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by mitko 7y ago
Or does it...? Case in point, the fifth axiom of geometry, attributed to Euclid, that through a point there is exactly one line parallel to a given line has been shown to be unprovable, and Lobachevski and Rieman have built alternative geom
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by mitko 7y ago
Yes, I’d recommend Headspace, to start. It makes it EASY, and really breaks down the technique in simple parts! I was arrogant before that and thought I don’t need a “guided” meditation, but I was wrong. I’ve also been using Waking up recen
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by mitko 7y ago
I feel so surprised, didn't realize this song had such lyrics. Makes me really want to come up with a modern set of lyrics and go to a karaoke. Something like this: ~~~ Mitch McConnel, AOC, trade war, Cardi B, fake news, ICO, arnold sc
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by mitko 7y ago
Thank you! I feel closer to you for mentioning this. Dealing with rejections is still hard, and it compounded my sales anxiety. Bringing the rejection rate down over time (through improving the product as well as the messaging) helped me a
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by mitko 7y ago
I'm grateful you mentioned the "sales is part of the value I'm providing" aspect - totally agree. To add to it, we now know that "build it and they'll come" is a fallacy and we have to "make people so
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by mitko 7y ago
OC author here - seconding the recommendation! That book actually stresses on becoming a better listener, not a better talker! The benefit of talking to the customers and bypassing the sales anxiety was learning about what they thought abou
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Giving a name to my sales anxiety(dimitarsimeonov.com)
87 points by mitko 7y ago|31 comments
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by mitko 7y ago
The article talks about “user onboarding” as if it is different from the first run experience. Perhaps it is a SaaSy jargon to separate them. But for us at Sleek, we obsess over the first run as it is how we onboard users - until the user h
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by mitko 8y ago
I wrote something on a related topic recently: https://dimitarsimeonov.com/2019/02/13/how-people-turn-their... """ We like to refer to that effort as willpower. But, from the point of view of l
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Starting Up with TypeScript(dimitarsimeonov.com)
14 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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How people turn their life around?(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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The blinking cursor and the hot towell (2016)(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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by mitko 8y ago
I had the same gripe about working at Twitter- the two main metrics were daily active users and user active minutes. User research was way understaffed so a lot of the side effects of optimizing metrics remained unchecked Edit: I wrote “The
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Weeding out misleading misnomers(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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Negotiation: from arm wrestling to dancing(dimitarsimeonov.com)
2 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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How to unlearn(dimitarsimeonov.com)
4 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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Proof of authenticity(dimitarsimeonov.com)
2 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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How I became a compulsive math problem solver (2016)(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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Resources are infinite: Archimedes' lever for entrepreneurs(dimitarsimeonov.com)
2 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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How to be a genius: Van Gogh was a profilic hacker (2016)(dimitarsimeonov.com)
3 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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by mitko 8y ago
Thanks!
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The winds of change for startups(dimitarsimeonov.com)
2 points by mitko 8y ago|2 comments
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by mitko 8y ago
According to https://www.gatesfoundation.org/How-We-Work/General-Informat... they do not fund “Political campaigns and legislative lobbying efforts” As to reasons, why, I am not sure but I imagine there is a pragmatic
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The waves of compulsion(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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by mitko 8y ago
Can confirm... I am a 31 year old _data scientist_ who worked on these kind of algorithms, saw the metrics, and tweaked the algorithms to increase these metrics. I got addicted and it is harder to develop a healthy relationship with my phon
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Do aliens play video games?(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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Hundred years are nothing(dimitarsimeonov.com)
1 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments
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by mitko 8y ago
This might be dumb question and me missing something: Is it technically possible for someone to set up a PiHole DNS service similar to how Google has 8.8.8.8 ? It would be much better user experience in my opinion to just set a different DN
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by mitko 8y ago
This was eye opening (pun not intended) and make me a bit worried as a recreational cyclist - many of my clothes are dark and it seems worth investing in brighter ones. As a driver, I found that using BGE setting of the side mirrors (it&#x2
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Getting lost(dimitarsimeonov.com)
2 points by mitko 8y ago|0 comments

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