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When you have the urge to self-destruct, reach out and do something nice for someone else. It can be small, like wishing someone a Merry Christmas, or buying a stranger a coffee. R…

I really enjoy your comments. Would you be open to me reaching out to you? My email is also in my profile, if that’s easier.

Interesting point. My impression is that YC/SV is a lot “sexier”, and that’s why people are drawn to Seibel rather than Greenleaf or French/Raven. The PDF you linked looks incredib…

Just want to say thank you for sharing your thoughts. It is helpful to have different perspectives on this issue.

I recognize that I am my best self. Even at the worst parts of my life. I stop saying I "should" do this or I "should" do that, and just let life run its course. Not sure if that h…

100% agreed. At the risk of sounding dismissive (not my intention) it doesn’t matter whether you’re a “good” programmer or not. Stop trying to measure yourself or others, get in th…

Click the “web” link under the title.

I keep hearing that Google seems to be lacking in the enterprise sales area, but from what I’ve heard, G Suite seems to be doing quite well. What explains that?

This reads like a hit piece. Yuck. The author's previous article is titled "Facebook Betrayed America". Here's a nugget from this one: But what did Sandberg expect when she hired a…

This seems super click-baity. I'm going to draw my own conclusions from the original NYT report.

That’s in Southern California :)

If it makes you feel better, I seriously doubt a (certified) one will do that. The smart ones realize that hospitalization can really derail your life and make you an even higher s…

Alcoholics Anonymous helps with this for alcoholics. Generally friendships have to be built on some shared interest or experience, so I think it would be hard to create a solution …

Sushi - Not a huge sushi fan but have good things about Shizen and Cha-Ya Healthy - Project Juice, Gracias Madre, Mixt (have heard good things), Nourish Cafe Also Ike's, it's not v…

Check out Toastmasters! Great way to improve your speaking skills. https://www.toastmasters.org/

Too many things! Write a compiler, master Angular 2 and TypeScript, learn much more about systems design and scalability. Maybe even some machine learning.