bgroat

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by bgroat 1y ago
We're 90%... we're almost half way there!
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by bgroat 1y ago
For me it feels more like a rinse. My brain feels cloudy/covered in junk. Then I rest and can kind of feel all the crap being hosed away
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by bgroat 2y ago
This has been commonly known by magicians for decades. I doubt that any single magician had conducted 350k flips, but I know I personally did ~2,500 to test the effect when I was a kid. And I'm sure if you got 30 magicians together to
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by bgroat 2y ago
I'm not an Orson Scott Card fan generally, but I LOVED his Shadow Series (the world of Ender's Game from the perspective of Bean). In one of the books in the Shadow Series Bean explains his leadership style as: "I will always
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by bgroat 2y ago
Literally whenever someone crosses my mind I shoot them a text, "Hey zokier, I was thinking about ya! Hope you're well!" Trivially easy and people treat me like I have social super powers
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by bgroat 2y ago
Not only is it nearly impossible to use anywhere... but a huge component of BTC's mythology is making fun of someone who ACTUALLY spent it as money (Bitcoin Pizza)
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by bgroat 2y ago
Everyone's life is completely different, and their choices are their own. It seems you made the right choice for yourself, and I hope your kids agree. I will say though, I think there's a chicken and egg element in this line of th
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by bgroat 3y ago
I think for a lot of people (me included), the primary advantage is in ease of measurement. It's hard to count calories accurately. It's very easy to look at the clock and determine if it's between 1300-1900 hours
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by bgroat 3y ago
This was the point that founder friend was making. It's hard to look someone in the eye and say they're done
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by bgroat 3y ago
A founder friend confided in me years ago, "It is MUCH easier to raise more money than it is to fire someone... I just keep raising and hiring and eventually everything will get done" No surprise that this approach was very much a
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by bgroat 3y ago
I'm not a historian, archeologist, or any sort of relevant expert. But I've long had the pet theory that the Green Sahara is the origin of the Eden Myth. Homo Sapiens origin, lush vegetation, turns to dessert for some reason beyon
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by bgroat 3y ago
This is where I landed too. GPT generated "ideas" strike as wanting to use a swipe file. Only instead of it being full of persuasive, high-performing marketing materials.. it's just fast and prolific
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by bgroat 4y ago
This is the sort of stock line, and we're inclined to believe it because we're all in tech. But go back on HN a decade and be really honest. Are we any better than average at forecasting? I'm starting to think that being on t
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by bgroat 4y ago
Something curious that I've noticed is that the people who I see that are MOST excited are in tech. When I show ChatGPT to a lay person they don't really care. When I show it to a professional copywriter they say that if they subm
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by bgroat 4y ago
>> Careful prompt work can evade those poles and tics, but most people won’t have the skill or drive to bother with that. I absolutely agree with this. Furthermore, I've come to believe that "careful prompt work" doesn&
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by bgroat 4y ago
I used to perform as a mentalist and "psychic entertainer" (I don't have powers, and amongst my peers who claimed to... none of them could do anything I couldn't). I actually fully expected GPT to write a good "Cold
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by bgroat 4y ago
I'd say it's true if you're aren't unattractive (basically nail personal grooming), and are somewhat interested in someone else.
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by bgroat 4y ago
It's interesting to me that you think you failed people. I roll my eyes when I hear quotes like, "Judge a fish by it's ability to fly and you'll think it's a failure"... but there is something to that. Maybe yo
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by bgroat 4y ago
"Uncommon Commonalities" are wild. There was a girl who I couldn't stand in high school... but we bumped into each other in a train station on the opposite side of the country... and hung out all afternoon. Just being from th
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by bgroat 4y ago
This is a big part of my "So hard it's easy" philosophy. Most people are so bad at conversation (waiting patiently for their turn to tell a completely unrelated anecdote), that just being able to have an organic chat is prett
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by bgroat 4y ago
In my mind this was was “best case engagement” I told you what I’m about. You told me your preferences. They don’t mesh, so we both split after having spent a pleasant 90 seconds
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by bgroat 4y ago
I'd be willing to except that my definition of "friends" aligns with your definition of "mates". Nothing too emotionally intense. Just a loneliness balm and reliable cool hangs
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by bgroat 4y ago
And that's kind of my point. The little bit you know about me from this thread... would you want to grab a beer if all you had to do was read the text and confirm you were available? These steps ARE scary for some people... and that&#x
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by bgroat 4y ago
Luck is an interesting element. My best friend for 20 years (we've since fallen out of touch), was someone I met in kindergarten? How did we become friends? My surname starts with a "G" and his starts with an "H" so
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by bgroat 4y ago
I can't say that you're wrong, because everyone's environment/experience is different. But this is so outside my perception of the world and that of everyone I've ever spoken to (across a swatch of demographics acro
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by bgroat 4y ago
My definition of a friend is defined in another comment response. Basically, "will hang 50%+ of the time an invitation is issued (schedule permitting), and both of us would enjoy ourselves). Typically takes about 3-5 meets to get there
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by bgroat 4y ago
I agree with your distinction, but not with your degree. It's *hard* v. *complex*, but it doesn't take as long as you'd think. - Approach - Chatting for an hour - 10 texts back and forth to coordinate a meet - Meet for 90 min
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by bgroat 4y ago
Edited to include some more context. These are great points. Places where it can be assumed people are comfortable with an approach: - A public place/destination (bar is okay, bus isn't) - They are not in the middle of speaking (l
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by bgroat 4y ago
I am one of these friendly extroverts. Something that's hard for me to explain is that "making friends is so hard it's easy" What I mean by that is, social anxiety is so high, population-level self-absorption is so high,
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by bgroat 4y ago
I use to be really into crypto. I bought Ethereum in 2015. Raised a 7-figure fund in 2017. Closed everything down in 2019. My take of the space is that all of the projects are on a spectrum. Total scams <--------------> Completely s

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