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by nfw2 5y ago
Like most drugs, finding and sticking to the right dose is made more difficult by ever-increasing tolerance. I'm not saying there's no way around the insomnia problem with proper planning and self-control, but for me the easiest s
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by nfw2 5y ago
Modafinil had only major flaw in my experience, but it was significant enough for me to stop taking it; it made it very difficult to stick to a 24-hour circadian rhythm. To illustrate, if I got a full night sleep, then took modafinil, I wou
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by nfw2 5y ago
One minor advantage is that you can import the type on its own. If an external app just needs the types, it can import them without affecting its bundle at all.
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by nfw2 5y ago
Agreed. The latest remaster of Let It Be ALMOST sounds like it could have been recorded today. Conversely, I think a lot Adele's ALMOST sounds like it could be from the 70's
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by nfw2 5y ago
Some degree of vocal tuning is probably ubiquitous, but the extreme T-Pain/Cher effect is definitely not ubiquitous or even that common anymore. Who are the biggest artists today? Off the top of my head: Taylor Swift, Ed Sheeran, Adel
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by nfw2 5y ago
For what it's worth, I think the current wave of modern pop is much more interesting-sounding than 80's hair metal or the pop from the earlier 2000's that was autotuned ad nauseum. For example, look at the current top of the
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by nfw2 5y ago
I love classic rock, but it's hard to argue that it is musically more complex than modern pop. Also if musical complexity was the same as merit then we would all just be listening to jazz and classical
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by nfw2 5y ago
In addition to all these good points, I was surprised a couple other issues weren't discussed at all in the article. - Playing live shows is a huge part of how bands and artists grow their following and get discovered. COVID has had a
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by nfw2 5y ago
Combination of "started recently", "compensation is good", and "you can't get a mortgage without a job, regardless of how much savings you have"
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by nfw2 5y ago
It's not slightly better if you are trying to determine causation. I'm not sure what you think "correlation does not equal causation" means if you think this is the case.
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by nfw2 5y ago
I'm not sure what story you think I'm trying to tell. My main point was that anecdotal data can be valuable when the empirical data doesn't tell the whole story. I agree with your point about the doctor. It's a good po
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by nfw2 5y ago
Show me the study that shows that people in this thread are taking it personally. Or did you just rely on anecdotes to determine that?
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by nfw2 5y ago
The marquee athletic programs (football and sometimes basketball) generally are cash-positive.
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by nfw2 5y ago
Sure, but would you prefer to have your house or to not have your house? Selling your house for free (or more realistically, way under market value) would not have as much friction.
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by nfw2 5y ago
The study you linked is over 10 years old. Furthermore, it is using lifetime earnings as the core metric, which means they are pulling in data about people who earned their degrees like 50 years ago. All the data that currently exists show
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by nfw2 5y ago
Owning a house doesn't necessarily make you reluctant to move to pursue other opportunities somewhere else. Renting or just re-selling the house is always an option. Also, anything good in your life would make you reluctant to move so
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by nfw2 5y ago
Having children as soon as possible may not be a win, but having a house surely is. How could owning a valuable and necessary asset not be considered a win?
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by nfw2 5y ago
I can provide hard data on this if the original commenter doesn't want to. I went to a bootcamp called Hack Reactor. My salary immediately doubled and has since quadrupled in the 5 years since I attended. It isn't be a great opt
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by nfw2 5y ago
Worship implies an extreme degree of fascination if not used literally in a religious sense. To say someone "worships" a celebrity suggests that person acts similarly to how they would act if that person was a deity.
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by nfw2 5y ago
I actually think there is an interesting and nuanced conversation to be had on what fundamentally is different between an NFT and a baseball card. But that doesn't seem to be the conversation anyone is having.
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by nfw2 5y ago
Skepticism was a poor choice of words on my part. I think skepticism is absolutely the right response for both sneakers and NFTs. What I should have said is that it seems a lot of people dismiss NFTs with a certainty that doesn't seem
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by nfw2 5y ago
I said market research, not marketing analysis. I don't mean focus groups and A-B tests and ad words. No YC company is literally in stage 1 of its existence. First you need to get into YC, and you probably won't if you don'
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by nfw2 5y ago
I know multiple people personally who have been through YC, and I'm not sure what point you are trying to make. Not every company that goes through YC are at the same stage. I've heard of companies joining YC despite already havi
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by nfw2 5y ago
Do digital signatures really make the blockchain obsolete if they fill the same niche? Even if blockchain are technically equivalent to digital signatures, it seems like it has some real advantages from a business perspective: - it is captu
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by nfw2 5y ago
Maybe it's not common wisdom in general, but it is a pretty common viewpoint in the startup world. Building products is expensive, and startups can't afford to build something no one wants. It's pretty much universal advise
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by nfw2 5y ago
Is there a reason you can’t pursue FIRE now?
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by nfw2 5y ago
"Prosecuting people won't prevent the next criminal" What makes you say that? Is fear of punishment not a reasonable deterrent from crime?
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by nfw2 5y ago
It's important if your score is bad
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by nfw2 5y ago
In general, I expect most developers aren't working 40 hours and many don't come close. (The amount of upvotes on this thread seems to prove that.) For me, it is hugely dependent on the environment. By the time I left my last pos
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by nfw2 5y ago
Why is it helpful to ignore the context? My examples clearly state I am making statements in the context of taking exposure samples

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