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by d-d 5y ago
Unlearn perfectionism by becoming mentally perfect. Hmm, could take a while.
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by d-d 5y ago
Why do shopping malls build selfie traps into the walkways now? Why is everyone's backdrop on Zoom so aesthetic? Why are brilliant computer scientists spending their best years reinventing banking? Why are talented artists leaving thei
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by d-d 5y ago
In a world full of defib drones swarming the skies surely donut sales would plummet.
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by d-d 5y ago
I can't access my own data. Someone already signed up using my SSN.
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by d-d 5y ago
That old Windows interface and the Netscape logo are like a portal to another universe.
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by d-d 5y ago
I talk to God throughout the day and focus on listening. This includes some light Bible reading and expecting answers. Transparent, concise, empathic, respectful prayers seem to be answered with great enthusiasm. God is dad, but dad is also
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by d-d 5y ago
I was plagued by anxiety and negative thinking for twenty years. I could barely make eye contact with people. It wasn't until I started praying to God as best I understood him to be with as few words as possible, focusing on listening
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by d-d 5y ago
> For who of you, willing to build a tower, doth not first, having sat down, count the expense, whether he have the things for completing? lest that he having laid a foundation, and not being able to finish, all who are beholding may be
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by d-d 5y ago
The original point of CSS was to remove style code from HTML. This made a ton of sense twenty years ago. Web content was often saved directly to static files, so imagine having to update styles across hundreds of HTML files manually without
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by d-d 5y ago
Do something for someone else that makes them know they're loved, appreciated or at the very least seen. I'm convinced even one genuine comment can profoundly impact the course of history.
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by d-d 5y ago
Here's my 4 emoji-bit encoded opinion: facepalm parrot fire facepalm facepalm parrot fire facepalm parrot pirate facepalm parrot fire facepalm
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Ask HN: How did you learn to learn?
10 points by d-d 5y ago|7 comments
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by d-d 5y ago
A more direct approach to serverless technology.
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by d-d 5y ago
Build something with zero practical value, but not necessarily with entertainment in mind either. Oh, and I want 10%.
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by d-d 7y ago
Random guys on YouTube have saved me at least a dozen trips to the car repair shop; but there's all that noise I gotta sift through. Good luck and Godspeed sorting through all the quackery if you ever come down with a rare health issue
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by d-d 7y ago
It will be interesting seeing how cryptocurrency performs during and after worldwide panic surrounding the coronavirus, the fed printing a trillion USD and so forth. I was astonished when Bitcoin rose above $30 so calling it a "crash&q
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by d-d 7y ago
That's legalistic though. If you're withholding the fruits of labor from workers because "too bad, bro; you signed the paper" then you're not really trying to be kind to anyone. You just want to be rich and appear
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by d-d 7y ago
Isn't it just depriving the employees of the philanthropy money they labored to produce?
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by d-d 7y ago
Can someone explain to me why it's more philanthropic to amass billions instead of sharing profits with employees? Like why doesn't Gates or Bezos give everyone a $100k bonus and keep a billion?
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by d-d 7y ago
One example might be the growing homeless population in California. Many of these individuals are responsible and hard working, but without an advocate they're trapped in a downward spiral with zero chance of reentry to society.
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by d-d 7y ago
> Hard to say "what it's like".. Are you ever excluded or written off as crazy for going phoneless?
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Ask HN: What's it like to not own a smartphone?
17 points by d-d 7y ago|25 comments
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by d-d 7y ago
I can't say I agree with most of these points, but > Certainty is strength > [and survivorship bias] This I have definitely seen and experienced. Back when I thought I knew everything some people followed me and copied what I
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by d-d 7y ago
I was able to see how the automation software I was designing would ultimately be an equivalent experience to its manual counterpart and thus be pointless to build. This reads like common sense but it wasn't; there were thousands of lo
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by d-d 7y ago
The practical takeaway for me is being able to see patterns and systems I never would have seen otherwise. I avoid a lot more pointless building; sometimes entire projects. The things I do end up creating come from a much deeper place of
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by d-d 7y ago
I'm convinced she's right about our brains overfitting to the first belief that has persistent feedback even in complete absence of reason. Because I'm doing it right now. This seems to explain a lot regarding news feeds and
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by d-d 7y ago
I've found spreadsheet type programs to be sufficient for things like this. I can track whatever data I want, and custom graphs are typically built in.
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by d-d 7y ago
Unpopular opinion: it's not a good career unless you are the best of the best. IMO blue collar work is a better option because it's easier work and more stable, and lets you have a life outside work. In software the hours are incr
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Ask HN: How do you keep your notes organized?
79 points by d-d 7y ago|53 comments
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by d-d 7y ago
I used to be excited by new technology. Now I'm thinking we're just automating ourselves into a far, far worse existence largely driven by greed.

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