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by wnolens 4y ago
At least you got an email from Satya. Amazon folks need to stumble across major news outlets.
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by wnolens 4y ago
I really hate how I read about this on the news, not first but only there. The last layoff came and went without a peep from any management above me, even week+ later. Looks like the same again. I was around for a big Microsoft layoff m
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by wnolens 4y ago
I didn't know it was the right move (and still don't? There is no right move?). I was severely depressed, unhelped by the professionals in my ring, and really really did not want a job. But rationally I knew that what I thought wa
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by wnolens 4y ago
Amen.
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by wnolens 4y ago
Have a lot to say, it was an emotional journey with highest highs and lowest lows of my life. But can't type it all out. Happy to answer any particular question. In short: I saved up enough not to quit rat race forever, but to see what
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by wnolens 4y ago
Virtually same life! Quit around 30, didn't work for a full year. Then worked 20h/week for about 2y while I invested the rest of my productive time into hobbies or pet ideas. Then I went back to similar job different company. Took
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by wnolens 4y ago
Ah yes.. the trope of overpaid (with respect to history) millennial writing about their transcendence from this absurd thing called 'work'. Not judging harshly because I did nearly the same as the author years ago! Only I found a
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by wnolens 4y ago
Happened to me at AWS. And worse, several clearly less talented folks on my team are getting promoted to senior before me (due to tenure/politicking). I virtually took the day off every time it happened. And worse, my boss promised m
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by wnolens 4y ago
> she didn’t replace parenting a human child for me. That would never have happened, I had already decided that and agreed with my previous partner about that If I read that correctly, you decided with your partner to not ever have kids.
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by wnolens 4y ago
Those dogs aren't your reason your living though. Didn't say "all people who have dogs.."
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by wnolens 4y ago
The thing that most makes this poster's life worth living is caring for an animal which was engineered to be pleasant to care for. And a lot of people use these animals to replace human relationships (I've seen it quite a few time
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by wnolens 4y ago
That's my take, too. It's platonic ideal v.s. real life. The latter is frustrating, but it's.. real.
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by wnolens 4y ago
Liking software but hating software engineering is kind of like enjoying the platonic and hating reality. We're all in agreement that the real world is messy and stressful to deal with. That's life!
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by wnolens 4y ago
There are many, it's practically it's own category of slice. There's definitely a quality hit, but still a great value. And they churn through them so much that you're quite likely to get one fresh out of the oven - whic
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by wnolens 4y ago
There's so so many places honestly. I could rhyme off a half dozen more on this list that some new yorker would say is "the best". But coming from out of town your expectations are probably sky high. If pizza is high on your
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by wnolens 4y ago
gah i'm so far it would require a day off work spent entirely to get it. i'm still doing it someday though.
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by wnolens 4y ago
Yes, as a NYC resident I love a good convo about pizza. This thread made me very happy to see everyone appreciating pizza
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by wnolens 4y ago
on the cheap side (for a decent one). You can get 2.50-2.75 in some spots. And of course there's a the $1 slice (for a quality sacrifice)
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by wnolens 4y ago
If Uber can't make the economics work with an assload of venture capital to be able to take huge losses, how would a (presumably?) less well funded competitor succeed? Uber too big/slow to adopt the second-comer's strategy?
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by wnolens 4y ago
Detachment from feeling pain? I believe this is a common symptom of PTSD. Another hot tip from Buddhism in this thread.
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by wnolens 4y ago
And at worst you will constantly be walking away from any pain (which is just a signal you need to change)
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by wnolens 4y ago
> 1. The goal is to end suffering, so if a practice is making you suffer stop doing it. Cool, so I just walk away from anything causing me stress? *leaves wife and kids*. Thanks, Buddhism!
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by wnolens 4y ago
> I might have ended up grabbing a handful of gadgets and smashing them on the ground I call bs in your internet confidence/advise you not to do that. And not because it would be illegal, but because you don't know what the per
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by wnolens 4y ago
It is certainly like me to constantly push Canadian bands on people.
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by wnolens 4y ago
I'd have to disagree. To me a negative is worth more than an assisted rep because you get to practice the real range of motion and activate all muscles (incl. stabilizers). Assisted forms ultimately "assist" you at some fixed
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by wnolens 4y ago
Big Sugar! gives new meaning to the name of an old band i used to listen to.. haha
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by wnolens 4y ago
I agree. I did exactly as the above comment suggested, and ended up much more depressed after the fun time ran out. Definitely take time off, but impose a limit on how long you are completely aimless for, or without feedback that you'r
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by wnolens 4y ago
This would have whatever limit that rollerblades/skates would have.
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by wnolens 4y ago
It's just so much engineering for such marginal benefit over alternatives. I can contrive a use-case where this is better, but I have to contrive it.
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by wnolens 4y ago
Thanks! Congrats on the 16kg. I've been trying to eat more since I was 20 (am 34 now). It's been getting more difficult as I get older, especially with the onset of IBS a few years ago - now more foods and what used to be regular

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