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Tiny Habits by B.J. Fogg would likely help you further. The key trick is to start really small to remove the hurdle of getting going and establishing the habit, and returning to sm…

Why does that matter? First, I would imagine that in a fragile market any major piece of bad news could trigger the necessary panic (the Credit Suisse hedge fund story would have b…

I found this guy's perspective to be useful: https://mobile.twitter.com/DaveHcontrarian In a nutshell: He views the current situation as the end of a 40 year bull market and predic…

Buy a pan without a non-stick coating (eg stainless steel or enameled cast iron) and try and fry as much as you can in it. The feedback is straightforward: If your food sticks, you…

I wonder to what extent people are substituting their estimated score with their estimated relative position. Let's say a 50% score at a test puts you in the 1. percentile and 70% …

This is all very cool, and FWIW I also love the retro design. Sorry if I missed it, but one thing I couldn't find on the website is what legal entity is behind the service. It woul…

A simple rule for dealing with comments is « no feedback on feedback ». Obviously works best if the person commenting doesn’t have any power in the situation. That being the case, …

May I suggest two framings that might help? The first is that the option of being permanently productive doesn’t seem to be open to you, at least not right now. The bit that makes …

To your last point, if it is possible for drug addicts and alcoholics to overcome decade long compulsive behavior, there is no reason you can’t too. If you are genuinely clear as t…

The bit I struggle with is the contradiction between "try ideas out cheaply and fail many times until you hit on the right one" and "believe in what you do and keep going come what…

How about feeding the top 20 into Bingo Card Creator?

Interesting. What sort of backend do you use? Is it homegrown or can you integrate with e.g. Wordpress?

If you're doing a fixed price project, how can you get oDesk to let you hire the candidates for just one hour?

That sounds like a great plot for a sci-fi movie. Not sure if it would be a utopia or dystopia though ...

Jason, this is amazing stuff. As the father of an 8 year old, I'd love to know how you got the kids to the point where "Create a web page called big-green-circle.html" and "Hint: u…

I've been wondering what was Medium's secret sauce for hitting the HN homepage so often (a part from a lot of good content). I guess multiple stabs per story helps ...

It looks like javascript on Canvas. Anyone know how they produced it? Is it hand coded or is there some Flash-like authoring tool at play here?

You make a good point. Though this particular friend might well stick to it - €1600 tends to focus the mind. But to be honest, I'm asking primarily for myself and my family. I'm no…

I'm not sure if it was Eurograbber itself, but a similar attack in any case. Bank is "trying to help recover the funds" but won't cover if that fails. Part of the problem is that i…

A friend of mine recently had €1600 stolen from his account in Germany, despite two-factor authentication (SMS Tan is the norm over here), which I always assumed was pretty secure.…