jonheller

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by jonheller 9d ago
Sad to see so much anger expressed at this couple's financial success and how they decided to use that and then do what I thought was a interesting, fun, and in no way "rub in your face" or arrogant writeup about it. The auth
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by jonheller 4mo ago
Agreed. These have been a game changer especially for those with partners who snore. It took a few days but my ears got used to them after that. They are very comfortable. To the person who asked, I can sleep with these in on my side withou
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by jonheller 1y ago
Like the majority of "Don't buy from Amazon" articles I've read, this one doesn't seem to make any mention (unless I missed it!) of if these Levis were shipped by _and_ sold by Amazon. There's no doubt Amazon h
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by jonheller 2y ago
That's too bad. At one of my companies they were using Trello for all engineering development which I found just too casual of an approach. Jira would have been overkill. Pivotal provided a nice middle ground and was so easy to use wit
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by jonheller 2y ago
They prompted it with "Button mushroom" as well. Asking "What mushroom is this?" elicits a much different response, but not one that would get clicks.
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by jonheller 2y ago
I know I'm a bit sensitive to this type of thing, going to the theater is such a roll of the dice: - Will I set in front of someone kicking my chair? - Will I sit next to someone eating candy from a crinkly bag for half the movie? - Wi
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by jonheller 4y ago
Or how about those that basically predicted Apple would cease to exist as a company for removing the headphone port, not having exchangeable batteries, or using a non-standard data/charging port on the iPhone.
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by jonheller 4y ago
Congrats on the launch! I do have a quick bit of feedback based solely on looking at the website: Seeing a clearly fake testimonial immediately makes me lose trust in your product. It was pretty obvious the images in your testimonials were
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by jonheller 5y ago
Honestly I completely forgot ATMs accepted cash! And my bank doesn't even have branches within 500 miles. As for friends, I mostly use Square Cash or Apple Pay (or, hesitantly, Venmo, though even with all the privacy enabled I don&#x27
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by jonheller 5y ago
I thought starting him at an 8% interest wouldn't give him the motivation. After a few months we had a talk and he saw the power of compound interest based on these crazy numbers, and we've adjusted it downwards since then. Of cou
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by jonheller 5y ago
My son has a Greenlight card. It's been fantastic for helping him understand allowance, savings, charity in a more modern age than when I used to get cash I put in an envelope with a table on the front. It's taught him about inter
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by jonheller 5y ago
This is one of the most impressive projects I've seen on HN in a long time. Nice work!
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by jonheller 6y ago
I used to push back had on my kids wanting to buy hats, pets, etc in Roblox. Seemed like a waste of money and I hate microtransactions. Then I realized that this is literally the only game they play, and it's free. Compare that to me a
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by jonheller 6y ago
This is a great example. Especially as it's quite possible to make delicious jerky without sugar. But especially as Americans we demand sugar in everything. When I started removing sugar from my diet I couldn't believe all the pla
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by jonheller 6y ago
The survivor / confirmation bias is my biggest issue with a lot of these books. I listen to a lot of "How I Built This" and have noted that the vast, vast majority of the founders on that program will answer the "what pe
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by jonheller 6y ago
I always assumed running air conditioning with windows open was incredibly wasteful. Is this because Japan's summers are more temperate than where I'm used to (Northeast US)? I do find myself sometimes running the AC with windows
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by jonheller 6y ago
Thank you, this fixed it for me. (What a mess!)
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by jonheller 6y ago
I have a six month old Thinkpad X1 Carbon and get about 1.5 hours. Pretty ridiculous.
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by jonheller 7y ago
I had the exact same thought. It obviously helps during a cash starved time like now, but just seems to delay the inevitable. I suppose the assumption is that, by that point, there's hopefully other financial support in place?
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by jonheller 7y ago
I went to a tech conference at Wayfair HQ. I had never been to an office where there was a several minute wait just to go up the escalators. So many people. The conference itself was pretty great, but I remember walking around the floor, lo
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by jonheller 7y ago
For me, the key was not exercising immediately after waking up. The issue was that when the alarm sounded, I knew the next thing I had to do was exercise. So I'd find excuses. Instead, I made it to the first thing I did was wake up, ha
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by jonheller 7y ago
Exactly. Maybe I can take this approach with a Stephen King novel, but trying to read non-fiction which I want to remember and absorb requires longer periods of focus, for me at least.
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by jonheller 7y ago
Agreed, but it's that way for a purpose no? Maybe not a whole 20%, but enough of a buffer so that you won't be underwater on a mortgage in a down housing market.
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by jonheller 7y ago
Same here, it's met my needs pretty perfectly: Fast, good search, plenty of categorization options, absolutely excellent grocery store list integration with recipes, and bookmarklet to save recipes I find online.
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by jonheller 7y ago
I would kill for a standard middle seat compared to the middle seat I get stuck in sometimes on my hour long commuter train. It's a three seater that comfortably fits two. Not only is it a tight for for three, but there are no arm rest
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by jonheller 7y ago
Agreed with your points but if your boot takes longer than fifteen seconds, take the car into your dealer.
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by jonheller 7y ago
This is a knee-jerk reaction so take it for what you will, but I thought I had landed on the iTunes podcast page. And while I know it wasn't actually that page, it was hard for me to "trust" these recommendations as being any
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by jonheller 7y ago
> I'll play devils advocate here, and say that I could potentially see this idea working. This gave me a chuckle as it describes Hacker News to a T I do agree though that I recognize some channels here that I really like and figure
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by jonheller 7y ago
I drank five to six cups a day, and felt like I desperately needed it, and scoffed at anyone who suggested I try getting by with less. At some point I stumbled on an article about the adenosine receptors in your brain will actually compensa
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by jonheller 7y ago
Yes, I found this to be a shallow article with a clickbait headline (oddly, one of the things he criticizes in this very article) without anything new. Surprised to see it so highly voted on Hacker News.

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