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The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by bobobob420 »

arnold_palmur wrote: post #262
telchar wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to take away from your point, but from what I have read, the Grand Canyon was most likely not formed by little drops of water, but instead by occasional torrents of water. There is ~70 feet of boulders and detritus at the bottom of the Colorado River. Only a flood powerful enough to get all that material moving at once will erode the bottom of the river bed and carve the canyon deeper. The slopes and walls probab…

This is the quintessential example of a pedantic Hacker News comment.

The irony considering your comment itself is an example of. A useless comment while OP made a valuable correction while respecting the original point made

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by zemvpferreira »

asah wrote: post #257

This is a terrific model but it's not the only model - another highly effective model is to develop useful skills+resources, then strike with full force at the perfect time. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27835163

I hope your (really good) point gets more visible as this thread matures. I wanted to add that these are not mutually exclusive strategies: a project/business/startup can go from single focus to part-time and back multiple times.

Two other strategies I'm a fan of:

- Quitting before you overcommit. Sometimes it's just not worth it any more.

- Taking a step back or time off. At minimum can give you perspective.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by eigenhombre »

One thing not discussed much here is time of day -- I have a few daily practices (exercise, meditation, painting) I do every single day, and I try to do them all before work. Occasionally something comes up and I have to do them in the evening, but my focus is usually diminished then.

Of the people featured in the Daily Habits [edit: Daily Rituals] book mentioned elsewhere in this thread, many described doing their most important work in the morning, though there were notable exceptions (night owls, no consistent pattern, etc.).

What works best for you?

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by Leparamour »

nlclimber wrote: post #199
DicIfTEx wrote: post #116

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I was in the exact same position, and I can't recommend Ruhlman's Twenty enough. It goes through 20 techniques/ingredients, from ‘Water’ and ‘Onions’ to ‘Roast’ and ‘Boil’, giving you all the information you might possibly need, and then provides a handful of recipes to explore all the avenues of each. The only downside is that a lot of the recipes include meat and the book never really touches on how to make sensibl…

I haven’t read Salt, Acid, Fire, Heat but I doubt it can match Salt, Coal, Fire, Heat , let alone Smoke, Coal, Fire, Heat .

...or Guns, Germs and Steel.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by 6510 »

arnold_palmur wrote: post #262
telchar wrote: post #161

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not to take away from your point, but from what I have read, the Grand Canyon was most likely not formed by little drops of water, but instead by occasional torrents of water. There is ~70 feet of boulders and detritus at the bottom of the Colorado River. Only a flood powerful enough to get all that material moving at once will erode the bottom of the river bed and carve the canyon deeper. The slopes and walls probab…

This is the quintessential example of a pedantic Hacker News comment.

Let me help, you are suppose to say the torrents of water are made up out of many single drops on their journey around the world.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by 6510 »

pilsetnieks wrote: post #412
grp000 wrote: post #341

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I don't think it's pedantic though. If what makes your argument powerful is tying it back to a natural phenomenon, then it should be right, otherwise you're using a bad example.

Using bad logic is building a house on sand. One might get lucky and the house might stand their lifetime but they're also likely to get swallowed by a sinkhole.

How about cities by the coast?

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by pvorb »

elevenoh wrote: post #398
jstummbillig wrote: post #366

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, pedantry is quite popular around here.

Writing code w/o a pedantic frame ~= buggy code.

But writing code while being pedantic doesn't save you from bugs. Maybe writing code ~= buggy code.

Re: The unreasonable effectiveness of just showing up everyday

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Post by random_kris »

elevenoh wrote: post #398
jstummbillig wrote: post #366

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, pedantry is quite popular around here.

Writing code w/o a pedantic frame ~= buggy code.

Writing code with pedantic frame makes you ship slower which makes bug discovery slower
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