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by good_vibes 9y ago
I'll add to my Amazon cart. Currently reading: "Reinventing Your Life" and rereading "Think and Grow Rich" for the dozenth time. I like to be the dumbest person in the room, I force myself into situations where my e
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Will read it after I finish 'Reinventing Your Life', another book that was recommended to me.
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by good_vibes 9y ago
this is something to definitely keep in mind. i've noticed that people I admire are usually pretty nice about helping out someone just starting out or struggling on a project. this is exactly why I spend more time on HN than reddit, I
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Yeah, you're right. Happiness = Reality - Expectations. I should put a LOT less pressure on myself and just focus on the process. Reading through this thread tells me I need to adjust some of my underlying beliefs about intrinsic/
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by good_vibes 9y ago
You're right. My biggest issue with shipping is perfectionism. I guess I should lower my standards a little and just allow myself to look a little foolish just to keep progressing. I'm not Mark Zuckerberg, there is nothing wrong w
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by good_vibes 9y ago
This makes me feel a lot better. I have a fear of being 'called out' one day by people who are 'experts'. I like to always remind myself 'in the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, in the expert'
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Ask HN: What ways have worked for you to overcome 'imposter syndrome'?
323 points by good_vibes 9y ago|147 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
i thought it was a dumb question after the first response I got and it was my first time ever doing that. it was 'what kinds of sexual harassment have you witnessed/experienced in the industry?'
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by good_vibes 9y ago
with you 100%. I respect a handful of leaders and designers in the industry, started to unfollow the rest. I don't care about their analysis of Uber, or x, y, or z. I used to want so much more than I do today. I'm happy with a cam
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In what ways have you increased your happiness by reducing your expectations?
3 points by good_vibes 9y ago|6 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Not @dhh --- the guy tweets to prove he is right about everything and that the rest of SV is wrong. I bought into it for a little while but then he got all buddy buddy with that Gary V dude. the last straw was him celebrating the outing of
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Ask HN: What have you learned from your past failures, mistakes, missteps?
2 points by good_vibes 9y ago|1 comments
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Ask HN: What are some winning strategies for the 'mind games' that people play?
4 points by good_vibes 9y ago|1 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Thanks! This is a good framework for me to use going forward. I want to keep everything casual while collecting valuable feedback/pushback. I learn a lot in casual social settings, the best ideas are useful to people in everyday situa
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Noted. This is the kind of answer I was looking for, I'm not too far off the mark. I could do better though. I'm trying to mold myself from the wisdom of this community little by little. I just want to build something of value, th
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by good_vibes 9y ago
I don't play, I just stand there. I've thought about it some and the only real thing to do is 'show HN'...go from something I'm working on to a viable company. Done.
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by good_vibes 9y ago
In this case, it's family so I really can't. I get the feeling that they feel intimidated by me by the fact that I am a dropout with better career prospects than them who have degrees and can't get an interview. Life is full
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by good_vibes 9y ago
It's around my cousins who are engineers or trying to be engineers. They always try to 'compete' with me even though I don't with them, I'm just doing what I love doing. I just asked here to learn from the community
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by good_vibes 9y ago
I find it depends who I'm around. When I'm around people are geeks like me, who want to make things better/simpler, we just have fun talking. No one is seriously competitive, it's playful at most, it's just science
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Ask HN: How do you talk about what you're working on without being a douche?
22 points by good_vibes 9y ago|26 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
Has anyone here lived/worked in Buenos Aires? I've been considering it as a place to check out for an extended period of time in 2018.
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Mark Zuckerberg Gives Facebook a New Mission(forbes.com)
2 points by good_vibes 9y ago|0 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
How long before Facebook adds this to all of it's apps?
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by good_vibes 9y ago
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Ask HN: How do you plan out your travels/adventures?
2 points by good_vibes 9y ago|1 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
I have a job interview with Amazon next week. Wish me luck, I'll be likely doing entry level work but I hope I can keep working on websites for clients (have 2 currently), keep learning data structures/algorithms, and build a pers
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by good_vibes 9y ago
what ways can you optimize RAM usage? I have a 2016 MPB with 8gb that works well but still lags sometimes. I suspect having Chrome with multiple tabs is a problem but I don't think Safari would be any better. Or would it?
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Awash in Sea of Data, Ecologists Turn to Open Access Tools(quantamagazine.org)
1 points by good_vibes 9y ago|0 comments
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by good_vibes 9y ago
“People who claim we’re in the sixth mass extinction don’t understand enough about mass extinctions to understand the logical flaw in their argument,” he said. “To a certain extent they’re claiming it as a way of frightening people into act
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by good_vibes 9y ago
I speak clear English, as I was born in the US. However, all my friends have called me Kumar for the longest time. I can talk about music, film, books, tech, science. I think Berlin will be okay for me because I'm working on a platform

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