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No alternatives in finding communities with your specific interests either.

If I'm depressed, I'm unaware of it.

Oh, I plan to re-read this in the near future!

"Intelligent life on a planet comes of age when it first works out the reason for its own existence"

In my original comment, I Iisted some other books by Dawkins if you're interested -

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49896133

Read Crime and Punishment?

Thanks for this question!

I'm not reading anything at the moment since I'm taking a break and watching season one of Deadwood and also re-watching season one of Boston Legal.

But when I'm done, I plan to re-read "The Cold War A Very Short Introduction" by Robert J. McMahon. I read it about five years ago and it's time to read it again.

Having said that, I can't pass on this opportunity to share the books I've read (some are re-reads) thus far this year that I recommend. I'll just list them while saying that they all come highly recommended by me.

In the famous words of Frank Zappa - So many books, so little time.

1. The End of Faith: Religion, Terror, and the Future of Reason by Sam Harris

2. Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris

3. Lying by Sam Harris

4. The Road by Cormac McCarthy

5. Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

6. Cosmos by Carl Sagan.

7. The Greatest Show on Earth: The Evidence for Evolution by Richard Dawkins

8. A Short History of Nearly Everything by Bill Bryson

9. Man's Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl

10. Mortality by Christopher Hitchens

11. Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone by J. K. Rowling

12. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets by J. K. Rowling

13. The New Jim Crow: Mass Incarceration in the Age of Colorblindness by Michelle Alexander

14. The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka

15. Billions and Billions: Thoughts on Life and Death at the Brink of the Millennium by Carl Sagan

16. Outgrowing God: A Beginner’s Guide to Atheism by Richard Dawkins

> it's technically a game of skill

It's not. It's a game of luck.

To be fair, you can replace Qatar with just about any country in that question.

What was the name of the farm next to the Hill House?

Your mileage may vary. Not all clients are interested in watching videos, they just want to read something that shows a freelancer can do the job. Basically, freelancers should do what works for them.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Upwork/comments/1vpgu72/asking_as_a...

> I think upwork already limits how many jobs people can apply to

They don't, as long as you have connects to spend.

> One thing that really stood out to us during the hiring proccess on upwork is candidates who sent a short Loom with their face, walking through the challenge and how they'd solve it.

Your mileage may vary. Not all clients are interested in watching videos, they just want to read something that shows a freelancer can do the job. Basically, freelancers should do what works for them.

https://old.reddit.com/r/Upwork/comments/1vpgu72/asking_as_a...

Not if there's competition.

The thing is getting notified for replies to your comments make sense, but getting notifications for all comments to your submissions (posts) can be overwhelming.

Sam Harris. Richard Dawkins.

> Smart people don't listen to others

I can't tell if this is a joke.

I don't understand why this was flagged.

Nice job. Left you an upvote.

The human body can't survive 80 active years without maintainance. They take drugs, they see the doctor, etc.

And it seems the "hydration break" has been adopted by La Liga.

What are those 4 books?

I always see that book Sapiens recommended, but it has been heavily criticized by the scientific community as having lots of inaccuracies, which has restrained me from reading it.

Carl Sagan has a better acclaimed book on the topic.

But when do you accept that it's time to quit and not give in to the sunk cost fallacy [1]?

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sunk_cost

And how do you drive traffic to it? Advertising on Instagram?

A honest or an honest?

"Join to continue engaging"

Meaning it's possible most of the users just signed up to check it out without committing to the site later?

Anyway, congrats.

Other things are discussed here too besides AI. Not all AI posts gather so many votes.

Look at the front page now, how many submissions are about AI, tell me?

My question to you is how do you get clients!

I particularly enjoyed this discussion he had with Sam Harris (one of my favorite people to hear talk [1]) about morality - https://youtu.be/7GFAjqIke7s?si=QUeMFX7Hzk26Jd3c

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49662866

No, lots of job postings still ask for them

I received this email yesterday -

"Hello *, Your account, *, was detected by our systems and automatically suspended for violating the X Rules. Specifically, for: Violating our rules against inauthentic behaviors. You may not use our services to engage in inauthentic activity that undermines the integrity of X. Note that if you attempt to evade a suspension by creating new accounts, we will suspend your new accounts. If you wish to appeal this suspension, please contact our support team. If you have an active X Premium subscription, it will not be automatically canceled by X. To cancel your X Premium subscription, follow these instructions. "

The crazy thing is I hadn't been online on Twitter for almost a month [1]. I hadn't logged in at all. So how could I have broken any rules?

Was it just a way to get me to log back in? Well, I logged in after getting the email to appeal the suspension and they told me to wait for feedback.

If I lose my Twitter account I won't lose any sleep over it.

[1] https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49587392

You asked this two days ago. Is there something you're looking for specifically?

Ask HN: What is the most career altering course or book you have gone through?

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49724691