Archive for June 2021

Paternity Leave Fear

June 28, 2021 Add Comment
Paternity Leave Fear
Even when paid leave is guaranteed, many men fear it would set them back at work. A new study from Norway shows a way to a solution.

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Cryonics During the Pandemic

June 27, 2021 Add Comment
Cryonics During the Pandemic
The business of cryopreservation — storing bodies at deep freeze until well into the future — got a whole lot more complicated during the pandemic.

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Day X

June 25, 2021 Add Comment
Day X
How a military officer and a faked refugee identity were part of an alleged far-right plot to bring down the German government.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What software do you use to gather requirements?

June 24, 2021 Add Comment
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What software do you use to gather requirements?
Ask HN: What software do you use to gather requirements?
9 by thunderbong | 2 comments on Hacker News.
Hello HN, We have been gathering our requirements and doing our work breakdown structure (WBS) across Google Docs / Sheets and Word / Excel. In most scenarios, the requirement is not finalized initially. It goes through multiple iterations. To track these changes needs document versioning. Although, there are ways to version both documents and spreadsheets there are either too technical (code version management system) or difficult to use (Google Docs etc.) The same challenge exists for the WBS. Here, we can probably use Microsoft Project or something similar. The question to all HNers - For both requirement gathering and WBS, what I'm looking for - 1. Some organized way to gather information (preferably in some itemized form) 2. Automatic version management and an easy way to see how things have changed A bonus would be to somehow link between the requirements and WBS. This can be either a free, open-source, self-hosted or paid option. Also, it would be useful to know if anybody is using software like Notion, Outline, OneNote for this purpose.

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: I don't feel like working at all, what to do?

June 23, 2021 Add Comment
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: I don't feel like working at all, what to do?
Ask HN: I don't feel like working at all, what to do?
5 by awayfromhome1 | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I have always been an (a below) average engineer. I was a good student during my school. In college I started getting inferiority complex. From there it has been a downward spiral. I work at FAANG and this is my third job. At second job I was fired, at first I was about to get PIP'd. In my current job I have high and low phases. I don't feel respected at my job and it has had severe effects on my self esteem. I have been anxious/ depressed for around a decade-- I am taking anxiety medicines and planning to start therapy. There are phases where I work with high motivation but it fades easily. I have found I work on my side things with interest but I am not a completer. I complete around 80% of things and then leave them. I am not sure I can keep working this way. Not having a good relationship with my manager (I never feel secured or that they have my back) has made me tired and don't know exactly what to do.

Google’s Hidden Monopoly

June 21, 2021 Add Comment
Google’s Hidden Monopoly
The absence of stringent regulation has allowed the search giant to dominate the powerful market for online advertising. Here's how to fix it.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to learn proper Systems Programming?

June 21, 2021 Add Comment
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: How to learn proper Systems Programming?
Ask HN: How to learn proper Systems Programming?
21 by systems_learn | 2 comments on Hacker News.
I am a software engineer for the past 10 years, and did frontend and backend development. I am learning Rust at the moment and have the following books: - "The Linux Programming Interface" - "Systems Programming with Linux" - "Adavnaced UNIX Programming" What I struggle with: How to get exposure to projects to learn for a future job? I had a Rust job for around half a year, where people build web servers and came from a C and C++ background. Half of the stuff they wrote I didn't understand (flushing, opening another channel just for logs so we don't fill up the other ones etc. etc.). Now I wonder how I can get access to this type of information, how to properly learn it?

New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why Poetry did not become a mainstream package manager for Python?

June 19, 2021 Add Comment
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: Why Poetry did not become a mainstream package manager for Python?
Ask HN: Why Poetry did not become a mainstream package manager for Python?
11 by rcshubhadeep | 12 comments on Hacker News.
I have recently been introduced to Poetry. I am a pretty experienced Python dev with both back-end and ML in my project basket. However, I have been using pip/requirements.txt/setup.py so far for every single project I had done. But once I have tried Poetry, I do not think I will ever go back. I was wondering why is it not more popular? What is holding it back? What do you think?

Day X

June 18, 2021 Add Comment
Day X
How a military officer and a faked refugee identity were part of an alleged far-right plot to bring down the German government.

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New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What is your “sales stack”?

June 17, 2021 Add Comment
New top story on Hacker News: Ask HN: What is your “sales stack”?
Ask HN: What is your “sales stack”?
29 by oliverx0 | 21 comments on Hacker News.
As a technical founder going into a more sales-oriented role, I would like advice on the tools other founders / sales teams use in their day-to-day to give them an advantage in lead-generation and sales automation. Although CRM suggestions would be OK, I am more interested in tools that help you do things such as: - Create easily customizable email templates and their follow-up sequence. - Automation software for LinkedIn outreach / email sending. - Automation software for generating leads. For example: easily identifying companies' email formats, easily gathering companies' and their competitors' information, landing page generation automation, gathering lists of companies based on size, industry, needs, etc. Essentially, if someone asks you what your day-to-day sales operations look like for a B2B SaaS product, how would you respond with hands-on suggestions? Assume that such person has no idea of the current trends of sales software. If someone asked me the same question for a software tech stack, I would answer for example: - Bitbucket / Github for version control - Travis CI for continuous integration deployment - React JS for front-end, combined with parcel as a bundler, Mobx State Tree for state management, etc. - Ruby on Rails for back-end, combined with PostgreSQL. Ideally, if you have information on how that product / strategy gives you some advantage it would be really hepful. If you have any resources that could also help a technical founder get into sales, with a step-by-step process, that would also be great!

What is Juneteenth?

June 16, 2021 Add Comment
What is Juneteenth?
On June 19, 1865, enslaved African-Americans in Galveston, Texas, were told they were free. A century and a half later, people in cities and towns across the U.S. continue to celebrate the occasion.

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The War in Tigray

June 16, 2021 Add Comment
The War in Tigray
Not long ago, Ethiopia’s leader was awarded a Nobel Peace Prize. Now, he’s leading a military campaign that has killed thousands and displaced millions. How did the country get here?

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快餐里的移民往事

June 16, 2021 Add Comment
快餐里的移民往事
从美式快餐到美式中餐，我接受了前辈们的历史，也接受了自己在坚持中的削足适履和在削足适履中的坚持，接受了属于自己的移民记忆。

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Driving the States of Maine

June 15, 2021 Add Comment
Driving the States of Maine
Taking U.S. 1 the length of Maine reveals the shifting nature of the state’s character, from lobster shacks and antiques stores to vast forests and a lost French colony.

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快餐里的移民往事

June 15, 2021 Add Comment
快餐里的移民往事
从美式快餐到美式中餐，我接受了前辈们的历史，也接受了自己在坚持中的削足适履和在削足适履中的坚持，接受了属于自己的移民记忆。

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Apple’s Bet on China

June 14, 2021 Add Comment
Apple’s Bet on China
When the technology giant first started doing business in China, it thought it would change the country. Decades later, the reverse is true.

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Bitcoin's Many Flaws

June 14, 2021 Add Comment
Bitcoin's Many Flaws
Its value is volatile. Its users aren't as anonymous as they think. It might be a threat to the environment. And it could be exacerbating inequality.

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Whose Pride Is It Anyway?

June 13, 2021 Add Comment
Whose Pride Is It Anyway?
The decision to bar uniformed police officers from Pride marches has drawn cheers — and criticism. A gay officer and a New York parade organizer talk through the fallout.

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