arandr0x

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by arandr0x 8y ago
I have something on the order of 20m^3 worth of clothes. I'm seriously weirded out by how none of the "fashion tech" companies do anything regarding appropriate outfits for the weather conditions. 50% of my outfit choosing ti
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by arandr0x 8y ago
What is your company size? If you're hiring sales reps (multiple) and customer support (multiple) you've got to be more than 30? Because at less than that just use personal referrals. How elite are you talking? Is it a case where
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I have very weak visualization but I have some (4-5) images I can render in my head (stills I've seen plus one from imagination), which I think aphantasics can't do, and if I'm reading specific descriptions and take enough ti
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I can draw (from sight or imagination) things I can't "see in my mind's eye" just like I often compose music that doesn't play in my head. When drawing, my hands move to create the drawing on the paper that represen
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I have no visual memory, but my tactile memory is excellent, so I remember my loved ones' arms, the texture of their hair, that sort of thing.
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by arandr0x 8y ago
What you're saying isn't rational but it's 100% true. People's relationships aren't part of a market; rather the economy is placing constraints on their relationships. People work further from their homes so they do
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by arandr0x 8y ago
This was the career I wanted, but I'm not willing to work in academia. I actually have a biochem degree and 10 years of work experience as a software engineer. The point should be rephrased : "We need cheap programmers in biology
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by arandr0x 8y ago
the analogy with "listen to music" is not "read the code" it's "use the program" but definitely composing and playing don't use at all the same skills as programming. For example it's easy for me
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Your life will get less hectic as you will get used to the pace of it, and that 1-2h gap will be productive again, in about 3y or so. That's how people with kids find time for side projects. That said, if you hate your job, change jobs
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Doctors won't prescribe enhancers just for enhancements, but all stimulants (except modafinil I guess) were OTC for at least a time, so we'd expect an enhancer (if safe) to be regulated as a supplement. Caffeine is "the one g
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Could you share with us the "requirements" section of an average job you would feel confident applying to, one that is like the jobs you are not passing the interviews for? You don't get repeat clients. What is your communica
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by arandr0x 8y ago
We happened to use it in most of my classes. I was studying biochemistry, and it's definitely more bio than chemistry, but it does have everything you'd need. In North America it may be one of the most popular textbooks. But you&#
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I'm arguing that if sex is more casualized, which it is, then partners are not "competing"; they can have sex with Man A on Monday and let Jody from Accounting have Man A on Tuesday. The failure modes for this system are twof
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Yeah I haven't mention this, but my theory also suggest undesirable men may be even less well served if, for some reason, more desirable men also want more sex. If so then they could easily satisfy most of the women -- even if the unde
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by arandr0x 8y ago
What I don't understand with this argument, is sex is usually a 1:1 activity that takes up a bit of time (like interviewing). Even if you have a population H (for Hottie) of men every woman would wave her panties for (doubtful but let&
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Of these I only know about genetics/biology. You need an undergrad level textbook (I used Stryer's but you can usually get assigned textbooks from the course pages for the intro courses of your desired field at the tier 1 universi
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Eh, that is strange. I do feel happy and energized from productive work (even "house work" or "a hard day's work" that's not inherently creative) but I've never felt like an entirely different person after
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120 is an "uncomfortable" heart rate though; you'd feel it at rest, it would somewhat get in the way of concentrating or sleeping. (Although it's easy to dismiss as resulting from anxiety or infection.)
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I'm also a reader, and in my experience devs who don't feel comfortable with reading (most of them) tend to get better information flow through talking, unfortunately they're about as likely to be shy as other devs and someti
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by arandr0x 8y ago
That makes sense. I've never spent my life savings but I did behave in a way that was both way out of character and quite shameful once as a result of an inconvenient flight schedule. It's weird how people speak of sleep deprivati
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by arandr0x 8y ago
But the prevalence of bipolar disorder in the population is like, 1% right? So if you have disturbed sleep in that sense (sleep 4-5h for weeks on end, but feel alert and well-rested) it is still quite unlikely to be due to undiagnosed bipol
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by arandr0x 8y ago
Honestly for me it's mood dependent. Feel good during the day -> enjoy staying up literally pacing till 2AM. Feel like an unmotivated lump that can't do anything -> sweet, sweet oblivion. I guess that's related to what
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There may be a fear element that also affects adults -- some time ago, I was at a work party at a bar in a major city. (Nice bar, ritzy area) Everybody else either came in groups by car or had a hotel within walking distance; mine's qu
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It's easier for care teams in this situation to speak to one person. I suppose your wife (if she felt up to the task) could have asked if your brother needed relief, but 21 hours in an emergency is a very long time and being the only o
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by arandr0x 8y ago
That kind of self-teaching worked for me for junk food (for which I have told myself since childhood would make me nauseous) but not coffee (for which I have mostly been telling myself it would make me warm and happy, which it does). Now I
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by arandr0x 8y ago
I'm an introvert who kind of likes people (but get drained a few hours after spending time talking) and my go-to has been tons of coffee. (when I was younger booze was good too, for social situations, not client meetings, but I had the
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by arandr0x 8y ago
So how addictive is exercise exactly? If you're exercising, past the point where you feel physical hurt, because it makes you feel immediately more alert (or straight up euphoric depending), is it dangerous? It's usually attested
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It's not unlikely that people who are successful have adverse childhoods (even when the adversity is not directly related to the activity of their success unlike yours) because it's a lot easier to survive the sheer terror of bein
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I did, but TBH, I think that makes me (and most of HN) part of the economic class cities want to keep out of their culture, and I don't blame them.
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by arandr0x 8y ago
This is exactly true. Any tips how to identify companies that welcome this during interviews? (Or companies that don't.) I wouldn't have considered myself as having "hubris" but I have a kind of semi-wild enthusiasm for

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