Of course, like most things, it's entirely contextual. I agree with you, there's nothing I enjoy more than just looking out the window of a car, or train, or plane for that matter -- and if there isn't an urgency, or I'm traveling for pleasure that's just fine!
Of course if I need to cross a portion of the globe as quickly as possible for any number of plausible reasons, or I have to cover an enormous distance on a regular basis, like I'm sure most people would agree, (and I'm sure for a stiff price) I'd certainly be glad to have the opportunity to take advantage of a hyperspeed way to do it.
While I appreciate the intent of the post, I would encourage the OP to be at least a little more thorough before sharing -- this list is... sparse at best, and more accurately plain insufficient to be on the front page of HN. I certainly encourage everyone to collect their own curated list of critical resources at some point, (helps to find the ones that are most critical and specific to YOU) However in the meantime an actual good start for JS developers would be https://github.com/sorrycc/awesome-javascript or any of the other more specific awesome lists to be found on Github.
I think the implication is that, to quote Eric Weinstein from that Kayfabe article, "economic theory ... currently uses as it's central construct a market model based on assumptions of perfect information."
Does he say that? Because it's very wrong -- economics of imperfect information has been a dominant theme of microeconomics for the last 50 years. They gave Akerlof, Stiglitz, and Spence the Nobel back in 2001. They gave a second Nobel in 2007 for mechanism design, which is on when and how you can design institutions so that imperfect information doesn't wreck everything.
The other day someone was remarking how quickly one's luck can change (for the better). I don't disagree but for whatever reason my response was, "yah, life is full of ups and downs, the trick is to die on one of the upticks". I thought it was hilarious. They thought I was morbid and cynical. Go figure!
A saying I used at my old job was, "It could be worse, you could be face-down in a ditch somewhere." I thought it was funny and meant to improve people's perspective. Most people thought it was morbid too, so I had to stop.
Personally, I think a little dark humor helps people get by but that's just me. :)
Be careful with that one, if they where older they could have found it offensive. Ira Hayes an American War hero of WW2 died drunk in a ditch and if IRCC "dead in a ditch" was coined as morbid reference to that event, and was not always used in the best light when referring to American Indians. It can evoke stereotypes of American Indians and alcohol abuse as he was more remembered at the time for his death, rather than for being one of the few Marines that survived to raise the flag at Iwo Jima.
Oh for crying out loud, can we not do this for once?
No one, literally no one, using the incredibly common idiom of "dead in a ditch" is thinking of or referencing anything to do with Native Americans, alcohol or this person you've just referenced who I've never heard of before.
There is roughly a 0% chance that someone saying that phrase means it, or has ever even heard of it as, the weird imaginary negative stereotype usage you've claiming here.
Don't know how old you are but, I was born in the early 70's and it was pretty common slang around my region and most knew the reference. I don't know what we are doing for once, I was just giving some guidance on why someone of an older generation or of a certain ancestor could be offended by the comment. In all honesty I could not care less if he uses it, as it has pretty much fallen out of colloquialism and I am not the type to get offended, but the parent poster genuinely seemed unaware of what offence they did, so I offered one of many possible explanations. I get it, people are too sensitive now days and you have an axe to grid about it, fair enough, but I personally don't think I was doing anything other than providing a possible explanation.
I don't think the broader implication is that it's a cure-all, but there's significant research being done that points to it being far more effective than you may be giving it credit for. I'm at work and can't pull up sources but there's a group at John's Hopkins as well as a number of others - Tim Ferriss has a ton of links I believe, if you feel like looking into it. Speaking anecdotally, I have a number of friends who make very compelling arguments as to how remarkably transformative a single session (with the right intention set and setting) can be to your broader outlook with regard to addiction issues and depression. I wouldn't dismiss it outright or trivialize it just yet.
> I wouldn't dismiss it outright or trivialize it just yet.
I wasn't planning to do that. However, I'm not going to be part of any initial test-set either.
I will say, however, that I'm sceptical of the long-term prospects of this technique vis-a-vis remission. Furthermore, I'm not a huge fan of solving problems by taking strong psychotropic drugs.
Wow this article/discussion hits close to home - I work at a startup that's trying to tackle the ineffective/unnecessary meeting problem - we've got a Slack app that syncs with your calendar and sends out pulse surveys after certain meetings, then provides a dashboard for surfacing anonymous feedback and insights.
At first I didn’t really grok the problem - I’m used to working at small companies with small teams where bad meetings are pretty obvious and easy to deal with, but after seeing and hearing all the stories from people at the companies that participated in our beta it’s become pretty clear to me the scope of it - it really is an ongoing unsolved issue.
We’re testing different features and approaches and trying to figure out what works/doesn’t work - we’ve got a feature in the works which is like a “meeting exploder” where if enough people in a scheduled meeting don’t think it should happen it can get cancelled or at least reevaluated - we’re trying to make it sort of fun and easy for meeting attendees to give feedback, while still getting enough data that a host or team lead can see whether their meeetings are actually providing value or even need to happen in the first place etc.
It’s early days for us but we've gotten a ton of good feedback already - we’re still working out the kinks but it’s pretty validating to hear about all these teams and people still struggling with “the meeting problem”. We could always use more companies testing early versions too and providing feedback on what kind of features they like/don’t like so if you're on Slack and it’s something you or your team might be interested in give a shout - I'll post a link too, please don't be mad - https://getmarlo.com
I decided to put myself back out there after a few years of freelancing and, among other avenues, posted in a "Who wants to be hired". I had psychologically prepared myself for a long and frustrating search as I wasn't in a particular hurry and promised myself to be selective about where I landed, making sure it was a genuinely good fit.
I got three responses through HN, one from a company in the city I live in, one from a fully distributed team, and one from a holy s__t SV company I had fantasized about in years past.
All three were amazing opportunities and the people I spoke with were so awesome--genuine, authentic, enthusiastic, and of an altogether different caliber than what I had been anticipating.
I interviewed for a few weeks with all three and was honestly agonizing about what I'd do if I got an offer from more than one. I don't know what exactly I was expecting, but what I was not expecting was to feel so much like I was in the driver's seat of my job search experience. It was almost like I was interviewing them for the job, or more accurately, it was as if we were on an equal footing (I don't delude myself that that was actually the case, but it's how it felt dealing with such awesome point's of contact).
I wound up accepting a completely different offer from a co. in my city that I connected with through a different channel and that really ticked all the boxes for me--I mean--I feel really lucky, I truly love my job. It would have been an insane opportunity to take the role at the SV unicorn (had they extended me an offer, I'll never know) but at the end of the day I just wasn't ready to pick up my whole life and move cross country in my 30's.
Wow did I ever get derailed. The moral of the story is, while I didn't technically get hired through a "Who wants to be hired" thread, I did have an altogether highly positive experience, and I imagine, if anyone else's experience is like mine, that lot's of people get hooked up with awesome opportunities through that channel.
Technologies: Most experienced with frontend, however increasingly competent with backend and devops--Git, node, PHP, graphql, mySQL, API work, SSH, Linux, Bash, ansible, vagrant etc. Highly adaptable and enthusiastic about evolving/learning from those around me. While programming and developing for the web are the directions I've been leaning lately, it's likely that my biggest value add from the employer perspective is management/leadership experience, sales/marketing/biz-dev experience, creative problem solving/soft skills/people skills, and a general attitude of "we can get to a solution from here".
Of course if I need to cross a portion of the globe as quickly as possible for any number of plausible reasons, or I have to cover an enormous distance on a regular basis, like I'm sure most people would agree, (and I'm sure for a stiff price) I'd certainly be glad to have the opportunity to take advantage of a hyperspeed way to do it.