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I wonder if it's possible to come up with an alphabet where different sound clusters are addressed by individual letters. For instance:

'h𐑬se' and 'aut' - where 𐑬 is read as 'au' in RP, but as 'oy' in NI.

The downside is that the said alphabet would have more letters and it won't be always easy to guess the spelling based on pronunciation (still easier than currently in English), but the upside is that one can always read any word correctly in their accent.

do I need to get to the next level?

It depends on the company. A few companies have a terminal level that is approximately equivalent to Dropbox's IC3/IC4. This level does not involve managing people, but it does require owning projects that can span across several teams.

The boom _during_ Covid has been crazy, but I think it's still possible to get a FAANG job that will get you to the US. The other route would be joining a FAANG in the UK and then changing teams after 1-2 years.

The simple answer? They can afford it.

I'm honestly not trying to nitpick, but the explanation "they do X because they can X" is not a good one. Being able to do X is a prerequisite for doing X, but it is not a sufficient condition. Why do they choose to, though? Perhaps, a part of it is vanity, but

nothing to do with your skills

is a bit much. I might assure you, a FAANG interview requires certain skills[1], and it's easy to fail or be "downleveled" to a lower salary.

[1] - not to discourage anyone from trying to, you just need to put in some time and work.

I have trouble discerning the author's point exactly.

- Yes, you can't rely on open-source project going in the same direction as you want.

- Yes, any process involving people has a phycological and interpersonal component.

To this day we read about the war and it feels distant[...]

[..]don't get blindsided, especially in times of war[...]

I'm glad the author is not affected by the war, but I supposed it's fair to say that it is not hard for the author to stay unbiased (or it might be just indifferent).

In many Russian policies, the concept of a border is definitely lacking.

Chronic stress, when cortisol levels are consistently high, can lead to chronic inflammation.

That is a great insight. I noticed similar tension in my hands hovering over the keyboard instead of resting nearby.

a Seqable object that will invoke the body only the first time seq is called, and will cache the result and return it on all subsequent seq calls.

To guarantee "only the first time", I suppose you need to have some kind of synchronization at some level.

Did people end up eating potassium permanganate? I think that would be pretty toxic.

It is definitely toxic and dangerous. Yet, we used a very light solution of it (I'm thinking <0.1%, a very light shade of purple) to cause vomit reflex.

Can I pick and choose?

I see a lot of people are going with `climb the ladder' + `have kids'. Others go for `side hustle' + `fitness`

The page appeares to be hugged to death. Google cache: https://webcache.googleusercontent.com/search?q=cache:uWo0Ni...

I’ve noticed that if I respond to people’s emails quickly, they send me more emails.

That's funny: when I learnt this, I have encouraged myself to reply with a delay so that give people a chance to resolve problems on their own and generate less emails for future me to handle.

Surely, Dutch understand the concepts of sarcasm, irony and euphemism.

He/she refers to this https://medium.com/@pskallas/4-hour-life-glossary-4740bca641...

Perhaps, in the second sentence, they meant total calories. More fat with protein is good, more fat with carbs - bad. According to this paper. But, yes, the abstract section could be greatly improved.

It must be quite a book if you reread every year. Could you elaborate on what questions that book answers?

To my understanding, that included fruit sugar, not only added sugar:

https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/eat-well/food-types/how-does-su...

The government recommends that free sugars – sugars added to food or drinks, and sugars found naturally in honey, syrups, and unsweetened fruit and vegetable juices, smoothies and purées – should not make up more than 5% of the energy (calories) you get from food and drink each day.

But even if the recommendation is added sugar -- what is the real difference between added and "natural" occurring sugar? Does this distinction invalidate my comment above? The point being that it's quite possible and even easy to consume several times, or even order above the reasonable amount of sugar by eating fruits. The apple is not even the sweetest one.

[citation needed]

I don't have a citation either, but google search reveals the following points:

1) One serving, or one medium apple, provides about 95 calories, 0 gram fat, 1 gram protein, 25 grams carbohydrate, 19 grams sugar (naturally occurring), and 3 grams fiber. 2) Recommended amount of consumed sugar for an adult is 30 grams per day. 3) You can also find a lot of citations how increased sugar consumption increases chances of diabetes.

So two apples already gets you above the recommended amount. An apple is basically 80% sugar in terms of calories: 19 * 4 / 95 = ~80%

List of other massacres in India for comparison: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_India

If you want maximize your chance at success, you need to do something non-scalable.

What is the meaning of 'scalable' here? Popular/widely-known?

I think HDMI EDID Emulator can be useful. For instance, https://smile.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/B095JXDM84/ref=ppx_yo_...

In my (very poor) understanding, it 'caches' the information about monitor capabilities. I used it to prevent my laptop from rearranging windows when my monitor goes to energy saving mode.

Such a clever name for a language. He only killed a 10 million or so. I wonder what were the other name ideas that lost to 'Stalin'

Interesting. Do you know how many hours you sleep per day in total?

That's an interesting observation. Did it work for you?

Another reason why people quit right after taking a sabbatical is because people willing to quit several months before the 7 years mark will postpone their decision.

I can relate.

I'm qualified to apply for a permanent residence in 4 months.

The worst thing is that if I get laid off, the 5-year clock resets, and it would waste almost 5 years.

Technically, it takes 45+ days to lay off someone. However, the application requires a letter from the employer to confirm I'm still needed at a job, which means the lay-off just a few days before the application could invalidate the application and has a potential to reset the clock.

What's perfect practice? Deliberate practice?

For a moment, I thought L5 refers to Lagrange point 5 and L5 GPS to a new GPS sattelite located there for some reason.

To be fair, the article promises advice on how to have a startup and 9-to-5, not on how to have both while raising small kids. Doing just 2 of 3 is hard enough.

Run home at 5:30

Author mentions he's remote and don't have to commute which saves ~10 hours per week.

cook dinner

If you are picking up kids today, could your partner cook dinner?