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sfgweilr4f commented on Workers quit jobs in droves to become their own bosses   wsj.com/articles/workers-... · Posted by u/lxm
mpfundstein · 4 years ago
then hire someone to do it for you
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
This is why I got an accountant who set up the aspects of my side-hustle business I'm too stupid^H^H^H^H^H^H lazy^H^H^H^H busy to sort out. Yes I could have done this all myself but could I have done it myself the correct way from the outset? Not a chance. I would have screwed up some detail.
sfgweilr4f commented on Importance of muscle mass, strength and cardiorespiratory fitness for longevity   peterattiamd.com/ama27/... · Posted by u/amitsheokand
tesin · 4 years ago
I'd have someone check your rowing form - I can't really imagine how rowing could be too easy. If you're applying your legs as you should, and trying hard, it's as difficult as you want it to be
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
yeah. not easy.

33 strokes per minute. set to 10 resistance on concept2. proper form. go for 30 minutes.

I'm unconvinced this is an easy thing for an unfit individual. I'm fairly sure an unfit individual would only be capable of 2 minutes... at best.

sfgweilr4f commented on Ask HN: I’d like to hire a personal/executive assistant – any tips or advice?    · Posted by u/jw1224
ryan-c · 4 years ago
I hired one early this year through a "virtual assistant" company in the UK (Virtalent), as I don't need enough help for a full time person to be sensible, and they did a nice job of matchmaking. I had an initial call with one of their folks who spent some time going through with me what I'd want done, and then they set me up with someone pre-screened who I had an intro call with and liked. I'd previously tried FancyHands, and that required way too much micromanaging on my part.

paulcole's comment "Are you really ready to stop doing the things you're hiring this person to do?" is a bit on the nose. Learning to let go and delegate is key.

The biggest value I'd say I get is outsourcing decisions that aren't really important but are likely to cause my to spiral into "analysis paralysis". For example, hiring movers - if I tried to do it myself I'd end up spending hours fussing over reviews.

Another major thing is figuring out things I hate doing (phoning people, filling out expense reports, etc) and let my PA handle them.

It's also nice for me that she's British (I'm an American expat living in the UK) and is fairly experienced as an PA/EA and generally knows lots of things that I don't know I don't know. For example, when my partner and I wanted to have a special celebratory meal, she arranged a completely custom menu with a high-end restaurant, which didn't occur to me as something that I could ask for.

sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
CEOs should be experts in delegation otherwise they'll get bogged down in some thing they really shouldn't even be thinking about, let alone doing.

Letting go should be a common response, "How do I systematize this?" should be an almost instant reflex.

sfgweilr4f commented on Octopuses, crabs and lobsters to be recognised as sentient beings under UK law   lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-new... · Posted by u/BerislavLopac
Igelau · 4 years ago
Eric Weinstein says some crazy stuff, but I remember hearing him once say that the best debate strategy for Republicans would be to mention the "noo-kyoo-lar" family, and let them correct you to "nuclear". Then you win because the other side looks like pedants and elitists. This "octopi" is definitely such a word.
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
Side note: all this off-topic pedantry about octopi vs octopuses is an old discussion already resolved. It is clouding discussion about what the full implications of what it actually means to treat octopus (ha!) as sentient.
sfgweilr4f commented on Scattered thoughts on why I waste my own time   mbuffett.com/posts/wastin... · Posted by u/marcusbuffett
1123581321 · 4 years ago
Point taken, but the opportunity cost of a heavy game addition is plausibly six or seven figures, depending on the person's other skills and goals.
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
A twenty something wasting 5 hours is wasting future benefits of using that. The opportunity cost is horrendous. Multiples of any later hourly rate because of how early its wasted.

Addiction is often poor social connections and relationships. That's why isolation is so dangerous. Most addictions thrive in people who have poor interconnections with others. This isn't the only factor but its a big one. People operate better in tribes or groups of connected people.

sfgweilr4f commented on Show HN: A generator of Fake Italian Coffee names   real-italian-coffee.herok... · Posted by u/tianlong
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
I like this. I'd like similar for pizza as well.

The real joke is the fact that most Italians look at US coffee with a sense of either vague or specific disappointment. Does not matter what fancy name you come up with.

On the other hand you could try asking an Italian barista for a Latte and see what you end up with.

sfgweilr4f commented on An oral history of Bank Python   calpaterson.com/bank-pyth... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
rich_sasha · 4 years ago
Compared to one major IB bank Python system, this is all extremely clean and neat.

Consider a Python API that is a thin wrapper on COM calls intended to be used from Excel. Want to request some data? Fill in a 2D virtual Excel table. Want to pull some data? Query it and parse a text-dump of a table excerpt (remembering to parse #NA! Etc as nans). Want to automate a job? Enter it as a new row to a global spreadsheet. And for Gods sake, do NOT edit any of the other rows, lest the whole house go down in flames!!!

sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
Or they could use instead use CSVs. What could possibly go wrong?
sfgweilr4f commented on An oral history of Bank Python   calpaterson.com/bank-pyth... · Posted by u/todsacerdoti
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
I can see the benefits of this collection of tools within an all-in-one monolith. Ease of deployment is a big benefit. I can also see the costs. As a stack its probably better in some ways than how a lot of other businesses operate as well as worse. There's probably a lot both ways.

The mainframe mindset might be a factor here as well. The giant mainframe where all the magic happens is still a thing to behold and this is definitely part of banking's history and present. Mainframes are beasts and are still far from any kind of obsolescence. A monolithic Bank Python with a standardised set of libraries etc would slot right in to that mindset and way of thinking.

The part about programming languages frequently not having tables is interesting. The closest as mentioned is the hash, but you lose so much in that abstraction eg the relational aspects. The counter argument then becomes the obvious: why aren't you using a database library, or in a pinch, sqlite? Rightly so. Why would you add relational tables to python rather than have a generic python database spec or a collection of database connector libraries. Databases are separate and large projects in themselves.

I'd still be overly disturbed if they were running some old python 2.5 or similar. Just saying. That would be a source of pity.

sfgweilr4f commented on Ask HN: Have you done a DNA test for health reasons and learned anything useful?    · Posted by u/rococode
sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
Hmmm. I'm not keen on giving my DNA profile to China. This seems like an unwise thing to do.

from Newsweek: "China is also getting the DNA of Americans by buying American companies. China's BGI Group may now have the largest database on Americans after acquiring Complete Genomics in 2013. This year, GNC, which holds customer profiles, was sold to a Chinese entity, Harbin Pharmaceutical Group.

Another Chinese technique is to offer low-cost "large-scale genetic sequencing" to ancestry and other businesses. Ancestry firm 23andMe's chief security officer says China is looking at the firm for its genetic data. There were, as of last year, 23 Chinese-associated companies accredited to perform genetic testing of Americans.

While Beijing is hoovering up American genetic data, it is prohibiting the transfer of Chinese data to foreigners. The State Council announced new restrictions in May of last year, and officials are stepping up efforts to punish genetic data transfers."

I'd not be thinking that this is a good thing. Especially the one-way nature of DNA data transfer to China. The fact they are outlawing the export of such data on Chinese citizens shows the value they put on their own.

sfgweilr4f commented on The Common Desktop Environment (CDE) in 2021   raymii.org/s/blog/The_Com... · Posted by u/indigodaddy
lproven · 4 years ago
I used to use 1152×864. It worked well on 17" CRTs, and now I look it up, it just fit into 1MB of VRAM in a 256-colour mode.

Also see Sun's 1152×900 and Apple's 1152×870 (albeit that was on a much bigger screen).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_display_resolution#11...

Classic MacOS screen modes always tried to deliver square pixels, in contrast to IBM/PC-compatible screen modes where pixels were rectangular. Apple also tried to stick to a consistent 72dpi for a long time.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dots_per_inch#Computer_monitor...

sfgweilr4f · 4 years ago
The monitor I had wasn't capable of 1024x768. I got that custom resolution using a manually defined modeline determined through experimentation. It wasn't a simple VESA style display setting like the later 15" monitor I got. A flat CRT was quite a sight.

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