Ask HN: Of your hard learned lessons, which do you wish could’ve been easier?

Post by dasmoth » Thu, May 03, 2018, 8:51 AM UTC

badminton1 wrote: post #9

jalageri wrote: post #5

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- if you are powerful, even enemies will respect you. If you go powerless, your own family will not be with you. - Purandara Daasa Life is Boxing Arena, not a Dance-Party - Marcus Aurelius Man must never be attached to anything that can be lost in a ship-wreck. - Upanishads We are stronger than what we think we are - Swaminomics Never make small plans. - Atanu Dey If Government is made in-charge of Sahara Desert, wit…

Imagine you had to harvest your own food, build your own shelter and manufacture your own clothes... you would not have time to be in Hacker News. Then, if everyone had to do it, the technology to make computers and HN possible would not exist. Our society is what it is because of specialized roles. Then, whenever everyone competes against each other, a group of people takes advantage and ends up prevailing against t…

Post by romanovcode » Thu, May 03, 2018, 9:06 AM UTC

throwaway84742 wrote: post #8

At 40+: 0. Focus less on work and more on living a good life. Focusing on work too much is a surefire path to burnout and hating yourself. Therefore, define “success” mostly in terms of what you do outside of work. 1. Take care of your health, above all else. I wish I could meet my 20 year old self and convince him to seriously take up cardio and weightlifting while natural HGH still makes things easy. 2. It’s ok to…

Post by dasmoth » Thu, May 03, 2018, 9:16 AM UTC

badminton1 wrote: post #12

dasmoth wrote: post #11

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Imagine you had to harvest your own food, build your own shelter and manufacture your own clothes... you would not have time to be in Hacker News. Don’t be so sure about this one — there are a fair number of people who do grow much or all of their own food, and often at least some of the other necessities as well. Those who are good at it seem to end up with some leisure time as well (although whether they read HN, I…

And what tools and supplies do they use to grow their own food? Are they fully self-reliant? I doubt so.

Post by sidcool » Thu, May 03, 2018, 10:26 AM UTC

Prettybad wrote: post #3

quickthrower2 wrote: post #2

If you know someone isn't really your friend, to move on and get them out of your life ASAP. It's a bit like breaking up, it takes some guts to tell someone you don't want to be their friend anymore. To stop answering the phone etc. To generalise this, to eliminate bullshit as soon as your instinct tells you it is BS (which is years before you may be willing to admit it!)

I'm really glad that I don't have a lot of friends. The one's I got are like a very well curated box of chocolates. My friend "chocolate mint" is interesting; super sweet on the outside, but often cold-hearted af! I still love her very much. When my friends talk about their troubles with their other friends it feels weird. Like "why bother?". It's easier than ever to stop talking to a person. Just stop talking.

Post by Balero » Thu, May 03, 2018, 10:54 AM UTC

dasmoth wrote: post #15

badminton1 wrote: post #12

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And what tools and supplies do they use to grow their own food? Are they fully self-reliant? I doubt so.

I already conceded the “tools” issue. That’s not necessarily a huge input though — good tools last a long time. Can you find a blacksmith who would trade tools for food? I’ve never had cause to find out but it wouldn’t shock me if you could...