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by q-base 8y ago
Step 0: Stop calling yourself worthless!
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Your friend has either gambled - and it payed off (He did not have another offer) Or he did have another offer in which case he negotiated from a leveraged position. Allow me to be all internet-meta-psychologist. You are having difficulties
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As an independent contractor, in the right market, you will in a lot of cases make way more than any level remotely close to yours. If you are a scarce resource and gives immense value, then you can easily earn more than the managers close
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I see this "Push for new and shiny solutions"[1] across everything from startups to large corporations. And I am genuinely surprised at how often I see people falling for this good old trap of over-optimization/engineering. I
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Can you recommend any of his books in particular?
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Yes, but it just underscores the point of how important it is to not lifestyle inflate. I am now coming to a point where I do not feel like I really need the money more than the vacation. Sure it is lost income, but will it really change my
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Freelancer here. This does not ring true for me. I can see a causation between freelancing and vacation. Vacations "seem" more expensive as they are both a cost and a period of lost income. But all those existential worries looks
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Fun thought experiment. Made me smile even though the direct relation to Buffet perhaps is a little vague. But your second saying about only getting rich once is probably closer to the truth.
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This is only correct reasoning if you assume that every time someone google's something, they do so from a clean slate. They are not either or. You do not need to know facts. You need to know how to recognize good and bad answers.
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Ask HN: News source for general World news?
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I have had their subscription twice and the only real complaint for me would be, as you also touch upon, that they almost seem to come too often. If only they had a cheaper "digital only" subscription.
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I can only +1 on this approach. I have successfully used the exact same approach for years.
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Ask HN: Privacy-focussed OnePlus 6 – how much can be done?
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That was a very good read. Thank you very much. I purchased the Kindle version of "The Dream of a Ridiculous Man" after reading this. I have never read Dostoyevsky before. Any recommendations on where else to start?
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+1 I am in the exact same boat. Very glad that I bought their lifetime subscription. It absolutely works for me. And I do not really care if they made it by hand or AI or accident - it serves the purpose I want it to.
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Wow - thank you very, very much!
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I really like the photo-documentary style. If anyone else has links to similar style blogs/websites I would be very interested.
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It may be easier than maps - which I am not sure about. But the attempt at maps will most likely have dampened their lust for a similar endeavor.
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Very interesting. Saved for later - I may need to dig a bit deeper into this at some point. I have moved Gmail to Fastmail but the server and NAS-setup is interesting. Is it possible to get "safe enough" NAS devices at this time?
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Could you elaborate on the open conversation?
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I have Either/Or standing on my bookshelf - need to push it forward in my list of upcoming books to read. And given your name it could seem that we both share the same origin as Kierkegaard :)
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Ahh thanks a lot! Pocket and Crofflr could be a solution. Does anyone have experiences with that combination for Kindle?
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I looked at Pocket as well, but the "send to Kindle" feature seemed to be missing?
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I would have loved/expected a short explanation as to why GDPR compliance took so long to achieve. I really love Instapaper and use it a lot. Especially the send to kindle feature. Luckily for them I did not stumble upon an easy 1:1 re
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A lot comes with experience. But I actually think that there is an "unconventional" way to foster the thinking behind it. Read/learn about philosophy. A lot of philosophy is basically breaking down/questioning assumption
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Mindset by Carol Dweck. I felt like I knew the entire argument beforehand so had put of reading it. But I really, really liked it. If you have kids or work with people I would highly recommend it! Pitch Anything by Oren Claff. The best book
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If you are lead, then you should lead. If you lose faith, they lose faith. That being said, faith won't magically fix everything. If you are unable to make it, then figure out what you can deliver and then tell your manager/produc
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Delegate and play other people into strong positions. You cannot do all, and most importantly you shouldn't. Trust other peoples judgement and/or nudge/ask/bait them in the right direction without forcing a solution down
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Haha I love the math and making it concrete :)
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Calm down. You are absolutely fine. It is not like you are a schoolteacher one month, a carpenter next and then a programmer the third month. You are exposing yourself to a breadth of knowledge within your field/domain, that is only fi

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