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My life after quitting social media
I don't want to consume the life of others. I want to create a life worth consuming. That's what I've learned after 3 years without social media.
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 8,937 posts.
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Meditation as Wakeful Relaxation: Unclenching Smooth Muscle
I'm writing 30 posts in 30 days at Inkhaven. This is number 26.
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My Experience as a Remote Worker
I've spent half of my career working remotely. This post chronicles those experiences, giving a real-world window into what it's like to work fully-remote as a software engineer.
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My Second Phone Is in the Cloud
You know what I want? I want my own private server, to run my own private software, and I want everyone else to have one as well. Let me explain:
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I won't be renewing my Pinboard subscription
A personal blog of diverse opinions.
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"Careless" employees
Recently a friend said to me, "My remote engineer contractors aren't committed enough. They say they'll get a feature finished by the end ...
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The non-linearity of productivity
I happen to be going through a very productive time right now. I’m working on a project that I’m very excited about, and the threads are all coming together to create a very satisfying tapestry.
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Things Unlearned
One of my favorite questions to ask people is: what are some things that you used to strongly believe but have now changed your mind about?
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The Tale of Daniel
It’s April Cools! It’s like April Fools, except instead of cringe comedy you make genuine content that’s different what you usually do. For example, last year I talked about the strangest markets on the internet. This year I went down a different rabbit hole. Daniel has been a top 5 baby name twice since 2000. There…
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Planning is for doing
Welcome from Hacker News!
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I swear the UFO is coming any minute
Links 'n' updates
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Your Words are Wasted
It needs to be said again, perhaps this time more strongly. Your Blog is The ...
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The worst distractions are the ones we love
In this interview, author James Clear discusses the biggest issues facing the modern worker, from how to clear away the noise to finding the values that motivate you every day.
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The Clojure Community and Me
This website is for sale! raynes.me is your first and best source for information about raynes. Here you will also find topics relating to issues of general interest. We hope you find what you are looking for!
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Changes to the Blog
I have made a few changes to my blog that I’d like to talk about. The first is the various buttons associated with each post: a Facebook Like button, a Retweet button, and so on. These buttons are ubiquitous on the Internet now. We publishers like them because it makes it easier for our readers to share our content. I…
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Naval Ravikant on Reading, Happiness, Decision Making, Habits [audio]
In his most in-depth interview, Naval Ravikant discusses reading, happiness, decision making, habits, the meaning of life, and Mental Models.
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Cars suck, man
What better way to start off the new year than with a little rant.
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Quitting a New Job
Two years ago, I did something that I’d never done in my career before- I left a job (at Nuro) only a few months after starting it. In this post, I want to explain what happened and what I learned from the experience.
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What is the best part about being a Software Engineer?
A week ago I saw an article on Hacker News titled – What’s awful about being a {software engineer, tech lead, manager}?. The article was spot on and it got a lot of attention. It also left me feeling…
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How do you move out of a smarthome?
I've an unhealthy amount of smart gadgets at home. Enough so that it's worth running an orientation session when friends come to visit. This is what the Alexa does, here's which light switches not to use, don't be scared if the Roomba attacks. That sort of thing. I don't know how long we'll live in this place. It's…
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The Role of Luck in Life Is Still Misunderstood
The paper Talent vs Luck: the role of randomness in success and failure , by A. Pluchino. A. E. Biondo, and A. Rapisarda, has been receiving a lot of positive reception lately.