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Re:Ask HN: How can I overcome ennui? on Sunday September 22, 2013 @07:48PM (#6428567)
I actually have been working out regularly, but it seems like I'm building up a tolerance to the psychological benefits.

It would be nice to take a hiatus, but that's not an option for me right now.

Ask HN: How can I overcome ennui?

Posted by alecbibat on Sunday September 22, 2013 @05:14PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm usually a very passionate person, but seems like I've lost that for the past couple weeks. Do you tend to have bouts of boredom like this? Don't feel like working, don't feel like playing, and I'm uncomfortable doing nothing.It doesn't seems like a chronic syndrome. Just a particularly terrible bout.

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Re:Ask HN: What programming languages are used in hard-sciences? on Monday September 16, 2013 @08:41PM (#6396882)
Yeah, I've got a few friends in Astrophys and they talk about doing work in IDL all the time.

Ask HN: What programming languages are used in hard-sciences?

Posted by alecbibat on Monday September 16, 2013 @04:36PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm going to be graduating in May with a Biochemistry and Molecular Biology degree. I'm mostly interested in doing research (cancer or stem cell if I can), and I'm curious if there's a language that will make me a more competitive job applicant. I've already had a good amount of lab experience outside of school (helping a professor in his lab) and have a decent GPA.<p>I know Python is...

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Re:Ask HN: Does your life have a purpose? on Wednesday July 31, 2013 @12:35AM (#6131924)
Are you young? We tend to be much more idealistic when we're younger.

Why do you feel like there are only those two decisions?

Re:Ask HN: Pre-selling for a Doughnut Start-Up on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @05:09PM (#6099098)
Gauging interest is definitely the main goal for now, and it's seeming like the only way to do that without getting the full legal outfit first is selling for events like you mentioned.

Your last point is resourceful, but it also kind of goes against our market advantage of 'the only home-made doughnut location near campus'.

Re:Ask HN: Pre-selling for a Doughnut Start-Up on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @05:02PM (#6099070)
See, I THINK we would have a great product-market fit, and I KNOW the traffic is good for this particular location. I just want to see HOW good the fit and traffic are, namely if they're good enough to support a $3k/mo rent, employees, and a decent salary.

That's pretty awesome about your family's recipe, and a shame that a chain like that could decrease sales so much.

Re:Ask HN: Pre-selling for a Doughnut Start-Up on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:55PM (#6099024)
I like this, but we also would want to take the pre-selling period as an opportunity to build the brand a bit.

And again, there are legal issues with food vending even if it's someone else's stuff.

Re:Ask HN: Pre-selling for a Doughnut Start-Up on Wednesday July 24, 2013 @04:53PM (#6099017)
Thanks for the heads up!

From the marketing point of view I think we're pretty well set up. The closest major doughnut vendors are about a 45 minute drive away and the closest small doughnut shop is about 3 miles. We would be opening up a couple hundred feet from campus. (Although there are still grocers that sell doughnuts nearby.)

I think we could kill it, but then again I feel like I'm walking on especially thin ice with all the legal stuff; this is also an area I'm unfamiliar with and with a physical space to manage as well as employees, things could get messy.

Thanks for the advice, I'll make sure to do my research if I go through with it.

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