Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

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by totalthrowaway • 7 years ago

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BagPiper5000• 7 years ago

Alcohol by far.

Also cocaine.

MDMA.

Sugar.

Develop software skills a tiny bit in a bunch of languages and areas without becoming an expert at anything or finishing projects.

buboard• 7 years ago

i keep building sites that dont make any money

luhego• 7 years ago

I keep buying books that I don't have time to read. For example, I bought 6 books yesterday on Black Friday. I will probably read one or two. It just feel too good to buy things.

quickpost• 7 years ago

Overeating

dhruvkar• 7 years ago

Buying domain names I never use.

rman6662• 7 years ago

I’m glad I finally broke this habit. I probably bought hundreds over the years! I’m down to about 5 now :-)

stockkid• 7 years ago

Kudos for breaking the habit. Did you let them simply expire, or sold them?

TheGrumpyBrit• 7 years ago

I currently own about 220 domains, of which I'm actively using about 10 and have plans for maybe 20 more.

rman6662• 7 years ago

I clip too many articles and URLs that I never read!

bbody• 7 years ago

Eating too much sugar and not exercising enough.

iSloth• 7 years ago

Undervalue self in salary discussions and negotiations.

monkey26• 7 years ago

Drink and stay up too late.

Kids and wife go to bed. Have a drink catch up on a few things. Should just stop there. Next thing you know I’ve had 3-4 strong beers and it’s 2am.

CM30• 7 years ago

Probably eating too many sugary snacks, since I've got a bit of a sweet tooth.

I also tend to put things off a bit much. Got way too many projects I need to get around to finishing, tons of articles and videos I need to actually read/watch at some point, and a ton of things I generally want to do that I never get around to actually trying.

mbfg• 7 years ago

Living

el_dev_hell• 7 years ago

Working for "the man".

quickthrower2• 7 years ago

Pay $4 for coffee

BlueSlide• 7 years ago

Smoking Staying up late

methusala8• 7 years ago

Not building right routines to take advantage of the opportunities that life is presenting. Not having a good sleep routine is the chief one among these.

rurban• 7 years ago

Engaging in open source communities with my real name. Never do that. Always use synonymes.

It's not that you cannot behave or might behave unprofessional. It's the others, and it will backfire one day.

Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?

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