> What about dating, travelling, sports, family? Is one supposed to spend their entire time thinking of ways to speed-up algorithms. I find it peculiarly reass

> What about dating, travelling, sports, family? Is one supposed to spend their entire time thinking of ways to speed-up algorithms. I find it peculiarly reassuring that so many HN commenters are adding things like this -- my own experience of my twenties would have been better if people had stopped me more often to say "are you sure you're OK?" and "is this really all you want?"