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by orzig 4y ago
Acknowledging that it is a big city, and “high trust“ is a vague concept: I strongly disagree with the characterization that New York City is “the furthest thing from high trust I can think of“ I have interacted with thousands of strangers
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by orzig 4y ago
Good thing all grandparents are the same, or else our models of how the world should work would have to be a lot more complex
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Ask HN: Sophisticated search engine for children’s books
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by orzig 4y ago
I, for one, appreciated the reminder that this mathematical subject exists. and I’ve loved some of the ideas discussed in this thread.
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by orzig 4y ago
A strong +1 to this thoughtful comment. I will also add an non-monetary perverse incentive, which is best described in this changed-my-worldview-forever post: https://astralcodexten.substack.com/p/webmd-and-the-tragedy-
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by orzig 4y ago
Remember that “officially asking for help” is a very valid step to take. If it all blows up, you can at least point to the several unanswered requests that you sent off to various people. If they reply, and you are able to help it not blow
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by orzig 4y ago
I held this attitude for the first few years of my career, having read hacker news in school. I have found that, for me, a more balanced approach works better. I have been through layoffs, but I have also gone to the weddings of coworkers a
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by orzig 4y ago
I live in that area and would love to start getting involved. I’ll reach out! Anyone else who’s on the fence about getting involved: If you value building community (even aside from food in specific), your public involvement now will only s
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by orzig 4y ago
Getting a new job might be the right answer, but don’t leave without trying to drive a hard bargain with your current employer. You might be surprised at how flexible they can be, I was able to go down to less than 5 days a week almost inst
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by orzig 4y ago
All this is good advice, but I haven't seen any prospective on personal budgets: - Remember that money exists to be spent on useful things, it's not a video game score - Understand your monthly spending and monthly take-home. If y
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by orzig 4y ago
For someone whose user name is “zero gravitas”, you sure seem wise :-)
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by orzig 4y ago
Books: - Deep Work, and anything by Cal Newport (You can get a taste of most of his ideas for free on his blog and podcast) - The Art of Learning. Note that he “jumped around“ at the peak of his original career, but ended up finding a commo
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by orzig 4y ago
Experienced 'survivor' here: You're going to feel (and sometimes be explicitly told) that your stress is not valid, because others have it worse. Both these things can be true. Others have it worse, and the stress you'
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by orzig 4y ago
That is true, and underappreciated. But it is also worth noting that he tried to be CEO of two companies at once - so in a very objective way he obviously could have done more to improve twitter.
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by orzig 4y ago
I’m related to a well-known science journalist. They absolutely consider it their job to verify. There are irresponsible people who try to cram in more visible output by skimping on less visible quality. Everyone else grumbles about those r
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by orzig 4y ago
I think there’s value in trying to understand the thought process, instead of just throwing a label on it and walking away
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by orzig 4y ago
I would also be very interested in a six-month update. Thanks for living and learning out loud!
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by orzig 4y ago
Although it will struggle in the first few months of a library‘s update, because its training set does not include the latest examples (I would be curious to see whether it accounts for freshness at all - does it know the difference between
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by orzig 4y ago
You are a legit hero. Our society focuses exclusively on contributions that involve some dramatic moment, and doesn’t recognize those who show up for what’s right every day. Thank you, seriously.
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by orzig 4y ago
Exactly. And, while it's true we're in a different environment than we evolved for, our instincts are obviously still relevant. We still get hungry, crave connection, etc. They're just filtered through different specific obje
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by orzig 4y ago
Agreed. My grandmother was lovingly cared for by my grandfather until he died (he was physically able until the end), but in many ways her health was better in the nursing home for the next several years. For her level of needs, 24/7 p
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by orzig 4y ago
I may not ever use it, but I love that such innovative interfaces exist. Huge congratulations to the team
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by orzig 4y ago
I'd long assumed that writing success was mostly a function of exponential returns on randomly-assigned initial success[0], so as someone who tries to practice Active Open Mindedness[1], I mentally noted this mere hours ago: > I’m a
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by orzig 4y ago
Yeah, the fixed “cost“ (in effort) of bringing someone in can totally dominate the financial cost for smaller engagements. Especially when a manager is spending their large company’s dollars.
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by orzig 4y ago
Have you considered finding somebody to act as your “talent agent“? I don’t know exactly how this would work, but with so much money being left on the table I think it makes a ton of sense to be creative. I totally understand how awkward it
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by orzig 4y ago
Unless there is a massive recession, I would consider scaring off more than 80% an opportunity to spend time prospecting for better clients. I can’t speak for the UK, but I really suspect you can find them. Also don’t forget that some fract
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by orzig 4y ago
Every technical meetup group I have been involved with his perennially desperate for speakers. If you make the effort to be present both physically and virtually for about three meet up groups over the course of about three months, I think
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by orzig 4y ago
With the caveat that I charge a bit less, and have only had two clients (but kept them each >1y, and have gotten other client interest I did not have bandwidth for): Keep up with the talented people you worked and want to school with. If
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Japan's digital minister has “declared war” on floppy disks(68k.news)
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by orzig 4y ago
There is an interesting audiobook about the place by the founders son (who worked there). It’s obviously biased, but does not turn a blind eye to all of the issues, I found it pretty interesting and certainly a fascinating story: https:&#x

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