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by j4yav 6y ago
It's true that entropy eventually wins and in a hundred billion billion billion billion years the universe will run out, but in the meantime there's an incredible amount of energy all around us and we get more efficient at extract
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by j4yav 6y ago
I was a big believer 15 years ago, then became heavily disillusioned, and now have a pretty pragmatic view of it. It can help, if you don't know what you're doing at all it's a good framework to start. I feel like the Kanban
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by j4yav 6y ago
Wow, there's something incredibly heartbreaking about summing things up that way.
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by j4yav 6y ago
As a shareholder how do you access that value without stock market shenanigans coming into play? The only two that come to mind are companies about to go bankrupt, or a careful focus on dividend value (but dividends may not pay out the valu
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by j4yav 6y ago
Aren't all of those used quite consistently and without issue in many places much colder than Texas?
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by j4yav 6y ago
Doesn't this path lead to believing anything you like, once you free yourself from the chains of needing evidence? I feel like I'd lose all track of what is real if I used this logic.
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by j4yav 6y ago
It may be helpful to look at HN comments more as a discussion forum than a peer reviewed journal with documented justification for claims and so on.
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by j4yav 6y ago
That's correct, and also prices increase (or inflate). The parent is saying conflating increase in prices and increase in monetary supply can be incorrect.
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by j4yav 6y ago
It doesn't seem to work on mobile either, for what it's worth. Very low contrast text and general weirdness that makes it hard to tell if it's working that way on purpose or not.
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by j4yav 6y ago
Lots of Grateful Dead shows out there too, of course.
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by j4yav 6y ago
What a great perspective, thanks for sharing. Going to give it some thought before replying further.
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by j4yav 6y ago
So the question is is GitLab an aberration or ahead of the curve? To me it feels like the latter but I admit I don't have evidence of what the future holds.
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by j4yav 6y ago
GitLab seems to be doing ok, and they get together in person only once every 8 or 9 months. Or would you consider that hybrid also?
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by j4yav 6y ago
You've put it really well here. I lived in the south bay for a period in my 20s, but man, in no way was living in San Jose and working in a cubicle the social lifestyle that I dreamed of.
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by j4yav 6y ago
Yes, that's my personal experience. Companies with more experience doing remote do MUCH more async, and I think a lot of companies who are now pushed into remote are creating tons of meetings as a sort of crutch for not knowing what el
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by j4yav 6y ago
Generally, remote companies prefer async work. GitLab has a great guide on how to get started, and I'm also building an app ( https://asyncgo.com ). Other founders are building different tools with different approaches but th
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by j4yav 6y ago
I feel like a lot of companies are making way too many unneeded meetings, and almost doubling down on them for remote workers as a way to feel in control.
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by j4yav 6y ago
Working from home before and during lockdown were totally different, as something to consider. It was very social seeing my neighbors, dropping by the coffee shop, taking a stroll during lunch, and so on. Not saying you won't enjoy bei
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by j4yav 6y ago
I think the idea that businesses are buying your time (particularly in a salary context) and hoping they see results by maximizing your hours sitting in your chair is changing, and that's where the disagreement is coming from. It'
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by j4yav 6y ago
Hey, I'm working on an app meant to help with this (well, it won't fix the instincts of bad managers, but it does provide an "at your convenience" place for topics that might have otherwise been a meeting or a shoulder t
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by j4yav 6y ago
There is a way to look at the slacking part more simply, I think - if you have an employee that you sincerely have no way to tell if they are producing anything or not, and neither can anyone else at your company, then why do you have them?
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by j4yav 6y ago
I've gotten several jobs through colleagues, none of which were based on having made an actual friendship in the sense that I hung out with any of these people in my free time. It was more like networking and was based on professional
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by j4yav 6y ago
My experience coming from remote working for several years was I made friends in my neighborhood through volunteering and local places/events rather than at the office. In a lot of ways it has worked out so much better that way. Of cou
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by j4yav 6y ago
I worked at a highly successful all-remote company (pre-COVID) with over 1500 employees and it was certainly not filled with antisocial or otherwise damaged people, and it was clear we were just as effective there with complete freedom to w
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by j4yav 6y ago
Hey there, I'm working on an app that helps guide people new to remote work to using something very close to the style of working you're describing here. If you'd be open for a chat, I'd love to get your feedback about h
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by j4yav 6y ago
All four of these make it seem like work is being used as a salve to treat even more fundamental problems. Is it really that bad in some places these days?
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by j4yav 6y ago
Hey there, I'm founding a SaaS in the Netherlands also. Congrats on your success! Would love to chat sometime and build a community, you can DM me on Twitter (@j4yav).
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by j4yav 6y ago
It's not like it's a voiceover that explains who is watching the video. It can be a series of quiet pops.
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by j4yav 6y ago
How do you know what bands they are watermarking? And isn't it likely they use some within the normal speech band?
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by j4yav 6y ago
Hey James, I'm building something along the same lines (I don't mean to be too spammy, so there's a link in my profile). It sounds a lot like what you're describing, but is being built from the ground up with this use ca

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