strangegecko

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by strangegecko 10mo ago
Do humans really do that often? Coming up with all that fluff would keep my brain busy, meaning there's actually no additional breathing room for thinking about an answer.
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by strangegecko 10mo ago
Goodbye warranty
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by strangegecko 11mo ago
I regularly encounter days when today's forecast is wrong and even in conflict with the current situation. E.g. the weather app tells me there's a drizzle all day and currently and yet it's entirely dry. The opposite happens
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by strangegecko 11mo ago
China (or at least the CCP, I find the equivocation of the CCP with the country disagreeable) has had the desire or even need to get revenge for their "century of humiliation" for a long time. They have a fundamentally different g
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by strangegecko 1y ago
I think both of you entirely misread the top level comment. He's saying that owning and using an Apple product requires you to engage in behaviors akin to worship, I imagine e.g. accepting Apple's way of doing X as correct by defa
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by strangegecko 1y ago
> He wondered if maybe that there was a tangible benefit to the shaking itself, in that it could help perturb out of the traumatized state itself. As someone with a trauma background who never learned to suppress this shaking, I am very
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by strangegecko 1y ago
HN is really unique in that regard for me. I don't come here that often, but when I do, I usually end up getting stuck in what is often a borderline off-topic discussion of life challenges I'm dealing with. This morning, I started
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by strangegecko 1y ago
Does that cycle connect to the question of why you're starting those projects in the first place? If it's "play" and experiencing joy, then quitting after the fun part would seem to do its job.
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by strangegecko 1y ago
Responding to this as someone who has struggled with similar inner conflicts, the "chore to get to something else" rings true for me. In my case, being good at programming was my means to feeling valued and valuable, and the sense
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by strangegecko 4y ago
> When WebAssembly gets direct DOM access Is that going to happen in the foreseeable future, i.e. is there a roadmap? Can't find much about that.
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by strangegecko 4y ago
I think your HVAC friend may actually be earning more than your attorneys. Unless you're in a prestigious law firm, they don't make all that much. And HVAC is so high in demand these days that they can raise prices to the moon and
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by strangegecko 4y ago
Sorry, foreigner was a clumsy choice here, and I chose it because in many Asian countries it's quasi synonymous. People of different origin are always foreigners to the local population, whether they're permanent residents or citi
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by strangegecko 4y ago
> Who cares? Is this an American thing to always brag something about race, or how much "non-racist we are"? Nobody gives a sh* here. As another European who lives in Asia, I don't understand this European love of blanket
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by strangegecko 4y ago
His point isn't mainly about individuals looking for jobs. It's about the economic environment for doing business in a country. You're basically forced to hand over your IP if you want to operate in China, among many other pr
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by strangegecko 4y ago
I don't understand how that follows. It would seem that "having a good answer to these questions" is the key, not knowing how to ask the question?
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by strangegecko 4y ago
> Every leisurely lone time that I once used to enjoy now feels like pointless escapism and filler, This is exactly how I feel. I've been looking towards early retirement through frugality as a means of escape from what has been a v
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by strangegecko 5y ago
This has happened to me in Gmail before. May be a chrome issue?
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by strangegecko 5y ago
> "Evidence shows that companies who fail to reward or acknowledge their employees for hard work, impose unreasonable demands on workers, and do not give them autonomy, are placing their staff at a much greater risk of depression,&q
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by strangegecko 6y ago
> this kind of AI research is seriously out of vogue I would think this is a consequence of it being a very hard problem. ML gets all the industry funding and publicity because you get results that are immediately useful. You can work o
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by strangegecko 6y ago
Do you feel the economics degree helped you career wise, was this in preparation for a change?
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by strangegecko 6y ago
HEPA filters only help for particulates. For gases you need activated carbon (usually more than is used in commercial air purifiers) or something else.
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by strangegecko 6y ago
An air purifier with hepa filter will filter the entire air supply in a room within X hours, how is a small water fountain going to pull out particles from elsewhere in the room into the water?
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by strangegecko 6y ago
> when implemented incorrectly, they massively slow down initial text paint What are you thinking of in terms of "implemented incorrectly", do you happen to have an example?
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by strangegecko 6y ago
I'm not sure there's a root to discover that I don't already know about. I'm on the autism spectrum, I have some other health issues, I've missed out on a lot of development and experiences in life due to the ASD an
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by strangegecko 6y ago
I haven't done a long-term trial. The only things that are legally available here are ritalin and modafinil (only if you have narcolepsy). I tried 5mg of ritalin 2 or 3 times, it made me work and think faster and with more focus, but i
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by strangegecko 6y ago
I follow a similar pattern, but a major component for me is anhedonia / depression. I don't have anything in my life that is fulfilling or exciting or fun. I delay going to bed, both hoping to suddenly feel that spark of excitemen
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by strangegecko 6y ago
Robert Downey Jr. is paid more because of brand recognition in the target market (people will watch a movie just because he's in it), not because he's a much better actor than everyone else. Software developers don't really
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by strangegecko 6y ago
What you're describing is "taking a break", at your schedule, when you need it. Having other people interrupting / bothering you while you're trying to focus is a poor substitute for taking breaks.
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by strangegecko 8y ago
Cultural inertia. People don't just suddenly change their habits because they have more money. I'm in Taiwan and see rich people live with what seems like poor people habits all the time. Everyone is simply used to it and sees it
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by strangegecko 8y ago
without having read the article: layoffs in preparation of an economic downturn would be unusual, especially when it's R&D in a cash rich company I don't think there's a pattern, companies lay off and rehire people all th

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