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mikeymz

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Re:Ask HN: I can't find a job. What do I do? on Sunday November 19, 2023 @11:31AM (#38334198)
Put your part completed degree on your CV with a caveat like its pending or incomplete. It should get you passed the initial screening. Then it's on you to pass the tech test. Expect to fail many before you get good at them
Re:What Happened to San Francisco, Really? on Tuesday October 17, 2023 @12:59AM (#37910802)
Surprised nobody mentions the smell. A heady mix of piss and weed
Which ocean? People used to think this about raw sewage discharge. Check the state of UK beaches
Re:Ask HN: How did you stop drinking? on Tuesday October 11, 2022 @12:13AM (#33159439)
Don't hate yourself. If you can go a few weeks at a time that's good. Better than me. You are certainly better off for that. Blowing off is not all bad. Maybe feeling shit for a couple of days is a price worth paying for decompressing once a month? I'm not advocating that I would love to stop but at the same time... I also like it and it's part of my culture. Do your best, limit yourself, feel good for your achievements not bad about the failures
Re:Show HN: A mastermind-like version of Wordle on Friday February 11, 2022 @03:54PM (#30306873)
Reveal please
Re:How to interview engineers (2020) on Tuesday September 28, 2021 @01:25AM (#28679618)
I would also go that far
Re:A sewing page that never closed its font size HTML tags on Wednesday August 04, 2021 @04:35PM (#28065972)
get out more
Re:Why Russians do not smile (2002) on Saturday May 29, 2021 @02:09AM (#27323389)
"But in the majority of life situations, like business or political meetings, there is no humor at all"

That's your problem right there

I genuinely worry about this community when after >100 comments nobody has said "k9s"
>social stigma traditionally associated with childlessness

poor thing has a bit of a chip on his shoulder

Re:How you can get banned from Facebook permanently on Saturday January 23, 2021 @02:00PM (#25885081)
If everyone stopped using Facebook then the problems with Facebook would stop
Every few years? My experience is more like every 6 weeks in the winter. Even with lock down I have caught the second cold of the season. I am guessing you don't have kids
Re:Context switching costs more than we give it credit for on Monday January 18, 2021 @01:35AM (#25818880)
Absolutely! Snatching those gaps for clean up means you are not faced with total carnage once the meal is finished. It is clearly more efficient
Without trying to trivialise this - it's a problem I have had and its an easy rut to fall into. Work can be a nice place to hide. However the solution is quite straightforward - stop. Work is not crack, it's actually pretty easy to not do when you try. Just don't do it. 5.30pm and you think about the next thing? Stop. 8pm and you think about opening your laptop? Stop. 6am and you think about getting up and looking at some code? Stop. If you are trying to hide in work it's probably not work that is the issue.
I estimate 98% of all cigarettes I smoked in my life I did not enjoy. I could never explain why I smoked the horrible things
I think that was meant ironically but I agree it was a little strong. as for the speed question - the point is it may go faster in theory at some point whereas the TGV does go really fast now and is (in my limited experience) excellent value for money and a much better way to travel than flying
Re:Ask HN: How can I make my startup's website ethical? on Friday November 06, 2020 @01:38AM (#25005498)
Turn it off?
not sure spouting unfounded assertions about the "cognative brain" is helping. spending 5-7 hours a day on social media is a massive waste of time though. of that there is no doubt
Re:I built a lay-down desk on Tuesday October 06, 2020 @12:38AM (#24694738)
"go the agile way and to not do any plans"

hopefully this was a joke

Re:Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:08PM (#24592493)
it's frivolous because it's silly to think that eating a large amount of anything with total disregard for healthy nutrition won't result in some kind of unhealthy outcome
Re:Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:06PM (#24592469)
yes some aspect of this dudes diet was coming for him. he made it interesting by eating a ridic amount of licorice (?)
Re:Man dies from eating more than a bag of liquorice a day on Friday September 25, 2020 @02:03PM (#24592438)
this guy was eating a bag of sweets (candies) a day. had recently started a licorice binge and collapsed eating a fast food lunch. I think his nutrition was all sorts of fucked up and if the licorice didn't get him the coronary heart disease would have
Re:Secrets I use to becoming a better remote developer on Monday September 21, 2020 @01:34PM (#24546162)
use grammerly... oh grap
it's an adjective. I go Viking I am not a Viking
Re:Dark hair was common among Vikings, genetic study confirms on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:51PM (#24496062)
it's not explicitly stated but it's fairly clear that the comparison is with Scandinavians
Re:Dark hair was common among Vikings, genetic study confirms on Wednesday September 16, 2020 @02:18PM (#24495612)
Confirming that you are not a Viking but that you go Viking. Fairly obvious when you consider this is an "ing" adjective
Re:Dickhead of the Week: Instagram CEO Adam Mosseri on Saturday September 12, 2020 @10:02AM (#24452470)
welcome to the world of grown ups. there is effin and jeffin everywhere

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