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The Slight Edge is an amazing book about an amazing concept. Dramatic change happens one percent at a time at a consistent cadence.

Also great chapter in The Psychology of Money about Warren Buffet. He's been investing since he was a child and is now in his 90s -- He's been compounding returns on a longer timeframe then anyone else alive.

Re:When Should I Interrupt Someone? on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:15PM (#26470582)
This.. is a fine answer if asked in the context of an interview.
Re:When Should I Interrupt Someone? on Monday March 15, 2021 @07:10PM (#26470523)
I resent doing other people's work for them, I don't resent helping them when they can no longer help themselves.

Interrupt me after you've tried as many ways as you can to solve the issue, and present them to me so either I can determine the remaining set you haven't tried or we can brainstorm. It shows initiative and thoughtfulness and creates a starting point for our solutioning.

Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem on Thursday February 18, 2021 @05:29PM (#26186671)
Look up Gabor Mate
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:15PM (#26183389)
Sugar is one of the hardest addictions to kick. I've kicked cocaine and alcohol too.. sugar was by far the hardest physically. It's also hard to stay sober because it's so accessible in foods and accepted by society.
Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:13PM (#26183361)
The argument the author is making is that addiction is an outlier. Many many many people drink, snort cocaine, smoke cigarettes and in the author's case, use heroin, and never develop addiction.

I can understand why this infuriates people who've seen or known people who've died from an addiction but it's important for people to understand that alcohol, drugs, gambling, facebook, the internet, shopping, and everything that can turn into an addiction are not the problem. The problem is deep emotional pain from traumatic experiences.

Re:I am a heroin user. I do not have a drug problem on Thursday February 18, 2021 @01:07PM (#26183295)
Addiction engenders unresolved trauma. Can be drugs, shopping, sex, internet, or anything that gives you a temporary sense of relief from a deep underlying pain that usually forms in childhood.

Check out the work of Gabor Mate. It's silly how simple it is. It's silly how misunderstood it is.

Re:What I Worked On on Tuesday February 16, 2021 @05:09PM (#26159388)
Exactly 4 fewer pgs
Re:Larry King has died on Saturday January 23, 2021 @12:49PM (#25884466)
Snoop dogg is as pop culture as Martha Stewart and Larry King and has been for awhile
Re:Amazon, Apple and Google Cut Off Parler on Sunday January 10, 2021 @07:24AM (#25713997)
Free speech is a lot harder to defend when you disagree with what's said. It's relinquished by moralistic rationalizations and righteous condemnations... Be careful what you wish for.
Re:Ask HN: Why is Hacker News so aggressive? on Friday November 20, 2020 @03:09PM (#25164390)
You're last comment was

`I'd go and get it ASAP, so I resume my life. Anti-vaxxers can isolate themselves forever :)`

You got an honest response to an honest comment ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

First two words are right. Rest is a misrepresentation of OP
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @11:01PM (#25022819)
The fact that's your lone point of dispute is reassuring. Thank you.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:37PM (#25022673)
Don't kid yourself. The polls were dead wrong, they predicted Joe Biden would win an overwhelming popular vote. Believing otherwise is naive.

There is no "generally accepted explanation" for the polling skew, let alone one as obvious as "it's easier to poll highly educated, urban voters than lesser educated rural voter". Believing pollsters are dumb enough to not consider this when conducting polls is lazy thinking.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @10:04PM (#25022466)
Gridlock is a feature, not a bug. Only the most important issues to American people pass through to law, whether or not you agree on those issues, which you clearly lay out in your OP in the name of "repairing moral fabric" -- empty rhetoric.
Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @08:21PM (#25021826)
We are one country that's been divided by a news media telling us what to believe. Look no further than the dead wrong "polling data" -- again -- to see there's an agenda playing out in our hands and living rooms. If you still believe what you see on MSM, I've got a bridge to sell you.

We don't talk to others anymore. We tweet, we Facebook, we Instagram, we believe what we read on screens and we've made companies feeding us what we want to hear rich.

There is a game being played, you've just missed the players.

Re:Biden wins White House, vowing new direction for divided U.S. on Saturday November 07, 2020 @07:49PM (#25021593)
The election of the Senate is as representative of the country as election of the president. The idea they have to vote in accordance with your opinion on issues in order to 'restore the moral fabric of the country', whatever that means, is condescending and self-righteous.
Re:We Hacked Apple for 3 Months on Thursday October 08, 2020 @11:31AM (#24720063)
If they really wanted money, they would have gone in a different direction.

With their abilities, they could still go in that direction.

Re:Men can change themselves and the world on Monday October 05, 2020 @06:50PM (#24692933)
I'll condense this into 4 words: 'Men, Be more vulnerable'. Blasé.
Re:I’m Leaving the West Coast on Sunday September 27, 2020 @09:29PM (#24611981)
I'm leaving Portland
I forgot we were demanding to see these. I'll read the comments to see how outraged I should be.
Re:The IRS Sets a Trap for Cryptocurrency Tax Cheats on Saturday September 26, 2020 @12:08PM (#24599799)
Spicy title
Re:You're enlightened – now what? on Friday September 25, 2020 @11:07PM (#24596104)
You see with your mind, then you see with your eyes
That's true but it's also true that neurogenesis will start at some point during a fast. For me, it's around day 3 or 4. It's an evolutionary mechanism to form new connections in the brain to help find food/survive.
Re:How Did Software Get So Reliable Without Proof? (1996) [pdf] on Thursday September 17, 2020 @08:49PM (#24511786)
"same" is the operative word. Easier to correct the same mistake every time than a different mistake on unpredictable executions.
You don't follow Cole if you don't know the difference between the effects of dry fasting and wet fasting after 5-7 days. If you do know that, you are purposely making a misleading statement to support your argument.
Meditation and mindfulness practices reconnect you to your feelings. Fear (anxiety) and apathy (depression) are feelings. We disconnect from them through repression, suppression and escape. To move beyond any obstacle, you must first confront it. I wouldn't let the pain of feeling low vibration emotions discourage your meditation or mindfulness practice. When you confront and accept these painful feelings, there are greater, lighter emotions beyond.
TIL :)

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