dirtybirdnj

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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
tell me more about the fly fishing! the project I'm working on is actually a website / store for vertical jigging lures I use to target lake trout. Making lures myself and dialing in stuff that works better than what I started wit
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
The personal project I talked about, I have built and rebuilt it like, 4-6 times now? #1 was absolutely pathetic and looks nothing like #7, which looks much more professional and legitimate. If you look at each one of these in isolation i
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I like the optimism. You still have time! There's so many hours left in 2023 to get into trouble :)
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Ask HN: What did you fail to finish in 2023?
13 points by dirtybirdnj 3y ago|22 comments
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I've developed a GUI / workflow around converting bitmap images to vector traces. The first version was jquery and duct tape, the second version was react / material UI, the third version was a backend service and "forms
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Ah, regulatory capture. An American pastime as old as apple pie, baseball, and tax loopholes. Telecoms took ENORMOUS sums of money to upgrade their systems and did nothing. Now they want to pass the upgrade costs onto consumers. These corpo
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> At what point is a company too large to effectively serve the public interest? I use the term "maxium tribe size" to describe the human capability (or incapability) of extending compassion and understanding to a group. Compan
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Sports betting is a black eye on one of the few "wholesome" parts of society left. We are tribal animals and at least sports lets us exercise some of that with a relative level of "don't kill each other" civility. I
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Ask HN: Is anybody using Snipcart (2023)?
1 points by dirtybirdnj 3y ago|0 comments
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
You hit the nail on the head. If you are in a job hunting drought outreach like this is like a mirage. It looks so good. It can be really emotionally draining as you realize that it's not targeted outreach but automated scraping. It&#x
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I did, when I saw this thread I was curious if I got one. I'm not sure what prize I won yet...
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> Why startups needs to spam for candidates? Because if you could save money on hiring, you would. When you are in survival mode (not saying anything about the company referenced, just startups in general) you tend to get fast and loose
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
They've been at this for a while, I got one in Sept 2022 "Saw your profile on HN and we think your skills look like a good fit for our team" If it had been "we saw you are engaged on hacker news" instead of "we
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
So we should re-adjust timezones in places where it's not a problem because some different people have chosen to settle in places where the sun isn't as optimal... and their comfort outweighs the experience of the people who don&#
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
DST is social terrorism at this point. "We" keep it that way because the herd is too scared to change. Never underestimate the awful raw power of herd thinking, it's the worlds greatest cancer.
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Class and status are one hell of a drug
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
You can't make your own luck but you can always be preparing for the things you want. You can make a choice to decide what your goals for success really are. In that you can choose to remove the burden of struggle and pain pursuing som
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
"don't make me look bad" is like the neurotypicals prayer
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Update: I made it in! I added a drawing! Hello from Vermont :)
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
It appears I'm about five hours late on the internet hug of death you guys are experiencing. Looking forward to reading when I can access it :) Congrats on making something interesting enough to cause you this pain.
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
You are Not So Smart by David McRaney. It started a journey of self reflection and introspection that I'm still working on to this day but extremely thankful for. It changed the way I look at myself and the actions of other people, bot
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Your replies make a lot of sense, and it's an interesting contrast with some of the other negative experiences in the comments. Can you think of anything in particular that you did that helped you get ahead of any of these "out of
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
> Our culture is constantly telling you that if you can't find a job it's due to some kind of character defect. You hit the nail on the head, its a combination of survivorship bias and just-world fallacy that cause people to ha
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
This is actually really, really important. It sounds so simple. Self compassion takes a lot of work and I'm still awful at it. "There was just a better candidate for the job" helps me deal with getting turned down. You are wo
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Serious plot twist at the end, didn't see that one coming. The "party before the storm" pattern is something I have experienced myself.
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Not non-useful at all if you are willing to answer follow-up questions: 1. How long have you been continually employed for? 2. If more than one job, have you ever moved between jobs? 3. Have you changed jobs due to forces that were outside
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
Have you ever experienced an extended period of unemployment, or have you been able to hold down a steady job for the duration of your career?
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
My comment got engagement but I regret that I missed an opportunity to be more serious about the important issue. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37658410 I doubt this will get the engagement my flagged comment got, bu
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Ask HN: Have you been affected by layoffs?
92 points by dirtybirdnj 3y ago|115 comments
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by dirtybirdnj 3y ago
I appreciate this constructive criticism. It's frustrating to feel targeted by the actions in the article but I can see how my comment is more antagonistic.

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