Ask HN: Does lack of a social media presence harm employment chances?
With a very large number of companies now vetting the social media accounts of their applicants I was wondering how its seen if someone has no social media presence at all?
in my opinion the best option is actually isolation and to that end a pair of earbuds with a set of custom fit tips could be a good option, i have some myself on a pair of etymotic er4 and theyre spectacular, complete isolation from outside sound and comfortable enough to wear for 8 straight hours
so you can trust me when i say there is no such thing as a "if you do it once youre hooked forever" chemical or certainly not in the 100+ unique psychoactive chemicals i have tried.
feel free to ask any questions you may have
if taking drugs was guaranteed to cause problems id certainly have been subject to them and while i am no longer actively searching these things out or experimenting i will dabble from time to time, yet im still a "functioning member of society"
it also comes with the extra added issue that its very easy to accidentally end up having taken too much, unless you happen to be a very well equipped chemist then youre probably not the one measuring your doses not to mention the potential variability of effects between different synths of the chemical
during my experiment i think one tab must have been slightly higher dosed than the others resulting in a small "i need to get the hell out of here now!" moment in the supermarket, not enough that anyone would have noticed and it was gone pretty quickly but it highlighted the potential shortcomings of a chemical thats so potent and can much more significantly alter your perception than straight stimulants can.
of course in that situation there would be a ton of benefits i could claim that would make it more affordable but why should i expect other people to pay out for my desire to have a child i cant afford?
another little gem is my current insurance claim, i was knocked off my motorbike over a year ago, yet i still havent received a payout from my insurance, id assumed their lawyers were dragging the process out but by this point she has been convicted, my insurance company have been paid by hers but i still havent had anything back, when i asked my lawyer what was holding it up he said it was just one thing they need, they are still awaiting the medical records from my GP which were requested and paid for back in September but despite monthly attempts to get them to send it they still havent done so and every time i try and contact them to ask why im told that the medical secretary isnt in at the moment and only she can deal with it, but they will tell her to call me as soon as she gets back in, i have yet to receive a single call from them.
i could go on to site a ton of other various reports of shit service that i have personally experienced let alone that of others i know. if i was insurable id have taken private medical insurance long ago and still strongly advise any healthy person in the UK to get private medical insurance ASAP, sure its an extra cost no one wants to pay but if you ever do get sick youll be damn glad you have it
i dont think it would exactly be fair to punish anyone for doing it, its not like people get taught what to do if a life changing amount of cash came their way. if it were me id have cashed em in already and be flying off on holiday! (well you could just do that with bitcoin of course)
also maybe consider saving some, the investment has paid off so far why not let it ride? (not all of it of course)
its also a pretty flawed comment when its already accepted on something as huge as steam, and at places like CEX, BIC camera and a growing list of other retailers.
and you say none of the true believers want to spend theirs, im sorry but youre wrong there too, ive been heavily into bitcoin since about 2011, but ive always been of the belief that if nobody uses them then they will never become a currency so i always spent mine (if id saved even 10% of what ive mined id be a millionaire by now but c'est la vie) im certain i am not the only person who shares this belief.
it doesnt rely on being mixed with something to delay its action or be pressed into a solid pill, in fact you can open up the capsules and eat the powder inside and there is no change in its effects (its also ineffective intranasally or as far as i am aware even if injected) its rate of release is difficult to change, its just how long the average body takes to strip the lysene away from the chemical.
With a very large number of companies now vetting the social media accounts of their applicants I was wondering how its seen if someone has no social media presence at all?
i start off researching the city as fully as i can, check out all the usual places like trip advisor but often hitting up the reddit for whichever city you are visiting can offer some really interesting possibilities, its also great for finding out about music events that may otherwise be hard to find out about.
after that i split the trip up, i never stay at a single hotel the whole trip, ill pick a few in different areas of the city where there are different things to do, it makes you explore the city a bit more. i dont do airbnb or hostels but im not above guest houses or low end hotels.
i dont stop there though, once hotels are booked ill still keep checking hotel sites at least a few times a week to see if any deals for better places come up, if they do i cancel the old and rebook. it pays not to have too rigid a schedule though as things dont always go quite as you plan them to
i dont write any of this down though, i generally just memorise it all (ive usually spent so long researching it that its burned into my brain!) as long as i have google maps for navigation im set (i never travel without a data connection these days)
of course this method only really works if youre visiting big cities, and if im honest its a while since ive done any that werent in japan (but if youve been there you probably understand why that is, and if you havent then its time to start planning a trip!) next month it all begins again for me as ill be booking my flights to head back to the land of the rising sun in november
that is all