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New comment by 99failures in "Ask HN: Developers, how do you deal with socials, blogging, etc"

99failures — Tue, 10 Jan 2023 12:58:39 +0000

Employer / Employee has to be a match. If an employer prefers employees who have a social presence, then you and them are not a match.

New comment by 99failures in "The science of having ideas in the shower"

99failures — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 17:42:04 +0000

For starters there's less [performance] anxiety while taking a shower of doing mundane tasks.

In a way it's the "monday night quarterback" meets the "you missed a spot over there" syndrome; the farther away we are from the point where the rubber meets the road, the more we can observe objectively and have higher level of thinking.

The problem at hand is how to juncture the thinking/intention with proper action.

New comment by 99failures in "Show HN: Futurecoder – A free interactive Python course for coding beginners"

99failures — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 17:35:34 +0000

This is great! I am about to start datacamp, but I will also play with this one too.

New comment by 99failures in "The creator economy: the top 1% and everyone else"

99failures — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 15:04:14 +0000

It's actually not Pareto's but more like "Normal Distribution" and that is something embedded in Nature/Society that one can't change or eradicate. It's just the way things work, the natural dynamics.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Normal_distribution

But that is objectively speaking.

Objectively we all have great tools:

* Free Will

* Agency

* Locus of control

and more. Choose wisely.

New comment by 99failures in "Software horror show: SAP Concur"

99failures — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 13:40:56 +0000

SAP Concur is weird. Supposedly the best solution in the marketplace (got any alternatives?) and 50% of the functionality is pretty good, the remainder 50% is questionable.

And the complexity reminds me of mainframes' UX.

New comment by 99failures in "GoDaddy Rant"

99failures — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 12:16:59 +0000

Friends don't let friends GoDaddy.

New comment by 99failures in "GitHub is sued, and we may learn something about Creative Commons licensing"

99failures — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 17:36:05 +0000

So really it boils down to attribution, therefore if GitHub were to disclose attribution to all the copyright owners of the code used to train the model, then this issue will be mute.

It will be a long list, but just a list.

New comment by 99failures in "My bad habit of hoarding information"

99failures — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:54:02 +0000

I used to collect links and abstracts of things that were of interest to me on a customized WordPress install, visible to the public.

And I did such a good job that my "site" was very rich. The problem was not storage, so to speak, the problem was, and still is, recollection.

I had no need or I didn't remember >95% of the things I stored, and for that 5% that I needed or remember, I could just as easily find them using google.

So I abandoned the practice and now google is my new bookmark site.

New comment by 99failures in "The skilled trades haven't caught as a career choice with Gen Z"

99failures — Fri, 06 Jan 2023 12:14:49 +0000

What happened to supply & demand?

If there's more demand than supply, increase the price and the supply pool will increase as well.

New comment by 99failures in "Ask HN: Concepts that clicked only years after you first encountered them?"

99failures — Sun, 01 Jan 2023 21:25:23 +0000

"The Innovator's Dilemma". I read the book and I took the class in b-school.

At the moment I thought it was OK, fast forward a decade and it's one of the pillars of my business thinking.

New comment by 99failures in "Ask HN: What are your predictions for 2023?"

99failures — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 16:49:46 +0000

Commenting to follow-up once the thread fills up.

New comment by 99failures in "Ask HN: How to get better at writing?"

99failures — Sun, 25 Dec 2022 16:36:58 +0000

Reading makes you a better writer.

Writing makes you a better thinker.

Better thinking leads to better everything.

David Mamet's writings on writing are the best.

New comment by 99failures in "Show HN: Create a paid link to anything"

99failures — Tue, 20 Dec 2022 18:53:31 +0000

so OK. How do I, the publisher, get my money?

A FAQ would be nice.

Ask HN: Any entrepreneurs out there currently documenting their efforts?

99failures — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 19:00:34 +0000

I am looking to compile a directory of Entrepreneurs who are out there documenting their Startup journey, similar to the "Tiny Projects" site. Best if they follow Lean Startup methodology.

Anyone?

TIA

Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=34056122

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New comment by 99failures in "Post mortem of our 1st YC startup: a Reverse ETL"

99failures — Mon, 19 Dec 2022 12:45:47 +0000

They expect the blog to survive the company.

Ask HN: A few questions regarding The Lean Startup

99failures — Sun, 18 Dec 2022 15:12:11 +0000

Question #1: do you know of any Entrepreneurs who has build, or is building a company using The Lean Startup methodology who has blogged (or is blogging) about the adventure in real time as events happen?

Question #2: do you know if anyone has developed a how-to manual out of The Lean Startup book? Or a course? Or something more concrete and practical? While I understand that it's not a paint-by-number type of endeavor, I was wondering is there was something more practical with less theory, and less post-mortem.