luddite99

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Ask HN: Does the Pareto (80-20) Principle apply to software complexity?
1 points by luddite99 4y ago|2 comments
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by luddite99 6y ago
Oh, and if anyone would like a version of the formulas that work when you already have an amount invested, I'll put them here too: C = Your current amount of savings invested or available to invest X = (T - C * (1 + R)^N) * R / ((
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by luddite99 6y ago
The others have given you some good advice on techniques (Live Cheaply + Earn Well + Boring Stock Index Investments) but I'll throw some maths at you that you might find helpful. There's a handy little formula that you can play ar
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Ask HN: What data or privacy risks exist when using dating apps?
1 points by luddite99 6y ago|0 comments
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by luddite99 6y ago
Just wanted to say a huge thanks to everyone for sharing their thoughts and stories here. Definitely a lot of food-for-thought in regards to how one can find a better balance in regards to their technology usage. If I were to summarise, I&#
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by luddite99 6y ago
Some good practical tips here, thank you for your response. I've been reading through James Clear's Atomic Habits recently and one of his core ideas is that one should try to make good habits easy to do and bad habits hard to do.
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by luddite99 6y ago
Yeah the 80s are definitely outside of my frame of reference, growing up in the 90s alongside the growth of household computers and the internet, living with technology has been the baseline for me. It's interesting to hear the experie
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by luddite99 6y ago
It feels to me that the screen almost becomes perception after heavy usage. Like navigating a device and the apps within it becomes just another part of the world that we can interact with. And when we use a device we can go almost instantl
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by luddite99 6y ago
Yeah it seems like backpacking is a great opportunity to do a bit of reset in terms of technology, limiting it to those essential logistical tasks, but allowing one to get the majority of their social and experiential needs fulfilled in the
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by luddite99 6y ago
Thank you for sharing this one, I agree with you that we should be able to discuss ideas on their own merits. I'm only vaguely familiar with Kaczynski's philosophy and his actions, but I look forward to giving this a read over the
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Ask HN: Have you ever gone without a computer or phone for an extended period?
165 points by luddite99 6y ago|184 comments