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by throwaway12309 11y ago
I've read to my kid since forever, my wife as well. We have a library that rivals most school's and we read to him 2-3 books (at least) a day. He is 3.5 years old and can't read at all (heck, I think he recognises some words
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Most likely, when HN started, you had the YC groups and a few others. This meant Ivy League educated ($$$$) or related to VC/Investors ($$$$). Now you hear comments from plumbers, doctors, fast food employees so you get more perspectiv
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Just as a counter point, for me was the opposite. Skipping breakfast was what made me be more focused. I remember since I was a kid, I hated eating breakfast (no matter which type: eggs or sugar ridden cereals, it was the same) and growing
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Well, there is the fact that is US (and other) corporations that sell products in the US market, but are able to skirt US rules by offloading those costs to other countries without contributing much to the US wellbeing. It is not about bein
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Different approach then, have you tried having one or two beers (wine/scotch whatever) before? Not enough to get drunk, but enough for some of that paralysis by analysis to fade?
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
I enjoyed 'How to talk to anyone' - http://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Anyone-Success-Relationships/... for general advice. There is also Dale Carnegie's 'How to win friends and influence people'
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
One one hand, I'm a bit worried as I know various folks that are dependent on the oil industry and this will probably mean more layoffs/companies closing, on the other hand, I'm really happy to see this (helps many economies
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Yes. That was the point of the grandfather post. That on top of that you even have employers contributions. If you add all of that you will get a value that often reaches 50-60%. I've given the example of myself, since I'm self-em
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Damn, never thought 50k was that good for UK to be honest. Always thought it was an ok one. But even using 26.5k (average), we are at close to 30% on taxes on income alone) http://www.listentotaxman.com/26500 ?
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Sorry, can you explain the difference? When I was in the UK that was basically what I paid and never got anything back.
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
If you are in the UK, 50k a year (above average but honestly, if even remotely close to London, not that much) will bring you a tax bill of around 38% (19k) if you consider employee NHS contributions ( data from http://www.listen
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
FUCKING SPOILER ALERT next time
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Yeah, I think that may be the main difference from folks that feel disconnected when they are off FB. I have relationships with individuals (or sometimes couples), but never with 'groups'. Probably the most group thing I do is peo
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
No problems to be honest. I use email/phone if I want to do something with someone (mostly phone). There may be events like a house warming party that only gets posted to FB, but somehow that tends to reach me through someone, and if t
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
I have no twitter, no fb, no reddit, no g+, Github, and my account here is a throwaway which I regularly abandon and create a new one. I was never asked for any of this (well, except github on job applications in the past which never been a
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
That bit about Spain just made me realize something: - Spanish banks lent to overpriced real estate: The spanish people got austerity with the Spanish bank bailouts - The German/french banks lent to a state they knew to be weak: The gr
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
The main problem is that we don't know a lot about what will happen to kids that grow in this kind of environment (video games, indoors, 24 hour cartoons, etc). From anecdotal experience and observation, 'indoor' kids seem to
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Actually, spend time with your kids every day. Or your special one. Or kitesurfing. Or playing pool. Or just learn about chess and play folks in the park. Do other things and let your mind expand and bring those benefits to your code. It wi
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
yeah, but when he says something so stupid he should be called on it, just because it is pg doesn't mean he holds the absolute truth
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
No, I mean stupid shit for people that think looking at a GitHub page is all they need to know about a developer. I'm happy folks work on Open Source software and Github has helped a lot of these projects with visibility and infrastruc
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
* 20+ years of development experience 15 of those professionally * published author of various books * worked in systems that most startups would shit their pants with the requirements * some of the big name companies have tried to poach me
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
ok, since this is posted here every freaking time there is an article about dieting in HN, let me stress this out: A Ketogenic diet (per the actual medical definition and not from fitness gurus) is not low carb, adequate protein and high fa
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Just avoid HN for a week or so while WWDC is on. It is always like this
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
If you work with a good remote team, they usually don't make you work on 9-5 kind of schedule. Sure they ask for some overlap, but it does allow you to take a Tuesday morning and go surfing/skating/just relax and then make up
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Yes, because Clojure and Go used soooooo much more than F#, Scala and Lua (among others). Rails was nice when it came out, other languages/frameworks caught up. NodeJS non-blocking IO was nice when it came out, other languages/fra
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
And assuming this is true, what makes you think Putin's regime will fall before Greece or UK or Portugal? Greece is on the very edge of the cliff. If Greece leaves the Euro/EU, it isn't going to be as 'contained' as
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Aim/Reason: I don't really trust facebook/google, but more importantly, if he decides when he is 14-15 to put his photos online, it will be his decision. Also, growing up, baby/young pictures were usually something would
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
I have a 3 year old and he has no photo (that I know of) in facebook. Both me and my wife don't post anything online (also don't have FB) and if I find any family member/friend posting a picture of my son online, they will ha
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Portugal has the same issue, if 70%+ of your company income is from a single entity, the company is taxed as a self employed person and not a company. So technically, the paying company doesn't have to pay nothing, but the receiving co
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by throwaway12309 11y ago
Not really true. Most countries have a residency rule (for personal income) that if you live more than 165 days (or something to that effect) you will be taxed as a resident of that country. Even if you register a company in another country

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