
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