mikearagua

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by mikearagua 4y ago
Patience, humility, Debt.
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by mikearagua 8y ago
If you like Stoicism you should try Pierre Hadot's What is Ancient Philosophy and at least the main essay from Philosophy as a Way of Life . He's an excellent writer and you can get other useful perspectives from the other anc
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by mikearagua 8y ago
I've set up a very similar situation for myself. Part time work with near full time pay/benefits, remote when necessary. It took some effort to get the employers I wanted to work for to agree to it since it wasn't company p
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by mikearagua 10y ago
So true, this is the advice I give people interviewing for tech companies and a list of the sorts of things they'll want you to know off the top of your head. If that's what you want, that's what you'll need to do. That
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by mikearagua 10y ago
Incidentally, I interviewed a guy yesterday and we whiteboarded a real problem we had encountered last week. He couldn't solve the problem we presented and really didn't even try to dig in much. I was surprised how unwilling he
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by mikearagua 10y ago
Funny. I'm like that too, if the interviewer isn't focused on the actual position and what I'd be doing in it and the problem solving and knowledge surrounding the actual work I'd be doing on a day to day basis, I bail
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by mikearagua 10y ago
It's almost as if the government had been lying about it for decades and people became suspect of any claims being made. But you're right, I'm really interested in learning the actual science around it so I'm happy that
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by mikearagua 11y ago
I'll allow it.
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by mikearagua 11y ago
More really stupid shit at the top of hacker news. Thanks guys.
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by mikearagua 11y ago
I'm with ya brother but these arguments are way too reminiscent of how Christians console themselves.
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by mikearagua 11y ago
Friends don't let friends use Whatsapp (or anything owned by Facebook).
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by mikearagua 13y ago
This is wishful thinking. You could also get hit by a truck (or a scooter), live in the present. My wife recently got cancer she's in great physical condition. And you'll say "on average" blah blah blah and I'll
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by mikearagua 15y ago
I think of a hack as a non-obvious solution to a difficult technical problem. I'm not saying they didn't do a good job, this is just more what I would consider standard.
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by mikearagua 15y ago
Umm... "hackers"? I know the term has fallen into disrepute but this all seems a bit trivial.