ikeyany

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by ikeyany 9y ago
There is a distinct difference between a big ol empty place in the middle of nowhere and a place suitable to raise kids. Even those who want to buy and start a family would do so closer in than in the middle of nowhere. That wasn't the
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The trend happened for a reason. Suburbs aren't as interesting as they were in the 80s--no one wants a big ol empty palace in the middle of nowhere since technology is what gives us space now.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I imagine far more people just get high.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
When you dance with the devil, you don't get to pick the tune.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
But Trump has been bedfellows with white supremacists since day one. All of a sudden there are "optical disadvantages" of being closer to him?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
So, the question is, do you trust me? :) No way. And don't think for a second we buy that "We're so Googley and honest because we use fun colors in our logo" persona either.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Well, not always. Sometimes people refuse to look inwards because they do not like what they see. In such a case, it's less painful to ignore it.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Texas is a hot and humid political mess. At least in Colorado, your vote won't go to waste.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
You make a good point. Low attention spans aren't a millennial thing--it's a human nature thing. Snapchat and facebook may benefit from this phenomenon the most, but HN does too.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
They don't upset the social order immediately, but they're a starting point. So it would make sense to be against that too, to maintain the current social hierarchy.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> for some reason, people started thinking that computer scientists are ideal software developers Musicians generally are. But all the talented ones are drawn to more fun, lower paying careers.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> During the first month after it opened, the new Guardians attraction had an average wait time of 93 minutes, with the maximum wait time climbing to five hours, according to the data. Words escape me.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Libraries aren't homeless shelters.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> After a little over a year they've adjusted You mean they developed depression and gave up having a healthy work-life balance?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
It's not coercive, you see, Zuckerberg is just empowering users to make meaningful connections .
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Comparing oneself to the impossibly achievable is sometimes how you end up achieving the impossible. Or at least falling short and ending up with something impressive all the same.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Like Mercury on a foggy day.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Fair enough.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> Like iterating over the files in a directory, for example. If you think that's easy in Bash you have either have a funny definition of easy Maybe I'm overlooking something...but why wouldn't this work: for file in $(ls);
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by ikeyany 9y ago
> I would argue that the nature of humanity is to conquer Followed by fighting, famine, and death?
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by ikeyany 9y ago
The forces who are interested in creating noise are far more motivated, are far more numerous, are far dirtier, and are generally far more incentivized than that forces who are interested in creating the signal. There's the rub.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
You have a knack for explaining "explaining something in simple terms" in simple terms. Kudos.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
A handful of huge tech companies could single-handedly fix the housing crisis* by taking one of those disruptive risks they claim to cherish and move headquarters outside of Silicon Valley/Seattle. Because other companies want to be ar
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by ikeyany 9y ago
I would love to hear all of the reasons why top minds reject top companies. It's a fascinating subject.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
It's not necessarily the number of followers people obsess over, it's their validation.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
Twitter is an endless bag of potato chips for the mind. However, it's within our nature to seek the path of least resistance, and munch on snack food to keep busy.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
That requires self control and a resilience to peer pressure, things we are encouraged to devalue for the sake of "followers".
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by ikeyany 9y ago
A high GPA or SAT score doesn't necessarily mean you're smart--it means you're good at maneuvering within a system and doing what's asked of you. Understanding that will lead you to a far more satisfying adulthood, in my
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by ikeyany 9y ago
This is apparent to anyone outside of the echo chamber that is Silicon Valley.
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by ikeyany 9y ago
As an example, being "technically correct" is important for building a design to match a specification or for winning a logical argument. But it is not an important skill for persuading people, or for cheering people up.

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