Tim Ryan called out for not placing hand on heart for national anthem at Dem debate
Democratic presidential contender Tim Ryan stood out as the only candidate who didn't put his hand on his heart during a performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" at the opening of Tuesday night's debate in Detroit, prompting commentators to zing the marginal candidate even before opening statements began.
Ask HN: Don't want to write CRUD apps for the rest of my career, what to do?
2 by non-entity | 3 comments on Hacker News. Quick background, no degree, been working in the field professionally for a few years now and I'm bored out of my mind. I don't want be stuck writing code to automate business processes for the rest of my life, nor does developing b2b or b2c consumer apps sound very interesting to me. The typical stuff I hear recommended to people like myself is to go the PM route or do something like devops, neither of which sound interesting to me. There are certainly fields / problems that interest me (low level embedded type stuff, low latency programming, etc.), but they tend to not be accessible to someone with my educational background (let alone professional). And while I've considered school, it's a financial impossibility. On top of that, I fear I'm not smart enough to do a lot of the stuff and feel like a proverbial "code monkey". At this point I'm wondering if I should just leave tech, but the lost earning potential tells me that would be financial suicide (where else can you make that much money with nothing but a HS diploma),but I'm just not sure, and feel I may be overreacting or not seeing some option, I know other people have been in similar situations, and I'm curious if anyone could lend me some advice.
Mississippi Walmart shooting victims identified; suspect charged with murder
The two victims who were shot and killed after police said a gunman opened fire inside a northern Mississippi Walmart on Tuesday have been identified and the suspect has been charged with two counts of murder.
Florida beekeeper says someone may have poisoned millions of his honey bees
A veteran Florida beekeeper thinks someone may have poisoned his honey bees and is offering $30,000 for information leading to the arrest of whoever’s responsible.
North Carolina political operative faces new charges in ballot fraud investigation
A political operative in North Carolina at the center of a ballot fraud investigation into a disputed congressional election being rerun was hit with new charges Tuesday.