dashwehacct (u/dashwehacct)

dashwehacct commented on Ask HN: Has anyone switched from a professional job to a more manual one? · Posted by u/flave

dahston · 3 years ago

"To the extent that if we had this exchange with our faces and reputations on the line, you'd be savaged by my words and look like a fool."

Were you able to type this with a straight face?

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

When did HN get like this? You disagree with his beliefs, fine. But at least respect him in the same way he has you.

dashwehacct commented on The Open Buddhist University buddhistuniversity.net/... · Posted by u/rg111

denton-scratch · 3 years ago

> I'd expect a buddhist teacher to be a lot more chill.

Not me. Teachers are like anyone else; they come in all shapes and sizes. They have personalities, passions and emotions, just like everyone.

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

Many people forget this. It’s unfortunate.

I’m not teacher, but my interpretation of Buddhism isn’t to not say “damn!” When you stub your toe. But rather to question why you said “damn!” When you stubbed your toe.

dashwehacct commented on Apple Music Classical learn.applemusic.apple/ap... · Posted by u/tosh

lifefeed · 3 years ago

I would love to see something like this for jazz, which has musicians constantly moving through groups and albums as musicians and composers and writers.

Like take "Take Five", one of my favorites. It was written by Paul Desmond for the Dave Brubeck Quartet, with solos by Desmond on alto sax and Joe Morello on drums. Those are all fun pieces of information that I wish I could click through to see more of.

Just like classical music, it's not impossible to represent this with a generic interface, but it would benefit by something more geared to how jazz fans like to browse.

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

This too is one of my favorite songs, but in a slightly different style:

https://youtu.be/rbt78buj80Q

dashwehacct commented on Evidence-based conclusions about ADHD adhdevidence.org/... · Posted by u/coldblues

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

I feel like there has to be other under explored methods of treating ADHD aside from medication. I’ve yet to find any for myself, but am also incredibly hesitant to medicate my symptoms away. I’ve tried stimulants in the past and was left feeling like I traded one issue (lack of concentration and executive function) for another (racing thought and elevated heart rate).

I do see CBT mentioned, but only as an adjunct to medication. Another commenter here mentioned NLP which I have never heard of prior. Will take a look into this as well.

dashwehacct commented on The Endless Doomscroller endlessdoomscroller.com... · Posted by u/latexr

rohitb91 · 3 years ago

Absolutely true. Even if you shut off all doomscrolling, block twitter, don't use facebook, don't read the news, you'll still interact with people in real life who are spending their time looking at doom narratives or have some sort of propaganda being pushed to them. It is nigh impossible to fight it off.

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

Not to invalidate the conversation here, but it just occurred to me that reading through a conversation about doom scrolling is in a sense itself doom scrolling.

dashwehacct commented on Ask HN: What games are you having fun with? · Posted by u/brailsafe

dashwehacct · 3 years ago

Sea of Thieves is fun. It required a pretty big time commitment, so I only play a few days a week (mostly weekends).

The developers do a decent job masking the MVP-ness of the game with mystique and lore. There are certainly improvements that could be made, but overall it’s been a fun experience.

A bonus for me is that it’s relatively kid friendly (excluding some experiences with voice chat, which can be disabled) meaning I can play this game with my kids.

dashwehacct commented on Ask HN: Easing wife onto Linux laptop How to? · Posted by u/A4ET8a8uTh0

jjgreen · 4 years ago

    Ask HN: Easing husband onto proper computer, How To?

    My husband uses some weird sort of computer which doesn't run any proper
    software and he keeps trying to persuade me to do the same, even though he  
    knows I have work to do ...

How would you like it? Leave the poor woman alone!

dashwehacct · 4 years ago

Lol this is great. Got an audible chuckle out of me.

dashwehacct commented on Ask HN: Easing wife onto Linux laptop How to? · Posted by u/A4ET8a8uTh0

dashwehacct · 4 years ago

You’re in for an uphill battle my friend. The biggest obstacle will be converting her word/excel workflows to a OpenOffice write/calc (or other open source alternative). Unless of course she is using the web version of M$ Office.

I have a work laptop, a personal project laptop (more work), and a gaming pc. I’ve intentionally resisted from installing any work/productivity/etc software on my gaming pc and found myself spending a couple hours navigating through OpenOffice Calc to perform a task that would have taken me 20 minutes in excel. It was possible, but without the familiar UI I was completely lost.

But.. If you can convert her to using web version of these tools, and find an intuitive enough desktop environment, you/she may have a better time with this transition.

Edit: On second thought, I would take a moment to consider what is causing you push her towards this transition. If learning how to operate in a completely different environment than what she is used to is not her fancy, neither of you are going to have a good time.

Either way, good luck.

dashwehacct commented on An odd discovery on Spotify robinsloan.com/newsletter... · Posted by u/breathenow

w_for_wumbo · 4 years ago

I listened to the playlist too and it's definitely the same song with small variations. Imagine finding dozens of threads where comments are all the same, but with very slight changes of words used in each comment.

dashwehacct · 4 years ago

I listened to that playlist as well and it is nearly the same song with slight variations. Imagine finding dozens of threads where comments are all the same, but with very small changes of phrasing used in each comment.

dashwehacct commented on You Don't Need a Numpad hanki.dev/numpad-bad/... · Posted by u/memorable

necovek · 4 years ago

The author is considering himself part of the majority, but does not ignore the minority that does:

> And if you really need a numpad you can just buy seperate one and place it on the left side.

They are also ignoring the left-handed minority, but I think for an opinion post, it's easy to accept that such a person might just get a regular keyboard with a numpad if they need it?

dashwehacct · 4 years ago

Very true. I’m both left handed and work in a data oriented position. I use the numpad to enter numeric values quickly during the day, and when I find myself playing games, use the numpad, home/delete to page up/down, and sometimes the arrow keys if I need to map additional keys.