Grustaf

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by Grustaf 5y ago
They already have exactly this issue (not that I think it's a big problem), if you apply to YC and convince them you want to build the next Slack, but in reality you just want a comfortable life for a few months, that's entirely p
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by Grustaf 5y ago
A lot of bike paths here in Copenhagen are simply painted and it works fine, even for small kids.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
In the case of Sweden it's not a secret that crime has increased exactly because of immigration, since some immigrant groups are extremely over represented in crime stats. Looking at crimes in general, people with both parents born out
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Don't you feel that a default anything should be easy to use and intuitive? I don't think anyone who ever first came across Vim could even figure out how to quit, let alone do anything useful. Seems to disqualify it as a useful de
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I took the plunge and got Fork, a Git UI, a few weeks ago. It's actually starting to make sense now. Sort of.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I must warn you, I haven't lived in Sweden for almost a decade so saying that I'm saying the same things as "the far right extremists" in SD (who is actually a Social-Democratic party) doesn't really work. I really
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by Grustaf 5y ago
My "distro" is MacOS... I'm sure there's a way to change the default, but now I don't have to google "how to quit vim" that often anymore, so I haven't bothered.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
One reason for the previously very high trust that existed in Sweden is the homogenous population. Everyone spoke the same language, knew the same songs, had the same values. (Other reasons could include protestantism, the cold climate, low
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I'm saying that: 1. Sweden is not the same as Denmark/Finland, it's not homogenous at all anymore, in that sense it's very similar to the UK 2. Social trust is still relatively high in Sweden (because of inertia) but it&
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I feel that Vim is already sort of a prank in itself. One minute you're happily source controlling away in Git and the next you're stuck in some arcane console app.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
The UK is like Sweden, but Denmark (and Finland) are much more homogenous. And Sweden only retains social trust because it was still homogenous 20 years ago, most people don't realize they essentially live in Rio.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Interesting, I had no idea.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Sure, if you hype your own investment and add 4 more as decoy then you are hyping your own company, so that would be self serving.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Hyping founders you _didn't_ invest in is sort of the opposite of nepotism though.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
A16z didn't invest in Theranos, did Marc personally invest or what is the conflict?
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Great Zimbabwe is very cool and a fascinating structure, but I feel that these gushing descriptions are a bit over the top. Compare Great Zimbabwe to the 2000 year older Gate of Ishtar, or even the 3500 year older Ziggurat of Ur. Even backw
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Why not? If you like building things and have the time, making a shed is a very valid use of time. Better than playing video games or watching TV. Most men enjoy building things, it's probably innate.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I don’t really understand what your point is. In some sense I guess they are portrayed positively, but they are still incredibly awkward. Richard can’t talk normally, Gilfoyle is incredibly weird, Dinesh is more normal but still needy and f
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Ah, well i enjoyed Matrix back in the day but there’s little connection with programming isn’t there? Mr Robot was fun too until it became too much of a Fight Club rip off, but I remember the protagonist as extremely awkward and weird, not
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Thanks for the links, yes I did think that "spectrum" referred to a scale. And I don't know much about autism in general, but it should be pretty uncontroversial to say that programmers and computer nerds are much more social
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I don't know what Neo or FSociety are, but almost all the programmer protagonists of Silicon Valley were more or less awkward. Young Steve Jobs was pretty awkward too, and Elon Musk is positively painful to watch. So I'm not sure
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Yes perhaps climbing (or skateboarding) isn't the best example, since it's easy to just climb along by yourself. Group activities like courses would be the best really.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I think it's 90% the other way around. Clearly people that are slightly (or very) autistic will gravitate towards computer work, since computers are like a wet dream for autistics.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
I'm aware of very few correlations between personality and profession that are stronger.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
If autism is a spectrum, I would say that at least 80% of the programmers I've come in contact with are noticeably further along it than average. Over 60% would be described as awkward. This is in Scandinavia where people generally jus
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Pick up a hobby, like climbing, skateboarding, basketball, diving or whatever and you will be meeting people regularly and frequently.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
Not sure that's true. I would be surprised if computer nerds weren't significantly further along the autism spectrum than average.
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by Grustaf 5y ago
So what does he take to the "dirt park half pipe", and what is that? I've never seen a half pipe in a dirt park, do you ride it like a snowboard half pipe or a skate ramp?
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by Grustaf 5y ago
How do you ride a dirt bike in a half pipe? I think you're mixing up terminology here. And he must be very big for his age if he can ride a full-size dirt bike. > My job as a parent is not to manipulate him into the life I think he
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by Grustaf 5y ago
He might be fine now, but he missed 2-3 hours of childhood per day. If I had to give up either my well paid job today, or my happy childhood playing outside, I would definitely be poor now.

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