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zs234465234165··on SpaceX to buy Cursor for $60B
I’m sure he has a good reason
zs234465234165··on Whether having a baby ruins your life or not
Im curious how having kids ruined peoples life, was your childless life full of rando sex and spending sprees? Do you miss being able to play video games all day and night? what do you think youre missing out on? Comedy clubs? A disciplined life with kids is unparalleled.
zs234465234165··on Whether having a baby ruins your life or not
Good guess, Hacker news is 90% male
zs234465234165··on Whether having a baby ruins your life or not
I know youre using ruin in jest but life after kids is far superior.
zs234465234165··on Whether having a baby ruins your life or not
Second kid a few months ago, $$$, sex life better than ever
zs234465234165··on Let's Quit X
Quitting x to move to another x clone is a copout. Quit x and move to nothing(or real life)
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024?
Dr. Mike Israetel Scientific Principles of Hypertrophy Training (Renaissance Periodization
zs234465234165··on Show HN: Create mind maps to learn new things using AI
Anki doesn’t belong on this list
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: How do you personally stay fit?
Daily - Walk, cardio(jog, bike), and lift/yoga

Intermittent fasting, mostly meat, carbs only to serve as meat vessel

zs234465234165··on Smoking weed every day makes me less presentable and less productive. I love it
I benefit from "state changes"—shifting from sober periods to high periods and vice versa. These transitions seem to spur the most creativity for me. Each state causes me to think differently and notice things I didn't in the previous state. This applies to other substances as well. Its when I overstay my wecome in either state that things start to fall apart and stagnate.
zs234465234165··on Steve Jobs adopted no 'bozos' policy – best managers those who never wanted job
What about meritless dei promotions
zs234465234165··on Google helped destroy adoption of RSS feeds (2023)
Most email apps at the time supported rss
zs234465234165··on Career Advice Ryan Holiday Wishes He'd Known Earlier
Andrew Huberman discusses that sharing goals can prematurely release dopamine, reducing motivation to achieve them, as the brain already feels rewarded just by talking about the goals.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: How would you approach mastering a skill ASAP?
This is my current checklist

* Break down key area and create a list of relevant topics to understand and relevant study materials, gpt can help * For each resource, skim & write summary on material, * Read deeply or discard & take atomic notes on new/key info then write hand written summaries after each page or chapter, * Re-read/skim notes and previous pages when revisiting material * Alternate topics/key areas interleaving and noting their similarities & relationships, gpt can help * For interleaving, spend 20-30mins a key area when studying * Transfer paper notes to digital & outline * Rewrite again in 1doc and elaborate, gpt can help * Elaborate further with how&why questions, gpt can help * Answer the how&why questions, gpt can help * Identify multiple concrete examples and analogies, gpt can help * Find counter arguments, gpt can help * Read other resources, wikipedia reviews, websites, blogs, & repeat the above * Give gpt notes “whats missing?” * Add/create/organize visuals/concept maps/mind maps for dual coding, dall-e can help * ?how to add sensory experience and engage more of brain when learning # pragthinking * Watch relevant videos for more dual coding, * Mediate on ideas * Teach someone or speak it, or Feynman it * Create test, gpt can help * Create

zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What's the best way to become an independent software developer?
Those platforms have accelerated the market creating more opportunities for freelancers to design bespoke websites on their platforms with low/no code.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: How do you organize your life?
Ios notes checklist for adhoc items

Googlespreadsheet checklist for recurring items

zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
Learned: Always over-communicate all system changes, no matter how small

Learned: Asynchronous daily chat updates are just as effective as stand-ups

zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
My family started implementing a “poor week” or as my wife prefers a “free week” where we pick 1 week a month that we don’t spend any money. This has greatly reduced our overall spending.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
I’ve discovered that spreadsheets with checklists are more effective for personal and recurring tasks than any to-do list app I’ve tried – plus, you control the data.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
I learned to stop scheduling meetings on Mondays or Fridays
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
I learned that air frying is the most efficient, and clean way to cook a steak. It doesn't smoke up the house(the smoke is also harmful), cooks fast, and tastes delicious.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
I learned that Marijuana is not as innocuous as it seems and causes major social withdrawal symptoms, sleep and memory issues.
zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
I learned that people often take offense to questions, especially “why” questions.

I don't have the attribution but love this quote: “A good question doesn’t give advice, check hypotheses, impose a perspective, share an opinion, make a suggestion or leave the other person feeling judged or cornered.”

zs234465234165··on Ask HN: What is the most exciting thing you have learnt this year till now?
Large corps don't care about you. I’ve realized that going above and beyond by putting in 10 times the effort doesn’t always earn the recognition one might expect; it can even lead to unforeseen challenges.
zs234465234165··on Immersed Announces 'Visor' Compact Productivity Headset with 4K OLED Displays
Copying
zs234465234165··on Japanese police make first YouTuber arrest for uploading video game gameplay
I personally only buy games after I watch them played on stream
zs234465234165··on Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
The straw-man here is you cherry picking the San Francisco Bob story to refute the problem of a rise in crime in Canada
zs234465234165··on Canada is seeing violent crime like never before. What's behind the crime wave
Turns out sf is totally safe and doesnt have a homeless or crime problem at all
zs234465234165··on How to be consistent
How did you spot it
zs234465234165··on Effective Spaced Repetition
Agree.

There is no right or wrong way to srs. You have to put in mental effort, whether thats creating elaborate cards, or grinding through thousands of premades. Once you stop putting in the mental effort, it will stop working to improve your recall

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