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Re: Ask HN: What things have richly rewarded the time invested in mastering them?

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Post by WiseWeasel »

secondtom wrote: post #260
stareatgoats wrote: post #158

Planting fruit trees on the property. Fruit trees require little maintenance and can, when mature and when things have been done right, produce amazing yields year after year for several decades. The previous grass lawn mono-culture has given way to several rows of apple and cherry trees, thanks to a few hours spent learning how and digging the holes. I know of nothing more rewarding as a function of the (tiny) time…

Do you have any recommended resources?

I'd suggest a local nursery. They'll hopefully be able to guide you to ones suited to your area and exposure.

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Post by lwansbrough »

mmirate wrote: post #245
pergadad wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people are happier if they know that they are actively contributing to the world or at least to others people's happiness. Whether that applies to you is a question you have to answer yourself. I wouldn't want to live my life knowing that I'm trying to pull everyone and everything over the table and that i make others miserable wherever I go. If you want to find a business reason: long term relationships and tru…

Business negotiations are one thing. But the goal of a hostage negotiation is generally to waste enough time (and/or agree upon such a maneuver) so that the enemy exposes themselves all to simultaneous incapacitation by well-placed bullets, no?

The FBI has botched a number of high stakes operations using the tactics you mentioned.

Going in weapons hot is really dangerous for everyone involved and much like lawyers with law, the smartest people will seek to minimize their exposure to risk (ie. courtrooms, raids, etc.)

A better and cheaper solution in a hostage negotiation is to figure out the core motives for the hostage takers (often money [and why they need it]) and lead them to realistic expectations and a feeling of fairness.

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Post by balfirevic »

malmsteen wrote: post #168
leesec wrote: post #153

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I'll counterpoint this and say chances of getting injured can be pretty low if you take your time and study up on your form. I'll also say as someone who thought he didn't need the gym because I would do calisthenics/yoga/barbell exercises at home, my back pain never went away until I started lifting heavy weights. I'd say likely because it stregthened my core which supports the back, but I'm no sports scientist.

>>> I'll counterpoint this and say chances of getting injured can be pretty low if you take your time and study up on your form. Yes absolutely ! And you build muscle WAY MORE FASTER with real weights versus calisthenics The two rules of the gyms are basically : no machines, and 'form before weight' (i.e. master a movements at a given weight without feeling hurt before moving up). The only two actually dangerous move…

> The two rules of the gyms are basically : no machines

Machines are fine and useful. Better rule might be "don't only do machines". But even then, I'm pretty sure someone experienced could design a routine that would get them good results with nothing but machines.

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Post by billwear »

Health and fitness. I see the subthread about producing income, but you can’t produce income if you’re dead, and you can’t produce as much income if you’re fat, out-of-shape, and can’t hink straight for hours at a time. Not to mention that fitness allows people over 25 to more easily expand the executive functions in the brain, which increases your ability to produce income.

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Post by oAlbe »

fifnir wrote: post #138
wallflower wrote: post #71

Going to a gym two to three times a week for small group training sessions. In terms of investment, it is not as expensive as private training and it keeps you on track. The real investment is in you. Your most important asset is your ability to produce income. Having a healthier body helps maintain that ability. The damage that I do through typing is only barely counteracted by these training sessions. I don’t take…

> Your most important asset is your ability to produce income. come on

They aren't wrong. What are you going to do without your ability to produce income? Eat dirt and sleep under a bridge?

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Post by amalcon »

mmirate wrote: post #245
pergadad wrote: post #100

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Most people are happier if they know that they are actively contributing to the world or at least to others people's happiness. Whether that applies to you is a question you have to answer yourself. I wouldn't want to live my life knowing that I'm trying to pull everyone and everything over the table and that i make others miserable wherever I go. If you want to find a business reason: long term relationships and tru…

Business negotiations are one thing. But the goal of a hostage negotiation is generally to waste enough time (and/or agree upon such a maneuver) so that the enemy exposes themselves all to simultaneous incapacitation by well-placed bullets, no?

Assuming this is a serious question, no, it's not. The goal of a hostage negotiation is to secure the safety of the hostages without capitulating to their captors. While arranging a violent solution is one way to do this, and it does sometimes happen, you'd be surprised how often people will simply surrender peacefully.

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Post by ashtonabc »

matthewrudy wrote: post #163
yorwba wrote: post #92

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For making Chinese flashcards in Anki, I can recommend this addon https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/3448800906 (Anki 2.0 only, for Anki 2.1 there's a fork https://github.com/luoliyan/chinese-support-redux )

I need to learn the tooling around anki. I was trying to edit the full hsk1-6 flashcard set to just show hsk5. But I didn't manage to find the right tools. Tried to manually change the file (it's a sqlite dB inside a zip file) but the db is not structured in a way I managed get my head round. Should try again.

The default tooling isn't great. Tools like CrowdAnki [0] and Anki Deck Manager [1] make it possible to manage decks in plain text. It's also helpful for collaborative deck development. Unfortunately I haven't been able to find many examples of decks managed this way online, but there is a relatively high quality geography deck worth looking at [2].

[0] https://github.com/Stvad/CrowdAnki

[1] https://github.com/OnkelTem/anki-dm

[2] https://github.com/axelboc/anki-ultimate-geography

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Post by Tepix »

- touch typing - this is a no-brainer

- english at C2 level - the current lingua franca. You really want to be able to accurately express yourself

- vi/vim. Available everywhere.

- UNIX networking

- shell and shell programming. Turns you into a power user

- at least one programming language and its important frameworks

- regular expressions. Super useful everywhere. Learn why they are slow/fast as well.

- low level computer stuff. It helps you analyze higher level problems

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Post by dominotw »

pnloyd wrote: post #187
wallflower wrote: post #71

Going to a gym two to three times a week for small group training sessions. In terms of investment, it is not as expensive as private training and it keeps you on track. The real investment is in you. Your most important asset is your ability to produce income. Having a healthier body helps maintain that ability. The damage that I do through typing is only barely counteracted by these training sessions. I don’t take…

I have been the the complete abyss of creating muscular skeletal issues for myself. If you really don't want to mess around I think swimming is the way to go. Couple with curcumin / boswellia / magnesium to take the edge off. If you really nail down the exercise / nutrition etc you can slowly but surely reverse these varieties of problems (personal experience)

> If you really don't want to mess around I think swimming is the way to go.

I have been plauged by muscular/ligament issues too. I tried swimming and ended up hurting my rotator cuff, now I can't do repetitive overhead activities :\.

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