ekanes

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   by ekanes 5y ago

   I think no matter how one gets to this perspective, it’s the only way out. We must care less, because if we care too much, we can’t handle it and we fall apart. Humans aren’t built to live with constant fear and stress. Of course that need
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   (Approx) How old are your kids?
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   An interesting but plausible idea I saw once was simply weighing oneself daily, and letting your subconscious do the rest. I think the idea is to add a score, and hey looks like now this is a game, and I wanna move that score. But it remo
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   If a deal is inked, you can post, but even then usually you’d check in about messaging. I think you were just super pumped :) but it’s still a faux pas.
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   yeah especially in an age of masks
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   Ok thanks!
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   Another take would be providing jobs to refugees who just fled. More job options is better for people than fewer.
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   I don’t think when we work out, we get more cell division. Our muscle fibers get stronger and grow wider (vs adding more muscles).
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   by ekanes 5y ago

   Seems like SAFEs should be updated to include timeouts if money isn't sent within X days.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    You might be right, but the UK public sector isn't evidence, private sector almost always pays more, everywhere and no matter what industry. One could make a case the other way - that companies won't lower public salaries, because
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    I used it all the time in business. You're talking to someone, and can know what you want in real-time, without saying, "ok I'll run the numbers and get back to you." Sometimes that doesn't matter, but lots of bus
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    “Naturally, because this is me, the case study will be (trumpets blaring) Rome, which fought a lot of poorer, less settled peoples and is frequently used as the example of wealthy, ‘civilized’ and ‘decadent’ military failure. I’ve opted to
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    I’ve been learning a lot about this. It’s pretty wild. Anyone interested in this should look up Polyvagal Theory. This related book with a strange name has been incredible to read. “Accessing the healing power of the vagus nerve.”
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Reddit accounts for this already with friction like account creation dates or minimum karma. Seems to work decently
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    I’ve never heard of someone being their own registrar. Was this hard to set up?
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    I remember learning that the reason school busses don’t have seat belts is that as a transportation method, busses have such ridiculously low mortality rate that you don’t want to change anything. Almost anything you might do could only ma
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Please ignore if this takes us off-topic, but is this a case for micropayments, done via cryptocurrency? Because I think a successful implementation of micropayments might solve for this. I don't want to subscribe to any regular news,
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Agreed, micropayments would be clutch here.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    That could be true, but given that few systems cannot be compromised by a determined attacker with resources, it seems worth thinking through what happens if a fleet of these is controlled remotely by people with bad intent.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    You’re right, but this is always the way. Accommodating people with differing needs/sensitivities usually helps everyone. non-fluorescent lighting, reduced noise, etc. The majority of people are affected by something but don’t realize
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    It’s been gone for many years but I feel obliged to give a shout-out to hacker news magazine. It was fantastic. Someone collected the most interesting stories and printed it and shipped it out. I think in the end it wasn’t sustainable, sad
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    All totally fair. But I guess what bothers me is the feeling we're playing at Environmental Theater, just like at the airport we play at Security Theater. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Security_theater
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    I'm pretty frustrated that we're societally focused on plastic straws and shopping bags when things like this or needless empty flights are happening ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29818050 )
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Instead of thinking of waking up your brain, think of waking your body. Have you tried a SAD light? They’re great for regulating waking rhythms.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Yes. That was bonkers.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Sort of! Depends on where you live - it might not be much in Sweden.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    It's a perfect split. /antiwork could be shaming nasty bosses, and /workreform is a productive name for where this could go.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    That means it is uncorrelated with their short/medium term success. If we wanted to fix that, we would either vote with wallets (we aren’t, so this doesn’t work) OR we could assign higher penalties for breaches.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Yes great point.
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    by ekanes 5y ago

    Not holding them accountable simply because “but they have reasons” means no-one is ever accountable for anything.