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by jnovek 4y ago
> Your first sentence seemed rude, disrespectful. Really? I genuinely trying to communicate that I was criticizing their opinion and not them personally. Did it come off as sarcastic? In any case, I apologize. You are being awfully pr
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by jnovek 4y ago
Please don’t take this personally, but this isn’t very helpful advice. I’ve learned how to do many things in my life, and I’ve come to appreciate that it’s very easy to practice the wrong thing and never make any progress. Another way to ph
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by jnovek 4y ago
This is a great perspective that I hadn’t considered before. My previous experience, years ago in high school, was absolutely the former. I think it makes tons of sense to try playing a wide variety of pieces at my skill level.
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by jnovek 4y ago
This is very interesting to me. I also (tried) to learn BIND via the bat book many years ago. I found it very hard to follow, and I was still early in my career so I just assumed that BIND was over my head and gave up. To this day, DNS is
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by jnovek 4y ago
How does one learn to actually read music, then? I have been learning to play the keyboard for about a year and I find the layout of the keys to make a lot of sense for figuring out things like scales and chords. When I was in high schoo
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by jnovek 5y ago
“ Medicine has become a three-way negotiation between you, your doctor, and The Algorithm.” This characterization makes it sound like a good thing. In reality, the doctor’s responsibility is being pushed to the patient because they are ove
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by jnovek 5y ago
I’ve written short scripts on my phone using Pyto ( https://pyto.app/ ). It’s a bit of a hassle but if you just need to write ~15 lines or modify some copypasta it’s not too bad. The Pyto GUI feels sympathetic to phone user
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by jnovek 5y ago
I nearly also used the word “sacred” in my comment above. I gave up MacOS for Linux because I felt like Apple wasn’t letting me operate my own computer anymore. Even Ubuntu has eroded the transparency and control I have over my computer ov
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by jnovek 5y ago
Also: security? I expect my terminal to be a much more secure environment than my web browser. When an application starts communicating with the internet, I have no choice but to treat it with the same level of scrutiny as my browser. Even
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by jnovek 5y ago
This is the hardest part for me. I undervalue my time and I know that customers do, too.
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by jnovek 5y ago
This probably covers most of my time that I put into a thing. Do you try to budget time for research when you start? E.g. “I want to try to get to my first prototype within 80 hours.” I think when I went into this I didn’t think it would b
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by jnovek 5y ago
The credit card is a good idea. Thank you! Honestly, I think I’m just a bad time estimator. It’s definitely something I miss from working together with people — I know I’m a bad time estimator and I can ask for help. Maybe this is just a
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by jnovek 5y ago
Something that the article glosses over that I often ask about these kinds of businesses is _how exactly_ one finds and documents their costs. The author gives examples —- keep track of your time, keep receipts, etc -- but often a creative
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by jnovek 5y ago
I can’t agree with this enough. I deal with daily chronic pain which has rendered me essentially unable to work. My full-time job has been “patient” for almost three years. What I’ve learned is that you have to do their work for them if yo
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by jnovek 5y ago
The iPhone is not a luxury product; not in America, anyway. More than half of American smartphones in 2021 were iPhones. The iPhone is price-comparable to its Android contemporaries. The Android downmarket in the U.S. is a minority by a
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by jnovek 5y ago
Have you ever tried EMDR? If your mood issues are a result of childhood trauma or trauma-like experiences, EMDR has been researched heavily and has a good track record. I’m not anti-medication by any means. I will probably need medication
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by jnovek 5y ago
Psychedelics seem very promising for the treatment of PTSD at some point down the line, but it’s not even close to studied enough. E.g. a recent promising study in Nature was 90 participants. Taking street MDMA is not the same as being adm
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by jnovek 5y ago
I'm a software engineer who had to take a break from my career for a few years. I want to re-enter the workforce soon, and I need to brush up on what I've missed. I'm looking for other software engineers who are in a simila
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by jnovek 5y ago
A more charitable possibility is that the author is depressed. I’ve had the misfortune of battling with depression several times in my life and one of the less discussed features of the disorder is self-pity. It can make depressed people p
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by jnovek 5y ago
I am a disabled person (U.S. based). I've had trouble holding jobs over the last two years. I can't reliably spend 40 hours a week in front of a desk. Hypothetically, an employer is required to provide a disabled individual wit
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by jnovek 5y ago
“Don't forget that if they really knew what to do to start a successful company they wouldn't be investors but founders” I can’t stand this philosophy, e.g. “those who can’t do teach” kind of stuff. Perhaps VCs prefer their job to
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by jnovek 5y ago
With what? A manual? Parent is checking out a game because it was mentioned on HN and finds that the game’s web page doesn’t have a manual and your response is essentially: “Play the game sight-unseen, learn everything about it, write a ma
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by jnovek 5y ago
Cannabinoids are a promising future treatment for depression; however, right now they are unproven. There is already stigma associated with being on antidepressants. The consequences of discontinuing SSRIs or SNRIs can range from catastrop
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by jnovek 5y ago
I’m sorry, did the parent edit their comment? I don’t see how you get “taxing success” out of this.
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by jnovek 5y ago
I have ADHD, so wearing my consumer hat for a moment, I guess I just don’t really care. It’s their problem to figure out how to present their product to me in a compelling way that I am willing to pay for. I don’t open my wallet just becau
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by jnovek 5y ago
OK, this is increasingly off-topic, but I’m just getting into Eurorack and I’ve been become curious about analog computers… not because I know anything about them, but because they share a user-interface style. Can you speak to similarities
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by jnovek 5y ago
You know, many people find collecting things to be a pleasant and relaxing hobby. Perhaps, for some people, having a large collection of tapes or CDs, displaying the collection is part of the point. People gather enjoyment from different t
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by jnovek 5y ago
I’m a visually impaired individual with moderate disability — I can use tools like custom typefaces and zooming to manage most of my needs but I rarely use screen readers as well. Personally, the main difficulty I have with the typeface is
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by jnovek 5y ago
I have been fired because an employer was unwilling to negotiate reasonable accommodation per the ADA. Tech is insular. I chose to make zero noise for the sake of the future of my career and I wouldn't be surprised if most do the sam
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by jnovek 5y ago
Not to mention, suing a former employer can impact your future hirability.

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