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rehto21

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rehto21··on Ask HN: Separating Two Glass Containers
Surprised to see a reddit like question being asked here on hackernews.

Water, soap, oil, compressed air etc will not work. Ask your friend to gently tap around the edges of the container that is stuck with either a wooden spatula or the back of a wooden ladle. Gentle taps in the direction of getting unstuck all around the edge of the stuck container. May require few minutes of tapping.

Source: This has happened to me many times.

rehto21··on The Sound of Water: Matsuo Basho and the Old Pond
Aha! An open trap in broad daylight on the front page of HN. Pond.. Pondering.. Ponderer.. Plop!
rehto21··on Your idea is brilliant, your idea is worthless (2016)
Shameless plug of an algorithmic ideation technique I use to generate lots of random ideas - https://www.fueet.com/ideas-1.html
rehto21··on YouTube alternatives: P2P video hosting that uses up to 60% less bandwidth [pdf]
Asking the right questions
rehto21··on Ask HN: How to Become More Ambitious?
There are 2 kinds of ambitious (and famous) people I've met: those with and those without humility. Those with humility don't desire or even try to be ambitious (or famous). For them, ambition & fame are (perhaps undesired) side effects of other primary qualities like relentlessness & perseverance. The other kind are aware of ambition/fame, actively pursue it and openly flaunt their love for it. Those that are in this group also are more likely to be huge assholes.

Both paths may lead you to big things. The question to ask yourself is what other traits do you want to be known for. Lots of founders are assholes (steve jobs?) but you don't have to be an asshole to be a founder. My advice would be to not pursue ambition. Just go find what you love working on so much that it makes you forget who you are. Also, I know you didn't ask about fame but awareness and active pursuit of fame & ambition kinda goes hand in hand.

rehto21··on The ‘flow state’: Where creative work thrives (2019)
You can't hack flow. You definitely cannot aim for mindfulness. All these are classic cart-before-the-horse conditions. Such flawed notions may sell books, but they don't resolve inner conflicts.

There's a paradox at the heart of this that is difficult to grasp but is true nonetheless.

Joshu asked Nansen: What is the path?

Nansen replied: Your everyday mind is the path.

Joshu: How does one attain it?

Nansen: When you try to attain you fail.

rehto21··on YC Is CRISPR for Startups
Sounds nice and perhaps this was true at some point but it isn't true anymore(for no particular fault of YC).

They are growing, and with an increase in size they have to have significant dissonance within the team - it's only natural.

Maybe a few of the older guns at YC still like to think that they continue to be the place where a hypothesis is evaluated purely for its potential but its not - which is sad because the world now desperately needs what YC once was.

Edit - Shameless plug of a blog post I wrote about a very similar topic yesterday https://www.fueet.com/ants.html

rehto21··on Ask HN: Do you have a personal wiki?
This looks fantastic.
rehto21··on Ask HN: Is a .NET Domain Bad?
The only possible hindrance I can think of is that if you build something on .net but someone else manages to score the .com for that name then you may have future troubles.

But since your company owns the both versions then that stands settled.

Just out of curiosity, won't users be confused if you have 2 products for different fields sharing same names one on .com and another on .net?

rehto21··on Reddit's Favorite Books
Nice project! I remember a while back, someone made something like this for HN too.

It's funny how you think you may have an idea (opinion) about a community you so often visit, but when aggregate data like this emerges, you are surprised at the dissonance.

Gotta keep updating those priors :)

Wish you the best OP.

rehto21··on A Physics Prof Bet Me $10k I'm Wrong
I remember watching the previous video and feeling like I couldn't completely understand his explanation. In this video I think I get it. The lever analogy and the part with the wooden board and wheels was a nice touch.

I know many here look down upon YouTube for science videos but hey someone has to do the stupid job of trying to make it simple for the masses and some channels like this are really good at doing that.

rehto21··on Ask HN: What is a life-changing realization you wish you had sooner?
How a large part of succeeding at something is just showing up or being there. The 1979 film with the same name can be analyzed for its various profundities. For me now, a loose consistency with a sort of detachment to outcomes is one of them.
rehto21··on Ask HN: How do you deal with eye floaters?
Hey OP! Years ago I was diagnosed with PVD [0] - posterior vitreous detachment and I began seeing way too many floaters.

The gel in our eyes begins to shrink with age (and detach from the retina). As is the case with all things aging, it doesn't follow a set pattern. It happens early for some and late for others.

If you are seeing more floaters than you normally do, don't panic but do consider going for eye exam just to ensure that your retina is fine.

As for the floaters, my ophthalmologist gave me a long ass story about conscious attention, how he lived near a train track and with time he became immune to the disturbing sounds of trains passing by yada yada.. Point is you should become blind to the new ones with time :)

[0] https://www.webmd.com/eye-health/posterior-vitreous-detachme...

rehto21··on Mixing Covid vaccines gives good protection, study suggests
Tested on a small population so could be premature to be certain about. Interesting results nonetheless.
rehto21··on ‘We Eat Roti and Salt’: Delhi’s Most Vulnerable Still Wait for Food
The link to this HN thread must already be circulating in those RW Indian whatsapp groups by now.

Prepare for a barrage of new accounts flagging, downvoting and claiming this is inaccurate news.

Edit: Also notice, how said accounts will only blame the state government.