Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#11

Post by monkey26 » Sat, Nov 30, 2019, 11:21 PM UTC

Drink and stay up too late.

Kids and wife go to bed. Have a drink catch up on a few things. Should just stop there. Next thing you know I’ve had 3-4 strong beers and it’s 2am.

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#12

Post by CM30 » Sun, Dec 01, 2019, 1:12 PM UTC

Probably eating too many sugary snacks, since I've got a bit of a sweet tooth.

I also tend to put things off a bit much. Got way too many projects I need to get around to finishing, tons of articles and videos I need to actually read/watch at some point, and a ton of things I generally want to do that I never get around to actually trying.

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#13

Post by mbfg » Sun, Dec 01, 2019, 6:01 PM UTC

Living

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#14

Post by el_dev_hell » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 2:32 AM UTC

Working for "the man".

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#15

Post by quickthrower2 » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 6:46 AM UTC

Pay $4 for coffee

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#16

Post by TheGrumpyBrit » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 1:31 PM UTC

dhruvkar wrote: post #6

Buying domain names I never use.

I currently own about 220 domains, of which I'm actively using about 10 and have plans for maybe 20 more.

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#17

Post by BlueSlide » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 1:41 PM UTC

Smoking Staying up late

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#18

Post by stockkid » Mon, Dec 02, 2019, 4:06 PM UTC

rman666 wrote: post #7

dhruvkar wrote: post #6

Buying domain names I never use.

I’m glad I finally broke this habit. I probably bought hundreds over the years! I’m down to about 5 now :-)

Kudos for breaking the habit. Did you let them simply expire, or sold them?

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#19

Post by methusala8 » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 7:18 AM UTC

Not building right routines to take advantage of the opportunities that life is presenting. Not having a good sleep routine is the chief one among these.

Re: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

#20

Post by rurban » Tue, Dec 03, 2019, 7:52 PM UTC

Engaging in open source communities with my real name. Never do that. Always use synonymes.

It's not that you cannot behave or might behave unprofessional. It's the others, and it will backfire one day.