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Re:Ask HN: How do you build your personal start page? on Thursday December 02, 2021 @12:04PM (#29418894)
Wordpress?
Re:Tel Aviv is the most expensive city in the world on Thursday December 02, 2021 @09:17AM (#29416330)
Not Lisbon? (with Portuguese salaries)

I like to build and create, is tech for me?

In a way I understand the pointlessness of the question, I meant it as in—will it kill my soul or is the industry wide enough to find challenging work?I come from an illustration background, I have seen the following job title "Product Designer", it seems to involve programming and design, it reminds me of an artisan in a sense. I'm quite enamoured at the moment, so please pop my bubble a bit.

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Re:Pessimists Archive on Saturday November 27, 2021 @07:01AM (#29359522)
Not surprised seeing Pinker is a fan. These are the same type of people that parrot the "technology is neutral, it's how you use it" line.

"Only by looking back at fears of old things when they were new, can we have rational constructive debates about emerging technologies today that avoids the pitfalls of moral panic and incumbent protectionism."

Sure ok, start with this: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/228250.Four_Arguments_fo...