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Is there a better way?","type":"story","url":"https://www.latimes.com/environment/story/2023-06-27/solar-panels-could-save-california-but-they-hurt-the-desert"}],[36254774,{"by":"kiyanwang","descendants":62,"id":36254774,"kids":[36255420,36255457,36255084,36255074,36256951,36258532,36254998,36255461,36255663,36259342,36255764,36254835,36255081,36255824,36259735,36256443,36255980,36254980,36257815,36259477,36255202,36262447],"score":87,"time":1686297961,"title":"To Build a Top Performing Team, Ask for 85% Effort","type":"story","url":"https://hbr.org/2023/06/to-build-a-top-performing-team-ask-for-85-effort"}],[35808173,{"by":"bookofjoe","descendants":3,"id":35808173,"kids":[35810007,35811468,35813886],"score":21,"time":1683150113,"title":"The Discord Where Thousands of Rogue Producers Are Making AI Music","type":"story","url":"https://www.vice.com/en/article/y3wdj7/inside-the-discord-where-thousands-of-rogue-producers-are-making-ai-music"}],[35679473,{"by":"theodpHN","descendants":4,"id":35679473,"kids":[35682607,35680964,35687245,35680849],"score":14,"time":1682276883,"title":"Is It Time to Stop Saying 'Learn to Code'?","type":"story","url":"https://developers.slashdot.org/story/23/04/23/177210/is-it-time-to-stop-saying-learn-to-code"}],[34915315,{"by":"Balgair","descendants":15,"id":34915315,"kids":[34915685,34919362,34918759,34923655],"score":52,"time":1677180984,"title":"Tech’s Productivity Obsession Is Toxic","type":"story","url":"https://www.wired.co.uk/article/techs-productivity-obsession-is-toxic"}],[34668624,{"by":"margorczynski","descendants":57,"id":34668624,"kids":[34669625,34669596,34669469,34669913,34669327,34670372,34676578,34672809,34669492,34669760,34669406,34685364,34676377,34669717,34670438,34688794,34672513,34675210,34669554,34669755,34669234,34669954,34669570,34669498,34672862,34676444,34674352,34670287,34671974,34670716,34669579,34683394,34669506,34669540,34671903],"score":67,"text":"Just wanted to pose this question to anyone who has the experience of starting up a startup/business from scratch or that worked in one for a longer time until it failed.

In retrospect - what do you think was the most significant factor that made it fail? Bad market research? Wrong product design? Engineering failure at executing properly?","time":1675627346,"title":"Ask HN: What made your startup fail?","type":"story"}],[34667411,{"by":"devoutsalsa","descendants":900,"id":34667411,"kids":[34668946,34667866,34667829,34667670,34669402,34669328,34668244,34667774,34667686,34668192,34668279,34667557,34667628,34669734,34667537,34668320,34668466,34668763,34669573,34667571,34668849,34668131,34670916,34667539,34672243,34667703,34668419,34667659,34667984,34668477,34667785,34669281,34668568,34669386,34669119,34667805,34667843,34668085,34669683,34669831,34668969,34667741,34667917,34667675,34668024,34667896,34667722,34668541,34668094,34668243,34668028,34667837,34667579,34668155,34678936,34706877,34670859,34675238,34668032,34668936,34670896,34669054,34669888,34668310,34668758,34668930,34676383,34669646,34667972,34668669,34672220,34668015,34667560,34668722,34669853,34668353,34668216,34669315,34668528,34669337,34672410,34670475,34668864,34668092,34668504,34675357,34668944,34668603,34668118,34670030,34667802,34669162,34668056,34668820,34667656,34667977,34669440,34668424,34668507,34669671,34669097,34677114,34672291,34675542,34667794,34668665,34667643,34669261,34685732,34667700,34669240,34667620,34668247,34669427,34668091,34668041,34667604,34671130,34673257,34668662,34669789,34669368,34668203,34684305,34690846,34667868,34668248,34679925,34687589],"score":356,"text":"Many of us were remote, and now many of us are being asked to come back? Knowing office workers all work with remote people in other offices, and there’s not much in-office dynamic like maybe there was 20 years ago, what are your primary motivations dragging us back into the office? Nearly every meeting I’ve had in an office since 2014 has been a video conference with remote people.","time":1675621952,"title":"Ask HN: Employers, why do you want us back in the office?","type":"story"}],[34250573,{"by":"dazzlevolta","descendants":41,"id":34250573,"kids":[34254833,34250675,34255108,34251639,34251822,34254176,34253033,34265160,34255255,34251103,34253884,34255468,34255784],"score":15,"text":"Hi HN,

In 2020 I had posted the same question (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=25069693).

Now the world has quite changed in a little over two years and I would be curious to know if the "biggest problem" trends also changed.

This is the very simple (and purposely broad) question:

  What is your biggest problem right now?

","time":1672862372,"title":"Ask HN: What is your biggest problem? (2022)","type":"story"}],[32455968,{"by":"mmphosis","descendants":87,"id":32455968,"kids":[32457240,32457755,32459086,32457310,32457937,32459197,32457325,32457372,32459926,32456832,32459539,32457819,32460176,32458125,32468824,32458990],"score":88,"time":1660446168,"title":"The open source paradox (2020)","type":"story","url":"http://antirez.com/news/134"}],[32339219,{"by":"jnathsf","descendants":108,"id":32339219,"kids":[32341776,32340448,32340884,32341344,32339266,32363962,32341065,32341817,32341621,32342646,32342483,32339389,32343626,32341459,32344696,32343385,32340865,32342484,32341750,32339505,32341713,32342579,32349266,32339359,32369541,32344403,32346457,32344702,32343761,32344283,32343025,32342713,32342761,32342679,32343179,32367188,32401207,32352674,32342405,32349838,32348137,32347113,32345923,32341594,32342479,32350998,32341540,32340421,32346389,32343920,32352690,32367887],"score":99,"text":"Like many people I've learned a number of skillsets throughout my life but only a few have given me so much value that I wish I started earlier.

Specifically, it took me about a year of daily meditation practice before I started seeing significant results (more energy, focus, patience, willpower, less stress/anxiety, etc).

Another one is learning to bike safely in a dense urban environment. It's something I do multiple times a week that brings joy, exercise and fresh air (yes my per mile risk of an accident is higher than other modes of transportation but I'm also balancing that with better fitness).

Are there others that I should be learning?","time":1659585665,"title":"Ask HN: What skills have given you a 10x return?","type":"story"}]]

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