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by borroka 4y ago
Perhaps dressing poorly (very common) and not being in shape (bimodal distribution, there are many in very good shape and many in very bad shape, few in between) started out as a counter-signal, but today it is just sloppiness, or convenien
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by borroka 4y ago
I am a bit puzzled by these comments. "It is an inspiration for many media," sure, for historical television programs, certainly not for the everyday clothing of our times. Let's take men's suits. They were made of heavy
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by borroka 4y ago
This is a common fallacy. If I say that going slow with the car is better than going fast, I am not saying that the optimal speed is 5 mph. In a CAD world, there is no reason to use pen and paper and a drafting machine. If I were to start l
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by borroka 4y ago
I would say that there is an overemphasis, although understandable, on the usefulness of what happened or was used before the current state, position or technology. For example, with regard to technical drawing, we might say that using the
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by borroka 4y ago
I disagree. Senior professionals might have a better understanding because they have spent a lot of time drawing, but the specific tool is not relevant. It is like saying that playing tennis with a wooden racket gives you a better "fee
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by borroka 4y ago
I myself am guilty of this. I went to a technical college and had to spend three years doing hours and hours of technical drawing every week. I was pretty good at it, but I never got into the craft. In the last two years of high school we s
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by borroka 4y ago
Editing a few days after writing does wonders to improve the quality of the writing, especially allowing you to find those parts, expressions, words that you do not hear as your own voice. Reading and rereading immediately after writing is
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by borroka 4y ago
Buenos Aires is a city I know well, I visited quite a few times and I will do it again in a couple of weeks. But making it my home base would be in the context of the life I am talking about. If I must work, like unfortunately I still have
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by borroka 4y ago
Although I appreciate the observation and may agree to some extent, there are confounding factors to consider. Many people have been born into this life because of well-off parents and families, and their attitude toward this life may, inde
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by borroka 4y ago
My dream life consists of these activities, fueled by a good deal of money and freedom: - Extensive travel to urban locations (e.g., Paris, New York, Buenos Aires, Rio, HK, Melbourne) and less traveled routes or experiences (e.g., Central A
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by borroka 4y ago
It is not a "Hot Hand" problem because the context changes. Hot Hand is when you face the same problem (shooting a 3 in basket), not when one has to choose what to bet on, since the variability of the conditions surrounding the be
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by borroka 4y ago
Back in the day, when homosexuality was discussed in fora not frequented by distinguished intellectuals, one of the points presented by "traditionalists" against the social acceptance and spread of homosexuality was that if everyo
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by borroka 4y ago
It is similar in terms of the user demographics to Facebook back in the day, but the revealed preferences of the users and way of using the social media are not similar at all.
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by borroka 4y ago
It is true that it was started as a way to connect people, and I remember the excitement of finding out whether the old classmate got married, the colleague got fired, or the ex-boyfriend got uglier. But it also got old pretty quickly, like
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by borroka 4y ago
"I share this sentiment and can't figure out why politicians aren't better stewards of the peoples' interest." In part, it's the nature of the job, one has to overpromise--since they are voted for something the
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by borroka 4y ago
I have policy leanings, but not political leanings. I reside in the United States, but I was born and raised abroad and have not voted in political elections for more than 10 years. I really appreciate the opportunity to vote and I would ne
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by borroka 4y ago
I am comparing trajectories, not values, as the units of measure are different.
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It is said that sometimes one can recognize the love of their life at first sight. I say that sometimes one can recognize a disorganized mess in five minutes. And that's what I see in Musk's (early) management of the company. I ha
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by borroka 4y ago
One can read about Einstein's search for a unified theory of physics (see, for example, https://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews/200512/history.cfm ). "Failed" is a big word, which I do not like
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by borroka 4y ago
It seems to me yet another confirmation that there is no man (or woman) for all seasons and all situations. Musk looks like the disorganized mess he's making at Twitter, the kind of "visionary" we've all had to work with
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by borroka 4y ago
I believe that we are on the same page, as I wrote in my comment. "Of course, one might say, but how inefficient or ineffective are all these meetings, e-mails, notifications on Slack, etc., I just want to code or get my brilliant idea
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by borroka 4y ago
I am perplexed by the success Cal Newport has had with ideas that are either trivial or whose application is so context-dependent, such as the theme developed in this verbose article, that making parallels evokes the classic "Oh, inter
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by borroka 4y ago
I don't need Twitter, since I rarely post on the social, I don't use it for work, and it kind of annoys me too, and if it disappeared I would forget about its existence in two weeks, like I forget about my favorite podcast three d
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by borroka 4y ago
I think we pretty much agree (and I thank you for your "moderation"), but I go further. There is a fairly strong correlation between the thoughts and actions of others, including ourselves. I care what others think of me, in part,
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by borroka 4y ago
The advice "I don't know" sounds good, but without further qualification it just sounds good. Examples are my boss and their boss, who instead of saying "I don't know," would sell you their plan for nuclear fus
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"I don't care what others think" always sounds like a coping mechanism, a last resort, an out-of-balance response to past insecurities and people-pleasing, as evidenced in this comment by dated references to designer clothes
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"Surely, a person can't just wish themselves better". One cannot only wish, but wishing is part of it. I have read many biographies of successful people, I have studied the issues of "success" academically, and I ha
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by borroka 4y ago
An unfortunate comment. First, GOAT means greatest of all time, which, by definition, means bring beyond impressive. Having a GOAT as a reference for how to conduct one's life sounds nice on Twitter, but in reality it is meaningless fo
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by borroka 4y ago
I get no RSUs and bonuses are taxed as W2 income. I don't quite get why there is this misconception that, at the end of the year, bonuses are taxed differently from regular income. Withholding by the company is what may change, but whe
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I am sure we agree that it is not random for many other professions. Why should the filter almost random for SWEs? What's so special about them? Let's say you are asked to rate a boxer. You have their resume (who and when they fou

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