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I egotistically struggle with this, particularly because I'm an undergraduate. I can either be academically-oriented (engulfed in the courses I'm taking, partaking in TA-ing, clubs…

I wonder how startups like Sofi ( https://www.sofi.com ) and Sixup ( https://sixup.com ) play into this. Are they better options than what the school offers in terms of loans, etc?…

I think it's okay for people to go into certain fields primarily for money. I also think they will end up as well as everyone else. I have friends who majored in a field they were …

> There is a high school class dedicated to applying to college, with the “final project” being that you applied somewhere? For my particular high school, the class was called Avid…

No, I have not. But that's definitely something to think about. It would certainly be nice. You ever hear about how it's better to study at a library rather than at home? That's ce…

No, I definitely resort back to entertainment every once in a while. I wouldn't go as far to call it a problem though. I suppose entertainment in low doses is fine but entertainmen…

What helped me get down to deep work was doing away with the nonessentials, i.e. a lot of physical material things, all forms of entertainment, the internet especially, inner clutt…

Reminds me of this note by Osho: The capacity to be alone is the capacity to love. It may look paradoxical to you, but it's not. It is an existential truth: only those people who a…

The only recollection I have on the Amish is from Family Guy - I'm not close to that. On a serious note, what I was trying to argue, in short, was: 1. Anything in excess is not goo…

Definitely a tool or at least, mostly a tool - I continue to learn a lot from the site, largely from the comments but also from the links to articles, etc. I suppose it's important…

You are definitely onto something. I'm going to skew this comment towards something similar. As an early twenty-something, I'm urging more friends and family to stop using the inte…

For what two countries are you a dual citizen? Which one isn't worth the effort to keep up to date? I'm a dual citizen for the United States and Mexico, and it's fairly easy to upd…

> In the US, kids are seen at worst a nuisance and at best a personal luxury. Please, if you may, explain why you think this is so.

I usually say, if you have social media, follow people who create stuff and who create stuff just for the sole purpose of creating something. People who aren't interested in being …

You might like Nat Eliason's summary and notes of the book: https://www.nateliason.com/lessons/12-rules-for-life-jordan-... . I read that this morning and it was incredibly intrigu…

Definitely! I should have started earlier in regard to training my mind to focus. Being in college, it seems I don't have the upper hand because so. It's all good though - I sort o…

I learned that being able to sit down on your desk and focus on a topic or problem set and learn through trial and error with no distractions for hours is what will determine if yo…

Does anyone know of any way you can keep Night Shift on at all times on iOS or MacOS? It seems when I turn on Night Shift, it automatically turns off next morning when it's dayligh…

You're right. It's just, from an outsider's perspective that has only worked blue-collared jobs (think meat clerk, greenskeeper), the technology industry's interview or working in …

I definitely agree. I took C first then Python. Where I took the courses, the C course was an intermediate programming course while the Python course was an introductory to program…

> Many will never use or even think about assembly again, especially on the architecture they happen to be taught, but most will use some derivative of C syntax and semantics. This…

> if you are eating in a calorie deficit you will not be adding muscle mass without a very carefully controlled diet that most fitness and diet novices don't have the knowledge and…

> A lot of people feel threatened by that, so they try to push it away, lock it up, turn it off, or dismiss it. You hit the nail right on the head. It reminds me about how we want …