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Re:Petered (what happens after the Peter Principle) on Sunday November 08, 2026 @07:31AM (#50412702)
I have been promoted as an EM/Team Lead three times now. Every time I felt like an imposter to myself and the org and quit shortly after. I just stay IC now. No matter what others see in me. I learned that as an IC with 20% of management is my personal sweet spot. No more getting petered:)
You forgot to mention the Epstein files
Re:Practice typing by retyping ENTIRE novels on Sunday January 01, 2023 @01:21PM (#34209021)
How funny. When I was around 10 my mother sent my sister and me to a 10 finger typing class. We had to practice at home so I started retyping the first Harry Potter novel which was my favourite book during that time. It was after 100 or 200 pages when I left everyone I know behind in terms of speed and accuracy. Every time I switch my keyboard I am doing a lite version of and retype only a couple of pages in order to adjust my muscles to the new layout.
Re:Code Review as a Service on Monday December 20, 2021 @10:15AM (#29625776)
I wanted to sign up as a reviewer but it seems like one needs a linkedin account to do so. Since I don't have a linkedin account it seems like there is no other chance?
Re:First baby beaver born on Exmoor in 400 years on Wednesday July 14, 2021 @03:50AM (#27830689)
Sadly this returns a 404 for me (located in Germany)

Ask HN: How to find a buyer for (part of) a business

Me and my partner have a business together (located in Germany). We built a booking management software for individual travel agencies (right now in the leisure sports industry such as triathlon camps, swimming camps and so on) and have two paying companies (owned by the partner). We both own 50% of the company and I want to move out of the company due to health related issues. I am the...

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Re:Speeding Up Rendering Rails Pages with render_async on Thursday June 08, 2017 @10:14AM (#14514289)
Well, as with everything:

Before using a library blindly 1. Ask yourself which problem you want to solve 2. Educate yourself 3. Does the library solve you problem 4. Use with caution 5. Learn from you mistakes :D

Re:Show HN: I've been writing daily TILs for a year on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @05:39AM (#11071789)
https://github.com/jbranchaud/til/blob/master/ruby/comparing...

I really like the .contain_exactly() matcher for this purpose as well :)

Re:A New Age of Power on Thursday October 08, 2015 @05:00AM (#10351581)
Human ears can't hear ultrasound. What about other animals[1] on this planet? [1]https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultrasound#Animals