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Re:Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday? by jmiskovic on Monday November 22, 2021 @05:37AM (#29304949)
Thank you for these, quite a few were insightful. My favorites are 5th and 6th as I often fall into trap "you can't really _know_ anything for sure".

> Never allow a person to tell you no who doesn’t have the power to say yes.

Is this one to be taken as, if a person cannot even approve something, you are better off working around them instead?

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Re:Ask HN: What mental models do you use everyday? by jdonaldson on Wednesday November 24, 2021 @03:48PM (#29334961)
Not necessarily.
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