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There are potentially millions of correct answers, but I'll chime in with one that wasn't brought up yet: hang out with the kind of people that match your goals.

For instance, find a startup entrepreneur and help him out. That will give you a crazy boost of energy and focus that you would never be able to create by yourself.

I think that's better than spending evenings rehashing bad stories with your shrink :-)
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You should check out Linus' tech talk at Google about Git. Not only is Linus a really good speaker, he explains how a DVCS like git changes the workflow when it comes to managing the 'main' repository.

Spoiler: He has a 'circle of trust'. He pulls and merges commits from people he thinks are really smart and those people in turn pull and merge from people they think are smart.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4XpnKHJAok8
It carried over for years after grad school even as I regularly got 7-8 hours of sleep. Quite literally, it was gone within one day of supplements (5,000 IU) and it has never come back. For me there couldn't be a stronger personal causation. One day it was there and for years, the next it was gone.
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You don't have the experience or the knowledge to achieve your goals. 4-year college just gives you the basics. You are still too young. 30 is when you have established with enough experience and knowledge, 40 is when you've gained wisdom, and 50 is when you can see global trends in the world.

Just enjoy life, and don't stop learning.
On the Macbooks and Macbook Pros you just click in the bottom right corner (the whole thing is a button).
Ask HN: Do hackers use standing desks?
I recently read an article that mentioned "standing desks" and I am curious if any of you use them? If so, sharing your setup and tips etc would be great.
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If you have a digital camera of some sort then you're probably already accustomed to charging batteries anyway. I think recharging batteries is less messy than buying new ones each time. You have to stock them ahead of time (storage area), and remember to restock after resupplying your device (which you'll probably forget). Don't forget that each time you have to access new batteries you'll need to fight with those plastic containers and chances are you won't have scissors on you, use knife instead and kill or wound yourself in the process.

Also, environment.
>a single upvote invalidates however many thousand copies of a given page

I never understood this. Does reddit really need to spend the capital making sure I see a stranger's upvote the moment it occurs? A 60 second delay to refresh pages in batches seems perfectly reasonable. Perhaps with a client side script to mark my own upvotes so the system doesn't look like is losing my selections.
FTA: "Although more foods today are supplemented with vitamin D, experts say it is rarely possible to consume adequate amounts through foods."
Or it could suggest that people simply ignore them. Flagging an article is extra work. Maybe if there was a flag link next to the discuss link more people would flag articles.
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It seems for every query you really want to have good Wikipedia quality level equivalent page summarizing the best knowledge available. These content farms are trying to fill the gap where Wikipedia won't have a corresponding page, however, they do not have enough revenue per page to pay for content that is good enough.
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I've got a MBP hooked up to an external monitor, and I find myself using the four-finger upward-swipe to show my desktop.

That's about it.
But it does come with a free case. I really nice neoprene one right in the box from day 1.
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What is 7D RPG? Google says it's a kind of rocket launcher.
I agree with you in general, but I still feel that HN has gone overboard in its hostility to humour. Notwithstanding that a witty, timely, humorous, in-context comment stands a good chance of being upvoted here, a little more levity would help HN not to take itself quite so seriously all the time.
So long as they're getting exposed to UVB, they should be producing Vitamin D. E.g., http://www.nature.com/jid/journal/v125/n5/full/5603599a.html

The absolute amount of Vitamin D needed is quite modest, and the risk of cancer is (typically seen as) proportional to sun exposure; hence the recommendation for some - but not much - UV exposure.
There is a much easier explanation. There are people who have crappy lives. Whether by their own decisions, by fate, or by circumstance, their normal daily lives are something they are trying to avoid. Anything that helps them avoid the reality of their life becomes addictive. The only way to fix this problem is by changing their lives. But Oprah is already making a large profit by selling them that idea.
I wonder, do phone users in the USA really fall for this trick of hiding most of the price of handset into recurring payments? (so that an iPhone is perceived to be a $199 phone instead of a $1000 phone which it really is)

When the carriers tried this scheme in Russia upon the introduction of iPhone, it was a failure. Carriers developed different tiered plans, specifically for the iPhone, but I guess this simple trickery just couldn't hide the fact that it is a $1000 handset, and there just isn't that large market here for that. (Mind you, I think the 6-figure sales were good, just not up to Apple's expectations of selling millions of devices)
Interesting point. That might be a good feature request.
Thanks for the follow-up. From your original post the timeline wasn't clear to me, but this helps clear it up.
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I don't know why in the world people think that it's "normal" to sit still for hours on end focused on a task. Has that ever been natural for us? Kids can't do it. Most adults can't do it without caffeine or other drugs. Why do we keep trying?

The answer for me is balance. Work for two hours, then 1 hour break. Maybe exercise. Then when I come back, I'm focused and ready to go for another hour or so. Then maybe break, run an errand, have lunch. Take a short nap. Then work for another 2 hours.

Also, if you're having trouble focusing, ask yourself how much you like what really like what you're doing. I've been a programmer for 6 years, thought I liked it but had problems focusing, then realized my true passions were elsewhere.
The obvious is to make the transition from retailer to publisher/distributor. Valve was once a pure developer, but they made their transition to digital distribution and publishing and I'm _pretty_ sure they're doing much better now than when they were doing 1 game every other year distributed by Sierra or some other publisher.

It's definitely out of Gamespot's comfort zone, surely, and Kongregate might look like an odd purchase from a fanboy/consumer point of view. But, casual gaming is incredibly lucrative, especially when linked to social networking sites and mobile. I'm sure Gamestop won't stop (ha-ha) at Kongregate. Perhaps they should next go after a big name in mobile, like Gameloft, ngmoco:) or Glu.

I'd actually like to see some consolidation in the casual gaming industry, if for no other reason than to see if casual gaming can be a place for heavy hitting AAA-type publishers the size of EA or Activision, or if it's just the land of the indies and one- or two-hit wonders.
Want to thank moultano (from Google) for replying to so many stories.

One technique that I have manually begun employing to stop landing at what I would call value-less sites is looking at the PageRank (Chrome extension) of the host page before considering the individual story.

One reader complained about the hollow/bullshit review sites that match whatever word you are searching for and then make your eyes bleed with sheer number of ads once you get there and inter-related affiliate links -- these sites never have a high page rank and can be safely ignored.

I don't know if DuckDuckGo or Blekko (is that the new one in Alpha?) are going to take this type of data into consideration when ranking search results, but I sure do and it has never failed me.

If you want to see a quick example of bullshit websites -- try and Google for ANYTHING health-or-weightloss-related. Try "HGH review", "Sensa review" or just about anything else that you might be curious about in the health/medical realm and I guarantee you that it will be atleast 3 pages of search results before you find a single article that is not Google-fodder that actually has real content in it.

In the old days you used to be able to tell a "real" website from a "bullshit" one by looking at how pretty or professional the site is... un/fortunately the barrier to a beautiful site is much lower now and running across value-less sites that look as good as professionally developed/run sites is hard to spot instantly.

This is where peeking at the PageRank of the host has helped me quite a bit.

Yes it misses some things, like the case where a useless site produces 1 article that is good, but in general it keeps me sane and stops me from giving up search in general.

It would be nice if there was a Chrome/Firefox extension for Google's search result page that I could click "Submit Complaint" to submit links to Google complaining about the quality of the result or the site itself. I know they would have a lot of noise to work through from something like this, but I would hope over time it would help them be able to spot patterns in these affiliate-linking-ad-smattered-nightmare sites and get rid of them.
I WANT THIS! ;)
Ask HN: What Thinkpad should I get?
I run Maverick Meerkat on an IBM R51 and I'm thinking of getting a new laptop. I have looked into the X301 and the T410.

Having spoken to a couple of users of Maverick on the X301 (with the SSD), they have recommended the T410 with the i7 processor.

Do you have an i7 based Thinkpad or an x301 and you run Ubuntu on it? What have your experiences been?

What I'm looking for is something bombproof. The R51 has weathered a lot of abuse. How do the Lenovo builds stack up to the older IBM Thinkpads?

And if you have recommendations to non-Thinkpad laptops that fit the bill, do tell.
Yes, there is beauty in math and in proofs. I was able to see this beauty after reading the wonderful book by George Polya called "How to solve it?" I understood math intuitively, after learning many proofs like you, but the key point that I learnt from the book was "review your work". When you review, you reinforce how a particular problem was solved and learn from the method that was used. This forms as the basis for your next problem and so on.
I'd say your Rich White Guy problems are getting the best of you. For every successful person here, there are a thousand* of us who are obsessively checking reddit, facebook, reader, and email. You need to take control of your thoughts. Your brain has finite resources. If you use it to mostly think about all your failure and all the bad stuff, there won't be anything left to do anything good.

1) do something that makes you break a sweat EVERY DAY.

2) Go do something and take some pictures, then write about it. Even if it is just a short walk down a plain street. Find something about it that's interesting and think/write/capture it. This solves 2 problems. Now you're producing something and you're paying attention to what's going on outside your head.

3) Take a look at everything you accomplish in a day. You're less of a loser than you realize.
* - making up numbers as I go.
I've used one in the past and it would be good to return to that setup.

there are really expensive ones out there, but really all you need is something that gets yr monitor and keyboard up to a suitable height. i found something for <$100 in the past. there are also keyboard holders you can buy and install to help get the keyboard at a good height.

enjoy.
I think the leak is of greatest interest to those who have yet to realize that waging a war (even a small war in a third world country that most Americans happily ignore) takes a tremendous amount of ongoing promotion and propaganda.

Obama has been caught in the act of going to great lengths to manage public perception of the war... in this case by hiding information from the public that might result in public pressure to stop the war.
The middle class is being "wiped out" (with 22 cited statistics)
Another point with the N1 end is that it is the only phone running Android 2.2 (without hacked roms). This means that there are no phones a customer can buy to get Android 2.2 now.

Android is a great platform and I've been seeing more and more of them in the hands of people in the wild. But it's still a battle to tame the cell phone market as well as compete in the luxury smart phone category that Apple has captured.
Understand that I have not read your wordy post. I come from a poker background where the correct response is nearly (99%+) "You call too much." I could give this piece of advice to nearly everyone who asked me for advice on how to play a hand and I would be correct.

Your answer is "You don't understand your market." No more, no less. Figure it out. If you think about this for a moment, you'll realize that I am right. If you think about it deeply you'll realize that I didn't even know what I was saying... and yet, I was right.

It's not genius that drives innovation; it's the will to succeed.
I feel a funeral for a distant but important relative approaching.
My bad, 7D roguelike, or making a rogue-like game in 7 days. Still too sleep deprived after two weeks of dance classes + parties and coming back to work. Three coffees a day are the bare minimum.
You're getting your midlife crisis in early. Damn over-achiever. http://twitter.com/#search?q=middleclassproblems
In all major metros, infrastructure is as good as anywhere in the else. Your argument about electric generator was valid 5 years ago, not today.
I too often feel pretty guilty with myself unless I'm learning or creating or teaching. I appreciate knowing that this is a common phenomenon among hackers.

To the parent: Thanks for the reading suggestion. I will check that out.
"you only need 15 minutes"

It's important to qualify that this is only true of people with lower levels of melanin (ie white people). For Hispanics and Asians/Indians the number is probably closer to 60 minutes, and for those of African descent the number is closer to 120 minutes.
Ask HN: Best outsourced web app developers?
I have an idea for a web app that I would like to see developed from start to finish.

I'm looking for a reputable company that won't steal the idea and that takes pride in their work.

The idea is relatively simple but of course the devil is in the small details.

I'm prepared to fully fund this myself no worries there so I'm not looking to give up any equity in the idea.

As a side note, I'm curious if HN'ers think it's a good idea to outsource the whole ball of wax or if you think it could lead to problems down the road?
totally agree with the Could it be you are working at that job because you feel it is the "right" thing to do, rather than what you want to do? Maybe you should start looking for different work. As work takes so much of your day, maybe feeling disapointed there makes you disappointed in general. I'd try something else to do as work. Change is always good (and maybe all your problems simply translate to you being stagnant).
I love this idea, but how come they couldn't include this functionality into the Magic Mouse too? (Maybe next version?)
next step is to make a one giant trackpad with keys printed on top of it. os if you touch it its a key press and if you drag it its a mouse movement. now only need to figure out how to mouse click ;)
I both understand and don't understand your sentiment. I had two options.

Buy my phone outright for $600. Pay $10 + $30 a month for the line and data. OR. Buy my phone for $200 and sell my soul to Verizon for 24 months. Pay $10 + $30 a month for the line and data. I plan on being with Verizon for the foreseeable future. Why would I not choose the subsidized phone?
Both forms are suffiecient to cure rickets.
I am confused as to why this is Hacker News.
That's evolution in action, folks. Just look at where each ethnicity originates from, and it makes perfect sense. When you live in northern Europe, you may not get much sun, and have to make the most of it.
So, does the bluetooth disconnect when you accidentally touch the bottom left side with your thumb?
while in coding mode I hardly ever use the pointing device anyways, but control my environment using the keyboard alone.

But while browsing or looking up documentation, I need the pointing device and then the accuracy and the gestures of the trackpad come in very handily.
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I'm inclined to agree with you regarding devices that you take outside the house, like a digital camera. My comment was more about desktop peripherals. To address your points:

1) A 24 pack of AA batteries somewhere near your desk should last over a year, and you should have storage area somewhere to accommodate it.

2) AA batteries generally come in easy-to-rip cardboard packs, so no fighting with the container and hurting yourself.

3) The environment argument could fall either way; I suspect neither of us has seen definitive research regarding the total environmental cost of disposable vs. rechargeable batteries.
Obviously all hackers learned their leet skillz from the Starcrafts.
Sorry, I usually don't post comments because of how much context is lost. Part of the problem was trying to isolate the cause. I was in grad school for five years. In year two I started to notice the problem but I thought it was simply stress related. The solution was the futon in the office. I'd take an afternoon nap and then I was mostly good to go. During my post-doc I was less stressed but the problem remained. Only after my three year post-doc, a family member nutritionist literally looked at my eyes and said I was Vitamin D deficient. Sure enough, the results came back and I was badly deficient. 1.5 years of supplements later and I never take a afternoon nap.
Better link with just the stats and less overheated rhetoric about trade policy:

http://www.businessinsider.com/22-statistics-that-prove-the-...
I do.

It's not so much a standing desk as a lump in my room (there's a staircase below it) that comes up to about waist height.

Laptop goes on a couple of boxes and a riser to get to eye height, keyboard and mouse go on a large board on some more boxes.

It's extremely comfortable for hours at a time and I certainly find it easier to concentrate. There's less of a temptation to recline back in a comfy chair and watch YouTube videos all day.
For Apple to commit to anything in advance, let alone Windows support for a brand-new peripheral, would be evidence of takeover by pod people, and thus not nice at all.

Windows support for the original iPod arrived two years later.
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It looks as if lots of users sign up in January. I never knew that. Why?
Yes they do, because they don't have a choice.

If I pay $570 for an unlocked Nexus One to use on AT&T's network, I still pay the same monthly service price as my friend who bought a $99 subsidized iPhone.

I get no advantage for my nice unlocked unsubsidized phone when the current pricing model is based exclusively around subsidized handsets.
This is interesting if it is true. A few things:

*Youtube is owned by Google. If their new 4K codec is based off of Dirac then I'm not sure they would be compatible. Considering that they are throwing daggers at each other for the moment.
I echo your sentiments completely. Side note, I bought some kind of multi-touch mini Wacom tablet for my Windows desktop to try to emulate the Mac trackpad experience, but it is complete garbage compared to the precision of the trackpad on my Macbook. It just doesn't feel the same.
I don't agree with this comment in this context, but I do know for a fact that the Washington DC Metro does not extend to the popular Georgetown shopping and nightlife district for precisely this reason.
The thing that always infuriated me about these little nubs was not only do they tend to have very strange acceleration profiles, but they would quickly wear down from a smooth bump into something all jagged and rough, pock-marked like the surface of a meteorite. Track-pads just get buffed more shiny, from what I've seen.
Rock Band 3 Pro Mode will actually teach you to play instruments:

From: http://www.rockband.com/zine/rock-band-3-announcements

The Rock Band 3 Squier Stratocaster is a fully functional, full-sized, six-string electric guitar that also functions as a game controller that Fender and Harmonix have teamed up to develop.
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>That gives them a huge advantage at programming over someone who just sees computers as a black box.

Nowadays most videogames are played in consoles, which are effectively black boxes (except for some very experienced hackers).
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The only major US carrier that I know of that gives a discount on monthly plans when you bring your own phone is T-Mobile.
That's exactly the sort of problem that the language moratorium is supposed to address: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-3003/
Indeed. I also thought: "wasn't it always like this?". I understand newcomers tend to be naturally more active. But I also agree that the more subscribers HN has, more is the probability of its quality going low... Maybe a graph with the average of downvotes per articles over time could help.
Great advice and just to add a little to this line of thinking...

Never simply have a goal of losing weight. Instead, think about the lifestyle you want that will take you to a healthy weight. Find good foods that you enjoy and exercises that you don't dread. Your goal isn't to lose weight, it's to create that lifestyle that you really want, which will bring the weight-loss and better health with it.

Maybe use this 30 day method to get in the habit but the key to longevity will be the creation of a better lifestyle that you are truly happy with. It won't take long to see the benefits and being happy with the way you are reaching your goal will make it much easier to stay on that path.

Apply the same method to your ideas.
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The prevailing model of the universe at the time was a sphere with the Earth at the middle. In this model, the term "gravity" and "weight" meant something like "the natural level of this object".

Rocks had "low" weight, thus falling to the ground and fire had "high" weight, thus rising to the sky. Being composed of "earth" and "water", we stuck to the surface of the Earth because that was our natural place.

A lot of this model was carried over into Medieval science, but it changed over time to adapt to new discoveries, until it finally broke around the time of Galileo & Copernicus.

C.S. Lewis wrote a very interesting little work on the Medieval worldview called The Discarded Image that goes into some of this. He was writing mostly as a literary historian, but covers the scientific understanding to the extent that it informed literature. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Discarded_Image
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