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by dougmwne 3y ago
Around the time I hit 30, alcohol just kind of stopped working for me. It makes me feel a little calm and tired, but the euphoria is gone. Previously I was close to having a problem with drinking and went out a few too many night a week for
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by dougmwne 3y ago
I can tell you that the comfort of your home is a huge factor. I would not dismiss it. I think that it accounts for a lot of the difference between European attitudes to WFH and American. My best WFH situation was a beach house where I had
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Faster and more energy efficient chips will continue to open up new consumer product categories, just as they have with the desktop, laptop, smartphone, smart watch, and smart home thing. Major companies seem to be betting that AR eyeglasse
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by dougmwne 3y ago
It’s funny how well that fits in with cultural stereotypes. The US had an insane culture of self promotion and salesmanship. Europe has a culture of intense elitism. ESA designed an excellent satellite that focused on the “right” goals, and
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Yes, really! What you did is called tapering. You reduced your dose slowly enough to avoid withdrawal symptoms. I assure you that the withdrawal is very real, though nothing ibuprofen can’t take care of. To experience it, just quit drinking
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by dougmwne 3y ago
I think it is largely a mirage. Certain drugs make us feel like we’ve “broken through” or “figured it all out”. We might write down these incredible insights, hoping to share them with the sober world as a kind of prophet. And the next day
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Clearly someone who hasn’t read a book lately! They are the physical embodiment of progress bars and badges of achievement once you finish them and put them on your shelf.
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Bizarre. What a very California thing to write. What was this person expecting exactly? A red carpet? A personal guide? Gift wrapped tax forms? And honestly, how is California so much more easy and welcoming? When I tried to move to SF, it
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by dougmwne 3y ago
What does “that bad” even mean? Like in some kind of relative sense, people still live there and go about their lives. Some of the things that made it a popular and pleasant city are intact. In an absolute sense, if you were to compare SF w
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Absolutely. If you are tempted to turn this job down because it’s not the right fit, instead of turning it down, you should bring your exact concerns to them, both that you feel you are already leading a team successfully and that you want
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by dougmwne 3y ago
It seems the biggest question is, “do you really want to move to Switzerland?” That’s a big change. The next biggest question is, how will this affect you financially, not just the pay, but the final savings after all the taxes and expenses
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by dougmwne 3y ago
I agree with this post, but I don’t think he makes the most convincing argument. Risk taking is hugely important to growth and profit. All investments come with some level of risk and riskier investments, on average, provide a higher return
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by dougmwne 3y ago
For as ambitious as it was, it just didn’t have any fun gameplay loops. It ended up being a bunch of mediocre and simplistic clones of much better games tied together with a rather academic concept. It was absolutely innovative, just not in
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by dougmwne 3y ago
How so? I’m serious. Nearly every person on the planet has a phone in their pocket. People use these screens for hours a day. Companies and governments track everything you do. Whatever world you are afraid of is already here.
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Gaming is legitimately awesome with these devices. It’s a high effort, high reward experience. Using the Quest on a few of the highly polished and addictive games surpassed even my childhood experience of getting a computer for the first ti
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by dougmwne 3y ago
There have been some really good experiments in room scale VR, both with actual basketball court sized play spaces and with smaller play spaces that used tricks like redirected walking. Honestly it’s mostly uncomfortable and tiring to walk
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by dougmwne 3y ago
It was a daily driver for me. I game in waves. Sometimes an hour or 2 a day, then I will take a break for awhile. I found a lot of really excellent titles on the Quest. I had an absolute blast, but recently gave the headset away after abou
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by dougmwne 3y ago
What an incredibly sad question. People need breaks and rest. If you don’t get it for long enough, you will burn out. If your company isn’t taking your need to rest seriously, you should find a new job. Unlimited PTO is mostly a scam. PTO h
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by dougmwne 3y ago
I’m not sure how major of an upgrade this will be. From a gaming perspective, 2x the GPU will help. The Quest 2 graphics are pretty basic but they get the job done. The MR seems like it’s a solution searching for a problem. I’m waiting for
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by dougmwne 3y ago
No eye tracking based on all the leaks, which appear to have been 100% accurate.
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That is an infomercial script right there. Great that it worked for you, but most people don’t become health nuts after buying a Ronco or a bow flex. Plus, it’s actively unhelpful advice for the majority of people who could never afford suc
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Tax exempt organizations such as nonprofits and churches are pretty famous for being difficult to hold accountable. There are some required public filings, but for the most part, a handpicked board, founder or president decides if they will
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by dougmwne 3y ago
Most of this is required public reporting for non-profits.
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And then for this person to feel all this emotional pain over using their meager free hours training themselves to be even more profitably exploited. Our prisons really are created in our own minds.
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by dougmwne 3y ago
I’m an enterprise architect. I’ve got a pretty wide set of projects I need to keep up to date on, a lot of industry developments and just following general tech trends. Lots of my role focuses on documenting our designs and projects.
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That would be perfect for my own use case actually.
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Ask if they think an AI system could ever win a Nobel.
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by dougmwne 3y ago
This is an interesting idea, but honestly it should be detachable and wireless. The refresh rate is so slow that there’s no reason to be wired and having an e-reader integrated into your display that you could pop off and keep reading would
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by dougmwne 3y ago
It took me many years to have enough emotional intelligence to neutralize anger or frustration I was feeling out of my professional communications. What a wonder that you are doing it with a click!
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by dougmwne 3y ago
It certainly seems to have killed several businesses in my city.

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