Shatnerz

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by Shatnerz 3y ago
How are you defining efficiency here? Is walking really more efficient than cycling? I would put walking as the least efficient manual powered methods mentioned. Aside: I used to unicycle to work, and I have to say that it was both fantasti
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by Shatnerz 3y ago
Try overemployment. Get an easy second job that you allows you to meet expectations with minimal work.
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by Shatnerz 3y ago
Pick a niche hobby and dive in. Any hobby without too much supply will be full of interesting and generally welcoming people since they will also be in need of growing the community. This could be anything depending on where you are. Maybe
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by Shatnerz 3y ago
India has some previous experience with censorship. Maybe we will end up with "The Emergency: Part II" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Emergency_(India)
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
I first heard about Miegakure from xkcd. It's been just about 13 years exactly since that comic. https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/721:_Flatland
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Something like 35% of the US has graduated university[1]. I suppose the average university graduate is smarter than the average person regardless of the school they attended. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Educationa
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
I don't see why not? Citizen science has been pretty important to fields like ornithology. I'd actually be surprised if something like this wasn't already happening somewhere at small scale at least. edit: There is even a &qu
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
True, but at the moment the funds are locked until next month when Ethereum has a network upgrade (Shanghai). If they credited users ETH directly now, they may not have enough liquid ETH on the books if everyone were to withdraw before the
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Burn more calories than you consume. There was a professor (Mark Haub) who only ate junk food for a period as a self experiment and lost a significant amount of weight simply by calorie restriction.
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
The issue is that not everyone is comfortable bringing up issues as they happen. Some people may not recognize issues. Others may avoid mention until a problem grows larger. Regular 1-1s make this much easier to catch and give direct report
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
> If you want to cancel it every time, that's fine I would amend this to "If they want to cancel it every time, that's fine". I personally think its best to keep 1-1 availability as consistent as possible. Always be
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
When starting with a new manager or direct report I usually ask that they read this blog post from RandsInRepose: https://randsinrepose.com/archives/the-update-the-vent-and-t... > I don't want to just keep blow
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
I first heard about it here on HN 36 days ago. See: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32996953
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
"How to Know Every" - Elke Wiss. I read this recently and it was pretty good.
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
I didn't actually read the linked article but I see it is from GitLab. GitLab makes it easy to view the diff between versions of an MR even if it includes rebases.
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Have you asked for more? There is no incentive to pay you more if they think that you are content with your position. Not much can go wrong when asking for a raise. Worst case, you continue to get paid the same, which seems to be the trend
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
> Per my knowledge US is the only country which stubbornly (and illogically) considers Sunday to be the first day of the week; First day of the working week is Sunday in Nepal. I assume they consider Sunday the start of the week, but I&#
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
It's just a recoining of "Rest and vest" right?
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
I find that it is fairly common for companies to pay you as a contractor if you want to leave the US. This simplifies things for both parties in most cases (assuming the company doesn't have an established office in the location that y
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Depending on the setup, companies can often block/disallow secondary market sales. It almost feels standard at this point. I don't know if it has a specific name, but I believe it is possible to work around the company in cases li
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
> It's not 'semantics', it's the opposite of 'semantics'. Is there an opposite of "semantics"? Isn't semantics just the topic around the meaning of words and communication? Is the opposite jus
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
We can turn this to a semantic argument over the meaning of "practical usefulness", but in my opinion collecting such information provides no additional benefit to Coinbase other than keeping regulators at bay and avoiding future
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
> might be useful in financial transactions This is likely to satisfy regulators. I highly doubt that this change has anything to do with practical usefulness
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Send to your own privately controlled wallet and then transfer as your heart desires.
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
Would it be ethical to land several tech jobs at the same time and then do the bare minimum at each to keep the paychecks until you hit $100k? You'll likely be fired and burn some bridges for potential employment, but I think you could
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by Shatnerz 4y ago
> 1) an 8-person company will be a shit-show and not a good experience for my first adventure in start-up world, especially coming from a large legacy insurance company There is a lot to be learned from shit-shows and even sinking ship
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by Shatnerz 5y ago
As with everything it requires discretion, but avoid attributing bad intentions especially on first offenses. If someone forgets to credit you for work done, reach out and let them know so they can correct it. There is a good chance that th
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by Shatnerz 5y ago
I first ran into this concept maybe 4-5 years ago while reading the GitLab handbook[1]. I have to say that I am a fan. I've been repeating this idea to every company and team that I have worked with since. Lol, I recently had a potenti
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by Shatnerz 5y ago
A meteorite strikes your house and puts a hole in your roof in the middle of rainy season. You will likely need cash quickly. You may be able to get an invoice or payment plan, but a lot of workers who will patch your roof get ripped off an
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by Shatnerz 5y ago
You don't. Emergency funds are for emergencies. Higher yields are possible with various different investments but they all come with additional risk. You do not want to have an emergency fund they may drop in value during a period whic

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