bootsz

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by bootsz 5y ago
Jesus H Christ, this comment section. What has happened to HN? I think I'm done for good this time. Peace.
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by bootsz 5y ago
The article is wrong. The 14 day limit applies only to working from a different country than the one your job is based in. Partial WFH is very much still on the table for the foreseeable future as far as we know.
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by bootsz 5y ago
This statement as quoted is false. I'm guessing it is a misinterpretation of the policy that employees may work remotely from a different country for up to 14 days per year without approval. The announcement that came out yesterday
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by bootsz 6y ago
20% projects (and the policy supporting them) are very much still a thing at Google. Not sure how many people actually participate in one but my perception is that it is a relatively low percentage of employees.
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by bootsz 6y ago
Indeed, years ago I heard about Wilhelm Meister's Apprenticeship and was amazed at how difficult it was to find an English translation of it.
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Cartographic Generalization(en.wikipedia.org)
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Why can't you afford a home? (2018)(medium.com)
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by bootsz 7y ago
I don't entirely disagree, but my main gripe is that the former definition is extremely useful so it is unfortunate to have it subsumed by the concept of "shy" (for which we already have a widely-understood word), since it th
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by bootsz 7y ago
> its website confirms the refrigerator does have social media capabilities, and the tweet source confirms it was sent from the device. Imagine waking from a coma after 10 or 20 years and reading this in the news.
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by bootsz 7y ago
Interesting that "psytrance" is also listed as a subgenre of "psytrance".
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by bootsz 7y ago
> I would say that I'm an introvert who's really good at pretending to be an extrovert for small amounts of time In other words: an introvert. There seems to be a widespread misconception that introversion means being &quot
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by bootsz 7y ago
This x1000. You've basically described my dream lifestyle. It does seem indeed very hard to achieve without being retired, but I feel like for those making good money in tech it should be at least partially achievable, through a comb
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by bootsz 7y ago
While I sympathize with the privacy concerns, carrying two phones around is pretty much a dealbreaker for me.
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by bootsz 7y ago
I highly recommend Khan Academy: https://www.khanacademy.org/
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by bootsz 7y ago
> It is, however, a strong social proof for other things that matter a great deal. > a willingness to abide by the rules and procedures of a complex organization, even when they don't make much sense or directly contribute to the
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by bootsz 7y ago
> What happens when the population and the economy are in a steady state, where we don't expect things to increase at 2% forever https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steady-state_economy https://steadystate
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by bootsz 7y ago
I live on 80th in the UWS and there is similar construction that's been going on behind my building since I moved in last year. Luckily I'm not home during the week, but they still fire up the jackhammers at 8:00 AM sharp on Satu
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by bootsz 7y ago
Heh... What's interesting is I personally feel the opposite. I can eat thousands of calories of carbs/sugar no problem, but I fill up on fat pretty quick. I did the keto diet for about 4 months and almost never went over my dai
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by bootsz 7y ago
My opinion, from my own experience: Sure, that definitely works. But the choice of cutting fat is kind of arbitrary. You can do the same with sugar & carbs and get basically the same result w.r.t weight loss. I think this illuminate
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by bootsz 8y ago
For those interested in learning more, I highly recommend Ryan Holiday's book The Obstacle is the Way which gives a great high-level modern take on stoicism. The classics are also obviously great too.
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by bootsz 8y ago
I'd guess the majority of them weren't initially received well. It seems it's kind of characteristic of truly good & innovative ideas that they at first seem like terrible ideas to the majority of people (as once noted b
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by bootsz 8y ago
Yup, that was my last company . Had a bunch of inexperienced devs getting promoted to "Senior" all the time. I think I counted once and figured out that we had more people working there with the title Senior Software Engineer
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by bootsz 8y ago
I think I tried this once (accidentally) back when pseudoephedrine was put behind the counter and immediately figured out it was total garbage compared to the real thing. I can't believe they're allowed to charge money for that s
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by bootsz 8y ago
The problem is: it actually works. Really really well. Unlike phenylephrine.
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by bootsz 8y ago
> If you prioritize making money over making something worthwhile, you are just going to accelerate our destruction. Amen. This seems to be one of the primary problems with the tech industry today. Is building another convenience app fo
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by bootsz 8y ago
> If you are referring to the singular and all-powerful deity of monotheistic tradition, you are using a proper name. That means the capital “G” is a must. The problem IMO is that at least in English, "god" is simply too widely
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by bootsz 8y ago
I started using the Hiya app on my iphone a couple months ago and it has basically stopped just about all spam calls. I was previously getting at least 1 a day. I'm using the free version. https://hiya.com/
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by bootsz 8y ago
Same. For me I think part of the reason is that the more I get to know the intimate inner-workings of technology, the more I realize how incredibly brittle and unreliable new technologies can be. So if I have something that is reliable an
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by bootsz 8y ago
> they’re their own people, not extensions of our own ego So true. I feel like a large portion of all the conflict that arises between parents and children stems from a failure to understand this.
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by bootsz 8y ago
Couldn't agree more. Years ago I used to work for a small dev shop of about 6 people. We were super tight-knit and over time became like family. I'm still friends with some of them today. I've since gone on to work at Big

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