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by octygen 6y ago
Great point. Marketers would be foolish not to use this data and extrapolate especially for something so global. I wonder if it could also be used for good though...
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by octygen 6y ago
Sadly, this is very true. It's not cool anymore (just check Google Trends to confirm) to think about it and society doesn't care enough about the vulnerable that it affects (old and poor). Or they care, but they care about themsel
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by octygen 6y ago
What they built feels like the business simulation holy grail where it transcends to being fun as opposed to setting triangle distributions in Arena (example of an old-school business sim software we used at some point to simulate ambulance
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Ask HN: Where is your #1 happy place, why and why not just move there?
2 points by octygen 6y ago|1 comments
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by octygen 6y ago
We simply need capable egomaniacs to move society forward via exploration. The type of people that shrug at loss of life and say "That's the cost of exploration. Next?" and then somehow motivate a whole slew of people to dedi
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by octygen 6y ago
I'm in the same boat. I do wonder how much author X makes when I borrow his/her ebook or audiobook on Overdrive. Any thoughts from anyone?
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by octygen 6y ago
The patient's, sadly. The one person whose problem-solving abilities are impaired. Quackwatch.org did help my mother decide things and move away from the treatments above.
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by octygen 6y ago
I would caution comparing IBM to McKinsey. Very different DNA. Also, vs Accenture\Deloitte there is a big difference in that the two don't have their own products to push into boxes in component diagrams - IBM does and execs know it. T
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by octygen 6y ago
That depends what the alternative medicine asks the patient to do. Anecdote: my mother was told to do coffee enemas in Tijuana to get rid of her colorectal cancer. She very seriously debated it with me.
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by octygen 6y ago
Keep the ego in check, brother, else it will hit you hard later. Your degree or knowledge makes you superior to absolutely no one.
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by octygen 6y ago
A few angles: 1) Somebody wise once said: "Only look in another persons bowl to see if they have enough to eat." Not doing this will cause you to ruminate on all kinds of people's wins at life. In turn, this will cause you, o
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by octygen 6y ago
In order of visits per week: 1) gratefulness.io 2) trello.com 3) Strava 4) LinkedIn Learning (used to be Coursera) 5) Feedly ... but did you mean news websites specifically?
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by octygen 6y ago
Eagerness for normality (e.g., "Back to the office we need to go and ASAP!") seems inversely related to the capacity for change managers have. It shows how much control those managers truly require over each member of their team.
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by octygen 7y ago
@flarg, just curious, why do you need a Plant UML replacement? I just used it to make a bunch of séquence diagrams, component diagrams and wireframes :)
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by octygen 8y ago
Every Michener impacts you differently. Also, his style of writing is unmatched in my opinion. He is a master storyteller and can take any topic to make it interesting.
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by octygen 8y ago
Love that this came up. He is the type of man one wants to emulate. This had a huge positive influence on my romantic relationships and will probably help with my family one day.
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by octygen 8y ago
When you visit the Astronaut Hall of Fame at the Kennedy Space Center, you notice a common trend between the astronauts: most of them were scouts. This is terrible news for the children of our generation.
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by octygen 8y ago
Note that this is the same Andrew Ng who co-founded Coursera, is a prof at Stanford and teaches the machine learning course that HN loves on Coursera.
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by octygen 8y ago
I think this is a great idea - only thing missing is the thing that makes HN HN: discussions! Without that it seems just like an RSS feed. Also, groupings like Ask HN or Show HN. A lot of fitness/nutrition stuff is controversial and th
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Congestion pricing to subsidize fares on metros(la.curbed.com)
3 points by octygen 8y ago|0 comments
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by octygen 8y ago
It's up to us to set boundaries. If a corporation says sleep is dead unproductive time, it's the individual that must disagree and disconnect around their sleep. Same with exercise. There are so many benefits to the brain and the
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by octygen 8y ago
Highly recommend Homeworld Remastered too! Ah, the early 2000s were the days... No girl and nothin but time :)
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by octygen 8y ago
I just watched Day After Tomorrow again. All of a sudden, it's science doesn't seem nearly as far-fetched. Anybody here have thoughts re why more isn't done about this? I'm thinking a combination between: 1) The general
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by octygen 8y ago
I'll be really honest. I haven't done it ever and I regret it. I AM planning what I call a monk year now. I also interview people that have done it so I've been on the other side. Conclusion: It's really all about a plan
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by octygen 8y ago
Am interesting read. IF is supported by much science and I even studied it in a Coursera course on brain hacking. Along with Mediterranean diet and Keto, it's great for the brain and body apparently. That said, the best advice my Cirqu
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by octygen 8y ago
Amen to the above. There are alternatives... But GR was by far the best.
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by octygen 8y ago
"You do not need to have a great idea before you can begin working; you need to begin working before you can have a great idea. //Josh Collinsworth" Just the quote from this week's Hacker Newsletter
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by octygen 8y ago
Three things helped me: 1) Mindfulness training so I could see myself in the moment NOT concentrating and stop myself. Still not at 100% with this but have been getting a lot better since I first took https://www.futurelearn.com&
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by octygen 8y ago
Am a big fan of Michener and was reading his book Space recently. The paragraph below came up as two main characters were debating sending people to the Moon for a price VS sending machines to the Moon AND Mars AND Saturn for the same price
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by octygen 8y ago
I actually do this too but I have to say it's hard to work 12h days and then work out and then hang out with the woman/friends/family and then build a business plan. I am a big fan of what three of my friends have done which

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