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by paulcole 1y ago
Will Shortz (NYT crossword editor) had a table tennis streak that was going to be affected in a similar way. > You cannot fly from New York to Bangalore without missing a day in the calendar. So I flew to Dubai and stopped there for two
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by paulcole 1y ago
I don’t understand what the added work and extremely limiting constraints are? I feel like buying VTI is much less added work than continually getting a better job?
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by paulcole 1y ago
None. I try to use AI more every day. I’m also type 1 diabetic and this is like asking me to what extent I have stopped or limited my use of insulin. AI and insulin (to different extents) make my life better in significant ways. Why would I
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by paulcole 1y ago
Gmail. Best free and best paid.
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by paulcole 1y ago
There is quite a big gap between $100k and $250k. If you happen to find yourself in that gap you can become moderately rich over a period of several decades by living frugally and investing in index funds with excess cash. Or don’t do that
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by paulcole 1y ago
Thesis: Using the word “thesis” is a great way to disguise a whiny op-ed as the writings of a learned soul > interesting work (i.e., work worth doing) Let me guess, the work you do is interesting work (i.e., work worth doing) and the wor
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by paulcole 1y ago
> Just an observation, nothing else. I’m sure lol…
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by paulcole 1y ago
What specifically do you mean by this?
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by paulcole 1y ago
> I have to keep up a facade in front of other people at all times. This comes down to the idea of whether you believe that if you “keep up a facade at all times” that the facade becomes who you really are. You don’t need an article conv
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by paulcole 1y ago
No, it’s not particularly good. I read about 120 books a year, 2/3 of which is genre fiction. Definitely read The Martian if you haven’t already.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> I didn’t make any claims about the long-term prospects of AI Actually you did. Someone else said that “There is a lot of debate whether AI will surpass humans in all economically viable skills” and you said, “Actually very little debat
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by paulcole 1y ago
This should be a show HN.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> In virtually every country you can find a great tailor to make a perfect pair of jeans. Yet only a handful of them can make cars worth calling “a car”. You are saying that clothing is a commodity and that a perfect pair of jeans is uni
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by paulcole 1y ago
I think this says more about how little you know about commercial production of jeans and cakes than how complex cakes and jeans are. This is the classic HN trope of: "things I like and think about a lot" = "real and complex
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by paulcole 1y ago
Was it pretty simple for you the last time you made thousands of pairs of jeans and sport coats?
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by paulcole 1y ago
> Actually very little debate Isn’t the debate about timeline? Do you really believe there is a 0% chance that AI will surpass humans in all economically viable skills in the next say 100,000 years? If not, what confidence do you have in
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by paulcole 1y ago
I will say that for clothing, Made in USA tends to be very high quality - at least for the kind of fashiony workwear that I buy.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> There are concentration exercises that can be done, but they are demanding... Well you get to decide what you dislike more, having a terrible attention span or doing demanding concentration exercises.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> your brain got rewired Rewire it back! You're acting like this is basically a one-way door when it's not. Just read a book without picking up your phone for 30 minutes a day. It's not that complicated. > Smart people,
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by paulcole 1y ago
> the outcome should probably be the same Why exactly besides the fact that you like extreme solutions?
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by paulcole 1y ago
The key word in my comment is “pretend.” There is some situation in which he is claiming to be happily spending 3x on an iPhone. He should pretend that situation exists to see if he will actually spend 3x on an iPhone before being so confid
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by paulcole 1y ago
> I'd be fine with iPhones costing 2-3x more if I knew they were built domestically This is easy to check! Pretend they are built domestically and give 2x the cost of it to a charity you love the next time you buy an iPhone.
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by paulcole 1y ago
> It almost feels like more than 50% life is gone It feels that way because it's true. I'm 42 and it's very very very beneficial to understand that you are going to die sooner than you think. Knowing that, what are you goi
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by paulcole 1y ago
Yes, that’s correct. But if I’m playing a multi-player game, there can be rules of that game that ban the use of cheat codes. Breaking those rules would be cheating.
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by paulcole 1y ago
It’s very easy. If I think I pay a lot then I’m paying more than my fair share. If I think you’re not paying enough then you’re not paying your fair share.
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by paulcole 1y ago
I agree with everything you said. And I very much like saying, “I’ll sign today for ________________.” I’ve found that to be very effective as well. Also never had any luck w/ PTO negotiations but like you said they are a nice thing to
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by paulcole 1y ago
Are you putting out job posts or recruiting and trying to poach people? I highly recommend poaching over advertising jobs and trying to sort through applicants.
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by paulcole 1y ago
How many 10x programmers have you known? How many 0.5x programmers have you known? Do you think AI can make a 0.5x programmer a 2x programmer?
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by paulcole 1y ago
> complex situations where you've tried multiple approaches but nothing quite clicks What are the multiple approaches you've tried?
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by paulcole 1y ago
You can also just lie and say you have a competing offer.

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