JonShartwell

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by JonShartwell 4y ago
How is an elected representative a dictator? About half of the US population voted in 2020, something like 100x the proportion of the population who voted to elect representatives at the time of the constitution. By any standard the US is f
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
I appreciate the advice, but I already see a therapist. Here I was looking more for perspectives from people with personal experience. Also I think “get a counselor” is really overused advice that can be a lot less helpful than people think
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
Thanks for your comment and advice. That makes sense and I think I understand - if I want to achieve something then it takes discipline and motivation will not always exist for me to rely on. But the part I’m struggling with is why try to a
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
Thanks a lot for your comment. I think you’re right that I have fallen into habits out of line with what I really value (doing good work) and fixing those is very useful advice. I can write a lot of words whining about how it’s hard for me
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Ask HN: How do you motivate yourself to do your best work?
7 points by JonShartwell 4y ago|6 comments
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
It’s a common experience to order something from a website and have its appearance be different from your expectations based on the photos and description. If you can see the appearance of the item you’re buying before buying that problem i
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
Does the word “correction” not imply that the previous price was incorrect?
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
It absolutely is up to the law to set the standard. Wishing people would all live up to your ethical standards for no reason will always have the same result: no difference. You can wish it all you want but it’s never going to actually caus
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
The only difference between a manufacturer’s online store and a retailer’s from customer point of view is that the retailer sells multiple brands. I guess maybe there’s some value if you want to browse different brands, but if you already k
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
Other countries also have groups who have historically been discriminated against and the numbers show they do a much better job at solving these crimes than the US
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
I’d also add Barbara Ehrenreich’s Bright-sided, motivated in part by her irritation with people telling her to be positive after hearing about her cancer diagnosis https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?sto
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
How would you be able to tell what’s veiled skepticism vs legitimate skepticism?
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
I don’t know, the criticism in OP seems pretty substantive to me. I don’t know much about this subject so I can’t really weigh in on how much the post makes sense but regardless appeal to authority is essentially the opposite of modern scie
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
It’s absolutely in the spirit of science to question an experiment’s methods and results. If you disagree with the criticism then present some evidence. An appeal to authority is pretty unconvincing considering scientists have been confiden
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Neuronal Graphs: A Graph Theory Primer for Functional Networks of Neurons(frontiersin.org)
1 points by JonShartwell 4y ago|0 comments
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
I have been in and out of AA (thankfully in a good place currently) and I think this idea that addicts are fundamentally different from everyone else is a complete myth that only makes people with addiction problems feel more hopeless and s
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by JonShartwell 4y ago
Yeah, the 12th step is to sponsor people (among other things), there is no shortage