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aloner··on A startup doesn't need to be a unicorn
lifestyle businesses provide far more than "survival"
aloner··on GitHub Copilot and the Methods of Rationality (2022)
I've tried it for 15 minutes and came to the same conclusion.
aloner··on I am done. I give up
Looking to pivot to a similar approach, any chance I can reach out to you or follow you on Twitter?
aloner··on An Elixir/LiveView game written entirely by ChatGPT
Cheat on your Technical Interview as a Service™
aloner··on FTX to file for U.S. bankruptcy, CEO resigns
Boiler Room is a movie, you can make an interesting movie about anything
aloner··on How fateful?
Going to an engineering college where the demographic was 99% male, I guess I was determined to finish alone ;). But honestly 100% agreed with your point, even with online dating, a lot of people end up dating people they know or people they meet through a common friend.
aloner··on Ask HN: Generalist contractors, what is your hourly rate?
What kind of a web stuff are you doing, internal tools, SAAS, homepages for companies? Are you specialized in a specific stack?
aloner··on It's been 42 years since 'The Hitchhiker's Guide' answered the ultimate question
You could also make an argument that search for meaning is an escapism from experiencing life.
aloner··on Pursue High-Quality Leisure
Having a 15 to 30 minutes nap when my brains is mushy usually allow me to reset and get my mind in a more energized state, might be worth trying for you too.
aloner··on It doesn't take much public creativity to stand out as a job candidate
No, small side projects will definitely help you stand out when you're applying for a junior position since you don't have a lot of experience yet.
aloner··on Astonishing Performance of .NET 5
What DI library do you use instead?
aloner··on Employers will do almost anything to find workers except pay them more
Just send him your business card and he'll pass it to HR.
aloner··on Guidelines for Brutalist Web Design
You're saying this because black on white hurts your eyes? Because if I'm reading something, I really don't care about what the text looks like and that's what black on white is good at: distraction free reading.
aloner··on Please stop asking me to use the app
if you have an account, you can disable the redesign.
aloner··on Ask HN: Where to go after deleting Facebook?
https://www.quora.com/How-do-I-unfollow-everyone-on-Facebook...

I've used the script provided by the top answer here before and it worked! No need for an extension (I don't know if it still works however).

aloner··on #deletefacebook
I unfollowed all my friends(you can also use an extension that removes your feed), now I have the pros of Facebook which is being connected to people I care about while not having to fight a feed-looking/time-wasting addiction.

I only use facebook for messenger and events now and it works quite well.

aloner··on Facebook rolls out job posts to become the blue-collar LinkedIn
I tried that for a while, but I ended up going on the app to see if there was anything new instead, it ain't really useful.
aloner··on How I learned to program
Don't get too caught up with success stories about "epic programmers", there's more than one path to a what you want. Stay focused and you'll get closer everyday.
aloner··on Can You Think Yourself into a Different Person? (2015)
Might be true, but telling a depressed person to smile more or "it's just chemicals" won't help them. Helping a depressed is a very different fight and getting them to understand there is a life much happier to live has nothing to do with chemicals.
aloner··on Motel Living and Slowly Dying
That's the kind of comment HN doesn't need, please refrain from posting such comments!