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What are you talking about?
Is there a way to read this without paying?
Do you have something that measures the PM level?
Isn't this true for just about any skill, not just math and computer science? You're only going to get better at tennis by playing tennis. Or piano. Or woodworking. Or communication skills. Best way of learning is actually doing the thing, not reading about doing the thing.
Re:Ask HN: How do you stay disciplined in the long run? on Monday April 29, 2019 @04:11PM (#19782151)
This is basically what I've learned as well by going to therapy and has dramatically improved my life as I've began to embrace what I'm excited about and say no to activities, people, and hobbies that don't align with my values.
Re:China lands Chang'e-4 on far side of Moon on Thursday January 03, 2019 @08:52AM (#18815052)
Is there a way around the paywall for business insider?
Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @10:02AM (#17918035)
+1
Re:The #1 Office Perk? Natural Light on Wednesday September 05, 2018 @09:54AM (#17917957)
It's modernist design. And it sucks.
Re:China’s Mass Internment Camps Have No Clear End in Sight on Thursday August 23, 2018 @12:58PM (#17828798)
Why not just call them concentration camps?
Re:This AI is bad at drawing but will try anyways on Tuesday August 21, 2018 @10:54AM (#17810120)
The hug of death
I recently got a better bicycle and it got easier and faster. Well lubricated bottom brackets and a new chain makes a massive difference in speed / resistance.
Re:Anthony Bourdain has died on Friday June 08, 2018 @01:45PM (#17267891)
I'm definitely going to check this book out. Thanks for the recommendation.
per A Random Walk Down Wall Street (https://www.amazon.com/Random-Walk-Down-Wall-Street/dp/03933...) 99+% of people are best off not picking individual stocks and just investing in index funds.
Typically the 7% number is used for after inflation
There's this awesome free tool from Dave Ramsey as well that's good and doesn't take your contact info

https://www.daveramsey.com/smartvestor/investment-calculator

Web / desktop version is out in the beta. You can signup to get on the waitlist here: https://robinhood.com/#web
> it is no wonder to me why AWS generates all of Amazon's profit.

Going out on a limb here but I'm guessing that Amazon makes a good amount of profit from their online retail store.

Re:Hacker News's Undocumented Features and Behaviors on Thursday February 22, 2018 @01:43PM (#16440132)
Counting system sounds like Reddit voting system where 1 upvote != 1 vote