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by math_denial 5y ago
I actually got the motivation to delete everything except what I need daily. I had more than 19000 e-books: more than 280GB. I've decided that I will now download a book or an article only if it is part of a larger project instead of j
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by math_denial 5y ago
Thank you for summarizing years of inquietude. I thought that I might have ADHD, but my "symptoms" started when I realized that I could never catch up to all the information that the Internet is presenting me daily. I wish I had a
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by math_denial 5y ago
1. Information hoarding, distraction and FOMO The Internet has generated in me an habit of information hoarding. At the beginning I would bookmark useful information and then take notes on paper of the useful things; with the passing of tim
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by math_denial 5y ago
I often yearn for the "unearthly quiet" and structure of a monastic life. I am not religious but I just feel as if I don't belong in society: I don't care about work, jobs, careers, riches, fame. I would like a life of s
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by math_denial 5y ago
1. I wouldn't have chosen Physics given that a great number of people with a degree end up in Data Science / Developer Roles, I would have chosen Computer Science or Medicine. 2. I would have stopped comparing myself to others sin
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Ask HN: Share an idea/method/book/habit that helped you live a better life
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by math_denial 5y ago
>I came to realize that the majority of the workforce just wants to live the easy life, where everything is done for them Why is this wrong? Maybe I am abnormal but for me a job is just a method to receive money. It is the case that my p
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by math_denial 5y ago
I use this method for every subject I want to know deeply. After I have the foundational knowledge down I can create my own niche curriculum.
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by math_denial 5y ago
"Bene gesserit" is from latin "quamdiu se bene gesserit" = "until it will behave well". It come from "bene gero" = "I behave well".
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by math_denial 5y ago
I started balding at 15 (thanks to my shitty genes) and am now 26. Of course, I've tried everything but nothing worked or they had massive side effects while not working (meds) or they were costly and not always effective (transplant).
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by math_denial 6y ago
Well, I started balding at 14. Started medications at 15 that stopped working at 19 (not that they ever "really" worked). My adolescence was pure hell and today I almost cry everytime I see myself in the mirror. So there's yo
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by math_denial 6y ago
But how do you develop this kind of mindset?
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by math_denial 6y ago
More than a response this seems a rhetorical fallacy: "If they don't agree with me they're stupid". Maybe some of these people want to resolve racism but disliske the BLM methods? Are they stupid?