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This is very much me to a T, even including waking up far too early and having difficulty getting back to sleep. It's absolutely bizarre how it seems like difference in 15-30 minutes can have such a negative effect. Hope you can solve your sleep issues!

Taking a look at his BB/100 (big blinds per 100 hands) versus "normal" players (and against potripper, a known cheater) shows just how out of the ordinary Postle is playing: https://i.imgur.com/66i3Tii.jpg. Admittedly, the sample size is small (live poker is much slower than online), but his win rate is outrageous.

For context: against good players (e.g. perhaps NL1000 in the bay area, and maybe NL50 online), a winrate over 10BB/100 over a long period of time is considered very good.

I almost gave up on this series halfway through book one, but I'm so glad I stuck with it. The characters were fantastic, the world was wonderfully built, and there was just.. so much of it. Took me quite a while to get through all 10 just due to their size.

I haven't read any of the off-shoot books yet, but they're on my list.

Start Your Own ISP 9 years ago

Hey! Just wanted to say that although you haven't come to my house yet, everyone I've talked to in Alameda loves you guys. Having worked at an ISP startup, I know how tough it is to succeed -- hope you guys manage!

I haven't had any issues sleeping in Amtrak coach seats the handful of times I've taken overnight train trips. I sleep much better than on airline coach. Amtrak seats recline pretty far and have much larger pitch than airline coach seats. It's quite comfortable for a single night, really.

I strongly disagree with this sort of attitude. It scares people away from learning how cryptography works. We should be encouraging everyone to write their own crypto: it's a fantastic learning experience. Just don't use your first go in production.

I realize this doesn't add anything to the conversation, but as someone whose mom passed away from ALS, I welcome anything that can remotely improve this terrible disease. Watching her go from walking to barely able to lift a glass in six months was devastating and I'd have given much for 33% more able-bodied time with her.

How do you suggest structuring an interview to find candidates who are able to think abstractly? I don't think the current trivia-esque style interview works.

This is sort of my dream, but every time I've checked prices they have been astronomical, upwards of, say, $800 to go from Emeryville to Florida (just a regular coach seat).