astrodev

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by astrodev 7y ago
To be fair, Ronaldo is known for exceptional work ethic.
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by astrodev 7y ago
> combination that is increasingly rare in an economic system designed to squeeze out the inefficient As a result, more and more areas of science and technology get stuck near local maxima. The same happened in all ancient civilisations.
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by astrodev 7y ago
The European people, actually.
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by astrodev 7y ago
Sex robots. Disrupting the power of women in the sexual marketplace is bound to yield unprecedented profits.
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by astrodev 7y ago
On the other hand, having learned PHP inside-out as my first language, this is perfectly natural to me, and I miss the flexibility of PHP arrays in other languages :)
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by astrodev 7y ago
Before the usual avalanche of posts criticising some PHP 4 features, the union types look like a nice way to formalise something that is commonly used and very useful.
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by astrodev 7y ago
Life changing.
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by astrodev 7y ago
I went to a school in south-west Poland. My experiences were not too dissimilar to those described here, so I think this account is entirely plausible.
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by astrodev 7y ago
Maybe stolen for scrap metal (would not be that unusual, as absurd as it sounds)
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by astrodev 7y ago
> I like the idea of taking periodical snapshots to have a feel that you are almost connected with your team mates I hope you are being sarcastic.
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by astrodev 7y ago
I am fortunate enough to work remotely, so I can have a very productive environment during the week, too. And what's not done by Friday, is not done, not my problem really since I'm paid by the hour.
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by astrodev 7y ago
> High levels of intellectual ability allow you to write software with better abstractions and cleaner interfaces. If anything, the opposite is true in my experience. People trained in writing clean interfaces write clean interfaces. The
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by astrodev 7y ago
There are no problems, it's basically perfect.
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No, You Won’t Get It Done over the Weekend(medium.com)
32 points by astrodev 7y ago|9 comments
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by astrodev 7y ago
Didn’t read the article, but the title sounds very much like something I would support. No need to add to the gigantic amount of money Europe wastes on social care.
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by astrodev 7y ago
What is the visa situation? The only thing stopping me from doing something like that is that I dislike the idea of border hopping every 3/6 months and I am definitely not going to go through the hassle of obtaining permanent residency
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by astrodev 7y ago
Nowadays, it seems possible to grow traffic without any external help. My simple website has grown from 0 to 9k monthly UU without a single backlink, I simply submitted it to Google.
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by astrodev 7y ago
I may have some standards, but I have never had a chance to reject someone. This is actually very puzzling to me - most guys seem to at least have the option of meeting the extremely unattractive / obese women. I don't.
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by astrodev 7y ago
Thanks for the thoughtful comment. I spent the past year going out so much... Some weeks I went out every night. Clubs, parties, Toastmasters, interest groups, assorted meetups, ... to no avail. I think I'm done with that, back to squa
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by astrodev 7y ago
I tried therapy, didn't help one bit. Maybe my therapist was not very good, maybe not..
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by astrodev 7y ago
I have studied the Red Pill in quite detail. It is not really for me to apply (being shy is the opposite of imposing your will on others), but I think the principles are sound. At least I couldn't find any hole in this "worldview&
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by astrodev 7y ago
> I assume there is something specific you’re not mentioning Yes, I'm shy, which is pretty much a universal deal-breaker.
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by astrodev 7y ago
That despite being physically fit, at the very least decently looking, earning well, having interesting interests (such as doing a cool PhD and being a competitive dancer), despite having a decent social network and meeting lots of women, I
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by astrodev 7y ago
Went to do a PhD in bioinformatics at 1/4 of my previous salary. Soon after starting, I unexpectedly got awarded one of the best scholarships in existence which doubled the pay. Having the freedom of a PhD student and a 3k EUR net mont
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by astrodev 8y ago
*top in Poland, of course, since the academic record of a typical Polish professor resembles that of a decent-but-not-great grad student in the US (Google some profiles and check on Google Scholar if it sounds like an exaggeration) Krakow c
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by astrodev 8y ago
As a Pole who moved to Vienna from the UK, I disagree very strongly. 1. Most (as in, over 50%) young adults smoke cigarettes in Vienna. You will inhale the smoke basically everywhere, in particular inside most bars or clubs, but also on the
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by astrodev 8y ago
By some measures, at any point in time most Americans are broke. https://money.cnn.com/2018/01/18/pf/lack-of-savings-cover-un...
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by astrodev 8y ago
I think denial is the only reason why one might find this result surprising. Everything else being equal, almost any life path will be enriched by extra money up to a certain point. That point is field-dependent, but it’s rarely low.
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by astrodev 8y ago
No differences in intellectual ability are allowed between human genders and races, unless induced by the environment. The study doesn’t clarify that the difference is due to discrimination, which is why it’s unclear why the statement was a
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by astrodev 8y ago
https://sci-hub.tw/10.15252/embj.201899815

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