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by unabst 9y ago
Yes. And this is where it gets sociopathic. Large companies will hire "good" managers to make people feel they make a difference, that they are being heard, and that the company gives a shit. But of course, this is business as usu
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by unabst 9y ago
If anyone wants to be part of the decision making process, they really should strive to get in that room. And when they get there, they will appreciate the absence of noise from people who think their voices automatically matter. If a compa
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by unabst 9y ago
Yes absolutely. We have control of our actions. Emotions we have no control over. Or rather, that should not be the focus of our intentions. But we can control what we do about them, and we can connect the dots between our actions and our e
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by unabst 9y ago
> it's important to know that it doesn't have to represent who you are Maybe it's easy to confuse what I said with this, but I never said this. Equating your emotions with who you are is an act that you've done. It&#x
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by unabst 9y ago
I'm not a fan of this discipline of managing and processing emotions as if they were opinions or the consequence of our thoughts. Emotions are facts. This must be the premise. If you've felt them, they've happened already. Th
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by unabst 9y ago
"Individual" and "single human being" are abstractions. So are "cells" and "skin" and everything else. If you remove abstraction, you remove language, but an undivided landscape of activity of nature
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by unabst 9y ago
This. We need to change the world so such statements immediately discredit the people who made them in a consequential manner. They already do for some people, but not where it matters. We're already in such a world when it comes to ra
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by unabst 9y ago
To be perfectly honest, I find nothing "excellent" about the right image at the beginning of the article. Clearly there is room for two lines there. The "excellent" image would be the left image centered properly. It wou
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by unabst 9y ago
> excess of repetition is the definition of bad code No. The lack of abstraction tools is the definition of a lower level language. You know it's a lower level language when, as a developer, you feel the need for one higher. I submi
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by unabst 9y ago
The problem with Slack and the like is that it's communication based, not work based. The problem with Todoist and Wunderlist and the like is that it's work based, not communication based. Slack is awesome at communicating. But it
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by unabst 9y ago
Faster . Discord is lighter and faster. Simpler . I don't need comments and threads and snippets and posts at the expense of simple communications. These features are also inconsistent and incompatible across devices. Search/Co
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by unabst 9y ago
If not for the info you provided I may have wasted my time with them. Honestly, I was wondering if Linode staff or people on "their side" downvoted the post since it didn't seem downvote worthy. It's only fair that their
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by unabst 9y ago
Actually yes and no. Discord has Webhooks (which is all I need). Slack requires a bunch of admin hoops and adoption by 3rd parties. With webhooks, as long as a service has an API, people like me can plug them right in.
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by unabst 9y ago
Why was this downvoted?
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by unabst 9y ago
Discord is the better app at this point. Even for business use. But Slack from an acquisition POV must be different. They have revenue, traction, and that all important paying subscriber base. It's like everyone has always said. Slack
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by unabst 9y ago
Yes! This needs to be on here: http://elixir.community/talk
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by unabst 9y ago
This is genius marketing. They flipped "random labels" into "robotic algorithm of success". There isn't much to the story because that is all they did. But if the customers love the bottles, sales are up, and the br
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by unabst 9y ago
> The straw that broke the camel's back for me was threads. Me too. The all threads list being in opposite chronological order as the all unread list blew my mind also. So I've moved everything to discord and have never been h
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by unabst 9y ago
A good test for visual design is the word test. What are all the possible words that can be derived from your design? You don't have to agree with them. They just need to be possible. Then decide on three words you want people to think
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by unabst 9y ago
In the end the truth is always somewhere in between, but there cannot be an "in between" without the other end of the perception spectrum clearly laid out like this. One of the reasons I'm on HN is to see these comments upvot
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by unabst 9y ago
Except, subjective thinking is what leads to objective facts. If not for thinkers, there would be nothing to share. And words are amazing. All these complex and nuanced concepts we're talking about can be expressed and shared almost in
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by unabst 9y ago
I went to MIT, and I'm pretty sure everyone already had critical thinking skills. In fact, I just assumed that's part of what the admissions office was looking for. > at least a third of seniors were unable to make a cohesive a
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by unabst 9y ago
If you get really really good at something, original is automatic. And if you practice really really hard at something, getting good is automatic. Passion is a simple advantage because it gives you the focus, the persistence, and the satisf
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by unabst 9y ago
Imagine trying to do math without numbers. That's why visual mathematics sucks. Numbers are needed to count. We do it with our fingers when we're little, and we're limited to 10. Then we take off our socks to get to 20, but t
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by unabst 9y ago
Exactly. A job is just a job, and a business is just a business. Mistaking either for anything more will lead to a paradox. Businesses just need extremely specific work to get done. Jobs are ways to get people to do that work in exchange fo
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by unabst 9y ago
This and this. Precisely the right questions. I haven't checked the landscape in a minute, but I wonder if there are any new projects out there.
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by unabst 9y ago
They've been openly attacking the open web since day one. I think the problem now is that they've been too successful. Zuckerberg was on to something. He saw the web connecting pages, but not people. So he created a web connecting
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by unabst 9y ago
Thinking is an action, so you most definitely have control over it. But it's like youtube or facebook. They have us addicted to "wanting to check it" and we can't stop, not because we physically cannot stop, but because
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by unabst 9y ago
To be honest, I think all founders are in some degree of pain. I mean, I say that hoping it will make you feel a little better, but it certainly won't solve any of your problems. For me, knowing I can quit whenever I want helps. I mean
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by unabst 9y ago
Amazon is a perfect example actually... I was trying to find a reference but gave up. I remember reading about the logic behind isolating the checkout experience. For a while I don't think they even had a link to go back to your cart.

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