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		janalsncm 44 days ago \| parent \| context \| on: A unique sound alleviates motion sickness We don’t need a peer reviewed study to test it out. https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Cdi0jQtMqV8&pp
		moolcool 76 days ago \| parent \| context \| on: Half-Life 2 RTX It reminds me of the Alan Parsons quote "Audiophiles don't use their equipment to listen to your music. Audiophiles use your music to listen to their equipment"
		notacoward on Nov 9, 2017 \| parent \| context \| on: Entrepreneurs Aren’t a Special Breed – They’re Mos... Entrepreneurship is like one of those carnival games where you throw darts or something. Middle class kids can afford one throw. Most miss. A few hit the target and get a small prize. A very few hit the center bullseye and get a bigger prize. Rags to riches! The American Dream lives on. Rich kids can afford many throws. If they want to, they can try over and over and over again until they hit something and feel good about themselves. Some keep going until they hit the center bullseye, then they give speeches or write blog posts about "meritocracy" and the salutary effects of hard work. Poor kids aren't visiting the carnival. They're the ones working it.
		sanj on July 18, 2007 \| parent \| context \| on: The Equity Equation Did you win the Putnam? If not, please don't be "bolder" than this guy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravi_Vakil
		egman_ekki on Oct 22, 2021 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: Anyone working remotely for a US company i... Maybe try Automattic if you don't mind working with WordPress, PHP and JS. 1500+ people, lots of autonomy, hiring for a lot of roles. https://automattic.com/work-with-us/ https://techcrunch.com/2021/10/19/automattic-tc1/
		timomeh on May 29, 2021 \| parent \| context \| on: Ask HN: How to disconnect from work? It is absolutely not a problem that programming is your passion and also your job. For many people, it's a dream come true. But don't do work in your free time. Don't fix bugs for your employer, don't learn stuff you need to learn for your employer. Don't give away your time for free. Doing work in your free time will burn you out. Doing the same things you do at work will burn you out – it will take a bit longer, but it will happen. Many employers discourage working in your free time, just because of that (and because in some countries, they're legally obliged to ensure their employees have some free time). Instead, do your own thing, develop your own project. Probably you'll create 10 side projects and abandon every single one of them after a few days. Something will stick (finding a side project is a whole other topic). Maybe do some open source contributions. Be passionate about your own project(s). And try something new, something you can't do at work. May it be another framework, language, or just some new fancy libraries. It will broaden your horizon and drastically improve your skills as a software engineer. You will still think of that annoying bug you couldn't fix that day. Those feelings won't go away, but they will be less and less nagging. Finally, turn off distractions from work in your free time. Mute your work-related notifications, don't check your work mails, they can wait until monday. Oh, and don't forget to meet your friends, go grab your favorite drink with them.