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by visakanv 12y ago
> Is that so bad? Muddling through has probably gotten you further than you give it credit for, why do you think you have to be mister super productivity to get further? I have an answer for this one, and I think the War of Art captures
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by visakanv 12y ago
Listen to this guy, but listen to everyone else, too. There are all sorts of ways you can improve your odds apart from going to school. There are a lot of things that you can read that will point you in the right direction. There are a lot
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ABC Dicks for prostate cancer awareness (NSFW-ish)(abcdicks.com)
1 points by visakanv 12y ago|0 comments
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by visakanv 12y ago
Yep. Why should the cars be parked? Why should we own cars? All we actually need is a very high % chance of getting access to a car whenever needed. If it were 99.9%, and wayyy cheaper than owning a car, why own the car?
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by visakanv 12y ago
This was an exciting, nostalgic read. Simcity was such a huge part of my childhood.
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by visakanv 12y ago
Has he worked as an early employee in another new company before? Because all of the best founders I know have. (Zuckerberg is an extreme outlier.) Experience will save you a lot of heartache. I'm learning so much at the startup I&#x27
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by visakanv 12y ago
They still don't have an Android app? Damnit, I stopped using it because they didn't have one, and that was like, a year ago.
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by visakanv 12y ago
If you have a streak of failures, wipe the slate clean and start with something smaller and simpler. For severe cases, it might be necessary to start with something as simple as "brush your teeth 1x a day" and NOTHING else. This c
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by visakanv 12y ago
Think of it as a sort of prosthesis. Those of us with ADHD, for instance, have a sort of short-sightedness when it comes to time. Things like this can help by reinterpreting our lives a series of short-term actions that have immediate conse
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by visakanv 12y ago
Here's the best feedback I can give you- a real time description of my thoughts as I scan/scroll: 1. "supertrip" – what is this? drugs? roadtrip? backpacking? 2. 'not your typical adventure' - well that's
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by visakanv 12y ago
yup, vc not bv
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by visakanv 12y ago
Glad to have been of help! Go forth and create, as much as you possibly can. :-)
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by visakanv 12y ago
I wrote this blogpost for my younger self, and for other young creatives who might be going through what I did when I was a confused young songwriter trying to do everything all at once (and tragically doing less than I think I would'v
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Letter to a Young Songwriter(visakanv.com)
2 points by visakanv 12y ago|3 comments
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by visakanv 12y ago
What do you mean by that? When I read "X is an emergent property of a complex Y", I can't help but interpret it as "something that sounds smart but doesn't actually explain anything".
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by visakanv 12y ago
Hey, sorry I didn't notice this earlier. You can tweet me at @visakanv or email me at visakanv at referralcandy dot com
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by visakanv 12y ago
Oh my god, that first track brings memories flooding back. I was a kid! I wonder how many other such things there are out there like this?
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by visakanv 12y ago
Summary: Because you aren't reading it "cold", you're reading it with confirmation bias. You're reading it already knowing what the intent and purpose is, so your brain glosses over the details and fills in the blan
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by visakanv 12y ago
Some severe procrastinators, I think, also sort of hate themselves and their future selves, and see themselves as unworthy and undeserving of anything substantial. The procrastination might be a symptom of depression, etc.
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by visakanv 12y ago
Your perspective is completely consistent with my experience. For most of human history, we probably hunted animals in short bursts of activity then sat around "procrastinating". Laziness as a term is almost a subtle act of violen
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by visakanv 12y ago
I relate to how you're feeling. Different communities have different expectations of what good content is. HN is a tough crowd. Lurk more, read more. It's okay to have epiphanies, the challenge is to communicate them in a way that
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by visakanv 12y ago
Oh, I don't mean to imply that people play WoW BECAUSE they're averse to work! I just mean that some of us work really hard at some things, and are really averse to doing other things. And I seldom see people acknowledging this. I
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by visakanv 12y ago
Yeah, I think procrastination, like laziness, might be better described as "work aversion". Procrastination and laziness both imply that the "problem" is with the individual who's afflicted with it, and it also almo
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by visakanv 12y ago
Yeah, I think the main thing about my procrastination is structural and habitual. This is something I've built since I was a child. I've always been averse to doing things that I don't instantly or immediately enjoy. That sai
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by visakanv 12y ago
TL;DR for the busy: The post focuses on the fact that it's hard for us to think about our future selves. So procrastination is the result of short-term bias, and a desire for immediate gratification. --- I personally think that's
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by visakanv 12y ago
Interesting! Are mentally disabled people also unable to legally own things?
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by visakanv 12y ago
Speaking of Flux, http://www.justgetflux.com "makes your computer screen look like the room you're in, all the time." One of the best things I've ever done for myself.
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by visakanv 12y ago
How do you protect against pirates? Honest question.
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by visakanv 12y ago
An excellent way of thinking about it.
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by visakanv 12y ago
Sounds like you live an interesting life! What do you do that makes you interested in HN? What other cool stuff have you been up to?

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