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i really wish unit testing was easier for graphics / webgl / 3d development

I've worked with psychiatrists who were so bad that they made me suicidal.

medical professionals aren't interested in helping people. They are slaves to liability and insurance and place profits above the well being of their patients.

self driving cars could save the world from millions of deaths per year and reduce stress and wasted time from sitting in traffic in cities like LA/NYC

i was diagnosed with schizoprenia and work for Amazon.

You dont have to disclose it.

i liked "picard"! whats wrong with picard?

lockdown made me more depressed than ever. I had a breakup right before the lockdown and ended up overdosing on MDMA right at the start of it in april 2020. Overall haven't been able to recover emotionally or physically but I did get a better job that pays better than any job i've ever had. Eventually moved back in with my parents because it seemed pointless to live in a tiny new york appartment all alone and pay high rent. Now i feel stuck and I'm not sure where to go. I was thinking of traveling in south america because the time zones are the same. I've been feeling like life is kinda pointless. It's just the same thing on repeat everyday. It seems like the pandemic is never going away and we just have to adapt as a species.

Things seem bleak in america. Everyone is isolated. There's a housing crisis, a climate crisis, war and supply chain shortages everywhere.

Not sure what the point of this comment is, just wanted to vent.

I should feel happier than ever because of my new job but I've been depressed ever since my ex blocked me. I emailed her daily for about a year but she never responded so i stopped.

I've been down this path. I won't tell you not to do it, because that wouldn't be genuine.

I will just say that apathy is a symptom of some kind of underlying issue that isn't being resolved.

Work, and service to humanity is a joy. Devotion is the path to the only true joy there is in life. It gives you life satisfaction.

It can be more fun to work 4 hours on something meaningful than 1 hour on something that is a chore.

Without devotion to something bigger than ourselves, life is nothing more than chasing pleasure which is fleeting.

You can look up jordan peterson or kapil gupta's writing to go in depth on this, if you'd like.

I took many easy jobs in my career. I always got depressed and got fired.

I stopped being depressed the moment i found something meaningful to work on (self driving cars and computer graphics).

"You are entitled to the work, not the fruit of it"

"I slept and dreamt life was joy. i awoke and saw life was service. I acted and behold service was joy."

The biggest components of happiness according to a study are

0. mental and physical health and mindset 1. our relationships romantic and social 2. The work we do in service to humanity

Now, it may be that some are meant to do service in other ways, and the job is just there to pay the bills.

But personally i have found the leverage and multiplier effect of technology makes it so you can gain real satisfaction by contributing to a mission.

You will not hear these words now. For I have said them too easily.

But someday, after many years, I can almost guarantee that you will make a change on this decision.

Work for works sake is bullshit. But within devotion and service lies the true way in which humans were meant to live.

Deep inside the human heart is an emptiness. A void. Our society lies and tells us to fill this void with external things. If you fill it with objects that becomes addiction. if you fill it with a person, that becomes codependence.

But if you listen to the void closely, it is really an open expansive immeasurable sky. It is a calling to create meaning. It is a possibility to be connected and immersed to a grand mission.

Life is suffering. That is undeniable. Rather than avoiding that fact, it is far more reliable to create meaning that makes the suffering irrelevant.

You are important. You can make a difference. You have a role to play in the unfolding destiny of this world.

is this your first time experiencing racism first hand? Them chinese immigrants tend to work harder than most locals, must have been hard to keep up.

man you dont know this guy or his life story. people say all kinds of stuff in books. who cares about his dating/marriage life? That is really low to bring that kind of stuff up in this context. the fact that this is the highest comment speaks to how toxic this community has become.

His "VC" fund is a social good company that prioritizes people's wellfare over profits. and who cares if its a success or failure, VC is hard.

He isn't a hero and he isn't a "Dickhead". He's just a human.

If you don't know him personally you really shouldn't be making these kinds of baseless adhominem attacks.

Reading your comment history, its nothing but black and white opinions and pointless preferences.

I am leaving this community forever. This whole place has gone down hill. There are no more hackers here. There is no more real discussion of anything. I feel bad for paul graham. This website is a disgrace.

Thanks I needed this

Hey this is cool. Would totally use this. Just got diagnosed at 28 and trying to implement meditation, yoga and better work habits so I can get the most out of the medication and maintain the lowest possible dosage

xmlhttprequest has been obsolete for 3-4 years.

https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Fetch_API/U...

Wow this comes with great timing!

I am a UI-developer who has been wanting to learn ML forever. I started working on

1. fast.ai 2. think bayes 3. UW data science @ scale w/ coursera 4. udacity car nano degree

I'm going to write some articles about what I learn and hopefully move into the ML field as a data engineer in 6 months. I figure I got into my current job with a visual portfolio of nicely designed css/js demos, maybe the same thing will work for AI.