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> When an object is lost, 95% of the time it is hiding within arm’s reach of where it was last seen. Search in all possible locations in that radius and you’ll find it. Yup, look closely in the place you expected it to be. Something may be on top of it, or it may have fallen off.
Just a question, and I know it is completely dependent on culture, do people really believe > Trust me: There is no “them”. I feel like there is constantly a them. The way I interpret it is that you should not modify your behavior based on other people's opinion. Or is it about people who don't matter? How do you know people who don't matter? I have never known from the beginning of a relationship that this person wi…
I would say the majority of evil in the world is created by dividing people up into US and THEM.
Hitler weaponized this idea. I guess he was that kind of leader (not the unite type, the divide type)
> Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade... Strong "no" on this one. Always buy quality tools. These are priced at a premium, but unlike "inexpensive" tools will: • Do the job expected of them w/o creating a new problem • Be enjoyable to use • Last a long time (often, a lifetime)
If you have infinite storage space and infinite money, ok.
But over the years I've found a small toolbox, close at hand, with super frequently used tools works well.
Working on motorcycles, you could probably do most things with a really nice 10mm, a 12mm and maybe 14mm t-handle wrench. But you don't need every size from 1mm to 100mm too. You could probably have a 1/4" and 3/8" t-handle wrench and use a general socket set for uncommon tasks.
or put another way -- shoot your whole wad on a snap-on tool chest full of tools, and then you have no money for a circular saw or a car lift, or welder or milling machine.
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Exactly. Buying pro-grade anything before you have proven need is a giant waste. A while back I was thinking I wanted a standing desk. My first urge was, "Find the best and buy it!" Instead I prototyped something out of an ironing board and a highly adjustable laptop stand. That's been adequate for months, and it's taught me a lot about what will work for me, and what "best" actually means. Eventually I'll get around…
Sounds like you "shipped" an MVP, figured out what did/didn't work, and iterated. Amazing how this works, huh? ;) I wonder if people arguing against the "cheapest thing that will work, then learn" also argue in favor of over engineering systems to address requirements that may come months or years from now.
ah, that addresses it. Your mind is the best tool and you can upgrade it.
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You cut out the meat of the advice. The point is that you may not need the tools to last a lifetime; you buy a cheap set first, and then replace the ones you actually use with the quality ones, for the reasons you explain. This prevents you from spending excess money on tools you don't use.
Some people prefer to rent instead of buying cheap tools. And I understand them. Cheap tools sometimes don't work even once. I had first experience. - Hacksaw blades that wore out before cutting a tenth small metal part. The good one bought as a replacement made short work of it and was still good for may others. - Egg beater went up in smoke making slightly thick dough. The good one barely slowed down. It is not the…
> Buying tools: Start by buying the absolute cheapest tools you can find. Upgrade... Strong "no" on this one. Always buy quality tools. These are priced at a premium, but unlike "inexpensive" tools will: • Do the job expected of them w/o creating a new problem • Be enjoyable to use • Last a long time (often, a lifetime)
The pleasure of saving some $ will be instantaneous and will not repeat. The regret of something having bad (or barely ok) performance is permanent and will repeat every time you use it.
I have a lot of tools I hardly use. I should probably get rid of them, keeping them is really hoarding behavior.
for example: brake bleeder, grease gun, 2nd (3rd?) set of deep impact sockets, a bunch of all-in-one bike tools, ...
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The flip side to your example is, of course, artists like Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim or Bernstein, all of whom produced good works in their youth but some of their best works as they gained more experience and developed more style.
Ok. You seem determined not to understand his point. I'm done here.
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That's because "front-end development", especially with JavaScript frameworks, is a popularity driven hype cycle.
That appears to have calmed down significantly in the past few years, with React in particular showing a level of stability and staying power in this space that I thought was impossible.
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Those make sense to me. Like all maxims, they're overcompressed; they imply a context that the reader has to be able to fill in. But I think they're useful in context. E.g., the phrase "It is what it is" is on the surface tautological and useless. But in context, it's a valuable reminder about coping with some of the flaws in human consciousness.
They "make sense", but they aren't really true . They are not such much "overcompressed" as subject to whatever interpretation makes them sensible, but as such, they are dependent more on the good sense of the person unpacking them than on their inherent virtue. So, for example, the "Rule of 7" is a ludicrous exaggeration (by the time you actually go through a chain of 7 people you're talking to a random stranger and…
But I think we get a little closer to the truth about what's going on when you admit that you just really don't like this kind of thing. Which is fine! Nothing's for everybody. But your problem here isn't the article, it's your expectations. Reading this, all I expect is what it's clearly signaled as: things he in his life has found to be true. Personal insights, not carefully researched scientific fact. The opening paragraph makes it clear what he's up to.
That you take your irritation with something not being what you want and universalize it into Evil Mistruth Worth of Death is exactly the same sort of value-smuggling that you're complaining about.
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Ok. You seem determined not to understand his point. I'm done here.
This is how one goes about understanding (or extracting a meaning from) a point. By poking at it with scepticism and watching how it holds up to scrutiny.