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Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by makapuf »

saiya-jin wrote: post #81
slyall wrote: post #56

I don't see this on the list but "Do things by yourself" is one I'd add. Lots of people seem to have a thing against Going to the Movies, Eating at a restaurant or attending an event/concert/museum without a friend/partner. Trust me it's not unusual and everybody is not staring at you.

Travel. Exotic, remote, cca unspoiled even if poor places. Don't have exact plan, just return ticket and ideas/knowledge. If you are alone, people strike conversations more easily, you get much much more from these interactions than just pretty beach or mountain pictures. Vacations you will keep thinking about till your last breath, even if its sometimes more difficult during them. South east Asia or South America ar…

Definitely travel, just be responsible of your Carbon impact please.

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Post by BOOSTERHIDROGEN »

itissid wrote: post #54

Read the article by atul gawande linke in thee. As a programmer i do wonder what has caused my performance in terms of learning longer, massive subjects to peak. I think as a kid I used to just storm and power through learning things, even though my technique was still flawed. I just applied shear will power to get through hard subjects I had no fucking clue about. I picked and learnt pre modern C++ to build NNets as…

Which articles?

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

ivanche wrote: post #85
kqr wrote: post #83

A big one for me is just a plain - Ask questions. You get so much information, so many services and favours, and access to so many things if you are willing to put yourself in a potentially uncomfortable position of asking. I thought that when I ask questions that make me uncomfortable I would regret most of them, but it turns out I only regret like one out of every 30 uncomfortable questions I ask. I strive to ask m…

No sane person should take the counter side of such bets.

Depends, the insurance industry takes these all the time. Mind you, it's all on their terms, their risks, etc.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by blueflow »

rambambram wrote: post #90

Sometimes people get confused by the law and think: "I have to ask permission", or "does the law allow me to do this?" You are allowed to do anything, until the law forbids it or stuff is regulated in a certain way. Looking at it from this point of view, the world immediately opens up for you.

Also, its only illegal when you get caught .

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by Cthulhu_ »

rambambram wrote: post #90

Sometimes people get confused by the law and think: "I have to ask permission", or "does the law allow me to do this?" You are allowed to do anything, until the law forbids it or stuff is regulated in a certain way. Looking at it from this point of view, the world immediately opens up for you.

Or alternatively: it's only a crime if you get caught.

A really big and normalized one is tax evasion in the form of paying for items or services in cash without administration. Most if not all people you can hire for jobs around the house - gardeners, cleaners, handimen, plumbers, construction, painting, etc - will take cash instead of going on record.

The challenge there is that this takes trust, because you take a risk as well / there are no assurances if they do half a job. Make sure you get an address so you can torch their house or business if they mess you about.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by causality0 »

A number of these are astonishingly difficult to do. For example, I spent forever trying to find someone willing to repair my leather couch and couldn't.

Write on a post-it note affixed to a greeting card rather than on the greeting card itself, so the recipient can throw away the post-it and reuse your card

I...what? Why are you giving cards to someone who'd throw away the note? Stop giving meaningless cards.

Let the credit cards on recurring bills expire

You can try this but I've had at least one service (Xbox Live) manage to miraculously get my new card information without me giving it to them. Cancelling the card will cancel any service but just letting it expire and getting a new card with the same number and different expiration date might not.

Hotels where you can sleep comfortably

Should add this to the list: you can bring your own sheets and pillows to a hotel.

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by jjgreen »

dudul wrote: post #10

I'm probably a weirdo, but the "write in books" is a massive no no for me. I can't imagine writing in a book (unless it's a total turd, but I assume we're talking about good, insightful books). I do take notes, but always on separate sheets that I keep in the book. Just no way I'll write on the book itself.

Writing in margins (usually in pencil) is quite common amongst academics, imagine having a physics book with marginalia by Bohr or Dirac!

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by pighive »

Borrible wrote: post #62
dang wrote: post #21

Apparently you're also allowed to discuss this article on HN: Things you're allowed to do (2020) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31705542 - June 2022 (171 comments) Things You're Allowed to Do - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25513713 - Dec 2020 (416 comments)

Practice takes away the fear and makes perfection.

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2011/10/03/personal-best

Re: Things you're allowed to do (2020)

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Post by pighive »

OldGuyInTheClub wrote: post #15

I've toyed with hiring a local to wear a GoPro and walk the halls of the Louvre and one or two major cities, streaming the video to me in real time. I'd direct him or her so I could see the sights without the hell of travel. It's not on the list that I can find so I guess that it must not be allowed. ;-)

Isn't this what Periscope used to be before Twitter acquisition. I saw Louvre this way back in 2016.
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