16:[[40962582,{"by":"gautamsomani","descendants":44,"id":40962582,"kids":[40964603,40963922,40964980,40964843,40967222,40964910,40966434,40964687,40964536,40969607,40964783,40987919,40966123,40965716,40966048,40965142,40968345,40963141,40972203,40969998,40963879,40963687,40963460],"score":57,"text":"I am someone who is suffering from sleep problems since many years. And I want to know more on this topic. I read, at few places online including HN, that the book "Why We Sleep" is not completely accurate. Can someone recommend an ever more accurate book? Or "Why We Sleep" is the most accurate, albeit flawed, book out there?

I am also open to any series of articles/podcast or any scientific author to follow over a long time to learn about human sleep. I understand that not everything may apply to me, but still, learning is a good thing.","time":1720983181,"title":"Ask HN: Most accurate scientific book on human sleep?","type":"story"}],[37524202,{"by":"samlader","descendants":230,"id":37524202,"kids":[37529557,37529212,37526428,37528554,37528548,37527163,37526226,37529328,37526818,37532112,37525229,37530914,37529838,37526594,37527500,37526965,37527405,37526586,37528867,37530819,37529749,37528661,37529962,37527314,37530040,37541279,37527978,37527226,37529390,37529438,37528166,37529844,37528845,37530713,37529202,37530775,37530100,37530463,37529433,37528141,37526323,37528680,37528524,37529781,37526648,37527192,37528655,37532203,37530043,37527804,37528898,37526868,37528136,37526108,37527205,37526622],"score":334,"time":1694790402,"title":"Shrinkflation Tracker","type":"story","url":"https://www.shrinkflation.io/"}],[19789944,{"by":"kernx16","descendants":1,"id":19789944,"kids":[19789953],"score":3,"time":1556644963,"title":"Not Dead but Gone","type":"story","url":"https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/apr/24/grief-brain-injury-took-girlfriend-away"}],[18837334,{"by":"amadk","descendants":439,"id":18837334,"kids":[18841265,18837780,18839990,18838517,18839671,18839177,18837755,18838287,18837863,18837798,18837747,18837808,18839147,18837901,18840912,18839500,18841125,18839301,18839788,18839090,18839891,18842033,18838222,18838250,18839112,18837746,18837925,18838267,18837805,18839865,18837792,18838058,18837838,18839959,18839403,18837702,18840185,18848754,18838028,18840434,18838931,18837785,18840499,18837896,18837741,18839258,18839757,18840303,18838433,18839153,18841931,18839538,18837773,18839711,18840572,18838752,18842915,18838306,18842835,18837763,18840789,18840805,18847352,18843292,18839089,18838262,18845479,18844142,18839377,18847768,18840373,18839905,18847570,18845196,18839270,18837921,18837916,18838773,18839505,18839338,18838775,18840044,18846026,18840350,18838249,18842408,18840684,18844039,18840018,18842905,18839197,18837889,18838179,18839910,18838083,18837945,18839688,18837895,18840265,18838677,18839691,18839521,18845057,18838000,18838732,18838753,18843570,18843132,18840056,18853789,18838737,18840163,18838190,18882495,18852441,18839365,18838178,18838194,18838796,18838111,18837739,18838650,18839663,18843795,18839675,18844071,18837858,18837955,18863774,18841325,18843358,18848846,18839643,18839714,18843835,18842812,18846501,18841209,18838461,18839190,18843745,18838746,18837965,18840469,18838193,18847051,18839496,18838439,18839641,18837912,18841831,18841578,18843676,18838479,18838218,18838128,18837754,18844840,18872799,18839094,18855727,18842182,18838861,18839077,18845875,18839565,18843691,18837908,18839709,18840267,18854412,18848385,18844574,18841716,18839938,18842807,18838769,18841888,18838443,18848145,18846821,18890078,18842109,18842162,18838466,18837864,18850086,18846505,18891133,18838245,18840092,18844689,18839789,18838057,18840795,18839843,18839950,18842190,18847521,18849246,18840180,18838649,18838421,18840031,18845351,18844033,18838204,18839045,18839003,18840219,18839320,18840141,18843210,18838967,18838011,18839677],"score":985,"text":"In other words, how do you decide between what you want to work on and what should be worked on?

I've been stuck with trying to figure what to do with the rest of my life. I can't decide whether I should be working on what I want to work on (Energy, AI) or whether I should work on what I believe should be worked on (Healthcare).

It's a short life, so I want to be careful with this decision, to avoid any future regrets. Because I can't decide on this, I end up not getting anything done. Time continues to march on, while I'm still stuck with not knowing what to do.

Has anyone had any experience with this before? If yes, then what and how did you make your decision? What was the outcome? Is there a middle ground or silver lining, where you managed to work on both cases?","time":1546764419,"title":"Ask HN: How did you decide what problems to solve in your lifetime?","type":"story"}],[18733535,{"by":"realrali","descendants":85,"id":18733535,"kids":[18734945,18734273,18734986,18733591,18736004,18735103,18734306,18734349,18733808,18733705,18738443,18737536,18738898,18733919,18734252,18736405,18738374,18740124,18733843,18733969,18742946,18734247,18734946,18739340,18741741,18733870,18737194,18736858,18735163],"score":231,"text":"I have the opportunity to shadow a CEO/Founder of a $25 million dollar company. The company is in the fresh produce sector - not an industry that I ever really considered, but the founder has been able to build it up from nothing to one of Inc’s fastest growing companies in just 6 years. I have free reign to attend meetings/calls in all departments, and I have committed to 4 hours, 3 days a week. The CEO is a friend so there’s an established relationship. My longterm goal is to own my company and I want to learn how a successful business is run and the leadership skills required.

I’ve never done this before, so my questions are how do I get the most out of this great opportunity? How can I add value to him? How long should I continue this internship? Any other best practices/recommendations?

Thank you so much in advance!","time":1545403276,"title":"Ask HN: How to shadow a CEO?","type":"story"}],[18468694,{"by":"chpmrc","descendants":139,"id":18468694,"kids":[18468919,18468909,18469156,18469309,18469077,18468963,18468890,18469406,18469074,18469947,18468935,18469039,18468849,18468799,18472980,18474933,18471107,18473059,18469036,18469538,18471370,18468914,18542308,18469477,18468795,18471614,18483411,18468936,18476428,18468881,18468953,18470136,18473121,18469199,18468947,18469047,18469097],"score":94,"text":"Hi people! We're a bunch of developers tired of recruiters who get away with all sorts of unprofessional behavior.

After the n-th frustrating experience we decided to do something about it. We're trying to collect as much (anonymous) data as possible about bad experiences involving fellow developers and unprofessional recruiters and one day publish all the curated data for free, to create a sort of Yelp for recruiters.

You can help us by filling out the form at https://dontrecruit.me

After all you wouldn't waste time at a crappy restaurant, why waste time with a crappy recruiter?

Let me know if you have any questions/feedback. I'll try to read (and answer) each and every comment.","time":1542376271,"title":"Ask HN: Dontrecruit.me – A website to collect stories about bad recruiters","type":"story"}]]

user:	kernx16
created:	October 9, 2018
karma:	17
about:	I like to slap things into place.

1.	6 years ago \| discuss
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