davebryand

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by davebryand 9y ago
I can't wait until Sam "gets" meditation. It will be fun to watch how these tips and preferences change. It's a privilege for us to watch the thoughts of an individual destined for enlightenment as they do the work.
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by davebryand 9y ago
This is a great point. I started that list with leaving SF, but you're absolutely right that having kids is truly what started turning my ship in a whole different direction.
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by davebryand 9y ago
Like most things that involve consciousness, the evidence is personal and experiential (Which is why people use the term psuedo-science for much of the information in this domain. Ironically, I now use that label as a signal for further res
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by davebryand 9y ago
I would have thought so, too--it just sort of happened :)
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by davebryand 9y ago
Thanks for asking. Here is a grab bag in rough order of events. (Spent years 1-20 as Catholic, and years 21-39 as an atheist) * Leaving my third "failed" startup, post YC. (For the record, my awesome co-founders sold to Cisco afte
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by davebryand 9y ago
You don't, but relaxing and talking are also not going to change your luck according to the ancient mystery traditions. Visualization, vibration, meditation are some keys, but most atheist-materialists view the belief that one can use
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by davebryand 9y ago
It's not about deities, it's about whether there are ways to use consciousness to manipulate the material universe. Are there laws of the universe that are knowable through experience and intuition that do not yet have a scientifi
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by davebryand 9y ago
"The strategies included using meditation to enhance intuition, relaxation, visualizing good fortune, and talking to at least one new person every week." These are basic techniques that have been taught by almost every spiritual s
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by davebryand 9y ago
It's really fun to see that the people that we consider geniuses are really just smart people spending their lives forming concepts into reality, one function at a time, like the rest of us.
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by davebryand 9y ago
Or you are a wizard that has mastered the Law of Attraction.
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by davebryand 9y ago
I question the authenticity of the $3.37 number when I see that the paper this article references was published by an organization funded by these bodies: Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, BP, ClearPath Foundation, Conoco Phillips, Duke
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by davebryand 9y ago
It's not. Choose to give unconditional love and choose to be lovable. You'll have more friends than you know what to do with.
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by davebryand 9y ago
Stop using Facebook. Stop using Google. Problem solved.
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by davebryand 9y ago
Sam, your point is incredibly valid, and you'll be able to lead the charge if you reframe some of your concepts and let go of paragraphs like this. "To get the really good ideas, we need to tolerate really bad and wacky ideas too.
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by davebryand 9y ago
They forgot the question mark at the end of that title... And the answer is: they don't read hbr.org
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by davebryand 10y ago
I don't know, that first iPhone was pretty special. Just having a fantastic web browser (mobile Safari) was a game changer. The gap feels bigger with VR, to me.
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by davebryand 10y ago
I've been considering picking up Blender for a few months and this just tipped me toward committing. As a long time vim lover, this is a great way to get people excited.
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by davebryand 10y ago
I'm guessing this isn't going to help YC's fight to keep Thiel around.
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Ask HN: In 2016, what are best practices for personal computer security?
1 points by davebryand 10y ago|0 comments
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Show HN: All Federal Reserve Statements from 1994-present on GitHub(github.com)
22 points by davebryand 10y ago|2 comments