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Pinegulf··on What shall I teach my son?
>The issue with is, as far as my personal anecdote is concerned, that competence doesn't translate across all activities. Me being good with figuring out Legos, video games, or programming doesn't translate to me being good with cooking, socializing, music, etc

You are correct. Competence in one field does not translate. However, the idea of 'try, try, try again' is something that should work across all fields

Pinegulf··on What shall I teach my son?
I'm a bit further on the same path (4 year old). Here's what I've come up with:

competence is what I try to teach. Try, try and try again until he'll get it. Small things at first, but (hopefully) he gets the principle. Legos are great at this.

Additionally I try to teach that it's not wrong to defend yourself.

Pinegulf··on Denmark set to allow return of 'physical force' in school
Sometimes only words don't work. That's why we have police, guards and armies.

The guiding idea should be "minimum necessary force used". Sometimes the this includes physical force.

Pinegulf··on Under-16s to be banned from social media, Starmer announces
I wonder how they define 'social media'. Is comments section social media? Stack overflow? Any comment section?
Pinegulf··on Ask HN: How to be alone?
There are plenty of good advice what to do. On the other hand don't do:

* Doomscroll on your phone, reddit, whatever. Social media is not your friend.

* Self medicate. Some commercial drugs are bad enough. This includes overeating.

* Get stuck binge watching.

Try things (if you can). You never know what you happen to like.

Pinegulf··on US Court of Appeals: TOS may be updated by email, use can imply consent [pdf]
To be fair, this document says that they updated TOS and by continuing to use the app, you agree. (End of page 3)
Pinegulf··on Python is not a great language for data science
Once the data is clean and neatly in standard format this becomes a matter of preference.

Work experience says that 90% of work is gathering, cleaning and transforming data from different sources. In this capacity Python has more options available.

Pinegulf··on Mathematicians have found a hidden 'reset button' for undoing rotation
https://archive.is/08ig5
Pinegulf··on Counter-Strike: A billion-dollar game built in a dorm room
https://archive.is/nzEEG
Pinegulf··on 1948: Catholic Church publishes final edition of “Index Librorum Prohibitorum”
For the interested here is Latin version from 1835:https://archive.org/details/indexlibrorumpro00greg/mode/2up
Pinegulf··on Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?
More of a work-culture thing, but really useful:

First you fix the problem then you look for the culprit and administer punishment if it's needed at that point.

Pinegulf··on Uncommon Uses of Python in Commonly Used Libraries (2022)
Sure, but "Do not deprive people the joy of discovery." -Someone, not me.
Pinegulf··on Why AI hasn't taken your job – And any jobs-pocalypse seems a long way off
https://archive.is/p1Egs
Pinegulf··on Crew-9 Returns to Earth
Actually yes. Good things are good regardless who does them.
Pinegulf··on Crew-9 Returns to Earth
Can't we just be happy that the astronauts made it safely back? (+ ignore the political spin from all factions.)
Pinegulf··on Jeep Introduces Pop-Up Ads That Appear Every Time You Stop
Pure speculation: Maybe this is an attempt of 'outrage marketing'?
Pinegulf··on Calling women 'household objects' now permitted on Facebook
Good. I want to know who think on these lines. Helps me to pick better company.
Pinegulf··on D&D is Anti-Medieval
No, it's not "anti-medieval" it's medieval fantasy. Or in the words of the greats “Rules for Fantastic Medieval War Games”.
Pinegulf··on The Fourier Uncertainty Principles [pdf] (2021)
>Uncertainty principles are not formally defined

In physics it seem to be pretty straight forward. For instance https://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=uncertainty+principle

Pinegulf··on Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
To add to this: Don't waste your time trying to convincing idiots on internet. (But listen broadly and keep the good and discard the bad.)
Pinegulf··on Ask HN: What advice would you have given your younger 20-year-old self?
Try different things. You never know what you end up liking.
Pinegulf··on UK Parliament undermined the privacy, security, freedom of all internet users
Remains to be seen, but so far it seem that off they go.
Pinegulf··on No One Is Happy About Diversity Efforts at Work
https://archive.is/apwvi
Pinegulf··on Kagi raises $670k
>Kagi Search requires an account only because it is a paid service which requires an account for the transaction.

ref: https://help.kagi.com/kagi/getting-started/faqs.html#why-doe...

Eh... This is a tall order when competition is 'free'. Anyways, I wish them good luck as competition is inherently good.

Pinegulf··on How's the Stack Overflow strike going?
QFT. There should be mandatory 'why this question was closed' in cases there was and (misinformed) effort. Currently it's -10 closed, no comments.
Pinegulf··on Ask HN: What's your opinion on weekly 1:1s?
This has been my experience as well. They have been 'we got to fill in papers for HR'.

I'd like to think that some-one is doing these right, but they aren't me.

Pinegulf··on Is AI Racist?
yawn Tell me what isn't racist these days?
Pinegulf··on Ask HN: Rest Doesn't Help with Burnout
I'd suggest seeking professional help/evaluation. While HN may have very proficient people, health is something to take more seriously.
Pinegulf··on California spent $17B on homelessness – it’s not working
https://archive.is/SX1Jq
Pinegulf··on Peelian Principles
Society is package deal. In free world one can seek citizenship where rules appeal to them.

If none do, then that's a problem. But if every option is bad, then maybe the fault lies within the one common factor, ie. you?

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