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by simonswords82 4y ago
Agreed. My wife and I all but stopped drinking in 2023 except for when we go out which is maybe once a month. We get along better. We both exercise more. We are more constructive. Output more. Enjoy life more. I could go on. I wouldn’t be
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Is there a similar service out there for Azure? (Who just put their uk prices up by 9 percent)
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Often this happens when a sales commission structure is misaligned with company profitability. The salesperson then cares more about commission and less about profit and generates revenue at any cost.
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Lyft drops 35 percent following earnings five and lower revenue guidance(marketwatch.com)
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by simonswords82 4y ago
/s?
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by simonswords82 4y ago
I did lol @ Final Days. He's 47!
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Domain name is worth more than most small businesses
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Mushrooms or LSD
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by simonswords82 4y ago
> and this is the main reason most companies overhire. It's so that engineers are less inclined to go home and build their own competitor. This is most definitely not true.
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by simonswords82 4y ago
As somebody who started my software company in 2007 and stopped coding full time around 2012/2013 I'd say if you did it long enough you never lose the abstract concepts. I understand everything my head of engineering tells me and
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by simonswords82 4y ago
I've heard it called "Suicide Tuesday" or perhaps "Suicide Wednesday" in your case
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Such a great article. Thanks for posting. The Trap: Skill + Need - Joy resonated deeply and I'm going to do something to get the Joy back to +Joy this year.
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by simonswords82 4y ago
I'm not saying I agree or disagree with this stance but at a practical level it's interesting to think about. Let's say life is a computer game, and once you max out at $1bn in earned wealth (presumably this includes liquid a
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Interesting thread on why it's not possible for the solar panels to be self cleaned: https://twitter.com/NASAInSight/status/1590736220199735296?c...
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Workflowy for task management. Made me more efficient, must have net saved me 100 hours.
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Ask HN: How high will interest rates go?
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I’d suggest that certain persons have benefited for sure but that doesn’t make the case that Twitter et al have been a net positive for humanity. My personal view is that they have not been a net positive for humanity and have created a gen
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Active income Fundipedia.com Totally niche product Enterprise revenue
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Wouldn't it be good if Duelingo hooked you up with native language speakers so you could try to strike up conversations in text and voice? It's great to learn words, phrases and so on in isolation but actual conversations in a new
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Is this not a net positive thing given that the world just hit 8bn people and is clearly overpopulated?
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Is this guy famous purely for his blog? Have not heard of him before today. Cool blog though
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ClusterFuc? ClusterFuk?
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Billion/Shmillion - you're right though. Amazing it's still a rounding error to Elon...for now.
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Which is surely by design. People who are just about able to keep their heads above water and in fear of a huge medical bill (or any bill for that matter) will literally work like their lives depend on it...because it does.
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Started my business with £20k of credit card debt. Would have sucked had it not worked out. Was a huge sigh of relief the day I was able to pay it off.
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Whilst the message is quite blunt this subreddit does a good job of highlighting just how much of our world's urban planning and infrastructure is built around cars: https://www.reddit.com/r/fuckcars Until I stumb
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by simonswords82 4y ago
For sure most fund raises are on the basis of hockey stick go big or go home. It’s a moonshot and if you get stuck in orbit and cannot escape the pull of gravity you’ll burn fuel until you re enter the atmosphere…usually breaking up in the
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Anecdotal data but.. Was at a party with an acquaintance a week ago who said they need more money by February or they’re dead. Series A but still not profitable. From the outside looking in they have nearly 100 employees, PMF, great marketi
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by simonswords82 4y ago
I don't like Elon either but am happy he's blown $44m on a side project that it looks like is going to fail
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by simonswords82 4y ago
Genuinely surprised to see a +1 for an app that is so riddled with security and geopolitical nastiness. Not to mention how awful this app is for young people's mental health. >I know there are a lot of naysayers for good and bad rea

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