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I'm lucky to have the gift of focus, and to know other people who also have it.
I know I'm on the right track when I'm asked:
* "You did that yourself?"
* "How did you do that?"
* "How is that possible?"
One person with deep focus can change everything. Nikolai Tesla is the ultimate example of this - he made the modern world.
My secrets? My only social media is HN, and I use a stick phone.
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I disagree. Keeping focus is a basic biological function of brain. Healthy boundaries and respect are necessary for that. If your "partner" prevents that, relationship is toxic and will probably get even worse over time. In other words, it is better to be alone, than with someone who ruins your mind and sleep.
Both are orthognal. Prentending the contrary is just a way to find pride in deciding to be a geek who has no sex.
Focus, and persistence can be a double-edged sword. I've seen C and D-level developers create working systems-despite the fact that they are using the wrong tools, creating un-maintainable code, etc. The key is only letting things go sad far before the right people are brought in to "fix" things.
I feel like I need to print this article out and stick it across from my desk to be reminded of this every day.
If you find yourself spending too much time on social media-type or even general information consumption applications (like Redfin) on your phone, one simple step is to remove the native application from your phone. The mobile web for most of these are just janky enough to snap you out of your reverie. Second, you can try changing your phone to grayscale. Lack of color may make use of your phone less appealing. iOS m…
"Focus is the new IQ" is the best expression I've seen of this. I'm lucky to have the gift of focus, and to know other people who also have it. I know I'm on the right track when I'm asked: * "You did that yourself?" * "How did you do that?" * "How is that possible?" One person with deep focus can change everything. Nikolai Tesla is the ultimate example of this - he made the modern world. My secrets? My only social m…
"Focus is the new IQ" is the best expression I've seen of this. I'm lucky to have the gift of focus, and to know other people who also have it. I know I'm on the right track when I'm asked: * "You did that yourself?" * "How did you do that?" * "How is that possible?" One person with deep focus can change everything. Nikolai Tesla is the ultimate example of this - he made the modern world. My secrets? My only social m…
What is a stick phone? I presume you're not referring to this:
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Both are orthognal. Prentending the contrary is just a way to find pride in deciding to be a geek who has no sex.
It is 2019, you do not need a relationship to have a sex.
Because if I've learned one thing in my life it is that there is no sex without a relationship. Everything else is a sliding scale of masturbation.
The desire to pretend otherwise is a cause of significant misery for many people.
As someone that is "on the spectrum," I can report that focus can be pretty awesome. I generate vast amounts of code, in relatively short time, and am an insanely obsessive debugger. However, it don't come for free. If I get "roused" from my "fugue" (what I call "the zone"), I can be cranky. This has not always been helpful in my marriage. Also, I find that I can be "vocabularily challenged" for a few minutes after I…
"Focus is the new IQ" is the best expression I've seen of this. I'm lucky to have the gift of focus, and to know other people who also have it. I know I'm on the right track when I'm asked: * "You did that yourself?" * "How did you do that?" * "How is that possible?" One person with deep focus can change everything. Nikolai Tesla is the ultimate example of this - he made the modern world. My secrets? My only social m…
> I use a stick phone. What is a stick phone? I presume you're not referring to this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Candlestick_telephone
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Form_factor_(mobile_phones)#...