Happy New Year
Happy New Year HN!
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#242For those who walk the straight edge: resist. Hold fast. This is the year we move beyond text.
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#243I used to have friends in uni with whom i could share very nerdy/technical conversations. near graduation we no longer get together sadly. this has taken a toll on me. HN is a place that feels like home, even if I'm usually just lurking around and overhearing conversations. Thanks everyone for sharing!
I think sometimes you have to realize that it's OKAY if you're always the one to keep in touch, and no one else seems to make any effort. As long as they're happy to talk when you call, or they show up at the group event when you badger them enough: that's fine. Some people are just not initiators, and it's either you make the effort, or you lose touch with them. You can't insist on reciprocity.
Nope. If someone doesn’t reciprocate that’s an indication of their level of interest. This is true for friendships and romance. If the other party is always a passive recipient of attention, they aren’t interested in the relationship. It’s pointless to invest one’s time and emotions into such a relationship.
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#244I hate to generalize but it's pretty good here.
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#245Happy New Year everyone! I hope 2024 brings us more love, peace and knowledge.
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#246Earlier quoted context omitted.
No. I got homesick after a year and a half and moved back. I've been working remotely ever since with no commute, which I find awesome!
Sorry if this is a nosy question, but - I lived in Amsterdam; and needing that long of a commute sounds weird, since public transport is pretty good, and you can bike some of the way. Even farther from the center, where it's cheaper, it should still not be _that_ long... can I ask what was your commute route?
Our office was in Amsterdam Oost and I lived in Almere Filmwijk. An hour and a half is the average door-to-door time. Sometimes odds played in my favour and I could get home in 1h10min. The commute started by taking the bus or cycling from Filmwijk to Alemere Centrum, which took roughly the same amount of time. Then I would take IC or Sprinter to Amsterdam Muiderpoort, take another bus or walk, which, again, took relatively the same amount of time. It was impossible to rent anything in Amsterdam itself with an academia salary of 45k, a non-working wife and two children. I mostly took the bike on days when the weather allowed, but my bike was in Almere. I purchased a cheap(stolen) bike in Amsterdam for 75 euros, but it got stolen the same day I left it at the station.
TL;DR Yes, you can live right next to the office if the funds allow it. My budget for rent was 1200 euros per month, which makes renting within the ring almost impossible.
edit: spelling
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#247Earlier quoted context omitted.
Sorry if this is a nosy question, but - I lived in Amsterdam; and needing that long of a commute sounds weird, since public transport is pretty good, and you can bike some of the way. Even farther from the center, where it's cheaper, it should still not be _that_ long... can I ask what was your commute route?
Probably working elsewhere in the Netherlands (e.g., Rotterdam, Utrecht, Arnhem, etc.) but landing in Amsterdam because that’s the only city in the Netherlands that rings a bell to most.
Helaas pindakaas, the other way around. I lived in unbeknownst Almere and commuted to Amsterdam and back.
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#248HN is an interesting place for a non-techie to hang. . . I read about a lot of things which are not found in my world (quilting and public policy advocacy on human services/rural issues) and I am thrilled each and every time one of you shows such interest in something I'm more familiar with. And your joy! Thank you all, thank you HN, for being so welcoming and a genuinely fun and safe place to spend time.
What's something cool going on in the world of quilting right now? I get a gift card at a quilting store for a family member every year but not too familiar otherwise. The store near me looks like a cool space, with lots of room to work on quilts in it. Kind of like a makerspace, a little.
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#249Despite a minor grievance about not making HN mobile friendly sooner, I have extreme respect for long lasting high quality things, and this is one of them. Happy new year hacker news
How is it not mobile friendly? I check it on the phone periodically and have no problems. Have much more issues with Reddit.
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#250Time to ship 2024 to production. Happy new year, fellow hackers. May your code always work on the first try and never regress.
It's not a great idea pudding to production at this time of year! Particularly when there are no requirements, unit tests or functional tests available!?! It's /dev/urandom all around
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