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Friendly advice: this is as likely to land you an interview as is scoring a date with a model by leaving a comment on her/his Instagram stating that you are very hot, with no evidence or even a profile picture.

I suppose she first asked you about the underperformance and was not satisfied with the answer. It wouldn’t be a bizarre theory if she saw sufficient intelligence along with a lack of personal investment, in fact it would be a quite reasonable guess.

Since we are afraid of darkness I tend to think we do this for our own peace of mind. It is eyes, not light, which deters thieves and wild animals.

What about things that you've never tried, and that you might not even know that you like? You've already climbed the difficulty curve of programming in X, so you don't want to put so much effort in getting to the same level with Y. You're putting in a lot of effort to reach the same spot.

The author (as an economist, I suspect) equates new experience with consumption, but there is a huge range of new experience available if you do away with the frustration of trying to find something better than you currently do. Say, experimenting a range of sports (rock climbing, hiking, weight lifting, skateboarding) as act of knowledge rather than attaching to the results it gives.

It seems rational that there is more benefit in new experience, good or bad than repeating pleasant experience. Going to a new travel destination will give you more memories and anecdotes than going to your favorite vacation spot. And yet we're all a little bit coward and tend to stay in our comfort zone.

Not up to date on windows laptops to recommend a better alternative , but that’s not good industrial design at all. The fact that you have to dim the keyboard to hide the manufacturers bad taste is a clue!

Through my hostsfile I block everything of which I habitually consume and feels like "junk information", such as Reddit. You notice it is junk when you have spent some time there, look back and think "what have I learned" and the answer to yourself is "nothing", then you can do away with it, as it's a time waste.

I block these websites because habit takes you there when you're bored. The dns failure is simply a reminder that you were about to waste time, and you can put it to better use.

There is nothing wrong with consuming information, what you put into your mind eventually comes out in creative expression. In my case I can't force myself to be creative when I don't feel like it, but when the creative impulse is felt, my raw materials (the contents of my mind) are better ingredients.

Should I have children, I see myself walking my teenage son to the clinic to get this done. A rite of passage of sorts.

It is difficult to understate the importance of bringing only wanted children into this world, and that both parents agree on it. The cultural importance of this invention will be revealed in time, I hope.

OP made no moral claim, just stated unreferenced facts.

Ah, the deep questions are pestering you. Rest assured that this period is normal, in time it will work out by itself. In this state it seems that we need just one more tidbit of wisdom to resolve our doubts, the thing is: this wisdom must come from within, not from the outside.

I too, come from a corrupt country with similar problems (Mexico), and having experienced living in more developed countries I observe that the range of "wickedness" to "goodness" is much wider in our developing nations. It is true indeed that one can feel like a sucker when it's the cheaters, the liars, and the corrupt who apparently come out ahead in life. But it's all bullshit! How can a liar, a cheater, and a corrupt person find true love, his true passion, his true meaning?

These people do what they do because they are primates trying to impress other primates to get laid more. They do so not out of evil, but out of ignorance. The path of righteousness is one of truth, integrity and authenticity. The key to not feeling like a sucker is to accept everything life puts forward, and to seek justice only for others, not for yourself.

  The sage is kind to the kind.
  The wise sage is also kind to the unkind.
  Because the nature of the sage's being Is kindness.

Lao Tse

cool to see a fellow ambiguous believer of dreams, here is my take on them https://medium.com/@duopixel/an-exploration-into-dreams-5b8e...

They're professional dilettantes because they are researching areas of human knowledge where nobody has gone before (however small or specialized).

Thanks! (I'm the author). A leading game could be interesting, I'll give it a spin sometime soon :)

"what a disgrace it is for a man to grow old without ever seeing the beauty and strength of which his body is capable" —Socrates.

I'm frequently puzzled at the apparent lack of curiosity of the scientists that conduct these experiments (or perhaps the bias of journalists who write these articles). Surely there have to be some outliers who are able to overcome some biases that come naturally to most of us.

What is interesting is not only that _the majority of human beings act within certain patterns_, but that _some individuals are able to overcome these patters_. What makes it so? Do they have something in common? Can we learn anything from them?

I don't want to nitpick the experiments themselves, it is wonderful that science is being done and that these biases are pointed out. But they seem to paint a very dim perspective on humanity. If I recall correctly around 30% of the participants in the Milgram experiment refused the instructions to shock the actor to the maximum voltage, yet very little seems to be written about them.

Charity grunt work brings forward compassion, acceptance, frugality and other qualities that wouldn't arise from working in finance. If you don't see the problem up close you won't want to donate 90% of your income. Furthermore, smart people with the conviction to solve the problem and the guts to get their hands dirty eventually accomplish great things. Norman Borlaug comes to mind.

HUSL brings the perceptual uniformity of CIELab with the intuitiveness of HSL. Author has done something awesome with a solid theoretical foundation. I have used HUSL to generate pleasant color palettes in http://bezier.method.ac

I have also stumbled upon this catch—care too much and carry the burden of stress and disappointment, or care too little and find no fulfilment in work.

The solution I have found is to practice losing myself in work (achieve flow) and yet not be attached to the result. If it were your checkout line I'd try to be completely focused on dispatching the clients with efficiency and courtesy without looking at the length of the line.

Focused and productive work is a reward in itself. You leave the office feeling energized and the day flies by. The paradox is that by not caring about the result you often produce your best work.

When I see stray dogs in Mexico they always have a submissive demeanor and a facial expression that invariably evokes pity. I suppose being an aggressive stray dog is a one-way ticket out of the gene pool, so submissive/pity inducing dogs are naturally selected in an urban setting.

I've struggled for the longest time with Impostor Syndrome. It is jarring to observe that the conditions for thriving are there but the mind keeps whispering that you are not good enough to achieve it.

The first impulse is to try to cheer yourself up by "thinking positive" reminding yourself of your achievements and attempting to bolster your self-esteem. You are setting up a trap for yourself in which small disappointments shatter your fragile self-image. You enter a vicious cycle of rebuilding/breaking your self-esteem that has a huge toll on your mental capacity, as you have already observed.

In the end, the only way out is to stop thinking about oneself. You understand that your self-image is illusory, then there is no self-image to damage. You are entitled to nothing except to experience life. Your true being becomes defined by something more essential than your work, your performance, your personal relationships and such.

Curiously, once you let go you will observe your capacity for enjoyment and performance greatly increases. You work because it brings pleasure and satisfaction, not because it brings admiration or success. Let go of expectations and plans and you will observe that things work out on their own.

Of course this does not happen overnight, everyone's path is different so it's difficult to say what will work out for you other than to be patient and accept your anxiety as part of a process of growth.

In my case keeping track of my mood and my habits helped tremendously:

https://medium.com/@duopixel/the-qualified-self-7f69c6b23623

You can make SVG responsive and thus change the image depending on size http://demosthenes.info/blog/744/Make-SVG-Responsive

Co-founder here, sorry to let you know this course will no longer be. So many things have happened since we had this idea, it's been difficult to even change the homepage to reflect this. I'll put up a placeholder homepage asap.

I'm not sure there's a point in ranking cities. I've lived in a handful of the cities listed, and their ranking has very little to do with my own perception of them. Cities are a bit like people in the sense that they have a character, you can fall in love with a quirky city and be bored out of your mind with one that looks great on paper (I'm looking at you Toronto).

I guess that highly ranked cities are more likely to be a pleasant place to live to the average person. As for myself, I've noticed climate and warmth of people are my own best indicators.

This is a bug indeed, thanks for the notice. (changed the way this was detected and I accidentally the whole thing, sigh).

Key in getting adept at bézier curves is guessing the form of the curve in advance, this is why curves can't be modified (otherwise it's just better to practice tracing in your favorite design tool).

Author here. That's the way Adobe Illustrator thinks Bézier curves should work, unfortunately. I have no idea why,I chose to follow their lead because the purpose is learning how to use a tool. Still on the fence on this one, I even had to go out of my way to implement it.

From your text it's clear to me that you're not "burned out", you are depressed. Social isolation triggered it, and now you feel like a failure because your thinking habits are diseased.

Usually when we fail at something we make excuses such as "I wasn't prepared for this" or "I just needed more time". Most of the time these excuses are reasonable, other times they are delusional. No matter the validity, excuses protect your self-esteem and psychological well-being.

When you put yourself in an environment where there are simply no excuses you are in full responsibility of your actions. When you fail, the only logical conclusion is that you're stupid, not fit for the job, a deluded loser.

An environment where you have full control over the variables implies that there is no other person meddling with it. Control requires isolation, but us human beings were never meant to be completely isolated and it takes a heavy toll on our well-being.

I personally worked myself out of this hole by giving my depression some meaning. Before I was proud of my skills, fiercely independent, even a bit arrogant. Going through this allowed me to really appreciate the value of my friendships and family. It allowed me to see the importance of relaxing, enjoying and exploring life. It made me humble and sympathetic towards other peoples struggles. Had you written this one year ago I would have told you "man up and get your shit together".

Above all, it allowed me to deeply explore my inner self and feel at ease with my short-comings. I am much more lenient towards myself and others. I feel more "in reality".

I think the process of healing is deeply personal, your demons are surely not the same as mine. Just rest assured that the end of the journey is a world brighter than it was before.

This. Most people are unfortunately unaware that having a unique skill set (be it a second language or anything else) puts them at an advantage if applied in tandem. However, you often have to invent your own job.

This is inane. Why is a cat friendly towards human visitors, yet hostile towards feline ones? We show human signs affection towards cats, why wouldn't they use their own body language towards us?

Read this '72 Playboy interview:

http://www.cesc.net/adobeweb/scholars/fuller/buckminsterfull...

His foresight is amazing. Just a snippet:

"Very soon we’ll have little devices on our wrists and we’ll be able to say “I like it” or “I don’t like it” as we go along"

The skull labeled as Homo Sapiens is actually a Homo Erectus, which precedes us by 1.5 million years. Amazing athletic performance, crude tools and possible domestication of fire.