Literally anything not done directly on the CPU - anything reliant on an external system - should be considered IO. If it requires talking with an external device/network/etc. it's IO.

The person who wrote that should go back and take an intro to computer architecture course.

I've done the startup thing twice and that was enough to make me realize it just isn't worth it.

There's a 99% chance that in 2-3 years the startup will implode and you're going to hate yourself for getting so involved that you drove away your partner. Not worth it. Not even a little bit.

I don't put a hard cap on screen time with my 2 year old, and he spends a ton of time playing by himself. Watching him do the pretend play thing is pretty fascinating, to be honest.

I'm assuming you don't have kids and only have limited interaction with kids in other social context. If we have friends over or something we try to put something on TV to keep the toddler occupied so we can have a discussion, but that's far from the norm. He spends most of the time each day playing with his toys, pretend playing, running around, etc. etc. - and again, I work from home and I'm not strict about limiting his TV time, he chooses to do other stuff the majority of the day.

> I'm assuming you don't have kids and only have limited interaction with kids in other social context

That you have experience does not make your views universal amongst persons with experience.

Your dad would spend hundreds of dollars on a TV set every year and then throw it in the trash after a couple of weeks???

That sounds insane.

Yeah he was a scientist and a total madman. He thought TV was unhealthy and made us read books instead. I ended up working at an investment bank.

He did teach me to how to brew beer though, so his Phd wasn’t a total loss for us kids.

But why break his standards at Christmas time?

Because exceptions don’t form habits? I don’t get my kids presents constantly, but I will on Christmas. There is also a pretty clear difference between watching miracle on 34th street vs whatever schlock happens to be on.

This.

I dunno, I guess because he was my Dad, and that’s good enough for me.

When did a "cheap TV" cost hundreds of dollars? Seems more likely it was something closer to an 80 dollar thrift store TV that returned to the thrift store in January.

The 80s!

In the 80s (at least the late 80s) you could get 13” TVs at a thrift store or garage sale fairly cheaply. Probably B&W though.

The “pay less for remote workers” thing will only work if all employees follow suit. If Apple decides to cut pay for remote workers, but google doesn’t, you’re going to see a lot more former Apple employees join ranks at Google.

My wife is lifelong vegetarian, and I'm a big fan of keto. We've basically adapted to a "I make food for myself, she makes food for herself and we split responsibility for making food for the kids" workflow and it works out pretty well.

It helps a lot that I do the grocery shopping, I try to avoid buying stuff that I'll be too tempted by - like regular carb tortillas or plain tortilla chips.

Keeping food out of the house is a powerful behavioral device. It takes away the "Ability" part from the Fogg Behavior Model if you find that framework helpful.

Funny because my anecdote is that any devs I've worked with who only use an IDE are average to flat out bad at software development.

I conclude from your comment and the one above you that devs are average to flat out bad at software development.

The person who wrote this is my spirit animal.

Congrats on having a spouse who makes decent money.

Shoes for my toddler are $30-$40, and while it’s not a burden for me, it certainly would be if I was only bringing home $1200/month.

No fast food jobs have flexible hours. You’re lucky if you have any say in your hours at all.