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by morganf 2y ago
Wow an actual topic on HN that I know about. I spent 3.5 years studying the history of UPenn - including writing my thesis in its history - and it is definitely not a land grant university.
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by morganf 2y ago
Bena, the post you are responding to was joking. "It always was something different" - gaslighting - is the entire point of the Mandela Effect. And well done, GP: I laughed outloud!
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by morganf 3y ago
Yea, I loved the book as well (without commenting on where I agreed or disagreed with him; agreeing or not, great read and full of insight.) And yes it is huge. It is a few inches thick. Maybe 2 or 3 inches thick. Then sibling post saying i
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by morganf 3y ago
What makes you think this is a problem in Google's eyes? If you can't reasonably see the street names then you are much more likely to use Google Directions, which is the precise behavior they want to encourage in this case. From
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by morganf 3y ago
I've long argued that Nietzsche is actually a comedian. Agree or not with his ideas, he is hysterically funny, in this smart and subtle way, a lot like George Carlin.
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by morganf 3y ago
I’m sorry I wasn’t clear in my original wording. I meant that my GenZ friend argued that this was a common pattern in his generation and my post here was intended to elicit other feedback and stories and insights and observations to help me
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by morganf 3y ago
Wow this was amazingly interesting. Thank you for sharing your personal experience. It’s a whole new world out there…
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Is not even owning a laptop the new norm for post-college GenZ?
20 points by morganf 3y ago|20 comments
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by morganf 3y ago
newscracker, I just want to say THANK YOU. Ever since the iPhone has made this change, it's been a minor frustration of mine, like a constant pebble in my shoe, since I have the habit of going into Airplane mode with wifi on every time
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by morganf 4y ago
Why are Marxists Marxist? Or said differently: when you have a hammer, everything is a nail. And our belovèd HN, as amazing and as addictive as it is, is a community by for of “the software developer-entrepreneur” and this by definition, wi
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by morganf 4y ago
Don’t their managers ask them in the stand-up-s? How do their managers handle it?
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by morganf 4y ago
Ooooh sadly I’ve seen this too many times too
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by morganf 4y ago
I agree with you and don’t think they are in bad positions at all!! Also, I think companies need to fire deadweight at some point or else the company will collapse - and crises are the “less bad” time to fire the deadweight you want to, as
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by morganf 4y ago
Good point! I would theorize that it is much much less bad for employee morale, of the employees who aren’t fired, to think “the economy is terrible and the company is in a difficult position and everyone is doing layoffs” when their collea
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Ask HN: Could layoffs be companies firing deadweight?
14 points by morganf 4y ago|44 comments
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by morganf 4y ago
As a human being, it can be very useful to separate out “moral” behavior from “legal” behavior. Even if Apple or John Smith acts perfectly legally, that doesn’t mean they’re acting in a kind or good or well-intentioned or fair way. The law
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by morganf 4y ago
I love Insync! Very underrated and I wish more people knew about it!!
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by morganf 5y ago
…and a huge thanks to @dang as well!
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by morganf 5y ago
Yeees. Make a phone with a keyboard as easy to type on as that one and I'm customer number one!
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by morganf 5y ago
I second that love for Insync! And I'm also not affiliated.
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by morganf 6y ago
Whatcha talking about, Willis? Hehe ;)
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by morganf 6y ago
Abruzzi -- I'm 45 and only started dreaming in the last 5 years. I don't know why or how but I do now. It's incredible. Maybe you will, too!
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by morganf 6y ago
Super super interesting and I'd love discuss - drop me a note (contact info in my bio) :)
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by morganf 8y ago
This looks awesome! Do you have any info about publisher payout rates, or how the revenue earned (like RPM) compares to, say, Adsense? I'm psyched to try it :)
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by morganf 12y ago
Um. Last year, I re-read Gibbon's Decline and Fall, and my favorite chapter (written in such a funny way!) is his detailing how his wife was having sex with everyone under the sun, and everyone in Rome knew it. Except for Marcus Aureli
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by morganf 12y ago
So here's what "they" don't tell you: building a successful startup -- even by moderate definitions of "successful," such as, "reaching a point that lets you only work 4 hours/week" -- is what ec
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by morganf 12y ago
Modern parallel: My business partner and I have a weekly brainstorm on Tuesday night (not quite by campfire) that's focused on us coming up with wacky and crazy creative ideas. We often do it over wine, we let our imaginations run wild
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Show HN: AppTestingExchange – Barter/Trade Testing and Reviews in the AppStore(apptestingexchange.com)
2 points by morganf 12y ago|0 comments
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by morganf 12y ago
It would be interesting if we answered the question, along with another: why/how? (Is that two other questions?). Knowing why and how, say, Roger L'Estrange's 1715 Aesop's Fables influenced you so would be much more in
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by morganf 12y ago
Yikes. Somehow, an emoticon like ":(" doesn't capture the pain I feel for you. I've been through a similar break-up at a low point as well, so I understand the pain. Someone in this thread suggested going physically far

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