sotojuan

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by sotojuan 8y ago
There's technical podcasts that are guides? When listening to something like The Changelog, it's just a conversation about a technology and its origins.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Not married but live with my partner for almost 3 years. I listen to podcasts with headphones on at work especially when doing chores. No complaints, though I'm also not doing it 24/7. I've never thought of podcasts as someth
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Pretty cool report. Personally all I want is to be able to change my username, even if it means emailing and waiting a few days.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Italy is probably the worst European example of this. For most of history the country was split into nation states that warred with each other. Even after unification, there's a strong cultural divide between the north and the south.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Wouldn't an online community for that be a community dedicated to "intellectual discussion, debates, and political movements"? I'm confused about what you're looking for exactly.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Gruber criticizes Apple all the time. The past few episodes of his podcast have been mostly complaints.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I’m sure Spotify is better than AM with discovery, but I never used that feature of Spotify. Being able to upload my own files to Apple Music (got a lot of music not in streaming services) and play it anywhere is a killer feature for me.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
A few months ago we had a story here in HN claiming that parents spend more time with their kids now, or at least want to spend more time with them. Not to mention nowadays both parents take care of the kids - a few decades ago outside of d
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I’m not sure why tech workers think they’re special. Almost everyone that moves to NYC for a good office job goes through this. Moving to a suburb or another city after age 35 is a stereotype. So is staying here and enjoying a DINK or singl
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Have hobbies outside of sitting in the couch refreshing HN or watching Netflix. Hobbies where you get better at something.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
In-App makes sense. I’ve recently purchased a good amount of not-free apps but the only in-app stuff I’ve purchased has been “pro” versions of free apps I’ve downloaded. I’m guessing the former don’t count.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Everyone has a price!
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Yeah sure I just meant they aren't just saying it's awesome and not actually use it. I don't know about ATP but a lot of the apps that sponsor Mac Power Users are apps the hosts used before sponsorship was even considered, so
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Hm, was going to purchase one because some of my favorite podcasts, Mac Power Users and ATP, rave about it. I'm not sure how I feel about Eero now. I don't have any Amazon smart thing and not sure I want one.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
ATP and Mac Power Users hosts actually own and use Eero routers, though.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I only pay $48 a year for 1Password, but even if it was $60 it doesn't bother me. If that means thousand of dollars by the time I die, it's fine. I like the service. $4,000 over 40-60 years is insignificant. If it's useful an
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Companies do stuff like that because they think or have proved that it sells. I've heard and read that people increasingly don't want just products any more. They want a brand, a story, etc. That might not work for beer or TVs but
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Unless the film is animated, I could not see how you could enjoy watching it at 1.5x speed, particularly if it's a serious drama. Humans moving at 1.5x speed just looks weird, and when I speed narrative (i.e. not documentaries) films,
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I was not brought up in America so I didn't grow up with the Protestant Work Ethic as part of my culture, so this question is hard for me to answer. Honestly, anything else? Nothing wrong with focusing on work, especially if you'r
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Worse - I've noticed that most of HN likes to read productivity and self help books. Nothing wrong with that, but it means people are spending a majority of their leisure time learning how to work better!
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Yeah SA is definitely past its meme-making prime, but it was the beginning of so much that it holds a special place.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
SA is definitely past its influential period, but to this day stuff that starts in 4chan ends up in national news.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
With regards to internet culture, 4chan and SomethingAwful are definitely way more influential than reddit.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Seems to me a lot of hackers/tech people get off getting around paying for stuff, even if they make well over six figures.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I mean, if you really want the easy way out, just pay Squarespace or another WSIWYG website builder. That's what a lot of my artist and photographer friends use.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I do this with Apple Music.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Hopefully you realized that person is a negative influence way before you decided to live with them.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
I mostly listen to podcasts just for fun, but weirdly enough, Mac Power Users. It's a long running podcast about using Apple products and their native software productively. I like that it's run by non-engineers - seeing people th
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Very ironic. People in my office work just 8 hours yet the open office plan leads to a lot of those 8 hours be some sort of socializing or chatting - wasting the company's time and money.
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by sotojuan 8y ago
Most of the advice in "How to Win Friends and Influence People" is fairly relevant and can be learned at any age - the book and Carnegie's courses were originally for older businessmen. The problem with the book is that its t

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