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I managed to spend one night in custody in a prison instead of the police department.

The furniture had an uncanny resemblance to the furniture in the run-down public school I went to.

And the drawing on the walls unmistakably resembled the writing on the public school toilets, too.

And it occurred to me. It's the same people. And their hand writing and stick men had not improved.

Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over? on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:52AM (#39024627)
> Avoid caffeine after 10:00am

Also: Avoid caffeine for the first 90 minutes of your day.

The lifting did it with me. And going to bed at 10 every night for two years in my early 30s, because there was someone next to me I wanted go be like.

Re:Ask HN: What would you do if you could start over? on Wednesday January 17, 2024 @02:47AM (#39024592)
> Sometimes it is best to just move on. My favorite jobs have been fun at the start and fun years later as well.

Why did you quit those?

Wanting to buy drugs online doesn't make you a criminal.

Wanting to be criminal also doesn't make you a criminal.

I actually take all my mom's money every month and put them in one of my accounts.

Then I pay her fixed expenses and give her cash whenever she wants. She mainly spends money on yarn and LPs.

After retiring, her only trouble in life is her health and her children who beg money from her.

She can't refuse them, but she kept saying she doesn't want to. Eventually we agreed that I admin her money.

We're planning that she moves in with me and my spouse.

Cooking for her every day and removing all economic worries is the best I can give her.

When she leaves Earth, she can decide who her money goes to. (I'm not on the list.)

Re:There aren't enough remote jobs to go around on Thursday December 08, 2022 @02:19PM (#33911943)
This is like saying "There aren't enough high-paying jobs".

Remote is one property of a job to select for.

You may not value it high enough to compromise on other parameters.

Sure, there aren't enough remote jobs for everyone to have one.

But everyone doesn't want a remote job, just like everyone wants a high-paying job. (Sure, everyone wants money. But they want to work excessive hours, or work in a field they find questionable? Well, maybe high pay isn't always a good trade-off either.)

Re:The entire crypto ecosystem is a ponzi on Sunday November 27, 2022 @04:00PM (#33766899)
Since clearly you can buy things for Bitcoin, it is money.

You can speculate on the value of any currency. I’ve earned thousands extra this year by invoicing foreign currencies at the right time, at no loss of my customers.

Bitcoin only has value for me because of the things I can buy with Bitcoin. (Privacy preserving technology, online services, drugs, helping friends of friends get out of Ukraine.)