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by coastflow 4y ago
I like writing on paper much more than typing after years of being mostly paperless, though experiences may vary depending on personal preferences. The main benefits include the flexibility to easily draw and write formulae if thinking abou
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by coastflow 4y ago
Have you checked your other Privacy settings under "Message Controls"? There are other categories, e.g. people with your phone number can contact you, people you've previously chatted with on Messenger, and friends of friends
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by coastflow 4y ago
OXO products are typically good, but I've found that they have problems with repairability. This is important because high-priced coffee equipment (e.g. coffee bean grinders and drip machines) can cost hundreds of dollars, and repairab
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by coastflow 4y ago
A partner who is an ethical person typically would respect boundaries, and avoid snooping (e.g. reading journals and going through unattended laptops/phones). However, as a failsafe (e.g. the person has a lapse in judgement, they'
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by coastflow 4y ago
This advice may not be helpful as I'm not a person with ADHD (though I've struggled with deep procrastination), but journalling (and most other regular tasks) can become more difficult if you see it as a task that you "must&q
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by coastflow 4y ago
To double down on obscuring the knowledge that the journal exists, if a person hasn't yet started a journal, a very good habit is just not to tell anyone you have one. If anyone occasionally happens to see you writing in a journal and
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by coastflow 4y ago
To question the premise of the quote as well, an approach that I've found to be helpful to address procrastination/negative moods is to start with action if I can, rather than trying to motivate myself or change my thoughts. Psych
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by coastflow 4y ago
There is also a systematic way to do emotional journal entries, from the cognitive-behavioral approach to clinical psychology (however this is more structured, versus freely writing thoughts down). The technique is write down a specific ups
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by coastflow 4y ago
I agree that in real life, Sacramento is no small town, and it was inaccurate to describe it as very small and rural. However, I remember the depiction of Sacramento in the movie was intended to stand in contrast with a bigger city (which i
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by coastflow 4y ago
I use Evernote. It's the last "killer feature" of the platform. The software is too slow and clunky for taking notes (OneNote or Apple's stock Notes app are far better for this), even after the somewhat-recent update tha
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by coastflow 4y ago
Even within the United States, different regions can feel like different worlds. The most stark contrast I’ve seen is in the indie film Lady Bird where (SPOILERS) there is a setting change from a very small rural American town for most of t
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by coastflow 4y ago
The imagery of each of the words is significantly different. "Newhouse" inspires the image of what it says on the tin, a new house. Casanova inspires the image of a castle (Casa), and maybe something new ("nova") or even
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by coastflow 4y ago
There might be two separate assertions under discussion. One is that it is typically difficult in a suburb to get to a landmark destination (e.g. to the grocery store, to the gym, to a coffee shop, and to work) just by walking, without a ca
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by coastflow 4y ago
To add, the Bible is seen by many scholars as one of the greatest works of literature (and is on the St. John's College curriculum) not because the scholars are religious, but in large part due to its influence on other great works of
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by coastflow 4y ago
This is reasonable, though on the flipside, the commenter could also become stuck in a role at a large corporation where either the work is repetitive, or the skills are non-transferable to other companies (i.e. the work is highly specific
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by coastflow 4y ago
The Washington Post is covering the trial heavily, as the defamation suit resulted as a response to an opinion-editorial that Heard wrote in The Washington Post (the trial is in Virginia because that is where the servers and printers of the
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by coastflow 4y ago
>"I bet a third of them once were physical scientists/mathematicians who mostly regret their degrees" Would mathematicians truly be regretting their degrees, if they decide to work in software? I read that mathematics one
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by coastflow 4y ago
Assuming the developer can get paid a 40-hour salary for working 40 hours a week elsewhere instead of 70-90 hour weeks plus 24/7 on-call, the developer is clearly capable of earning more dollars per hour of work.
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by coastflow 4y ago
I found myself agreeing with much of your comment, except: "For people happy to clock out and try to convince others to do the same, that devalues the experience for others who ARE there to work as hard & creatively as they can to
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by coastflow 4y ago
Quick quote from Wikipedia (via https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon#Myth_origins ): "In her book The First Fossil Hunters: Dinosaurs, Mammoths, and Myth in Greek and Roman Times (2000), Adrienne Mayor argues that
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by coastflow 4y ago
>"I would quit the 70 to 90 hrs grind. It's not worth the long term damage to your mental health. If you haven't, you will soon burnout. Money is not everything. The only reason I would work those hours is if I was doing i
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by coastflow 4y ago
This is good advice, though I would recommend the original poster to consider taking time off before signing up for courses (70-90 hours a week with 24/7 on-call needs treatment for burnout, which comprises time off). >"Second,
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by coastflow 4y ago
Leave your manager and company for a job at a different company as soon as you reasonably can. >"I've put in countless hours of work every day (70-90 hrs), being on-call almost 24/7, sometimes for straight 7 days for month
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by coastflow 4y ago
This is great advice, recommended by a clinical psychologist in the book "The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter." From the book: "One thing this has taught me is that a good story goes further in the twentysomething y
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by coastflow 4y ago
>"If you can't write about a subject directly, use creative license and make the situation up. Nobody knows / is going to find it different and it will help get your point across." Making up a situation—without disclo
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The U.S. Has Spent More Than $2B on a Plan to Save Salmon(propublica.org)
7 points by coastflow 4y ago|2 comments
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by coastflow 4y ago
Targeting Apple users is effectively part of what they are doing with their launch. From the images in the submitted link, the keys also have labels for the Apple modifier keys in their default positions (that is, with Cmd next to the space
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by coastflow 4y ago
Assume everyone in a population governed by direct democracy is not "dumb." Then, there is still a need for checks against what political scientist Alexis de Tocqueville called the "tyranny of the majority." From the Uni
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by coastflow 4y ago
The Apple keyboard layout (with Cmd and Opt keys) is a feature that other commenters on this thread haven't yet discussed. The major producers of keyboards with the Apple layout include "Keychron" and "Royal Kludge,&quot
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by coastflow 4y ago
The definition of freethinking that was used leans more towards “the ability to resist social pressures” than a consideration of the philosophical debate on free will, even if it is plausible that life is deterministic from a philosophical

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