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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I’m frankly surprised schools haven’t collapsed. It seems like borderline abuse of teachers - low pay, undisciplined kids, have to buy your own supplies. Then this article also points out all the rules and people who think they know better
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Yes this is the end game. We have pleasure and pain centers. An app that delivers a steady stream of pleasure, with no pain, will win for most people. And the ratio keeps getting “better”. Better content, less friction. Scary.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
i read this first as a sarcastic title, like you plan to consult on software for free. kind of like "So you have decided to start a free IT support business" (by offering to help family / neighbors with their computer problem
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Can anyone explain why the query without having needs 14 separate queries? That seemed insane to me. It seems like the author is using one query per country. Where it seems like you’d just group by country and year, where country <>
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
“ For example, have you ever noticed that the main content of most websites is something like 70% down the page? Every recipe site I’ve ever seen is like this — nobody cares about how this recipe was originally your great-grandmother’” If a
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
“Read Marcus Aurelius - meditations. didn’t understand shit” LOL
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Imagine you are building a weight lifting team. You want strong people who are willing to work hard. Someone from the US Olympic marathon team applies! Wow! This guy is really good athlete. But..clearly his experience is with long dista
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Everyone wants to be associated with success. You can't sustainably market a product users don't find valuable. Based on the above two, people would rather focus on pattern copy / incremental improvements vs big risks. Someti
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Having had depression for over half of my life, I’ve never believed it was a chemical imbalance. For me, it’s a complicated function of thoughts and feelings that lead to depressive mood. Some I’ve been able to address and get better, some
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This sentence “ And a week, year or longer waves like cutting nails, tanking a car, renewing a passport” I initially read that the author only cuts his nails once per year. Yuck… Then I realized he was more likely giving an example of weekl
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Good article but poor title - only 2 sentences about octopuses dreaming about crabs. Most of it is comparing and contrasting two books on animal experiences.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Not sure what you mean by lack of integration with public transit. The Golden Gate Bridge does not have a subway. But it does carry a lot of buses. It also has biking and walking lanes, unlike other Bay Area bridges. Is your ideal to have n
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Great advice here on dentist selection. But there’s also a takeaway if you ever want to buy a business. It’s way easier to find issues before you buy than after. I don’t think this acquiring dentist asked some basic questions before buying.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This was a helpful article! So far I’ve been lucky to escape what seems to be unfortunately common. One time I saw a dentist who smacked of profits over patients, and he had recommended a deep cleaning. I did it. It sucked. Now I know to g
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
Events are not going to work. I like the idea of converting office space to mixed use / residential. Kill two birds with one stone. Even tho there’s not much to do downtown per se, as neighborhood living prices keep increasing, downt
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I can’t believe this guy’s last name is Bowser. This is exactly something King Koopa would do.
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
The article talks mostly about being self employed. I made a career transition. The hardest thing for me has been the constant comparisons my brain does. Some examples below, it’s exhausting. The best advice I have is to prepare for it, a
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I can't take any of these emergencies / droughts seriously with stats like these "Statewide, average water use is roughly 50% environmental, 40% agricultural, and 10% urban" https://www.ppic.org/publicati
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
This. I remember the 2008 crash and it was panic. Banks collapsing, large layoffs, hiring freezes, and a quick downturn. Hell the pandemic downturn in spring 2020 felt worse than this. Unemployment went way up, banks were pulling back, peo
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by xivzgrev 4y ago
I work in marketing. Personalization can provide incremental benefit. It’s particularly effective for owned channels (email, in product) or retargeting. This author is clearly engaging in hyperbole to gain attention and drive new clients. Z
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
do you have to document every trade? At the end of the day the IRS cares about your net loss or gain, and what's short term vs long term gains. So I typically sum up my various investments into those 2 buckets, by broker. if i ever ge
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
My mom had a similar system. She had also split savings into long term and short term. So LT - 40% ST - 30% Spend - 20% Charity - 10% I don’t recall what the term was for short term, maybe a few months. Something about it worked. Today I fo
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
I developed it as a kid, and even though I feel a lot of anxiety in life, I don’t feel anxious about it. Maybe it’s easier for us to accept certain things when we are younger. if it happened today I probably would be more anxious about it.
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
Our cat does something similar to wake us up. When he wants to do this, he looks for something that can make a lot of noise with minimal effort. It might be something crinkly, or something that can be dropped, or a rug that can be scratched
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
Note this seems to apply only to hourly workers. All of us salaried techies need to keep waiting for free market to open this up
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
It’s about damn time. I’m the only one I know who prefers these over the “authentic”, small shit tacos. They’re so unfilling, and I miss the crunch. There’s a Mexican grocery store in San Francisco that sells these big crispy tacos. Now tho
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
There’s something good about seeing people in person. Even if a 4 person mtg, 2 are on zoom but me and another are in the same room. It’s nice to be in the room with the other person, and talking. I would prefer NOT to go into office, but I
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
It is totally normal. Consider 1) recruiting needs an initial chat, to get you excited, do some light screening, and ensure comp expectations aren’t out of whack 2) then the hiring manager has a screen 3) once the hiring manager likes you,
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
this is the best news i've read on hacker news for some time. it's time to standardize our time.
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by xivzgrev 5y ago
This is fine for when you are a little down. It’s important though to honor real sadness vs trying to cover it up / distract.

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