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Re:The teen mental illness epidemic is international on Wednesday January 10, 2024 @01:34AM (#38936975)
What are you 70? It the same here and I would guess in most of the “global Protestant north”

https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/livsvillkor-levnadsvanor....

Re:Grow and Keep Big Muscles on Wednesday January 03, 2024 @08:58AM (#38854079)
That some proper deep broscience I haven’t seen in years, “oxidative stress” nice!
Re:America does not have a good food culture on Sunday October 01, 2023 @01:08AM (#37722780)
You should look up french mcdonalds.
Re:Java 21 makes me like Java again on Sunday September 17, 2023 @01:17AM (#37541758)
If all you have is spring boot, everything looks like a spring boot problem.
Re:5:01 And Done: No One Wants to Schmooze After Work on Friday September 15, 2023 @12:47AM (#37518556)
I've been on ... 4-5 "after works" (as we call it here), since the pandemic. But even then we usually get going around 16.00 and the night is over before 20.00.

But if the company is planning something after work hours? I consider that to be a "team-building" activity, a part of my 8 hour work day.

Re:Changing my relationship with GitHub Copilot on Tuesday August 29, 2023 @01:58AM (#37303982)
The author also mentions that spellchecks ruined his concentration. I thought I had problems concentrating but this is on a different level.
Re:The Portuguese can no longer afford to live in Portugal on Thursday September 01, 2022 @11:54AM (#32678254)
Tourists / foreigners buying houses i guess, although i predict that in the coming 10-20 years we'll be seeing mediterraneans escaping the summer heat in the north.
Re:I have quit my job on Thursday March 24, 2022 @02:21AM (#30786829)
I might come off as really cynical, but i agree with your statement completely. The best place i worked didn't feel like work, smart motivated people with little managerial oversight and a shared vision, awesome times.

What I'm trying to say is: look out for yourself out there because no one else will, don't let yourself be exploited

Re:I have quit my job on Thursday March 24, 2022 @01:26AM (#30786603)
This guy seems smart and ambitious but has a very romantic/naive mindset. A job is an exchange of services, never get it confused with your own mission or "dream".
Re:The Anatomy of Assholes (2020) on Tuesday August 31, 2021 @04:06AM (#28365101)
I disagree on the usage of agency here and the entire post really. Being an introvert SWE (70% of HN?) a lot solo consultants would be placed between quiet asshole and nice, but not often extroverted. Are these people low in agency? Is the traditional "nerd" low on agency? hardly.

agency per the article: "self-protection, self-assertion, separation, and isolation"

Re:Anders Tegnell defends Sweden's virus approach on Thursday June 04, 2020 @01:01AM (#23412618)
We're barely 3 months into this and your calling it a failure? could it be done better: yes, it is failure? no. "no arguing", "can not argue" Yes, you very much can, and we'll see in a few years what the "correct" choice was.
Re:IQ is largely a pseudoscientific swindle (2019) on Thursday May 07, 2020 @10:46AM (#23103564)
I've done a few "aptitude" tests for interviews, and so has people in my closest circle. It seems common across business sectors and taken as a major indicator of employee "success" https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4557354/
https://medium.com/@hillpot/bitcoin-vs-gold-which-hurts-the-...

gold vs btc, at least BTC energy expenditure can be patched / limited to only renewables.

Re:In Defense of Fahrenheit on Monday May 27, 2019 @02:46AM (#20019950)
This, the author is a phd surely he should see his own bias here?

"I found it annoying to use negative numbers for temperatures that aren't really that cold, and then have 35℃ be grossly hot." living in Sweden i've always used 0 as the "feeling" middle point, temperatures usually ranging between -20 / +30 C, feels very natural.

That saying the task seems quite fun, would be nice to replicate it coming from a celcius background.

Re:Want to learn a new skill? Take some short breaks on Monday April 15, 2019 @07:39AM (#19664604)
Mixing tryptophan heavy foods (chicken / salmon / cheese / nuts) with carbs is gonna make you crash / sleepy.

Same thing with salted + carb heavy food, as the body starts putting on water (dry mouth, drinking loads, puffy + tired)

Re:Brain's Dumped DNA May Lead to Stress, Depression on Saturday September 15, 2018 @03:13AM (#17993361)
Would be interesting to see if there is any relationship between physical exercise, fasting, meditation or diet in general.