4D Time or about time or.....

Feb 17, 2009 13:59

An old friend of mine has chided me to make a new post. Okay ( Read more... )

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prock February 17 2009, 20:48:28 UTC
I doubt I'd say very much to either person unless I was asked. In a big picture sense I guess I'd tell them both to do whatever they wanted smartly. I'm 38.

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prock February 17 2009, 21:14:27 UTC
I'm not sure what you mean. I've generally found doing what I wanted while at the same time making sure I'm not being an idiot, to be a very fruitful way to go.

And just to be clear, I personally have not always persued personal interests. And neither have I done everything very smartly.

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I think he's confusing ... freelikebeer February 17 2009, 22:01:33 UTC
your general wallflower-ish-ness for a lack of sympathy for your naive, young self.

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selfishgene February 17 2009, 20:50:36 UTC
1) The worst mistake is refusing to admit to yourself made a mistake.
2) Different personality types are prone to different errors. Some people are too cautious, some are too impulsive, for example. You need to know what your typical error mode is, so you can fight it.

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jonathankaplan February 24 2009, 16:16:32 UTC
I liked both of yours a great deal.
Thanks!

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rcfox February 17 2009, 20:57:37 UTC
1. Go into business for yourself as soon as possible. Be happy in life--it's too short to stay in a job you don't like.

2. If the opportunity came up, I'd say exactly the same thing.

I'm 47.

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jonathankaplan February 24 2009, 16:17:28 UTC
Right on.
Thanks for replying, hope the poker is going well.

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freelikebeer February 17 2009, 21:58:43 UTC
Did you happen to go to Purdue?

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jonathankaplan February 24 2009, 16:19:24 UTC
I knew it was either you or Bastard that would come up with this kind of response.
Thanks for the reply!

(On a totally different note, starting to feel like it is almost time for US stocks again...unless we manage to achieve full-blown deflation, of course.)

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tom_bayes February 17 2009, 21:40:41 UTC
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1. I'd give him a list of women to not bother wasting his time with ;P

More seriously, I'd tell him to spend a year or two less doing the Yellowstone National Park/ski bum routine and gotten him in grad school quicker and advised him on how to have used his time there more effectively.

Or, alternatively, I would have discovered IRC poker and rec.gambling.poker a lot sooner and maybe I could have gotten so good at the p0cker that I'd be a Full Tilt Pro!

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jonathankaplan February 24 2009, 16:24:41 UTC
Isn't everyone going to know enough English eventually that that (or a close facsimile) will end up being a communication for tool for everyone?
To do anything too technical, scientific, or even international consumerist, you almost have to know some English? (For the foreseeable future, at any rate?)
I don't see me learning Chinese any time soon...smile...

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