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691.
by gcheong 13y ago
I believe that under a strict definition of vegetarianism - a person who abstains from eating meat - the answer would be no. If they did they would not be vegetarian. Maybe another classification would need to be created for those who will
692.
by gcheong 13y ago
Does his hypocrisy, a debatable assertion here at best, render his advice on how to be more productive invalid somehow? Does not seem so to me.
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by gcheong 14y ago
Acknowledge the anxiety. Allow it be there - and then get to work.
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by gcheong 14y ago
Mis-application of Dunning-Kruger.
695.
by gcheong 14y ago
And still I get my neighbor's mail.
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by gcheong 14y ago
Had the same reaction. A package that doesn't do what you want in exactly the way you'd like it and not coded to youre standards does not signal incompetence. Someone built something that was probably suitable for their immediate needs and
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by gcheong 14y ago
We would if we did but we don't.
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by gcheong 14y ago
The only time a house makes sense is when raising kids. I don't have kids but one benefit I get from owning a house is I can do pretty much what I want to it without having to get permission for it from a landlord and it affords more spac
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by gcheong 14y ago
Attribution bias? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attribution_bias
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by gcheong 14y ago
A lot of the productivity difference is probably due to overall familiarity with the code base. In a year from now when you have to fix a bug or add a feature you will probably know where to go and have an idea of what needs to be done rath
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by gcheong 14y ago
Why make an iPhone app to keep track of planets owned when you could just make a simple paper based scorecard? Or am I missing something about the complexity of the game? An app might be useful but you want the game to be playable by the la
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by gcheong 14y ago
The lack of integration with my kindle is a large part of why I don't use Goodreads as much as I might otherwise but I'm kind of disappointed that it will take a buyout to get that integration rather than Amazon creating an api that would a
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by gcheong 14y ago
I used to work in the canneries in Alaska during the summers off from college. They pay you minimum wage but the long hours means most of your work is at the OT rate. It's crap work, will put some stress on your body but clearing 10k for a
704.
by gcheong 14y ago
http://www.richardwiseman.com/research/psychologyluck.html
705.
by gcheong 14y ago
It is true there is certainly often a lack of planning and preparation for retirement until it is too late and we are fortunate that our industry tends to afford more opportunities to prepare than many others.
706.
by gcheong 14y ago
Is there something in the article that made you think this person might not be financially independent other than the fact that he has a job?
707.
by gcheong 14y ago
The problem here is the pressure of the time limit which is only compounded by starting off easy in the beginning where there is more time and then ending with the hardest problems which take the longest to solve. Then the question as was r
708.
by gcheong 14y ago
I think a lot of it is about interview anxiety and, if in general you are in a market where the perception is that you may not be as good as other candidates simply because of your gender, the baseline interview anxiety for women might be h
709.
by gcheong 14y ago
Kind of like when Mitsubishi first came out with the jet towel years ahead of Dyson's "airblade"?
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Cognitive biases(io9.com)
66 points by gcheong 14y ago|21 comments
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by gcheong 14y ago
I could understand the French system where no-one gets a top grade in courses outside of engineering, mathematics, and the sciences where problems may be less well defined but if say I'm given 20 math problems on a test and I get all of the
712.
by gcheong 14y ago
Carol Dweck developed the theory called mindset that shows that how children are praised (for effort, or intelligence) can determine how they approach problems, how long they persist at trying to solve problems, and even whether they will t
713.
by gcheong 14y ago
Probably a little too safe.
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by gcheong 14y ago
Couldn't his/her experiences be used to better others lives who are already here as well though? What advantage is there in creating yet another human whose outcome is uncertain?
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Happy New Year: Pick Up a New Skill(newyorker.com)
2 points by gcheong 14y ago|0 comments
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by gcheong 14y ago
There was a similar term that came about when another company dominated the mobile business world -"Blackberry widow".
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by gcheong 14y ago
This should keep you busy for a while: http://www.authentichappiness.sas.upenn.edu/Default.aspx
718.
by gcheong 14y ago
Why do you think creativity and curiosity require protection through insubordination and rebellion?
719.
by gcheong 14y ago
Men getting antagonistic when their sexist behavior is called out is not the fault of the women calling that behavior out.
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by gcheong 14y ago
People have been lamenting the difficulty of making ends meet for as long as humanity has been around and I'm not so sure that today it is truly any less possible to finance a home and family with just one earner than it was a generation ag

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