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mrleinad··on Iceland long term visa for remote workers
I'm curious. What prevents an American from living in Argentina long term? I believe the country is quite friendly in terms of long term visitors. Have you done some research on that?
mrleinad··on BlenderGPT: Use commands in English to control Blender with OpenAI's GPT-4
How long until I can talk to Alexa or Google in natural language? Or is it already possible?
mrleinad··on California bill would require high schools to hand out free condoms
Yes. It's really important that teenagers get to learn everything they can about the world. And sex is a huge part of it. That doesn't mean they shouldn't be guided or counseled about it, but they should be free to experience it within boundaries. Healthy humans will arise from that.
mrleinad··on ChatGPT Plugins
Alien tech, of course.
mrleinad··on California bill would require high schools to hand out free condoms
Not leaving your house seems to be the best way to avoid traffic accidents too.
mrleinad··on California bill would require high schools to hand out free condoms
Low cost, high return, seems to be the strategy here.

It really costs next to nothing, and prevents both teen pregnancies and STDs.

mrleinad··on Amazon to lay off 9,000 more workers after earlier cuts
I don't think layoffs would be a problem in itself. Most likely smaller companies would benefit from the surge in offer and capture those talents.

The problem there is that smaller companies are suffering a capital shortage due to the raise of interest rates at the same time, so they have less resources available to capture said talents.

mrleinad··on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you?
> Best part is I didn't get murdered.

Pretty important if you ask me

mrleinad··on AI Looks Like a Bubble
Having potential and having your stock rise just because you slapped AI in your product are two different things.
mrleinad··on AI Looks Like a Bubble
A bra company mentioned blockchain and its stock price rose. It's in the article.
mrleinad··on Geo-Assist – An in-memory spatial engine to store and query spatial data
Any similar .NET nuget to recommend, anyone? Thanks
mrleinad··on A compilation of websites with dumb password rules
Do they at least tell you which one you're failing to comply with, or do they just let you figure it out on your own?
mrleinad··on US jet shoots down unknown object flying off Alaska coast
What lessons might shooting some balloon from an F-22 might give you that you don't already know?
mrleinad··on Show HN: StackOverflow.gg – AI-generated answers to every coding question
Because maybe someone else already did, and you found the post, but there's no answer yet
mrleinad··on Screw motivation, what you need is discipline
If you want to know what true self-discipline looks like, check out David Goggins' book.
mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
> It is literally impossible for me to apply the very concept of discipline

That right there is why I don't like people that jump straight to medical conditions without analyzing other alternatives: unless you get reviewed by an actual physician, diagnosed, and treated, please don't assume and act on what you think might be the problem. Not saying you're 100% wrong, but it's most likely you are. And that might worsen the problem.

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
> we should aspire for a superior resolution to the problem

The superior resolution is that your mind gets trained not to wander off by constant repetition.

Your brain will always seek immediate rewards, it's just innate to your monkey brain. You have to train it not to. Same as you train a muscle to grow by having it lift weights even though it would rather not because it's painful.

Not sure why you say "shame" or "guilt", those were never part of my initial argument nor the comic. Force, yes, in the same way you force your arms to do push-ups or lift weights.

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
> We're not children who need parents to force us clean up our rooms

By parent you mean yourself? Because I don't think you're getting the point that sometimes your mind needs to stop and just do the damn job. And you need to be in charge of it, instead of letting it wander on endlessly.

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
Anything that doesn't try to cushion feelings feels problematic in this age.

I think we need to go back to the stoics, and forget about all this touchy-feely that being all soft is ok. Sometimes it's not ok.

When did self-discipline become a bad word for so many people?

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
Did you include exercise in your day? I mean, I'm assuming you have a well rounded routine, which may not be so.

If you lack exercise, sunlight, or proper nutrition, lack of focus is the last of your problems to solve and more of an obvious consequence.

I find it weird how all those things are usually overlooked and everyone jumps to ADHD or something like that.

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
> Can't we do better?

If you find a better way, let me know. This is the best one I found, and it doesn't depend on me having a good day and everything being hunky dory.

> I can't seem to find the switch in the mirror

Tidy your room. Start small. Grow from there. Plan, iterate, improve. Whatever you add to the routine, have it stick by sheer force of will and repetition.

Fuck your feelings. I mean that. Whatever your feelings tell you, tell them to fuck off. You have something to do and you're going to do it. Period.

mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
Motivation is s**. It won't last.

Discipline is what you want. And you can build that no matter what. Just start small and go from there. [0]

[0]https://i.pinimg.com/originals/55/34/a9/5534a9d2ac48a66cd341...

mrleinad··on Why would a 21st century warplane shoot a balloon with a missile?
Good luck identifying them
mrleinad··on Procrastination and the priority of short-term mood regulation
This MF helped me a lot, so here it is in case it can do the same for you. Read his book.

https://www.deprocrastination.co/blog/one-thing-you-should-l...

mrleinad··on Why would a 21st century warplane shoot a balloon with a missile?
If that policy is applied to the US, you'll see a LOT less satellites in the sky.

After a certain amount of km, it's all good. Same as international waters.

mrleinad··on Path to a free, self-taught education in Computer Science
This looks really good, though the Software Engineering course part seems a bit lacking. I think there should be a more comprehensive one on patterns and software design.
mrleinad··on We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
> actual profitable, privately owned renewable infrastructure

Exclude the tax exemptions and subsidies given to those companies and then check if they're profitable or not.

mrleinad··on We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
What if an asteroid falls on your head right now? Better go live in an underground bunker, you can't run that risk!

Just implying that a threat involves not only the real damage it might cause, but also what's the likelihood it'll actually happen.

mrleinad··on We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
Unless you have evidence of those calculations (which should be public of course, right? I mean, it's government spending after all) I'd say they haven't, and they have just been pouring money into a fire pit because it won them votes to say they were going green.

What I mean is, I haven't seen those calculations. Have you, or are you just hoping they have done the math? I wouldn't put any faith on any politician doing any hard math on this whatsoever.

mrleinad··on We are ‘greening’ ourselves to extinction
It's not silly if all there's to argue from the other point of view is photons per square meter. Weather also plays a role.

I don't mean to say I have the absolute truth, I want to see if they've even considered sun availability for different regions. It seems solar proponents really haven't analyzed it from that point of view, AFAIK.

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