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by pw 8y ago
Funny to see this just after I submitted: Ask HN: Would you donate directly to poor Kenyans? ( https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16890224 )
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by pw 8y ago
This is a really cool idea. Too bad I already wear glasses. I wonder if it's bad for your eyes.
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Ask HN: Would you donate directly to poor Kenyans?
18 points by pw 8y ago|19 comments
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by pw 8y ago
Not a chemist but according to the providers I’ve talked to the recreational dose is an order of magnitude larger than that given for depression. My understanding is the dose for depression is relatively small (even compared to what’s used
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by pw 8y ago
My girlfriend receives ketamine treatment for her depression, so I’ve the results first hand. It’s truly astounding. She’s seen more improvement from the ketamine than from a decade of psychotherapy and traditional psychopharmacology. The o
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by pw 9y ago
Check out Rupert Spira. He's a bit more hardcore than Tolle but in the same genre (nonduality). He's also got some good videos on YouTube.
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Where Yegge’s Wrong(tbray.org)
126 points by pw 9y ago|63 comments
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by pw 9y ago
Ha! Former Wyomingite here. The key person mentioned in this article--State Superintendent Jillian Balow--was my junior high English teacher. I can safely, and, sadly, assure you these folks have no idea what they're doing. In recent y
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by pw 9y ago
Kinda sad to see when organization like the Against Malaria Foundation and GiveDirectly could absorb hundreds of millions in additional funding. I know long-term thinking, break-through technologies, blah, blah, blah, but spending $3000 to
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by pw 9y ago
This looks really awesome, 'danenania. Secret management has been on my mind lately, and this really fits a sweet spot for what I'm looking for. I know things HashiCorp's Vault do basically the same thing, but Vault is comple
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by pw 9y ago
I'd argue that if you're worried about a thousand dollars a year difference over the course of a year, you're not a customer worth having.
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by pw 9y ago
I don't get what the issue here is. Guess at which plan you'd need and go about your business. I'm sure they're reasonable about upgrading and/or paying for additional usage if you go over the limits. Even if they w
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by pw 9y ago
This is how you write a job description if you want people to come and work for you.
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How to do what you love and make good money(sivers.org)
3 points by pw 9y ago|0 comments
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by pw 9y ago
I second this. Look into GiveWell and effective altruism, if you're not familiar with them. Also look up the term "earn to give". There's some truly amazing opportunities to deploy capital in the service of the less fort
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The more they pay, the more they value it(sivers.org)
4 points by pw 9y ago|0 comments
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Get Personal(sivers.org)
2 points by pw 9y ago|0 comments
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by pw 9y ago
Why won't you work with the military? (genuinely asking)
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by pw 9y ago
This seems like yet another example of how tech’s ridiculous focus on ambition and growth are going to kill something that’s just fine the way it is. I’m a fan of Meetup.com, and it sounds like they are/were self-sufficient, but sudden
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by pw 9y ago
I agree that a $100/month is probably on the low end for the whale category. But, I think his broader point is that there’s at least some evidence that the whales in question are, in fact, people with disposable income (i.e. middle cla
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by pw 9y ago
I think there’s a lot more software developers at the big tech companies making $400k or more in total comp than you think.
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by pw 9y ago
The stories about large Bay-area tech companies placing enormous orders through Instacart are pretty appalling.
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by pw 9y ago
Thanks :-)
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by pw 9y ago
Thanks so much for the response. Can you say any more about what kind of domains tend to be lucrative? It seems like all your examples (distributed systems, sensor fusion, software security, OS kernels) seem very “technical”, for lack of a
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by pw 9y ago
What about specializing in a platform or language makes it hard to fashion a value proposition for it relative to one’s competitors in the market? (Not disagreeing; just trying to wrap my head around this. Also, I think your comments in thi
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by pw 9y ago
Wow, that’s quite a bit, right?
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by pw 9y ago
Oh, the other site for this I've heard of this EmpireFlippers.
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by pw 9y ago
I've heard really good things about FE International, and, since they're a true broker, everything they sell seems to be super legit. I've also had some contact with them when I was thinking about selling some of my sites, an
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by pw 9y ago
Coca-Cola.
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by pw 9y ago
'austenallred is a cool individual, and this seems like it could be a particularly good take on the code school model, but I always wonder if programs like this help on the margin. That is, do they help people succeed (i.e. get a job i

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