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vborovikov··on My preferred .NET console stack
There will be some required .dlls with your .exe. The size of .exe for a simple console app is around 60 Mb.
vborovikov··on Themed days, Timeboxing and why you should use them
I don't think Elon Musk is working that hard. He is a CEO. His work includes having a lunch with a business partner in a fancy restaurant, or listening to his direct reports while scrolling Twitter.

It's still work and very important and impactful work, but it's not that physically or mentally exhausting. You can do 15 hours of this kind of work. But you can't fix software bugs for 15 hours every day.

vborovikov··on Spotify signs ‘The Joe Rogan Experience’ to an exclusive multi-year deal
Well, spotify.com tells me this: "Spotify is currently not available in your country."
vborovikov··on Ask HN: How do you guys deal with laziness?
> A technique I use is to use the thing I'm avoiding to make progress on the 2nd thing I'm avoiding.

This is called structured procrastination.

> I've also found that if I work on something and finish it, the next day I bumble around when getting started.

And this one is called Ovsiankina effect.

vborovikov··on People who haven't bought clothes for a decade
I suspect these holes appear during washing in the washing machine. Also it depends on fabric if they appear at all.
vborovikov··on Procrastination is not a time management problem, it is an emotion
There are three tricks I've found work best to stop procrastinating.

1. Ovsiankina effect. The effect states that an interrupted task, even without incentive, values as a "quasi-need". It creates intrusive thoughts, aimed at taking up the task again. [1]

2. Structured procrastination. [2]

3. Concentrating on the steps to complete the task, not your feelings and emotions about completing it. Action vs. state orientation. [3][4]

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

[2] http://www.structuredprocrastination.com/

[3] https://catalyst.library.jhu.edu/catalog/bib_1668041

[4] https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/jopy.12140

vborovikov··on Microsoft Confirms UWP Is Not the Future of Windows Apps
What is the title?
vborovikov··on Ask HN: Have you built a house?
that's is way I started with a dog house before even building a shed.
vborovikov··on Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake the Perfect Italian-Style Pie
I bake pizzas on a ceramic baking stone and I'm very satisfied with the results. Before baking a pizza I preheat the oven with the stone in it to the max level. Pizza is baked after 8-9 minutes in the oven.

My ratio for the pizza dough is 265 ml (gr) of water, 400 gr of flour. That would be two pies 33 cm in diameter.

vborovikov··on The Strange Brain of the World’s Greatest Solo Climber (2016)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_detection_theory
vborovikov··on Ask HN: Where do you store bookmarks?
OneDrive, text files. I can access it on my phone too if I need to.
vborovikov··on Improving my productivity using Pomodoro: takeaways after 2 years of practice
That's called Zeigarnik effect.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zeigarnik_effect

vborovikov··on Marko – An isomorphic UI framework similar to Vue
Take a look at IntercoolerJS. It's just a simple library, not a framework. I found it as the easiest way to deal with modern frontend programming.

http://intercoolerjs.org/

vborovikov··on 24-core CPU and I can’t move my mouse
Why is it so big?
vborovikov··on Don't Lower Your Expectations
Here is a great summary of A Guide to the Good Life: http://becomingeden.com/summary-of-a-guide-to-the-good-life/
vborovikov··on Ask HN: What was your “why didn't I start doing this sooner” moment?
I use a calendar app instead of a to-do list. I just put notes to my future self.
vborovikov··on Satya Nadella just fixed Microsoft’s biggest problem
They considered that option in late 80s while working on NT kernel and decided not to do that. Instead POSIX services became a standalone subsystem running in user mode.
vborovikov··on Microsoft Launches Its .NET Distribution for Linux and Mac
The runtime is still here.

https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/gp/vbruntime

vborovikov··on Death by Inches: The battle over the metric system in America
0°C - water turns into ice 100°C - water boils and turns into steam

-30°C and below - very cold weather +30°C and above - very hot weather

vborovikov··on Why Russia Locks Up So Many Entrepreneurs
Titov talked about 13000 entrepreneurs.
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