TheShrug

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by TheShrug 6y ago
I've been thinking a lot about this recently and it's led to a few personal realizations about my identity of being a "night-owl". I also greatly value night-time, and it took me a while to realize why. If I had to to tr
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by TheShrug 7y ago
I feel similarly and agree about the responses. I typically avoid political arguments or heavily opinionated conversations. Maybe it's because I'm still young (I'll be 30 in a couple years) but I don't think this makes m
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by TheShrug 7y ago
FWIW I enjoyed your 2nd ever comment on HN. I do find it interesting how quickly polarizing topics will be brought up online.
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by TheShrug 7y ago
I agree with you that this isn't the same country you grew up in. I'm only a decade behind you, and the country is certainly not the same country that I grew up in either! The common nostalgic "this isn't the same countr
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by TheShrug 7y ago
I have a hard time agreeing with this statement. I don't doubt that there have been some unnecessary charges against parents, but I don't believe that there are any strongly enforced laws regarding this. There has always been unsu
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I'm curious why you're inherently unlikable. Are you are rude to people in real life? Does talking to people online allow you to filter what you say (therefore you can catch yourself before you say or do something off-putting)?
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I think that's a safe assumption. Anecdotally though, I prefer to stick with one service and if I was offered options that didn't include my primary choice I might be reluctant to sign up. I just don't think that intentionall
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I understand that you are not fans of Facebook. But couldn't this be a good opportunity to show Facebook users that there is an alternative out there? I'm just not sure that restricting users who primarily use Facebook oauth does
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by TheShrug 8y ago
A short PIN seems nice for personal use (maybe on a self-hosted service) but wouldn't a short PIN allow people to potentially guess random PINs and download files that they shouldn't have access to?
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I appreciate your diligence, but I'm having a real tough time following any argument you are making. I feel like you are receiving downvotes because you come off as sounding secure in your perspective but your arguments appear rather a
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I agree with the GP in that the average at home chef doesn't need anything more expensive than a $45 Victorinox 8" chef knife. With moderate to proper care, you can keep a cheaper knife very sharp. While you may be statistically c
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I always find this very interesting. You feel strongly enough about your point that you need to say it (albeit using a throwaway account). My reaction to your point as well as some comments above about an influx of immigration is that I thi
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by TheShrug 8y ago
That is true if deliveries are made one at a time, but if a delivery truck is making multiple deliveries at a time and makes an attempt to optimize it's route there would be less CO2 produced.
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by TheShrug 8y ago
You are correct! But the way you phrased it makes it sound like you are experiencing a hardship, which I think most would disagree with. Don't get me wrong, I think you should be proud, you clearly did a lot to earn your savings, but y
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I know you're looking for attention or validation, but I have a feeling you'll probably get more negative attention than positive when you seem to be equating having $1M in liquid assets to "starting with no income, no produc
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by TheShrug 8y ago
This might just be envy speaking, but I don't feel like this was a very tough decision (not that it needs to be!). Either way, congrats on the early retirement!
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by TheShrug 8y ago
I think you might find it difficult to get feedback when you require registering to a mailing list to test your product.
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by TheShrug 8y ago
A colleague of mine actually invested in a work/living space for pretty much exactly this purpose. The idea being that the office is rented out completely (not a shared work space) and the upstairs functions as a hotel space. It has fi
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by TheShrug 8y ago
Why not use this time to "sell" us your function as a service platform? You keep saying its a function as a service platform, but I still have no idea what it is or why it would be useful. I think you're missing a perfect opp