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hvass··on Muse Spark: Scaling towards personal superintelligence
Genuine question: Why release this the day after Mythos? It does not appear SOTA (just based on benchmarks). OpenAI will likely release Spud tomorrow.
hvass··on Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?
I do not use it every day, but I’ve found the most difficult to be hands down DocuSign.
hvass··on Ask HN: Why aren't you switching jobs?
Based on your argument — taking it to an absurd extreme — you’d never stay in a job and be perpetually changing.
hvass··on Ask HN: What are your favourite podcasts?
The Tim Ferriss Show The Portal Stratechery’s podcast (Exponent) Tyler Cowen’s podcast
hvass··on Tell HN: Verizon quietly deleted my YahooMail inbox after 1 year of inactivity
It happened to me last week. I was so pissed. Completely unbelievable. Zero notifications to my other email accounts. Hope Yahoo finally goes bankrupt.
hvass··on Ask HN: How do you pay attention to emotions in your remote teams?
I have been remote for four years and this solution sounds quite creepy/off-putting. You are unlikely to get any true answers in a group setting.

From my experience, this is best accomplished by connecting in-person on a semi-regular bases.

hvass··on Ask HN: Do you feel the quality of SWE has gone down?
I am not a developer, so take this with a huge grain of salt, but this comment sounds a bit like old school photographers saying iPhone and Instagram are not for “real photographers.”
hvass··on Show HN: Maximize your profit with dynamic pricing
What are the legal implications of doing this based on jurisdiction? There are also ethical considerations. I expect this to be another thing which will be an 'open secret' in the tech/marketing worlds until other people find out about it and will be upset about.
hvass··on Ask HN: Why don't emails have a unique ID in the subject line?
I use email all the time and have never even remotely encountered a point where I would need something like this. Why wouldn't you simply refer to a subject line? And why would someone say "Did you see email E2YKW3" I can't imagine a single person saying that frankly.
hvass··on MacBook Pro Keyboard Drives Me Crazy
I tried the most recent MacBook Pro keyboard over a weekend in September. Absolutely terrible experience, not to mention the Touch Bar. I hope my 2015 MBPro doesn't die on my before Apple fixes this.
hvass··on Ask HN: How to Negotiate for Job Offer?
I recommend looking into Ramit Sethi's advice on negotiation: https://www.iwillteachyoutoberich.com/guides/ultimate-guide-... (Don't be put off by the same name. Ramit is great.)
hvass··on 48% of Canadians on brink of insolvency, online survey says
Are there any surveys or statistics to back this up besides Ipsos' survey? It's frankly hard to believe half the country is on the brink of insolvency.
hvass··on Google doesn't hire losers
What’s the argument and point of this? Can someone clarify?
hvass··on Ask HN: What're your startup negotiation tips?
This is a great resource: https://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/01/23/salary-negotiation/

I am also currently reading Ury's "How to get past no" which has been really helpful so far.

Also search for "Ramit Sethi negotiation" and you will find great tips.

hvass··on The rise of the robot farmer
Related: Can someone from the industry share what is the current status of vertical farming? Is this considered the future or the verdict is not out yet? Any good people/startups/articles to check out?
hvass··on Facebook Network Breach Impacts Up to 50M Users
I was logged out of my account, but reviewing logs of devices that are using/have used my account in the past I don't see anything suspicious. What is the likelihood that the account was breached and accessed without triggering any of those systems? Is it plausible to speculate that it was possible for accounts to have been accessed without users receiving emails from Facebook?
hvass··on Startup School: Every Company That Applied Is Now Accepted
Well done.
hvass··on Ask HN: How much do you still rely on traditional email and calendar?
I rely on both for everything. What do you refer to as alternative?
hvass··on Ask HN: How do you make life's decisions?
I second reading Decisive.

If I were in your shoes, I'd do the following:

1) Sit down and write down your "poor" decisions. How could you have prevented them? What information was missing? Could you have known this piece of information in advance if you sought it out? Some of this will help you unpack how much it's you and how much it's situational.

2) Ask your friends about your decision-making style and ask for blunt feedback.

3) Ask yourself how much you should have listened to other people vs how much to yourself? You might need to calibrate your ego/confidence--you might be too trusting (or not trusting enough of yourself)

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For future decisions,

1) Try to make them rationally and not out of emotions. This is tricky because you have to trust your gut, but your gut can be just fear and anxiety.

2) Most important thing: How reversible is a decision? What is the downside? What is the upside? Never, ever make a decision that has a chance of ruin.

3) Always ask: How is this decision wrong? Always be able to articulate for each option what are the downsides. No decision is perfect but you have to be able to weigh the downsides, and also see the problematic aspects of each. This is critical if you fall in love with one answer to a fork on the road.

Hope this helps! And do read Decisive!

hvass··on Conversations with a six-year-old on functional programming
This is the best thing I've read in really long time.
hvass··on Ask HN: What are your favourite podcasts?
1. Tim Ferriss Show 2. Exponent (Stratechery’s podcast) 3. Ezra Klein Show 4. Recode / Decode 5. a16z’s podcast 6. Dear Sugar 7. Techmeme’s new daily podcast
hvass··on [dead]
The only time I've felt a strong urge to write to Apple was in regards to iTunes and my complete disbelief that they still haven't figured it out decades in. It's shockingly bad.
hvass··on Suspect in YouTube Shooting Angry That Her Videos Had Been 'De-Monetized'
This is fantastic. Thanks for sharing.
hvass··on Ask HN: Similar Book to Power of Now / Tolle?
I'd suggest Peace Is Every Step: The Path of Mindfulness in Everyday Life by Thich Nhat Hanh
hvass··on Users Abandon Facebook After Cambridge Analytica Findings
This article will have merit if it was posted after their next earnings call and there was a percentage decline in users. This is all anecdotal and speculation. Habits are the hardest thing to break. And 50,000 people, even if US-only, are a rounding error for their MAU/DAUs. C'mon, NYT.
hvass··on Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
Yes, sorry, I should have been more specific. But what 'exactly' do they know. Does CA know that each person liked EXAMPLE POST ID #12379 on DATE XX/XX/XXXX and that you also like BRAND1, BRAND2, and that you also posted STATUS UPDATE1 on DATE .... What exactly do they have?
hvass··on Zuckerberg on Cambridge Analytica situation
Is it clear exactly what 'data' was actually obtained by CA on those millions of people? (I am referring specifically to the millions, not the original subset of 200,000 or so).

Is it all public and friends-visible activity? Or it is basics such as name, email, profile photo, etc.? I cannot find so far addressed in the coverage exactly what kind of information CA have had on a per-person basis.

If someone can share coverage that outlines this I would be very grateful.

hvass··on Guide to Slack import and export tools
Hope this doesn't sound too harsh but your reply comes off as extremely self-centered. What about looking—at the very least—at it from a legal perspective? It's not like lawsuits and aspects related to discovery haven't been in the tech news lately.
hvass··on Ask HN: Am I the only one who thinks Dropbox pricing is baffling?
It is the cheapest plan under 'Individuals.'

https://www.dropbox.com/plans

hvass··on AMP: the missing controversy
"Something only Google is capable of, because it is the only entity in the world controlling the most important information portal: search."

How is Google the only search engine? A different one is literally a click away. This just doesn't pass as an argument.

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