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by ctl 14y ago
That could be the case; but it's also certainly possible that many or most successful founders are not much different from normal people in their ability to effectively work long hours. (And my personal intuition is that this second possibi
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by ctl 14y ago
Same thing that happens when places get so crowded that nobody visits them anymore.
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by ctl 14y ago
To me it seemed like the front page got a lot worse when the mods got rid of the reddit.com subreddit. Did anybody else observe this?
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by ctl 14y ago
I'd guess that most redditors would prefer a front page with fewer pics on it -- but pics proliferate anyway, because they're so easy to read and upvote. I don't think it's elitist to say that the situation is unfortunate.
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by ctl 14y ago
Your argument is unconvincing. It takes certain skills to be an effective "intermediate software developer." (Here I use the word skills very generically, so in particular it includes the things that you call experience. ) If a hiring ma
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by ctl 14y ago
You should consider the possibility that you are wrong. As I understand it, Henry Ford chose a 40-hour work week because he found that it maximized the total output of his employees. Computer programming is (minute-for-minute) considerably
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by ctl 15y ago
This is a pretty strong reaction to a pretty mild proposal. You know that the US already has a minimum wage and a standard workweek, right? The parent is advocating increasing the minimum wage 20% and decreasing the standard workweek 12.5%.
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by ctl 15y ago
Steve Jobs was integral to four spectacular business success stories: early Apple, Pixar, NeXT, and modern Apple. You don't have to call it genius but the man certainly had something.
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by ctl 15y ago
This article is almost 100% fluff.
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by ctl 15y ago
You've made an extremely weak argument. You're saying: Golf is mostly mental. That certainly isn't a problem: you can train mentality. In fact what you've just argued is that golf is well -suited to be conquered purely through training (
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by ctl 16y ago
What would happen if people could see both the upvotes and the downvotes on a given comment, rather than just its total karma score? I've used sites (not social news) that worked like that, and I've found that e.g. seeing +6/-0 on one of my
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by ctl 16y ago
Who's glorifying? Teachers are awesome, but if you're claiming that the average psychological burden of teaching is remotely comparable to the average psychological burden of being a CEO -- well, you're completely wrong. (I'm not gonna talk
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by ctl 16y ago
What? A hard worker is just somebody who works hard. (Note: on something , not on everything. Working hard on everything is impossible.)
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by ctl 16y ago
You, Eduardo, the Winkelvoss twins... All of you want to feel important, to be recognized. It's nuts. It makes no sense. But again, you went to Harvard, you know about this better than I do. Give me a break. Desire for recognition is, if
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by ctl 16y ago
It's possible, but I'd be pretty shocked. I've been doing mindfulness meditation for a few months and I feel fairly confident in saying that the belief that "the operative part of meditation is sustained concentration" is a misconception. W
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by ctl 16y ago
It's ironic that YC membership might become exactly the kind of credential to investors that a college degree is to employers, given PG's distaste for such things. Makes me a little sad, actually.
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by ctl 16y ago
I've had the same kind of experience since I started college -- my life's had the pattern of "work hard for several days, then recharge for several days," and the recharging days suck -- and although sleep and exercise help a bit I haven't