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Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by mjgs »

Merry Christmas from Vietnam :)

I read HN most days. It’s great to see people from so many places around the world in this thread.

All the best for 2024!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by chirau »

erik_seaberg wrote: post #93
tarxvf wrote: post #47

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The name will live on in "PagerDuty" at a minimum.

Before mobile phones and beepers, institutions would use a public address system to announce “paging dr. whoever.” Makes me wonder whether the word comes from sending a “page” (an errand boy) to go look for dr. whoever and bring him back. I guess now “carrying the pager” is a metaphor like “copy and paste” (from the glue used in newspaper layout).

"paging dr. whoever"

Can't help but think of that epic line in The Hangover

"Paging doctor F.....!" - Phil

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by _sjzq »

geuis wrote: post #76

This has been an awful year for me. Unable to find work, having to sell off important assets. And for some reason iOS autocorrect is still terrible. Here's to hoping next year will be better.

I can't hire you, but I'm in a similar boat. I'm lucky to have a client I'm billing, but other than that the job search has sucked. I can code, and also have product/g2m experience. Happy to collaborate remotely. Want to try to build something together? If interested you can reach me through metaluna.io.

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by switch007 »

geuis wrote: post #76

This has been an awful year for me. Unable to find work, having to sell off important assets. And for some reason iOS autocorrect is still terrible. Here's to hoping next year will be better.

Fingers crossed for next year

And totally with you on iOS autocorrect!

Re: Tell HN: Merry Christmas

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Post by sillysaurusx »

geuis wrote: post #76

This has been an awful year for me. Unable to find work, having to sell off important assets. And for some reason iOS autocorrect is still terrible. Here's to hoping next year will be better.

Things can turn around. In 2016 I felt the same way as you. It was the nadir of my life, and was interspersed with suicidal thoughts. We barely kept our Chicago apartment.

Don’t give up hope, and keep trying. Also, one key for me was to get properly medicated. Prozac was a turning point, but everyone is different. There was a clear step function from "before Prozac" to "after Prozac". The suicidal ideation stopped, among other things, which let me get my life in order.

Mostly just remember to enjoy each day in small ways. The only thing I regret from 2016 is not taking the time to appreciate the small things. There’s an interesting mental exercise to snap you out of this: pretend you’re on your death bed at 80, and then you were magically transported back in time to the present day. What would you do? Even being able to run is a blessing I don’t remember to appreciate until I can’t.

You’ll figure it out. Or at least, the chances of you figuring things out is much higher than things going downhill forever. It’s the default path, even if it doesn’t feel like it when things are going wrong.

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