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Re:Sciter – Multiplatform HTML/CSS UI Engine for Desktop and Mobile Ap... on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @09:07AM (#23166497)
Google Web Toolkit [1] does this.

[1] http://www.gwtproject.org/

Re:The most prized degree in India became the most worthless on Wednesday May 13, 2020 @07:42AM (#23165831)
(Anecdotal counterevidence:) Founder of Omio, Naren Shaam, has a very diverse company.
Re:Italy is extending its coronavirus quarantine measures to the entir... on Tuesday March 10, 2020 @06:44AM (#22534345)
Us Italians

Ask HN: Ever struggled with threats to your business?

Posted by stbn on Friday November 29, 2019 @07:57AM
from the ask-hn dept.

Have you ever been faced with an unlawful threat or hindrance to your business? Example: »You give us $1,000 a month or we'll burn down your restaurant / ddos your site / etc.« I'm curious about:(1) What kind of business? (2) Which country/region/city? (3) Who approached you? (4) What was the request/threat? (5) How did you react? Consequences? (6) Any resources for information?Apart from...

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Re:Ask HN: Looking for books about raising kids on Sunday December 02, 2018 @09:31AM (#18582445)
Oliver James: How To Develop Emotional Health [1]

Goodreads only shows a rating of 3.59/5 but personally I would recommend it. It speaks about how the early years are crucial for developing emotional health and what parents can do.

Disclaimer: I am not a parent so I can't tell how much it helps in practice.

[1]: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/20621101-how-to-develop-...

Re:Show HN: Select Star SQL, an interactive SQL book on Tuesday September 04, 2018 @09:17AM (#17908801)
I strongly agree. Rarely do I see such a humanistic approach in tech. It brings an important matter to our attention and is meaningful. As a side note, what is meaningful is pedagogically valuable, because what has meaning is easier to remember.
Re:Ask HN: Which types of tech jobs are best for people that can't han... on Monday August 27, 2018 @08:16AM (#17850944)
Just a few days ago, I asked a similar question which may be interesting to some:

Ask HN: Being Highly Sensitive (HSP), can I find fulfilling work in tech? [0]

[0]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=17826317

Re:Ask HN: Being Highly Sensitive (HSP), can I find fulfilling work in... on Saturday August 25, 2018 @05:31AM (#17840223)
Thank you for instilling some optimism. Of course you're right, one has to keep looking.
Re:Ask HN: Being Highly Sensitive (HSP), can I find fulfilling work in... on Friday August 24, 2018 @06:17AM (#17833997)
Thanks for the suggestion! That would be something in the context of either education or administration, right? Ironically, I always had the idea that people end up in the university system if they're »not good enough to work in the real world«.
Re:Ask HN: Being Highly Sensitive (HSP), can I find fulfilling work in... on Friday August 24, 2018 @05:57AM (#17833909)
Thank you for your extensive comment! Lots of food for thought, and much appreciated. I have tried Enneagram before (being a 4 as well, IIRC), but I may need to look into it again in more detail.

Ask HN: Being Highly Sensitive (HSP), can I find fulfilling work in tech?

Posted by stbn on Thursday August 23, 2018 @07:30AM
from the ask-hn dept.

»A highly sensitive person (HSP) experiences the world differently than others. Due to a biological difference that they’re born with, highly sensitive people are more aware of subtleties and process information deeply. This means they tend to be creative, insightful, and empathetic, but it also means they’re more prone to stress and overwhelm. Although being highly sensitive is completely...

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Re:Show HN: Turn indented text into mind maps on Thursday March 29, 2018 @10:44AM (#16707453)
This looks very cool, thank you! I have an issue, though: Can't open the File and Mind Map menus, neither on Firefox nor Chromium nor Opera.
Re:What's wrong with Software nowadays and how we can fix it on Monday December 05, 2016 @09:36AM (#13105556)
Can someone name a couple of those hundreds of attempts?
Re:One Road Out of Depression on Tuesday November 08, 2016 @05:48PM (#12904649)
Thank you for publishing this. The mere notion that there's other people dealing with similar problems helps easing the pain, maybe because one feels understood for a change, to some extent at least. In fact, I found your piece so valuable that I created an offline copy to keep.

And I think all the reactions in this thread are just substitutional for a multitude of readers; you never know how many lives you have actually touched. Even writing this ridicilous comment needed to be overcome because depression feels like such a shameful thing to admit.