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by dogruck 9y ago
You’ve fallen into the trap. Here’s what happened: 1. Add a bunch of ineffective, but annoying so-called security procedures. Truly annoy people. Take off your shoes and belt!! 2. Offer a way out of that nonsense, in exchange for trading
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by dogruck 9y ago
I use OmniFocus as my tool.
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by dogruck 9y ago
You make the bizarre claim that nobody successfully follows GTD because you’ve never done so, and you know many others who have also failed to do so. That’s like a fat dude looking around at the donut shop and saying “nobody ever sticks to
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by dogruck 9y ago
I found the writing amusing, but I don’t understand the premise. If I were a writer, I’d happily take any standardized test, with zero prep and zero consequences. Then I’d tell you how I scored. And, so what? I did not find his manufactur
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by dogruck 9y ago
Perhaps a semi truck is relatively easier than a lower budget car?
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by dogruck 9y ago
You’re correct that my language is too loose there. Here’s what would happen: 1. Apple would declare that they are repatriating the money. 2. The shareholders would disagree. They would sue, claiming that the company’s directors are obliga
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by dogruck 9y ago
This op-ed conveniently ignores several important aspects of reality. 1. Agency of sovereign nations. Ireland, and other countries, set low tax rates to attract businesses. That’s their prerogative. 2. Revisionist history. After a compan
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by dogruck 9y ago
Try not to live your life counting down 2.5 years of your future. In hindsight, those 2.5 years will be just a heartbeat. I suggest doing your best to find ways to enjoy the immediate presence, and the future will take care of itself.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I enjoy good food too. Certainly depends on the people. For others, food is a tremedous point of stress. But I think all people can enjoy a dinner party, regardless of the food. Two somewhat related cultural touchstones: 1. Truman Capote
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by dogruck 9y ago
My tips: 1. Invite each guest individually. Don’t use a mass mail or an online service 2. It’s not about the food. 3. Serve something you’ve cooked several times before. Or order in. Or make cooking a communal process.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Bezos advocates an alternative perspective, which I think you missed. Don’t view work as a necessary evil that you must cope with and minimize. Instead, embrace it as a core aspect of life. Let work elevate your personal life, and let you
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by dogruck 9y ago
He actually dispenses the idea with work-life balance. That’s different than “superficial comments on work-life balance.”
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by dogruck 9y ago
That was a nice summary — sounds like a great, insightful interview. The inevitable congestive dissonance in readers’ responses never cease to amuse me. Starts with, “wow, yeah, Bezos is a legend. I’d love some insight into what makes him
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by dogruck 9y ago
It’s funny that the crypto coins are so volatile that it’s almost impossible to write a standard article about them.
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by dogruck 9y ago
That’s a good observation. I’ve also worked at organizations where the policy pendulum swings. For example, “Gotta release code quickly” to “quick is good, but all code must have unit tests and rigorous code reviews” to “gotta be quicker,
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by dogruck 9y ago
Brazil’s capital, Brasilia, is a massive master planned city. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bras%C3%ADlia
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by dogruck 9y ago
Sorta. Arcosanti is north of Phoenix, half way to Flagstaff. Belmont is west of Phoenix.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Nobody will answer your question. These commenters and down-voters know how to pattern match “he said a person is not a victim” with the knee-jerk response of “you’re bad.” They don’t know how to articulate a sensible argument to back up th
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by dogruck 9y ago
You are pessimistic and cynical. I know many people who have jobs equal to or similar to Studs Working. And, more importantly, his book did not describe a paradise. He profiled whores, for example.
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by dogruck 9y ago
I didn’t call anyone lazy — those are your words. I know (lower middle class) people who went bankrupt in the Great Recession because they had 2 or more mortgages, obtained with a 5% down payment. To me, they took too big of a gamble, and l
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yes, that’s a better phrase.
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by dogruck 9y ago
That is your unsubstantiated and overly general opinion.
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by dogruck 9y ago
Sounds like this book has an unfortunate bias of victim hood. Lost your mortgage? Not your fault. Didn’t save for retirement? Not your fault. Only job prospect, after working and training and networking for your entire adult life, is movi
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by dogruck 9y ago
I don’t think podcast producers can accurately measure or estimate the number of listeners. The vast majority of podcast listeners download directly from iTunes. There’s simply no data on who actually listens, and how long they listen. My c
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by dogruck 9y ago
Yeah, sounds like I was wrong about an association between this podcast and gambling.
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by dogruck 9y ago
How do you get listener stats for a podcast?
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by dogruck 9y ago
You’re totally right. That said, I’ve recently seen comedians such as Ari Shaffir, jump from Comedy Central to Netflix. The main motive was that Comedy Central was too restrictive, and Netflix gave total artistic freedom. Many comedians,
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by dogruck 9y ago
You’re wrong — HN has guidelines: https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html What to Submit On-Topic: Anything that good hackers would find interesting. That includes more than hacking and startups. If you had to redu
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by dogruck 9y ago
I think the real story is the battle between The Platform and The Artist (or Content Producer). In the beginning, platforms such as YouTube, and Netflix, were weak. They needed artists to create content that would drive traffic to the new
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by dogruck 9y ago
Louis CK does not need Netflix. In particular, check out his phenomenal self-produced show, Horace and Pete: https://louisck.net/show/horace-and-pete

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