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4weekoldroseson Ask HN: What are some skills you have that are worth learning?

Killer info, thanks!

4weekoldroseson Ask HN: What are some skills you have that are worth learning?

Thanks for this reply. Who is the author of Influence?

Also, have you heard anything on salience models?

4weekoldroseson Ask HN: What are some skills you have that are worth learning?

What are the best quantitative resources on learning negotiation?

4weekoldroseson JCPenney Paid Top Execs Huge Bonuses Before Firing Workers

I know workers who could really use $166. That's a week of cheap groceries.

4weekoldroseson Unimpressed by online classes, college students file lawsuits for refunds

How much of Harvard and MIT's catalogs are actually online in their entirety? (incl. textual resources, coursework, answers, etc.) IIRC it was more like a few handfuls of introductory courses.

4weekoldroseson What would you do if you lost your Google account?

While we're on it, what's the best way to back up all my google photos? I'm on a paid plan, but nonetheless, that has some important memories I'd like redundancy on.

4weekoldroseson How a nuclear submarine officer learned to live in tight quarters

>the worst thing that many of my neighbors are capable of comprehending

I know some people who are going out and drinking and hugging (they told me this) in Michigan (we're not supposed to even visit other houses). This is across the entire wealth spectrum.

They have expressed a belief that the virus is not very dangerous, as well as a belief that the government/their neighbors should not be able to tell them what to do.

Being raised in middle america, I strongly identify with the latter sentiment, but not as much as I do with a numbers-based approach to "keeping grandma alive".

4weekoldroseson AI Gahuku: AI Generator Will Turn Your Photos into Renaissance Paintings

As a representational painter, I've been waiting for someone to do a write-up on how/why these 'AI' paintings aren't going to be equivalent to human paintings until 'AI' is itself equivalent to humans.

Unfortunately, I haven't seen one yet. Maybe I'll have to do it myself.

4weekoldroseson Fed to buy junk bonds, lend to states in fresh virus support

It's still too easy to steal

4weekoldroseson Listen to the moment the guns fell silent ending World War I

Which is this from? I would like to read it.

4weekoldroseson OpenTable Restaurant Performance Data

Lots of them. I'm a manager at a popular niche restaurant chain. Our cancellations yesterday were up 200%, but the empty spots were filled almost immediately.

One of our employees has quit already (as of now, we don't offer any time off/paid leave). I've had a conversation with my bosses that I'll probably be gone in the next two weeks.