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by biql 7y ago
On one job I worked myself to the point of having panic attacks from a mere push notification. Took a few months to recover. Trying not to have anything work related on my phone ever since unless I’m confident it won’t be overused.
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by biql 7y ago
My guess would be people don’t see the virus as something threatening to the businesses long term, but rather as a temporary inconvenience.
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by biql 7y ago
> The middle class instead, trying to secure a better future for the family, will get hit the hardest. That's what progressive income tax does as well. Not all that unexpected the middle class is shrinking.
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by biql 7y ago
The only alternative I can think of is to grow smaller cities. But that's not going to happen as long as people prefer to move to a metropolis and are ready to put up with the cost of living. For the change to start, the option of liv
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by biql 7y ago
Interestingly this doesn’t consider what effect this might have on population growth, size of which also affects co2 emissions
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by biql 7y ago
Regulations also raise the bar for new platforms to enter the space. We may come to the point where a person would need to obtain a license just to make a website with login.
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by biql 7y ago
> Did we forget somewhere along the line that a home is just a patch of dirt with four walls and roof thrown on it? The cost of home is largely the right to live in a certain location and have timely access to certain places. That's
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by biql 7y ago
Maybe that's the next big thing. A few now popular apps started as "that one thing the FB is used for but as a separate app". Instagram comes to mind.
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by biql 7y ago
In dating market, attractive people get most of the attention [1], thus it would be safe to assume that attractiveness is highly valued by the majority and they compete with each other, knowingly or not. [1] https://web.archive.o
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by biql 7y ago
For humans, yes. For other species, sadly, the last hundred years were most likely devastating. Which make me think that in the end, it is a zero sum game as long as we remain on the same planet and don't recycle our waste.
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by biql 7y ago
Forest bathing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forest_bathing?oldid=487393303
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by biql 7y ago
> The company is launching a trio of new apps for the Mac – Music, TV, and Podcasts – to replace iTunes. Nice. It's always better to have multiple programs each dedicated to a specific task than one that tries to be everything.
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by biql 7y ago
It's worth noting that the reason many people take their baggage with them is because airlines often can't be trusted to handle it. Bags get lost, damaged, delayed on reclaim, etc, and they charge extra. If those problems were sol
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by biql 7y ago
Isn't it weird to lie about how long you sit on your butt? I could understand lying about output of your work. But hours? The perception is that it doesn't matter what you did, but rather, how much you suffered for it.
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by biql 7y ago
This seems more like a failure of those platforms to be honest. If they could actually moderate the content and not allow incitement, which is illegal in some jurisdictions, I don't think there would be any problems. After all, they do
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by biql 7y ago
Harder to make bugs. Better documentation. Typed code is easier to optimize - just look at Crystal performance. Better IDE/Text editor tools. Simpler deploy / distribution - just copy a binary file. I really wish there will be op
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by biql 7y ago
This is gold. Besides, if someone doesn't react well to your honest estimates, this is probably a red flag and you're better off letting them find someone else. After all, this is supposed to be in everyone's best interests.
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by biql 8y ago
And the more they pay, the more respect they show. Payment is the reflection of how much value they think they get.
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by biql 8y ago
I miss the time when I didn't have Internet connection, mobile phone, and had no one to distract me for 8 hours per day. I didn't have anything important to work on since I was a kid, but I remember I was able to concentrate on th
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by biql 8y ago
I found zsh to be quite easy to setup with oh-my-zsh. The installation is a few commands and the defaults are sane, I use it with minimum modifications. YMMV
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by biql 8y ago
fasd - fast navigation in command line asdf - universal installation tool for ruby, node, go, etc ripgrep - very fast search zsh - shell (with zsh-autosuggestions and fasd hooks)
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by biql 8y ago
Doesn't have lots of mb of media and javascript files. Doesn't start playing video. Doesn't use ridiculously large fonts. Doesn't display a myriad of links with clickbait pictures and titles. Loads fast and doesn't
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by biql 8y ago
Microsoft IntelliMouse Explorer 2.0. Easily most pleasant to hold mouse. It's heartbreaking to use anything else after that. I'd think that the rise of gaming industry, and especially competitive games, would bring us more refined
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by biql 8y ago
I believe you should be able to report the impersonator although I don't know whether or not it actually works.
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by biql 8y ago
This is surprisingly often true with companies too.
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by biql 8y ago
I went a bit further a created separate macos users for work and personal stuff. It helped with distractions but I did encountered a minor inconvenience when wanted to sync vscode / shell configurations.
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by biql 8y ago
I guess any activity that requires repetition becomes bleak sooner or later because brain craves variety. I guess it can be the inner voice telling that by getting obsessed over only one thing, you can miss out the chance to explore other a
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by biql 8y ago
If transparency was applied everywhere, the new employer would have the same incentive to keep it lower? They would still earn more but despite the transparency, not because of it.
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by biql 8y ago
Or worse scenario: an employer, knowing about potential consequences, would be more interested in lowering salaries of high payed workers to avoid low payed ones leaving the job or losing productivity ("Why should I try harder?").
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by biql 8y ago
Once the logic argument is formulated, the part the decides to act or not act on it is still the emotional part. If someone chooses interests of humanity over their selfish interests, it's because the level of their understanding, whic

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