rthomas6

81 ms·

811.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Of course not. That's not really a boundary, that's just someone being an ass. I consider a boundary to be a personal limit that is decided ahead of time, which preferably is communicated ahead of time. An example would be if we l
812.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I just read No More Mr Nice Guy[1] and recommend it. I rarely agree 100% with everything in a book, and 90% of this book was spot-on for me. I'll try to summarize some of the advice from the book. * "Nice Guys" are pushover
813.
by rthomas6 12y ago
For a young girl, it looks like the new Batgirl might fit the bill well [1]. Not trying to minimize the issue, I just thought the author might like this for their daughter. [1]: http://36.media.tumblr.com/98dffc116ba398dd717
814.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Well, that response was unexpected.
815.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Would they, though? I listen to a lot of different music, but I also create playlists that I listen to most of the time. As an example let's take the average user that listens primarily to the top 40 hits and a few select albums from t
816.
Ask HN: How to Organize?
16 points by rthomas6 12y ago|12 comments
817.
by rthomas6 12y ago
There's gotta be some way to make a pay-only streaming service that would fairly compensate artists... What if, instead of being paid per play, artists were compensated based on the number of unique visitors that played their music? So
818.
by rthomas6 12y ago
What is the economics of this? I never understood why this is the case now in academia but it apparently didn't used to be. What changed?
819.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Could it have something to do with the increase in quality and quantity of pleasant distractions? It's in our pockets, at our desks, in our living rooms, everywhere. What if technological, political, and social progress has slowed down
820.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Is it expensive to get these permits, or is it just a hassle? Serious question.
821.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I would argue various forms of anarchism favor the people at the cost of the state, which is also bad for different reasons. So real life needs some kind of messy, complex balance between extremes.
822.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Totally off topic, but you should look up the power poses TED talk. It really has helped me seem more confident and capable during phone interviews, as silly as it seems. If you don't have time to watch the talk, basically our body lan
823.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Another technique is to make empty time less horrid, which in turn reduces the need to immediately fill it, which in turn allows you to choose better activities instead of scrambling for what is the quickest and easiest distraction. Empty t
824.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I think it's science fiction, but I'm not sure. The reason I think this is because it's in a section called "futures", which Nature describes elsewhere as "Science fiction from the home of science".
825.
by rthomas6 12y ago
It would help to have a more specific definition. What is transhumanism, exactly? Humans already augmented their intelligence, their bodies, and their abilities with technology, and have done so for thousands of years.
826.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Personally I would talk to them with the assumption that they're unhappy with me somehow, even if I think they aren't. I'd say that I noticed my bonus was only 5% of my maximum and I just wanted to know why my job performance
827.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I should have said "good idea for Telegram". I can see why the contest, and Telegram's general approach, is a bad idea for everyone as a whole, but IMO this is the best advertising $300,000 can buy.
828.
by rthomas6 12y ago
The comments here are showing me that this contest is a good idea, because everyone is talking about Telegram. It doesn't matter that they're mostly saying they don't trust it. Without the contest, most people wouldn't
829.
by rthomas6 12y ago
The Violent Bear It Away by Flannery O'Connor. Entertaining so far. True Love by Thich Nhat Hanh. Recommended if you want to connect better with your SO. The Ferber Method book. Don't remember the title. We will teach our son
830.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I think we're on the same page. However, I don't think your first solution solves your first problem. I don't have a good solution for it either, though. I like your second solution, but I would prefer a progressive capital g
831.
by rthomas6 12y ago
No... that's not really the effect of no rent control. In fact rent control is often the cause of excessive credit checks, proof of employment, etc. Maybe in the short run no rent control would make disproportionate high rents, but not
832.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I have a counter-proposal: 1) Universal basic income. You get paid like $10,000 no matter what. 2) Eliminate minimum wage. Anyone is free to earn extra if they so desire. 3) Outlaw rent control. Now you have more abundant housing. That woul
833.
by rthomas6 12y ago
Could someone just fork systemd and make a version that relaces the init system and nothing else?
834.
by rthomas6 12y ago
If the uncle arrives and you hide in the bathroom, it was different for me.
835.
by rthomas6 12y ago
To be clear, you're claiming that Europeans are genetically superior to Africans?
836.
by rthomas6 12y ago
What would be fun is to design a processor of this architecture in VHDL.
837.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I'm 27 and identify more with the over-30s. Then again I've never really grokked the new wave of smartphone-based social media. I never use Twitter, I deactivated my Facebook, and I consume 99% of my internet time at a desktop com
838.
by rthomas6 12y ago
For musically gifted people who read sheet music every day, I have heard that they start to hear scores in their head while reading them, and that it's not so different than reading words. So in the case of classical music, the compari
839.
by rthomas6 12y ago
No... but other people were, and those people wrote first-hand accounts of what happened. In history those are called "primary sources". That's how history is determined. And I don't know what else to call the depicted s
840.
by rthomas6 12y ago
I'm not sure how to reconcile this with what I read in the book Lies My Teacher Told Me, which contradicts the source you've given here.

More ›