My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27 • Hacker News Board

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by mywittyname » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:15 PM UTC

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

That caught my eye too. Maybe it's a west coast thing.

In the midwest, to do a 180 is to go in a completely different direction, and to come full-circle is to return to where you were after some long journey.

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by thedaemon » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:18 PM UTC

fenesiistvan wrote: post #4

Can't read, because medium.com says: "You read a lot. We like that. You’ve reached the end of your free member preview for this month. Upgrade for unlimited access."

You can also use an ad-blocker like uBlock Origin to selectively block such overlays.

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by warkdarrior » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:18 PM UTC

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

No, but it is common to use 360 to mean "completely different". Random example: https://waynestiles.com/how-to-turn-your-life-around-360-deg...

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by cyberpip » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:19 PM UTC

fenesiistvan wrote: post #4

Can't read, because medium.com says: "You read a lot. We like that. You’ve reached the end of your free member preview for this month. Upgrade for unlimited access."

See https://github.com/iamadamdev/bypass-paywalls-firefox .

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by air7 » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:19 PM UTC

fenesiistvan wrote: post #4

Can't read, because medium.com says: "You read a lot. We like that. You’ve reached the end of your free member preview for this month. Upgrade for unlimited access."

Also, outline.com/

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by SketchySeaBeast » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:21 PM UTC

warkdarrior wrote: post #13

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

No, but it is common to use 360 to mean "completely different". Random example: https://waynestiles.com/how-to-turn-your-life-around-360-deg...

I'm incredibly confused. That's just a blatant disregard for math. I guess maybe if you change while turning you end up in the same place, changed, but different, and possibly dizzy?

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:25 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #11

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

That caught my eye too. Maybe it's a west coast thing. In the midwest, to do a 180 is to go in a completely different direction, and to come full-circle is to return to where you were after some long journey.

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Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by gamesbrainiac » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:36 PM UTC

This article is so very sad. The author seems to be in a constant state of Deja vu.

Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by [deleted] » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:37 PM UTC

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

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Re: My Life at 47 Is Back to What It Was Like at 27

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Post by PhasmaFelis » Tue, Feb 12, 2019, 9:38 PM UTC

mywittyname wrote: post #11

dpeck wrote: post #6

| In 20 years, my life has come full circle, 360 degrees for real. People often say 360 degrees when they mean 180. They say full circle when they’re really talking about a semicircle. I've never experience this, is it common for some group of people to use 180 to mean "the same" vs "completely different"?

That caught my eye too. Maybe it's a west coast thing. In the midwest, to do a 180 is to go in a completely different direction, and to come full-circle is to return to where you were after some long journey.

That's what "180" means everywhere. There's just some people who get confused and say "360" when they mean "180".