15:[[33851101,{"by":"renaissance_tea","descendants":52,"id":33851101,"kids":[33853247,33852942,33851338,33852320,33851117,33851869,33851953,33852305,33851288,33853338,33851423,33851772,33852410,33851409,33854268,33851176,33851120,33853887,33852760,33854190,33854118,33853287,33851385,33851782,33852165,33853891,33852224,33851654,33852157,33852065,33852496,33851658,33853627,33852135,33851466,33851735],"score":26,"text":"Rough year of self induced stress for me so I’m taking two weeks off. What would you do?

Where I live, I have no friends and family. Looking for ideas to reset and have a good, productive time off","time":1670134063,"title":"Ask HN: 2 weeks off work, what to do?","type":"story"}],[33054652,{"by":"tropicalfruit","descendants":130,"id":33054652,"kids":[33054837,33054905,33055526,33055107,33055073,33055345,33055209,33054870,33054883,33054856,33055349,33055193,33054846,33054879,33057586,33054843,33055278,33057524,33055097,33055360,33055056,33054811,33055163,33055196,33055215,33066823,33054950,33055198,33056413,33055088,33054927,33056455,33054956,33055140,33055435,33055633,33055149,33054984,33055263,33055094,33055200,33132638,33055378,33055148,33055250,33055254,33059402,33055317,33055025,33055170,33055394,33055180,33055302,33057698,33055253,33059187,33055416,33057750,33055450,33055714],"score":122,"text":"I get stressed out a lot by my work. The people, and the lack of autonomy.

It invades my evenings, my nights, I spend sometimes hours unable to sleep dreading the next day.

I don't have any autonomy. I'm treated as a resource to be "used". And I work with people I don't respect personally or professionally.

I have been looking for a way out for a while, but let's just say that quitting or finding another job is NOT an option for now, for the sake of argument - to hopefully get some actionable advice.

I already stopped caring about my work. But my personality finds it difficult to ignore things that are wrong. Sometimes I look at other colleagues communication with others and it affects me also, I see so much wrong but I can't do anything about it.

How can I just stop caring?","time":1664706294,"title":"Ask HN: How to Stop Caring (Professionally)?","type":"story"}],[33047150,{"by":"raffraffraff","descendants":244,"id":33047150,"kids":[33049153,33047471,33047389,33049533,33048229,33048622,33052826,33048380,33047372,33047877,33047257,33047825,33048020,33047306,33050330,33049304,33047753,33047220,33054868,33048444,33052591,33054663,33051674,33048619,33049592,33047350,33052546,33052370,33048043,33048135,33055458,33053391,33047308,33050000,33059350,33053135,33047927,33052686,33055457,33052527,33049913,33047788,33048723,33048085,33049240,33050857],"score":366,"text":"$16","time":1664636935,"title":"A surprising way to lose your files on Windows","type":"story"}],[32761945,{"by":"rumpelstinkin","descendants":29,"id":32761945,"kids":[32762118,32768498,32762354,32767366,32766512,32762669,32792878,32764271,32762874,32762899,32771923,32782654],"score":8,"text":"Noise pollution is driving me to suicide. I tried all sorts of earplugs and earmuffs, but they don't do anything against dogs, loud music, bikes, etc.\nHowever, if I stick my little fingers in my ears they block almost everything.

If I understand correctly, common earplugs are only meant to dampen unsafe noise, while allowing you to listen to coworkers and safety notices. I don't need that. My safety priority is to reclaim a tiny corner where I'm in control.

Given that this place is full of tech nerds, I'm hoping that someone knows of something that can completely cancel noise on the level of a dog barking close by.","time":1662618663,"title":"Ask HN: Earplugs as Powerful as Fingers?","type":"story"}],[26902219,{"by":"alasterc","descendants":118,"id":26902219,"kids":[26902725,26902862,26902595,26902610,26902649,26902992,26902529,26902399,26902876,26902765,26902682,26903267,26904035,26902372,26903066,26902979,26902772,26908898,26902607,26902558,26903014,26911721,26907280,26904543,26902559,26904897,26902435,26904044,26902929,26905375,26910867,26908956,26903307,26909162,26907687,26903075,26902797,26903680,26902850,26903350,26903540,26902817,26903025,26907994,26909485,26902710,26914981,26902736,26903132,26902676,26913408,26902814,26902734,26902819,26902818,26902769,26912861,26902834,26902989,26902839,26902783,26909354,26907008,26903964,26906181,26907789,26902574,26906394,26906979,26902608,26911256,26902674,26902673,26904062,26902843,26903639,26905735,26902920,26902692,26907049,26905427,26905218,26902297,26911450,26904803,26903666],"score":104,"text":"$17","time":1619096300,"title":"Ask HN: Maybe I'm just not smart enough?","type":"story"}],[11533898,{"by":"anfroid555","descendants":1,"id":11533898,"kids":[11534132],"score":2,"time":1461155962,"title":"Softlayer vs. AWS","type":"story","url":"http://blog.softlayer.com/2014/softlayer-and-aws-whats-difference?mkt_tok=eyJpIjoiWlRRNU5UQTVPV1EzTVdZMCIsInQiOiJZOHVYY1Jpem8wdTRBRHo2SmZyVkRrdFgzK2ZQK1FwbEUrdHRqcW05blkzcXQyU3Q0R0JaNGhaQW9kSjFLaTZxTWpnV2pMRDN6VlRQSG40Y20wTDJWUDFvbzZHYjdoTHFlQXJYN1gybnlIQT0ifQ%3D%3D"}],[7340288,{"by":"rjzzleep","descendants":73,"id":7340288,"kids":[7340553,7340624,7340659,7340903,7340670,7340677,7340307,7340669,7340710,7340390,7342300,7340642,7340980,7340511],"score":113,"time":1393943043,"title":"UK official involved in national porn filter arrested for child porn","type":"story","url":"http://arstechnica.com/tech-policy/2014/03/top-uk-official-involved-in-national-porn-filter-arrested-for-child-porn/"}],[6952436,{"by":"wintron","descendants":62,"id":6952436,"kids":[6952686,6952949,6952593,6952746,6952647,6952456,6952784,6952472,6952788,6952798,6952653,6965728,6953029,6952850,6953467,6952751,6952691,6952863,6952828,6952595,6953821,6952785,6952757,6952722,6952632,6953115,6952670,6953548,6954308,6954795,6952569,6954382,6952657,6952930,6952640,6952694,6952871,6959523,6953409,6952655,6952929,6952774,6953075,6952590,6952708],"score":58,"text":"I've been coding for a living for about 15 years and, while there are plenty of days where I learn something new, overall, I'd say I'm actually pretty good at it, and generally quickly earn the respect of my peers wherever I work.

The problem is, I've lost my spark and enthusiasm for the job, BUT, I can't afford NOT to work, and with 3 young kids, I have some pretty significant overheads to meet each month.

I still read HN and other tech sources avidly, so I still have enthusiasm for the industry, in fact, I dream one day of running my own successful tech business. I'm just finding the physical and mental act of programming for a living draining, having done it for several years, I'm in need of a change, and, if I don't change something, I fear I'll burn out.

So, turning to HN for some inspiration. What should I do?","time":1387758773,"title":"Ask HN: I'm bored with programming, what should I do?","type":"story"}],[6243099,{"by":"netrus","dead":true,"descendants":12,"id":6243099,"kids":[6243466,6243471,6243456,6243473,6243477,6243508,6243664],"score":41,"text":"","time":1377000231,"title":"Subscribe to The Guardian","type":"story","url":"http://subscribe.theguardian.com/"}],[5930977,{"by":"dsowers","descendants":142,"id":5930977,"kids":[5931556,5931295,5931407,5931317,5932133,5931166,5931994,5931361,5931291,5931244,5931235,5935148,5931831,5931677,5933684,5931335,5933670,5931301,5932005,5931391,5934746,5932479,5932707,5931549,5931540,5932562,5932135,5931545,5931561,5935058,5931900],"score":213,"time":1372047885,"title":"Sacrificing everything for my dog. How I became a programmer","type":"story","url":"https://medium.com/this-happened-to-me/612aeda3d770"}]]

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