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I agree. These studies view life on strict biological terms, which, in their defense, is the only way to quantify life. While some folks here believe that any amount of alcohol is poison, it's also true that red wine and fatty beef are an excellent pairing. And drinking a cocktail with friends is time well spent.

Thank you for this.

I’ve wondered about this. I see them for sale on eBay all the time and I always think “no way, something that old can’t be that cheap.”

Well, both, but I do think it positively impacts longevity because the fast is for a reason much deeper than extending life. The main goal of fasting is to increase the intensity of prayer, but, it has many other benefits. And then after the fast there is the feast. All of this also happens in a trusted community, no one is alone.

My point is that fasting, at least in this blue zone, isn't an end unto itself. It's just one part of a way of life, so, to focus the diet misses the whole picture.

This article mentions Ikaira. It should be noted that the diet restrictions in this region are rooted in religious fasting.

I used self-examination to understand the value in my past experiences. Once I found the meaning in the experience, I was able to forgive myself and others and move on. I even became thankful for having that experience. The key is to ask yourself questions you are afraid to ask.

I learned this habit by reading the Platonic dialogues. I read them carefully and in doing so, I began to apply the Socratic method to myself.

I’ve wondered about this: when someone comes into a windfall and their loved ones see them differently, are they really different or is the person seeing them exactly as they are?

How effective can these messages of torment and suffering be? To those who believe it, it causes anxiety. For those who don’t, it pushes them farther away. The smallest group are those who understand but are not swayed by emotion. Ideally, everyone is in this group.

I now believe the division over climate change is caused by the messaging. I think a gentler approach would be more effective.

I read these books to my three year old. Arthur’s nose is only large in the first book (or books, I only have one from that time). As early as the mid 80s Marc Brown changed him into the aardvark we know today.

Agreed. It is difficult to wade through the advertisements, biased news, vanity and negativity. It’s just not worth the effort and time.

HN is the only bright corner of the internet that hasn’t changed.

These days, politics is an expression of fear. The essence of politics, that is, governance guided by virtue and truth, is lost.

Would you agree that to publicly descent from the majority would more often result in ridicule, not discussion?

> Meditation is like local maintenance - a reboot or a defrag. Prayer is more like a software update, connecting back to the home server for bug fixes and feature upgrades.

This is a brilliant analogy.

A Kamado Joe.

It's easy to expertly cook food on kamado style grills. Because of their construction, they have a wide temperature range from 150ºF to greater than 750º and they sustain heat for a long time. I can use this thing as a smoker, a grill and a pizza oven.

I used cast iron in my apartment for five years. My range was even electric.

The cast iron community of the internet overthinks its care and usage. To season, just use it. To use it, don't restrict yourself (some recommend against tomato sauce because of the acidity, for. example). To clean it, get yourself as scrubber [1] to remove the high spots and wipe the remaining residue with a paper towel. Done.

It's a hearty hunk of metal that's been in kitchens for generations. It can withstand a lot.

[1]: https://www.amazon.com/Cleaner-Stainless-Chainmail-Scrubber-...

To flatly reject the author’s argument just proves his point. Specifically that folks don’t consider the origin of American values and law (he used the Constitution as an example if you recall) as being Christian. This is also why he didn’t mention the other belief systems you stated because they weren’t considered when America was created.

Secondly, just because someone claims to be a Christian doesn’t mean they are. A true believer in any faith would hold fast and true to all of that belief system’s values. He made note of this by pointing out “Cafeteria Christians”. It’s the same as blaming the law when it’s really the application of the law that’s the problem. Socrates and his willingness to drink the hemlock is an example of this.

> We do know that they can cause the contents of the brain to become permanently damaged.

We do? Which psychedelics? How do they permanently damage the contents of the brain?

The tone of this article is bitter and arrogant. That might be the reason why the author feels unemployable.

I and millions of others understand the author’s frustration with the technical interview process. Yeah, it’s annoying, but that’s the process. There are a lot of resources to help with interviews.

There’s a trove of rich lessons to be drawn from these experiences.

Yep this is exactly what happened to my dad. He had bloody stools, told no one but his 80-year old doctor who said “relax it’s just hemorrhoids” without verifying his claim. This went on for years until he was diagnosed with Stage IV and died five years later at 51. Just one colonoscopy even a year sooner may have saved his life.

For folks who want to learn more about sleep, I highly recommend this three-part Podcast interview with Dr. Matthew Walker:

https://peterattiamd.com/matthewwalker1/

The single best thing that improved my quality of sleep was a ten-minute meditation before bed. I have anxiety (albeit officially undiagnosed) and meditation helps me stay calm. It also helps me stay asleep. Without it, I wake up in the middle of the night.

+1

I'm not a manager and I found a lot of value in this. I now ask my manager and my peers for immediate feedback anytime I lead a meeting. I've also adopted the habit of providing unsolicited feedback.

This article hits close to home. I've been working with Xamarin for almost two years now. It has done its job and provided a quick avenue to prototype a concept and deliver a product. However, as the article mentions, the maintenance is a bear. Here are some of the issues I face:

- The developer experience is awful. Visual Studio for Mac causes so many issues (crashes, mangled project files) it hinders productivity. About once every two weeks I spend half a day wrestling with a VS issue.

- As AirBnB's article mentioned, to be effective in cross-platform development, you need to know three platforms well which is a difficult task.

- Xamarin's performance on Android has notoriously been poor and only has marginally improved. Try using a Xamarin app on a cheaper Android device or an older version of Android.

- No mobile engineers want to work on Xamarin.

That said, the good news about working with Xamarin is that it exposed me to C# and the .NET ecosystem. I'm truly impressed with these technologies.

EDIT

I forgot to mention that I think the complexity of an app ought to determine whether a cross-platform technology is a good idea. Xamarin is a great solution for prototypes and simple apps.

I’m not overweight and I have sleep apnea. My case is considered mild, but when I have an apnea event I am jolted awake gasping for air. It is terrifying.

I had heard some doctors years ago wouldn’t bother treating mild sleep apnea, but I think that attitude has changed.

Even folks with degrees in CS are still self-taught, they just got a guided head-start. All intellectual fields require constant study and practice.

> I have a degree but honestly can't say I've ever really used anything from algorithms or compilers courses on the job.

I've found knowledge of the fundamentals (compilers, operating systems, algorithms, etc.) useful in interviews and arguments. That's about it.

This reminds me of a quote I read in the 48 Laws of Power: think as you like, but behave as others.

This person lacked empathy and sensitivity, but at the end it sounds like he learned from his mistakes.

I'm happy to see this. I switched to MITM from Charles a couple months ago. The documentation for 3.0 is, in my opinion, much clearer.

I get the impression Coraline was confrontational. Folks like this are really hard to work with. They're also really easy to dislike.

I found this interesting:

> I wrote an impassioned piece talking about how this feature closed a security gap that had directly affected and provided an abuse vector against me

I see this "impassioned piece" as a public shaming of the company who employs her. Since her team's product manager encouraged her to write this, it makes the product manager look like a fool.

She probably caused a lot of friction among several of her co-workers and her manager just couldn't help her anymore.

I too used to be a WordPress developer and then discovered Jekyll in the spring of 2015. I've been proselytizing static site generators ever since.

That's DHH for ya.

Not trying at all in high school. I barely scraped by with 2.00 GPA and ended up at a public university that was gracious enough to accept me. I often wonder that if I had gotten better marks where I would have ended up.

I also regret not learning to program as a kid. I put that off until college.