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gyvastis··on Ask HN: How did you deal with the fact that you were growing old
Everyone is getting older, not just you. That's just the course of life. There are beautiful things in life and at the same time scary, unpleasant or even heart-breaking. It's just the balance we need to understand and respect. There's not something we can do about it. We need to appreciate the life to it's fullest with all its flaws and joys. Don't judge yourself or keep a grudge on things you cannot change. It will wear you out and you won't reach any resolution. Of course, it might sound easier said than done. Though you'd be doing yourself a favor spending more time with people you love and cherishing every day you have with them instead of throwing yourself into this void. Accept things that you cannot change and use that saved energy to spread good and enjoying life in general. I myself have similar moments and it sometimes seems unbearable but I really try to step back a little and observe my thoughts as much as I can. 99% of the time I'm just being too emotional and life, in general, is not as bad as it seems. Many people have it worse so appreciate what you have and live a life that fills you and your loved ones with joy. Don't worry about the number on your passport.
gyvastis··on Yahoo Messenger shutting down, new messaging app Yahoo Squirrel is in beta
Who thinks of these names anyways?
gyvastis··on Show HN: RoughJS – Create hand-drawn graphics using JavaScript
Hahahahaha, nice one!
gyvastis··on Ask HN: How Did You Find a Job Abroad?
You didn't mention what do you specialize in but I will assume something related to IT.

Some time ago I have started poking around for a job abroad. Don't know when or how but I have found AngelList. I wasn't actively looking and I didn't want to be overwhelmed by a million job sites so I thought I'd just try out my luck on this one as it was trending at that moment as a startup job site.

Filled out my profile, started sending my resume to companies from cities I was interested to move to. Few months after I got a response from a guy from a small company in Amsterdam, Netherlands. It didn't sound too serious but we kept in touch through the year and then he asked me to come over. Booked me tickets introduced me to the company and to the city a little bit.

And that's how it went. I got a few weeks to decide whether and when I want to come. I left my job in my home country Lithuania and I'm happily living in Amsterdam for over a year now.

I'm not sure how actively you're looking for a job but AngelList would be the No. 1 place to start. I have heard other success stories related to that place as well.

gyvastis··on Hackers shut down plant by targeting its safety system
Anybody watching Mr. Robot?
gyvastis··on Bitcoin about to cross $11,000
Let's turn back the time a few years, I want to make some adjustments to my investment.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Any data scraping project ideas you can share?
Did you check out GitHub for open-source solutions? I'm sure the biggest names in the market are already covered when it comes to scrapers.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Any data scraping project ideas you can share?
Everything that you can open in the browser you can scrape without any problem. Though keep in mind the number of requests you send to those parties should be thought about as it shouldn't vary greatly compared to a regular user. A user doesn't open 1000 pages in 60 seconds.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: What should I use to document my open source software?
Our company had this question raised recently. We've spent a day to gather our thoughts on existing documentation products and at the end of the day came up with a decision. We decided to use Slate (https://github.com/lord/slate). It's statically generated from markdown and can be deployed as a GitHub page. Though we placed it on our own NodeJS server as we needed some security around it.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Any data scraping project ideas you can share?
Wow! That's an awesome idea.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Any data scraping project ideas you can share?
Sorry if I've missed the main idea behind this, but why would that be relevant?
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Has anyone learnt to love art?
I would suggest not to stress over it. If it's natural for you, you'll come along and join the journey sometime in the future.

I have had a similar "issue", I never understood what do people see in art and why it always seems so hyped up. But just by getting more mature, and exposing yourself to different things and people, your perspective changes. That is what happened to me. I've started to notice that my eyes were getting more and more attracted to visual things. Photographs, paintings, etc. I've started to notice more details, more things came into place, the reason behind some of the works I've seen.

It's just my personal experience. I liked the natural transition. And it's still happening. I think it will never end. But if you're naturally leaning towards it, don't rush it. It's art. You don't have to understand it to love it, but over time you'll love it even more as it reveals itself.

gyvastis··on Ask HN: Why is Bitcoin's value rising so fast?
Around November 16th there will be a fork to a new coin Bitcoin2x. The moment this happens markets will put the same amount of Bitcoin you have in Bitcoin2x to your wallet. I think at least for this month this is the sole reason the prices are exploding.
gyvastis··on Mercedes-Benz Energy Storage
Looks like a trash bin, haha.
gyvastis··on Ask HN: Best conferences in Europe 2017?
React Amsterdam Conference https://react.amsterdam/
gyvastis··on Inclusive Design Toolkit
When did Microsoft became eligible to speak about design?
gyvastis··on Ask HN: What three books impacted your career the most?
"The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter" by Meg Jay
gyvastis··on Show HN: Subasub – Learn Languages with Translated Subtitles
Awesome idea! Though there could be an option to search by a movie
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