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by sandspar 2y ago
When people leave Reddit half of them come here. Lots of people left Reddit recently.
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by sandspar 2y ago
Imagine it's your mom being scammed.
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by sandspar 2y ago
Quickest way to destroy a man's spirit is to make him retire before he's ready.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Paranoia
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by sandspar 3y ago
The future will be stupider than we can even imagine.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Your writing makes it seem like you are a vulnerable and confused person. I'm not the one to be afraid of. The people you are spending time with online are a potential danger to you.
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by sandspar 3y ago
How dangerous is that on a scale from 1 to 10?
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by sandspar 3y ago
To what extent does it make you a better real life golfer?
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by sandspar 3y ago
I had an unhealthy comfort meal that I couldn't kick. I filmed myself eating it and was disgusted by the sight of myself. That worked. I still eat it sometimes but in much smaller portions and not nearly as often.
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by sandspar 3y ago
You know nothing about me.
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by sandspar 3y ago
I'm not sure what you're talking about.
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by sandspar 3y ago
I say this with the kindest intentions but I think you may be at a risk of being recruited into a cult.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's fun when you get a peek into obscure subcultures' freakishly weird givens.
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by sandspar 3y ago
You're talking about midwits or whatever. Millions of very intelligent people still get most of their knowledge from books. Books remain the highest octane fuel.
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by sandspar 3y ago
For those who don't know, James Gurney is the guy who created the "Dinotopia" series. For those don't know "Dinotopia", it's where George Lucas likely cribbed the idea for Naboo from "Star Wars: Episo
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by sandspar 3y ago
That's the way our species works. You work that way too.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Competence also goes hand in hand with confidence.
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by sandspar 3y ago
"Just buy a lock" isn't the solution to people stealing cars. The onus isn't on innocent people to protect themselves from thieves. The onus is on the group with a monopoly on force, i.e. the government, to stop them.
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by sandspar 3y ago
It's pretty obvious when you meet someone who's never worked retail.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Good for you, honestly. As a side note, computer science forums are one of the few places where you get posts like this. I like hanging out on HackerNews because I can talk to people like you.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Maybe we're the uncontacted tribe in Papua New Guinea. We have nothing to offer, we're hard to get to, and we're worth more as a novelty.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Acronyms are a scourge. Neurology.com can get away with using acronyms, since they're talking to specialists. But people also use them when talking to a public who doesn't know what the fuck the letters refer to. It's sloppy.
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by sandspar 3y ago
"I'm in a cage, which must mean that everyone else is in a cage too." Worldviews like this are really sad.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Cal Newport is a self help author. He's not comparable to a mechanic. Samsung executives are working there. They are mechanics.
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by sandspar 3y ago
We have two batteries: physical and mental. It's only when both batteries are fully drained that we feel happily tired.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Cal Newport has his theories, Samsung executives have theirs. Samsung executives' theories about how to run Samsung are more valuable than Cal Newport's because they know Samsung better than he does.
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by sandspar 3y ago
Humans must have similar things. I remember attending a soccer game, rather ambivalent about it since I wasn't a fan. However when our team scored, and the crowd erupted into celebration, I suddenly found myself standing up and roaring
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by sandspar 3y ago
Yeah I like that video too. His public speaking and body language in it is also clearly a product of professional training. I assume he's received professional presentation training for most of his career. But it seems to have recently
629.
by sandspar 3y ago
"Zuckerberg is cool now" became a meme very suddenly. His reputation changed overnight but people don't change overnight. I'd guess part of it is that he hired a team. He's physically and orally expressive in his la
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by sandspar 3y ago
Aristotle talks about gluttony in his book about ethics. He mentions a Greek gourmand who fervently wished to have the neck of a crane, since he felt that swallowing is the most pleasurable part of eating.

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