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by rofo1 7y ago
For MX518 lovers, I've got a strong recommendation for G400s. The shape is almost the same and it's amazing how durable it is. The cable issue is still there, just like in MX518, and eventually (I am guessing) that's the reas
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by rofo1 7y ago
You are responsible for the choices you make. You can learn new information, and you can adjust your behavior or habits based on that. The new things you learn wouldn't have been inside your DNA/genes.
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by rofo1 7y ago
I have a lot. Whats your point? Are you saying there's no willpower at all or what? There are people with unusual levels of willpower. I am one of them and I know others. It is what it is.
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by rofo1 7y ago
> The real issue is that "diversity" had became a metrics to reach for its own sake by companies instead of simply recruiting people that fit the job. Completely insane. I can't understand who came up with and spread it ar
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by rofo1 7y ago
> however as someone who majored in CS it's undeniable that we have far less women and minorities going through these programs. Why should there be predetermined amount of women or "minorities" in these programs? Who says
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by rofo1 7y ago
> at my workplace we try very hard to hire women programmers and we are at about 10% - 15% which is still quite low but better than other companies around us. Are you actually counting how many of you are woman and conclude based on that
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by rofo1 7y ago
I don't understand why people deliberately hire people of certain group. Be it women, or black, or whatever. Why? Why can't you just hire the right person for the job? To me, this is just as bad as actively discriminating against
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by rofo1 7y ago
> It may read like harmful advice now, but I can imagine that "don't fuck too much" might have been meant well back then It may not be "politically correct" as we've got a culture obsessed with promiscuity
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by rofo1 7y ago
Ah, the noble psychopath way.
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by rofo1 7y ago
The second pointer going twice the speed? I don't know the story, but I know the solution, because I've seen it. Similarly for many other tricks. I have never used it in real-life development, though.
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by rofo1 7y ago
> I understand VCs are not the smartest bunch but if you are investing $30M, please do the due. Interestingly how nonchalantly you mentioned that. It wasn't the case with me. Elizabeth Holmes/Theranos case opened my eyes that t
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by rofo1 7y ago
That depends on your location. I've built something similar to this tool that is discussed here and I've tested in multiple locations. For example, Vienna air was so clean (<= 10 pm10 ug/m^3), that you don't need any
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by rofo1 7y ago
Could you share more? Is it a safe city? Can you walk in random directions without fear? How difficult is to get visa? Do they speak English? What kind of expenses are you looking at monthly? As someone with fully remote job, I am wondering
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by rofo1 7y ago
> People in the West do not utilize societal shaming enough I feel, Critical point. Only when people start to think about this topic, they'll realize that shaming was invented for a reason, and a great reason: it works. It kept orde
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by rofo1 7y ago
> Instagram isn’t the root cause to why people suck. That's even more depressing (if true) than this abomination of "social networks" that we are seeing right now. But still, even if your point might be true, we should s
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by rofo1 7y ago
> These are people so obsessed with their own sense of self-importance for the sake of a few instant “likes” on their social media profile that they find it perfectly acceptable to trespass, steal, disrespect the workers and their land –
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by rofo1 7y ago
It's absolutely due to evolution, not social construction. Same thing for women - they prefer physically strong, tall men. It's also due to evolution. It boils down to survival of the fittest - the fittest had the most resources,
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by rofo1 7y ago
> The entire idea that losing your hair is bad is socially constructed by the mass media and advertising industry to sell you these expensive crap treatments. Balding is an entirely healthy and natural human process. Those two sentences
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by rofo1 7y ago
Say what you want about RMS, he never sold out and stood on his principles. And his cause is noble. I might not agree with his methods 100% of the time, but I respect this man. And another thing: he was right about many "controversial&
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by rofo1 7y ago
Sure, when you need to update 1 single thing once, you can use vanilla js. But when you need to do more than that, you'll realize jQuery is still useful (assuming you don't use a framework or whatever). Either you will use somethi
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by rofo1 7y ago
> As any long time lifter can tell you, putting on muscle mass naturally takes a long time. I don't agree with this. It's generally easy and straightforward to put mass fast: do hypertrophy, sleep 8+ hours a day, eat 2g protein
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by rofo1 7y ago
I started running (very) seriously only recently. I can tell you for a fact that weight training will not significantly improve aerobic fitness. However, it will improve it up somewhat. Just an example, you will never run 5km under 20 minut
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by rofo1 7y ago
> Overall, I cannot emphasize how much fun it is to spend a few million dollars in 12-18 months without being fixated with savings. Not sure if I understand you right, so I'll just ask. Did you just spend your millions? And you sti
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by rofo1 7y ago
The book is solid. I mentally place it up there with "Advanced programming in the UNIX Environment" by Richard Stevens. (Also I recommend all his books, just incredible wealth of information) Not a fan of these notes, but that&#x2
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by rofo1 7y ago
> I doesn't matter if it's quality time Does it matter with whom? How about people openly disrespecting you under the guise of friendship? (I've seen this happen thousands of times, never understood why people tolerate it
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by rofo1 7y ago
> I think maybe being with others is most pleasant when one has a healthy relationship with one's self. I don't agree with the rest of your points, but the quoted one is key. No studies to back this up, but I would say that you
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by rofo1 7y ago
This is not obvious at all, especially the effects on health . Mental health - ok, that might be something that you can deduce based on examples (grumpy old solo grandpa that yells in the air - mental issues). But can you really conclude j
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by rofo1 7y ago
This is correct and congruent with what science knows as of today. I sometimes wonder how the world will look like when we would have evolved our science to (perfectly) control the ratio of chemicals inside us. Imagine, happiness on a click
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by rofo1 7y ago
"well into 6 figures" Do you understand how much money that is? Compared to the rest of the world population, I mean. Please don't tell me these people cannot food and rent.
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by rofo1 7y ago
I know a lot of people like this. A lot! And they are not traditionally dumb either (about other things). It's amazing; it's like they are under some kind of spell and can't see right before their eyes, just when it comes to

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