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shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Game music learning sounds like a cool domain for ideas. Do explain?

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Tell me about this "creativity hour" :)

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

You have some cool ideas there, consider putting them on FS :)

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Nice, thanks!

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Tell me more about how you do this.

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

How many do you have? :)

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

That's very interesting.

Maybe you could post about your process here: http://firespotting.com/item?id=948

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Yes, ubiquitous data capture is a great way to train the brain to provide you with stuff. Write down everything it gives you, even the duds, and you will be rewarded eventually.

Firespotting is simply a more social way of doing the same thing :)

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Fair enough.

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

Do it! If you're not using them, don't hoard them :) Also, it gets the creative juices flowing, so it's a win to everyone.

shadowcatson Ask HN: do you keep a stash of ideas?

How about creating an account on Firespotting and posting your best ones?

For me it's cathartic, it spurs more creativity, and I get a very valuable reality-check on my ideas.

Also, I've met several people there already. Who knows, one of them might be a future startup partner.

shadowcatson The Unexotic Underclass

There's a book by Dave Asprey (the Bulletproof Exec) about those kinds of interventions. Might be worth checking out.

http://www.betterbabybook.com/

shadowcatson How Meals Win Wars

That's fascinating.

Btw, I think everyone should read the essay about you, gives new meaning to in the trenches tech experience: http://www.rezendi.com/travels/bbbb.html

shadowcatson How Meals Win Wars

WTF? That meal cost seems insane. Did you fly in grassfed beef fillet every day and have it prepared by ninjas or something? Didn't you eat the local food?

shadowcatson How Meals Win Wars

Fainting from low blood glucose? Sounds like your metabolism is not very good at burning body fat.

One effect I've noticed from Leangains-style Intermittent Fasting is increased metabolic flexibility. Ie I don't need to eat breakfast and lunch and I function fine without them, because my body knows how to use more than one energy substrate.

Then again, my job is not very physically active, so that could be a confounding factor.

shadowcatson I Wasn’t Prepared to Work

X-posted on FS: http://firespotting.com/item?id=1087

shadowcatson I Wasn’t Prepared to Work

Surprised to see you support basic income, I had always assumed you were a super Randian rugged individualist :)

I also support basic income FWIW.

shadowcatson CUDA grep

That's why everyone should toggle on showdead.

Deferring to taste police ought to be opt-in.

shadowcatson I Wasn’t Prepared to Work

6. If you can, start getting up at 5:00 in the morning. Get some productive hours banged out before you go to work. If you can't go to bed early, then compensate by taking mid-afternoon naps in a place where your co-workers won't find you (almost no one gets anything done during those hours anyway). Relatedly, it's worth a lot of money to kill your commute. If you can't afford to live near work, then consider a different city.

I like Intermittent Fasting of the Martin Berkhan flavor - you don't eat breakfast or lunch. You free up your lunch hour and you don't get sluggish in the afternoon (AND it's easier to lose weight, of course).

shadowcatson I Wasn’t Prepared to Work

Ah, yes, the Gervais Principle. More people here should be familiar with that.

Also, why isn't there a startup in SV trying to truly disrupt the housing market there? Can it even be done?

shadowcatson A CRM for personal life

Tell me more. How would that feature work?

shadowcatson The Unexotic Underclass

Oh, give me a break.

I'm not interested in respecting and not-patronizing people. I'm interested in a better world and fixing the problems.

A big part of why people are poor (and/or delinquent) is, let's face it, because of how their brains work. Sure, there are lots of socio-economic factors keeping people down, but it's never an either-or issue. And I'm not saying that we should stop trying traditional poverty-bootstrapping tactics, but rather that cognitive enhancement is worth looking into also.

For instance, there was a study done in a prison that showed that fish oil can reduce violent tendencies[1]. It's also known to help with child ADHD[2].

(Actually, the interventions I have in mind would focus more around positive psychology, metacognition/mindfulness training, and applied rationality aka scientific self-help. Just using the fish oil as an example since it's well studied and is a very simple measure to take.)

Also, poor people should be happy that the "upper class" take an interest in raising them up. What do you prefer, patronizing philanthropists or corrupt elites who don't give a rat's ass as to their wellbeing at all?

[1] Influence of supplementary vitamins, minerals and essential fatty acids on the antisocial behaviour of young adult prisoners - http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/181/1/22.full

[2] Multiple studies - http://examine.com/show_rubric_effect.php?id=2&effect=AD...

shadowcatson The Unexotic Underclass

I bet there is a lot of low-hanging fruit. What would happen if we just became consistent with the fish oil and n-back stuff?

Thanks for the tip, I'll watch it.

shadowcatson Are You Really Sure You’re Ready to Start a Startup?

Exactly. I think what many people here want is a lifestyle business that would allow them to pay the bills, hack on cool stuff, and wear the label of entrepreneur/self-employed.

I'm thinking of writing a small book on how to do just that. I haven't done it (become successfully self-employed) yet myself (not completely, anyway) but I could interview others who have and glean learnings from them. Would that be of interest to y'all? :)

shadowcatson The Unexotic Underclass

Somewhat controversial idea: a startup that focuses on cognitive enhancement (IQ, mood, impulse control, mindfulness, stuff like that).

Supplements, meditation, and brain training can probably have a non-negligible impact, but I don't see the "underclass" partaking in those currently.

IQ and income: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intelligence_quotient#Income

Victorians smarter than us: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10053977/The...

Anyone want to brainstorm more on this? Email me: lolcatrampage@gmail.com