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October 14, 2009 (16y ago)
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I complain about everything.
  1. Ask HN: Autonomy, Mastery, Purpose -- how does your work give it to you?

    Daniel Pink's Drive is frequently cited here for its mantra of "autonomy, mastery, purpose" as the principal motivators for people's work. I've given this some thought and have to say that I've hardly ever been in a…

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  2. Ask PG: Showdead has lots of constructive comments from hellbanned users. Why?

    After turning on showdead, I tend to notice that there's quite a few comments that weren't there before that don't seem to be spam and are often times quite insightful. From clicking on the username that posted them and…

    3 points 1
  3. Ask HN: How does one gain expertise in scalability?

    My experience is mostly in experimental software and prototypes that never made it into production. I have some vague ideas of techniques that are used to scale applications and have read materials such as that on…

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  4. "What society overwhelmingly asks for is snake oil" (1994) (cs.utexas.edu)
    73 points 28
  5. Ask HN: Finally have loose change and spare time, but no sense of purpose. Help.

    (Apologies in advance for the rantish nature of this.) 24, programmer at BigCo for several years, and I'm lost. I've socked away enough coins to maintain my current lifestyle for the next 10 years, longer if I scale…

    41 points 76