OsrsNeedsF2P

Like any drug, I had a reason - I wanted to break into FAANG and get paid 3x my salary.

I got my first hit after completing a Leetcode Hard - It took me over 6 hours to do - on a Saturday morning while visiting my Grandmother's house. But damn was I proud.

My second hit was when I reached a 30 day streak. A successful friend - who was launching a startup at the time - gave a heartfelt congratulations, and told me to go for 60.

And while I'm glad I did it, this has gone on too long. There's too many reasons not to continue any longer:

• Validation: Neither myself nor anyone else cares about my streak anymore. I would like to say "it only matters if I care", but reality hits different.
• What I gave up: I used to spend significant amounts of time contributing to Open Source. This stopped when I started Leetcoding
• Time: Leetcode takes time. You can't multitask it when you're hanging out with friends, and there's a feeling of anxiety when you haven't solved the daily problem yet
• Need: I don't need to get into FAANG anymore. I'm already here. I don't plan on going back into Big Tech once I leave, and if I ever do, I can easily learn Leetcode again.
• Cheat: During a trip to Yosemite, twice I used a "Streak Freeze"; but once you corrupt it a little, the value loses a lot.

In 2 days I will be at a 1234 streak. That will be my last day doing Leetcode for a very long time.

https://leetcode.com/u/dginovker/

Fully open source remake server, 1x exp rate. Amazing launch just happened this weekend: https://2004.lostcity.rs/

Discord invite for people who are interested: https://discord.gg/Wvkv2dmjXg

Screenshot taken from https://2004.lostcity.rs/serverlist?hires.x=79&hires.y=22&method=0

For the record, it's very rare for private servers to pull these kinds of numbers. I suspect there's a huge boost due to a few factors:

1. 2004scape is open source (https://github.com/2004Scape/)
2. The lead developer Pazaz previously helped a lot of other remakes, so is well known
3. Jagex closed Scape05 just last month, so the players need somewhere to go

Hiscores link: https://2004.lostcity.rs/hiscores

Realistically I wouldn't think of these things because I'd be too sad being paralyzed. But if I was able to....

• Based on my estimations, I would be eligible for ~1k/yr from CPP-D
• It seems that this is something I could continue to receive outside the country, so I would either move in with relatives or some third world country that's dirt poor
• Become a dedicated meme finder for my friends - Watch the best Youtube videos and give them custom curated content
• Sign up for Neurolink
• Depending on my paralysis level, get a wheelchair and learn to do terrain park with it (X Games Example)
• Work with some of the open source wheelchair projects to make wheelchairs more customizable and affordable to other people
• Honestly I already spend 12 hours a day in front of a computer, now that I think of it, I would lose some hobbies, but not much else would change :)

I had to double check that I hadn't written about this already.

Yesterday, I went for a group run as part of a founders meetup in San Francisco. When I told one bloke I was from Canada, he asked my thoughts about Trump saying we should be the 51st state.

For a moment I remembered I wasn't at work, and refreshingly gave my thoughts.

I don't give a fuck. Like debates on transgender issues, people love talking about this because it's easier and more fun than discussing real issues.

There is a war in Gaza happening right now. There are literally asylum seekers from Russia running in our group. 30% of Americans are living paycheck to paycheck[0].

When you focus on surface level issues, you feel like the people "against you" are the people in the same boat as you. You end up in-fighting with the same class workers with the same struggles as you, while billionaires buy property in their 3rd escape country.

Stop talking about these pointless issues. Pick a couple real issues and get educated on it. Global warming, proxy wars, wealth inequality, human rights, gov't corruption, the list goes on. If you're not interested in debating these, you don't moral high ground. You have moral role-play hobbies.

Comes from a private Slack channel for big name app developers.

I wasn't able to figure out their exact app but keep this in mind next time you get a VPN.

ONLY EVER TRUST AGPL (Open Source) VPN APPS!