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Re: Exit the Cave

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Post by therealdrag0 » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 4:16 PM UTC

Ostatnigrosh wrote: post #40

LogicFailsMe wrote: post #11

The only thing worse than 100% inhabiting your own cave is trying to fit into someone else's. I had a conversation this weekend with someone in an emerging startup that I initially wanted to join but increasingly didn't as I realized I had gone from starring cast to somewhere between entourage and sub 1% equity NPC. And at that point, startups are horrible bets when you have any sort of sure thing IMO. But it was ins…

A small correction though. Because of AI I'd argue that execution is cheap while the best ideas are valuable.

Code != execution or engineering or product.

Re: Exit the Cave

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Post by blooalien » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 5:41 PM UTC

throwup238 wrote: post #104

mnky9800n wrote: post #92

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Take two.

For caving you’re supposed to take three and keep them in separate areas of the bag so you can’t lose all three at the same time.

I used to take a buncha glow sticks and a "shakey" flashlight too (just in case).

Re: Exit the Cave

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Post by tartoran » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 6:47 PM UTC

sizzle wrote: post #85

jondlm wrote: post #37

A couple weeks ago I went by myself for a hike through an old lava tunnel cave. I needed a flashlight because it was pitch black. I found a small nook in the wall about a mile in that I could wedge myself in to. I sat down, turned off my light, and let myself feel the enveloping darkness for a long time. I cried. The only sounds were of small droplets of cold water hitting the floor and my body. I let myself settle i…

What happens if your flashlight craps out?

That's when the fumble time starts

Re: Exit the Cave

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Post by watwut » Thu, Sep 03, 2026, 7:15 PM UTC

thelaxiankey wrote: post #109

watwut wrote: post #97

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Learning a language not spoken around you is very solitary experience. Also, jogging and swimming, drawing, playing musical instrument.

Learning a language in this way is some sad boi stuff

Why? Or I mean, how do you imagine language learning to be? There is a lot of reading, listening, watching, memorizing and writing involved. And grammar study. All of those are done alone.