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by paulcole 2y ago
> OpenAI should be contacting every single one and asking for permission - like everyone has to in order to use a person's work This is the problem of thinking that everyone “has” to do something. I assure you that I (and you) can u
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by paulcole 2y ago
Who cares if they acknowledge it? There’s no going back in time and assuming you are financially successful you’re in a very good position to learn how to socialize yourself. Essentially everybody feels like their parents let them down in s
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by paulcole 2y ago
Yes! People pay me a lot of money to do things that I don’t love doing.
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by paulcole 2y ago
I watch like 25 hours of TikTok a week. I absolutely love it. I certainly _do_not_ want this.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I’d argue the average worker is in the position they’re in because of a whole chain of people that couldn’t be bothered to care. This is a lame excuse. My caring is a choice I make. I can choose to care whether you care or not. I make
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by paulcole 2y ago
> To put it another way, the best side businesses -- and indeed the best jobs -- are getting paid for things that are like the things you would do if you did not get paid. I feel the complete opposite. The things I really really really e
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by paulcole 2y ago
no im a junior in high school and they gave me a bag of flour to tote around for a week and i think i got the gist of it
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Things "working out fine" is more how to get to sleep at the end of the day when not everything has gone to plan Yes I agree with this. I mean look at most people’s lives. Have they all gone to plan? For the most part, no. Ev
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by paulcole 2y ago
This one was staying in the Drafts folder if Kamala won.
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by paulcole 2y ago
Isn’t the teachable moment to realize your kids are going to see those things no matter what I do? Kids on the internet see all sorts of stuff and almost all of them end up fine.
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by paulcole 2y ago
But I’m not saying “don’t care.” I’m saying that if you screw up sometimes but generally have good intentions your kid is probably going to be fine. But it is also your right to try to figure out the perfect thing to do in every situation.
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by paulcole 2y ago
You don’t need to worry that much. Most people turn out pretty OK despite their parents screw-ups and best intentions.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Everybody wants the best people in the business. A fundamental mistaken belief. Who wants to pay for the very best people when the 97,000th best person will do? Also how can you decide who the best people are when you can’t even measur
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by paulcole 2y ago
HN is a marketing campaign for a VC firm. Closed and controlled is a benefit. Would Coca Cola or Walmart open source their ads?
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by paulcole 2y ago
From the article: > Varszegi said the team’s most impactful contribution to WordPress was the publication of the Sustainable Events Handbook, designed to help WordCamp organizers improve the sustainability of their events. The team was a
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by paulcole 2y ago
Could you link 3 the comments of people in this thread who are rationalizing “giving work all”?
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by paulcole 2y ago
Your theory matches up with how the WHO defines burn out: https://www.who.int/news/item/28-05-2019-burn-out-an-occupat...
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by paulcole 2y ago
> more importantly sell yourself to them so they are willing to take you on? Be a friendly person who’s fun to be around. Be optimistic. Say yes more than no. Learn a lot. Have interesting things to say. Listen more and ask more question
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by paulcole 2y ago
“I may have been early but I’m not wrong.” “ITS THE SAME THING!”
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by paulcole 2y ago
Don’t bother with the lawyer. It’s nearly guaranteed that this new idea fails as bad as the one they’re working at now. Why spend $500 to be told “don’t do it” which is basically what a lawyer is going to tell you if you give them only $500
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by paulcole 2y ago
My degree is in English (mostly creative writing). I went when college was cheap (graduated around 2005 w/ $20k in loans and consolidated at 1.8% interest). Paid it off over the next 15 years or so. Never felt the cost of it influence
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by paulcole 2y ago
I’m pretty sure they have a big office in the Arts District. I listen to a lot of Ringer podcasts and the hosts are often talking about the crazy benefits Spotify offers.
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by paulcole 2y ago
You have a limited amount of time in your life. It’s your time, you can use it how you want. The way you want to use it is how you end up using it. You’re welcome to use your time to do things that others see as destructive. Of course there
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by paulcole 2y ago
Are they being paid during that time? If so, what’s your limit on that?
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by paulcole 2y ago
> Forcing me to take PTO would not have been beneficial, as I wouldn't have utilized it properly. Just so I know, what’s the proper utilization of PTO?
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by paulcole 2y ago
I would bet Spotify.
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by paulcole 2y ago
They should also sell the dusty drawer it’ll end up in.
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by paulcole 2y ago
I think “safety first” generally means that you should put safety first when you’re doing something but that I should consider the safety trade offs first when I’m doing something.
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by paulcole 2y ago
> I'd rather move on though If this was true, you’d take the $60k. What do you actually value? Moving on with your life or trying to wring every possible dollar out of this thing that you say you’re done with and want to move on fro
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by paulcole 2y ago
> But safety should always come first. No it shouldn’t. Safety is almost always a trade off of real (or perceived) risk and reward. If safety came first, you’d never swim, hike, or drive a car.

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