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by ak39 13y ago
He's not saying it's taboo to name drop. He's saying don't be so naive to play in the hands of a system designed to deflect from taking real action to fix the erosion of civil liberties.
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by ak39 13y ago
Punitive measures for folks who are already being punished because they ostensibly ALLOWED themselves to be punished??
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by ak39 13y ago
Felt the same way. Is this a perfect example of the sociopath Hugh Macleod apex personality or what?!
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by ak39 13y ago
Classic! LOL. This is worth a Dilbert strip!
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by ak39 13y ago
> Honest question - did you give up counting, > or give up finishing the comic at all? Honest answer: I gave up finishing the comic. It became tiring to stomach. I truly felt that the piece actually insults and undermines clinica
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by ak39 13y ago
You call that bobbing her head above water? Those painstakingly-crafted vivid and lucid illustrations, the careful wordsmithing of the humorous writing (which I admit I did very much enjoy) and the coherent reference to the tragedy of hope
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by ak39 13y ago
Yes, you're an absurdist! Lovely.
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by ak39 13y ago
Please stop worrying about the author! No, really. She's doing fine. She got up in the morning determined to complete her blog. She has found purpose and meaning in her life! Finally!
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by ak39 13y ago
I do not intend to downplay the anxiety and the emotional pain of the experience either you or the the OP had. I empathise completely. I myself have gone and continue to go through such "crises" regularly. I feel just as much. My point w
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by ak39 13y ago
Wow, what a beautifully written and illustrated piece. However, I gave up counting the number of times I read about life being "meaningless". The author is more likely suffering from an existential crisis than actually being clincially depr
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by ak39 13y ago
Isn't the joke on the guy posting the (impossible) job? I see some have commented on the economic desperation or the salesman attitude of the coders bidding for this impossible job, but when someone asks a large population of salesmen that
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by ak39 14y ago
Value propositions battling it out here. I don't know if the OP is an entrepreneur or not, but bartering time and skills for an ego payoff is not healthy. I could never fully appreciate this about talented folks sacrificing their time with
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by ak39 14y ago
I agree with tptacek (and others recommending CBT and ACT), examine the language you are using. The words you use may not spell "depression" but they are certainly in the vicinity that may lead you to it (I'm talking clinical depression).
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by ak39 14y ago
Agreed totally. The runway is nothing other than a brutally honest cash flow projection into the next 6 months (minimum). Cash flow projection: first useful skill for any entrepreneur.
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by ak39 14y ago
What's worse than people "wasting electricity" making ostensibly mean comments? I know. It's writing an entire blog post about it! The anti-dote, usually, for a "Don't be mean ..." request is "Don't take it personally". To defend HN comme
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by ak39 14y ago
No need for the barf response. It's actually the truest and best advice one can get. Genius does what genius knows will make him/her happy[1]. That's it. Simple as that. ___ [1] Of course we know and appreciate the difficulty of defining
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by ak39 14y ago
<Quote> Seriously, if you think this generation has a monopoly on glamourising the "live fast, die young" ethos, you haven't been around for very long. </Quote> I didn't say that really, did I? I've lived long enough to
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by ak39 14y ago
I'll tell you why you're upset. You're upset because you are precocious. And decided. And certain. And dare I say sometimes morally certain! Aaron was an absurd hero who chose not to revolt. He just didn't imagine himself happy, so he
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by ak39 14y ago
I disagree. The reason why we are often too eager to dismiss is because kindness takes effort. Empathy, and certainly sympathy, is hard work. We get lazy, we become exhausted and our reactions become snappy. Almost always the "dry your eyes
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by ak39 14y ago
There's a crucial difference between a good programmer and a successful one. And the two aspects are certainly not mutually exclusive, and by that I mean: being a good programmer does not necessarily translate into being a successful progra
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by ak39 14y ago
Point taken. But does it really matter that the students are not "American-born"? How many expat students really return to their native countries? I think the investments in education ultimately stays closer to the institutions.
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by ak39 14y ago
Top universities and almost exclusively dominated by the US. Well done! You see, that's the real indicator of innovation, IMHO. I'm not saying that all innovation/research takes place or has to happen in the universities, but there is so
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by ak39 14y ago
I bumped up my life cover yesterday by a factor of 4. That's the lesson for startups here. Year 1-3 means that you are losing everything. If you die during that time, you better leave your loved ones with something to take home for your o
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by ak39 14y ago
Whew, heartbreaking. But like that great Indian liberator once quipped: "Life is dhukka". Let us liberate ourselves from the clinginess of existence. I am not one to advocate open and public emotional outpourings, although I contradict th
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by ak39 14y ago
You're willfully sanitizing the anecdotal/hypothetical question. Imagine he loves his wife but is also falling in love with another ... Only he is afraid to pursue. Should he pursue or not? If not, why not? Is his sky-diving hobby any less
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by ak39 14y ago
Jesus Christ! Someone ought to make a freagin poster of that! Awesome! Thanks EDW!
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by ak39 14y ago
LOL! I suppose his point is: why look for happiness in a disruptive engagement? If you're happy/content/satisfied with a vegetative state ... well, good for you. You've controlled your desires, an important aspect of remaining peaceful. But
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by ak39 14y ago
While I would agree that meditation helps to introspect and obtain perspective, I don't think that aiming for happiness (of itself) is meaningful at all. Yikes, I meant ... you cannot pursue happiness for happiness' sake. It's a byproduc
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by ak39 14y ago
Nice. Much like fertile soil, the mind too needs to lie fallow.
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by ak39 14y ago
Love that video, but I fault it because it doesn't include our own living legend Nelson Rohlihlahla Mandela. :( A true misfit who refused to accept the status quo. And, in case you don't know, Rohlihlala in fact means "he who shakes the t

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