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Re:"Nothing" is the secret to structuring your work on Thursday February 12, 2026 @07:01AM (#46987690)
I have started to do this in real life where I get a sudden feeling of urgency (that I am needed somewhere or have to check for messages from my team or respond to the CEO's text). As soon as I catch it, I press both feet down firmly on the ground for just a few seconds. It immediately calms me down. Stop and smell the roses, as they say.

I find myself doing this a couple dozen times a day.

Re:Open Sourcing DOS 4 on Saturday April 27, 2024 @12:19AM (#40177188)
You said the magic keyword: "curiosity", when it comes to computers and tech at least. Something that I find severely lacking among - for lack of a better term - Gen Z.
"apartheid officers in Tel Aviv"

First time I am reading this on Hacker News.

Re:Interactive Tour of James Clerk Maxwell's House on Saturday December 16, 2023 @04:28AM (#38662991)
I was there earlier this year, well worth a visit - try to make it to one of their guided tours, I believe they have two per day.
One favorite recollection of the Twitter API usage was this guy who hooked up a pressure sensor to a Twitter account, and placed the sensor under his newly married friend's bed - and the thing would tweet when the couple got in bed. [0]

[0] https://techcrunch.com/2009/12/12/newlywed-sex-tweets/

Re:The disturbing Facebook scandal we're all ignoring on Wednesday November 02, 2016 @10:57PM (#12861293)
The Business Insider article is sourced from http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/Columns/2016/11/01/Disturbing-...

And to answer your question, no, other than using a click-baity title.

Re:Introducing docs.microsoft.com on Wednesday May 04, 2016 @04:55PM (#11631701)
I'm in.
Re:Breakup, as captured by my fitbit on Tuesday January 19, 2016 @04:27PM (#10934184)
He mentions in a tweet reply it was the other party that initiated it.
Re:Indian Regulator Temporarily Suspends Facebook’s Free Basics on Wednesday December 23, 2015 @09:51AM (#10783547)
> The majority of the content on my Facebook feed is links to external websites.

Not sure if you are joking, but with features like "Instant Articles", Facebook has every reason to keep people on facebook.com rather than sending them to external websites.

When you are locked down in a walled garden that allows messaging (within the garden) and every other service is blocked, people will simply believe that walled garden is all there is.

Re:Who Y Combinator Companies Want on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @05:00PM (#10699917)
> I've never written a line of Ruby

I say this exact same thing on my Linkedin profile: "I have never written a line of Ruby... but I bet you can make me if it comes to that."

Is the self-driving fleet really that close?
Re:Adblock Sold to Mystery Company on Friday October 02, 2015 @11:08AM (#10319006)
Several Business Insider articles are like that, which is why I almost always avoid opening BI links.
Re:Jackfruit could save millions from starvation on Monday September 21, 2015 @04:45PM (#10255020)
One of the many reasons I refuse to open Business Insider links.
Re:SoftICE: a kernel mode debugger for Windows on Saturday September 12, 2015 @07:27PM (#10209754)
WinZip comes to mind.
Re:Insufficient Sleep Is a Public Health Epidemic on Thursday August 06, 2015 @03:23PM (#10018747)
I am one of those skinny people awaiting my sleep study results.

And for the past several years, I felt the exact same symptoms - falling asleep behind the wheel (or on the subway); craving for food; episodes of sleep paralysis (thankfully not too frequent).

Re:GitLab raises 1.5M on Thursday July 09, 2015 @03:25PM (#9860138)
Congratulations to the GitLab team! We use a self-hosted version and are very happy with it.
Re:How hacking helped me become Obama's CTO on Friday June 12, 2015 @10:33AM (#9706106)
That's what I thought - and not just Samsung, but specifically a particular model. "Cover .gif shot on a..."
Re:US hit by 'massive data breach' on Thursday June 04, 2015 @07:08PM (#9662795)
Just European countries? Pretty sure it's many more than that.
Personally, I wouldn't jump to call them "clueless", at least in the case of Facebook. They seem to clearly know what they are doing is not in the spirit of net neutrality, yet defend it to no end.
Re:Why We Are No Longer Developing for the iPad on Thursday April 16, 2015 @06:59PM (#9391235)
I have some complaints on the Surface Pro 2, but mostly related to the TypeCover keyboard. Haven't played with SP3.
Re:One Professional Russian Troll Tells All on Thursday March 26, 2015 @11:09AM (#9270150)
How is this different from Israel or China? Genuine question.

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