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This becomes much more difficult if you want to cut down on a habit, but not cut it out completely.

Take video games.

Sure, you could throw out your Playstation and the temptation is no longer there. But what if you want to play just 1 hour a day, instead of 5?

How doe you remove the temptation for most of the day, but allow it to be there for part of it?

Gotta get more creative I guess. Work somewhere else. Or something...

There has got to be a more legit pathway than crypto or westen union, right?

CA is on the path to legalizing sports betting. If there are no payment providers that are less seedy than that, then there is definitely a market for one.

Isn't that such an interesting thing to think about. They're "rare" as a percentage, but because of their abundance, they're not "rare" at all.

Thank you! I appreciate the summary. That actually helped a lot... I'm reading through some of the articles on this website, but feel like I'm lacking some prerequisite knowledge. I find this stuff very interesting just, a bit out of my league. Must keep reading I suppose :)

If this theory is correct then one could use it to guide one's own life?

Here's something I don't understand when trying to look at it through the lens of this theory:

I've had mostly success when it comes to software development. Whether it be new languages, new projects, what have you... If I sit down, focus, and do the work, it comes out well and succeeds. This is in stark contrast to other areas of my life btw, where I've worked very hard at things but made minimal progress.

So if I understand correctly, my internal prediction machine should be predicting success, and thereby providing a jolt of motivation, whenever I think about a new cool project.

Take VR development. I really want to learn Unity and make a cool VR game. But every time I start, I putter out. I get distracted, I don't make progress fast enough, I just.... end up stopping, and doing something else. Why?

I'm trying to read this, but a lot of it is way over my head. Would you mind explaining it?

I'll be upgrading my iPhone 5s to this!

Yes, I held out THIS long for a small form factor.

A lot of adderal. Or a lucky brain.

That's interesting. I drink a lot of coffee, and I have for over a decade.

I did quit for 1 month a couple years ago, and didn't notice much of a difference. Maybe I need to give it more time.

Thanks for helping re-frame the problem. Anxiety is an interesting way of looking at it.

I just read the Feynman text you linked, and it was inspiring. When I started programming, I did it because I enjoyed it. I found it fun. I was just exploring it. Then it became my career... and over the years, it's become more about being good, making money, and being "proud" of my accomplishments.

Maybe I need to take a step back, address my anxiety, and get back to playing. Easier said than done, but worth doing.

> you don't really know what you want and are waiting for A Vision that will inspire you

I think this is true, to an extent.

I want to become an expert at SOMETHING in programming but I have a hard time committing to one domain. Constantly plagued by FOMO. For example, if I were to deep dive into machine learning, I'd feel FOMO that I am not a robotics engineer, and couldn't code firmware well. Or If I became an expert at mobile development, I'd feel FOMO that I stumble to create a beautiful web app, etc. So yes, I don't really know what I want, and I'm waiting for a vision to inspire me.... Just as you put it.

> waiting for the right wave to pick you up and sweep you into the future isn't really satisfying and so you're starting to feel burnout

true.

> your anxiety is rooted in uncertainty about where you're going and the feeling of futility that accompanies just swimming along with the current and never arriving anywhere in particular.

There's a ton of truth in this statement. No doubt, it's the source of or a major contributor to, my angst.

This outlook of "the only good jobs are fancy tech jobs" is entirely false, and largely propagated by the media.

Yes, tech jobs are nice right now. But there are plenty of other good paying options.

How is the ability to leave at your own time, have your own dedicated cabin, and ability to stop nearly anywhere, even in the same ballpark as a Tram...?

I wish governments would consider the death and injury toll of manually driving, and fastlane (pun intended) infrastructure for self driving cars, such as specific roads and lanes.

I'd love to be in that position. I have a strong resume too, and I'm more than ready to be rewarded for it with a high paying job which I can more or less cruise in. So count your blessings!

I think you're downplaying something here.

You got hired as a manger, so at the very least, you must have had a pretty prosperous and impressive background as an engineer for some time.

You might be cruising now, but snapshots of one's life are hardly the full story.

You have 20+ years of experience, so what is your title now? You mention you're main tech lead so... VP of engineering? CTO?

It's impossible for an organization on Google's scale to recognize everyone's potential perfectly, and match them with a perfectly challenging and rewarding position. At the end of the day, even Google has mundane jobs still need to be done.

The fault is on OP here, for not moving on earlier. FAANG is not the end all be all of software development. Consider joining a startup where you'll have a much larger influence over critical pieces of the software stack.

Lol... You had to read a book to realize that dressing nicely and repping your company might be a good idea?

> life really is unfair and success in life is more linked to the lottery of birth and opportunities available to you

No offense but, you're just now realizing this?

That's literally life in a nutshell. Random chance. You of course have to rise to the opportunity, but that's often not difficult at all. It's getting the opportunity that is hard, but almost entirely a matter of dice roll. Accept it, and do your best in life.

Posts like this one are exactly why I keep coming back day after day to this forum. Thank you for this amazing informational share.

I've long wondered if infections are behind many of the unexplained mid and late life disorders. It's exciting to see that it's finally being recognized as a credible explanation in the literature. As someone with a family member suffering from autoimmune, I'm hopeful that this trend will continue and result in antigen mediation therapies that can help.

Worth mentioning that the family member I am thinking of developed these symptoms within a year after getting a bad stomach/GI infection.

Exactly my thinking... I just made a comment asking basically the same thing - Could this have just been an IMAGE projected via a satellite.

I wonder... Could you project an image into the atmosphere via satellite.

Maybe this was just an image.

It accelerated with apparently 0 mass. It left no exhaust plumes. It was invisible to radar EVEN as they got close.

Fit's all the criteria for something that isn't really even there.

But they use the same argument to justify project based pay. You could just take longer, there's no way to know what the cost will be, etc.

Yes, I do and I think a lot of it has been driven by hard and fast (reckless) development of really odd frameworks like react native:

class AnimatedCollapsible extends React.Component { state = {expanded: false}; render() { return ( <View style={{overflow: 'hidden'}}> <TouchableOpacity onPress={() => { LayoutAnimation.configureNext(LayoutAnimation.Presets.spring); this.setState({expanded: !this.state.expanded}); }}> <Text> Press me to {this.state.expanded ? 'collapse' : 'expand'}! </Text> </TouchableOpacity> {this.state.expanded && <Text>I disappear sometimes!</Text>} </View> ); } }

Look at this code. How is this okay? When were framework developers taught that mixing business logic and UI is a good idea? Seriously?

> , or even software developers.

lol. really? what software devs are making 250k a year?

My guess? It's actually the consistent use of the cartilage that keeps it healthy. Just like how weight bearing exercises can promote deposition of calcium in bone, I'd imagine there's a similar mechanism for cartilage?

Hip joints (especially in modern era) get far less weight bearing on them - especially as a force / area, since we're sitting all the time.

Can confirm. Mods responded very quickly, and took care of the issue.

Hats off to them.

hn@ycombinator.com ???

and how do they verify that the email requesting an account be deleted, is coming from the actual owner of that account?

Who is the moderator? And how do I find them/their email? There isn't a user search feature, as far as I can tell?

You know who else doesn't allow you to delete your account / post history? HACKER NEWS!