15:[[26756764,{"by":"offtop5","descendants":3,"id":26756764,"kids":[26757384,26757270,26759139],"score":2,"text":"I've always struggled with languages, but Chinese is rather captivating. Has anyone started late, say 30s and become fluent. I actually find it much easier than Korean or Japanese ( mainly owing to Chinese having an easier grammar).","time":1618005860,"title":"Ask HN: Is it possible to become fluent in Mandarin","type":"story"}],[26718064,{"by":"cwwc","descendants":1,"id":26718064,"kids":[26719770,26718271,26719776],"score":1,"time":1617747533,"title":"Caitlyn Jenner explores run for California governor","type":"story","url":"https://www.axios.com/caitlyn-jenner-california-governor-newsom-recall-a2815644-5855-4162-9ed9-50c93a01ae0d.html"}],[26523816,{"by":"break_the_bank","descendants":164,"id":26523816,"kids":[26525466,26524032,26525173,26523894,26524474,26526034,26525640,26524312,26524064,26524304,26524505,26525642,26524170,26524253,26525580,26524805,26524003,26523951,26526004,26524360,26525877,26525447,26597545,26530583,26524013,26527903,26524276,26526386,26525442,26524157,26524180,26524150,26524353,26536402,26527742,26526055,26529083,26524055,26525164,26525703,26526143,26530972,26525893,26524231,26527505,26525381,26554791,26526235,26527956,26600760,26597901,26524378,26524205,26524798,26524845,26527931,26525884,26525798,26525574,26525578,26530735,26530271,26525696,26528185,26523955,26524397,26547371,26525556,26526192,26525749,26525672,26525901,26524635,26599467,26529303,26556568,26524712,26527269,26526615,26526251,26525581,26549235,26524149,26523965,26533446,26525303],"score":212,"text":"As an engineer I run cycles of listening, paraphrasing and then solutionizing almost every day. This doesn't translate well in friendships & relationships where the other person just wants someone to listen. At the same time I rate lowly on empathy scoring tests on the internet. Other technical folks here who might have gone through this,

1. How did you develop your listening skill?

2. How to be more empathetic?

Update: Some more questions

1. What common failure modes do you hit in your relationships as a low empathy person?

2. How do you avoid them?","time":1616254320,"title":"Ask HN: How to build empathy?","type":"story"}],[26509062,{"by":"RickJWagner","descendants":96,"id":26509062,"kids":[26509388,26509785,26509738,26510063,26509479,26509900,26510135,26510288,26509606,26509310,26509480,26509743,26509551,26509656,26513719,26509975,26509350,26509917,26510211],"score":181,"time":1616113656,"title":"She Came to the US to Study with Only $300 – Now She’s a NASA Director","type":"story","url":"https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org/diana-trujillo-nasa-role-model-mars"}],[26085823,{"by":"jbegley","descendants":4,"id":26085823,"kids":[26089694,26086278,26087507],"score":4,"time":1612932333,"title":"Mark Cuban Says He Told Mavericks to Stop Playing Anthem","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/09/sports/basketball/dallas-mavericks-national-anthem.html"}],[25886956,{"by":"thereare5lights","descendants":1,"id":25886956,"kids":[25888680],"score":2,"time":1611442978,"title":"Beijing Turned China’s Covid-19 Tragedy to Its Advantage","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2021/01/22/business/china-covid-19-beijing.html"}],[25816460,{"by":"reddotX","descendants":3,"id":25816460,"kids":[25816587,25816985,25817085],"score":6,"time":1610926907,"title":"Trump admin slams China's Huawei, halting shipments from Intel, others","type":"story","url":"https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-huawei-tech-exclusive-idUSKBN29M0KD"}],[25815137,{"by":"smarri","descendants":7,"id":25815137,"kids":[25815506,25815820,25815219,25817043,25816831,25815275,25815414,25815782],"score":1,"text":"In my experience the answer is a resounding no, but curious to know if anyone sees it differently.","time":1610918864,"title":"Ask HN: Should you be loyal to a company/job?","type":"story"}],[25803568,{"by":"lxm","descendants":282,"id":25803568,"kids":[25803978,25804488,25803896,25803962,25804001,25804745,25804029,25804003,25804542,25804732,25803949,25804104,25804492,25804282,25804894,25804322,25804281,25804034,25806266,25805115,25803986,25804121,25807243,25806191,25804501,25804459,25805046,25804399,25805206,25804284,25804345,25806075,25804962,25804278,25804279,25806445,25804769,25804527,25804785,25807754,25804454,25804671,25804378,25804728,25809711,25806513,25804983,25806035,25804337,25805728,25807489,25806175,25805008,25807333,25804517,25806927,25807030,25803947,25804858],"score":397,"time":1610817174,"title":"Toxic positivity does more harm than good","type":"story","url":"https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-01-14/what-is-fono-toxic-positivity-is-doing-more-harm-than-good"}],[25796352,{"by":"Elof","descendants":1,"id":25796352,"kids":[25798919],"score":5,"time":1610744268,"title":"The Great Grift","type":"story","url":"https://www.profgalloway.com/the-great-grift"}],[25797043,{"by":"eternalreturn","descendants":1,"id":25797043,"kids":[25798769],"score":2,"time":1610747614,"title":"“There was a real fear that we would not make it out”: escape from Capitol","type":"story","url":"https://theintercept.com/2021/01/15/deconstructed-jayapal-capitol-escape/"}],[25797429,{"by":"v1l","descendants":54,"id":25797429,"kids":[25799810,25800637,25797664,25800622,25797690,25806941,25798998,25800076,25799552,25798540,25802469,25798685,25798400,25799678,25799595,25798116,25800865,25800380],"score":43,"text":"How did you discover the role? Did you apply through the careers site or a job board? Have you even heard back? What level of experience do you have?

Just curious how the year has started for people looking for a new role.","time":1610750056,"title":"Ask HN: How have your recent job application experiences been?","type":"story"}],[25731566,{"by":"ignoramous","descendants":184,"id":25731566,"kids":[25732458,25732233,25731869,25732246,25732038,25740297,25733186,25732402,25732737,25731686,25732271,25732100,25732741,25732449,25732656,25732483,25732014,25733718,25732963,25733540,25732571,25732489,25734243,25731841,25747696,25740791,25734526,25734737,25735678,25732816,25734053,25732669,25732585,25731960,25732485,25741018,25734646,25732521,25735011,25733117,25740528,25732389,25740674,25732522,25732433,25732564],"score":945,"text":""Aaron is dead. Wanderers in this crazy world, we have lost a mentor, a wise elder.\nHackers for right, we are one down, we have lost one of our own. Nurturers, carers, listeners, feeders, parents all, we have lost a child. Let us all weep." - Tim Berners Lee.

Thank you for everything, Aaron.

Discussions at the time:

1. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5046845

2. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=5048820

Blog post in 2016 by Noah, Aaron's brother: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10881413","time":1610383729,"title":"Tell HN: Aaron Swartz died today, 8 years ago","type":"story"}],[25717006,{"by":"artembugara","descendants":41,"id":25717006,"kids":[25718788,25717458,25717484,25719434,25718233,25718107,25718903,25717681,25718957,25719759,25717388,25724036,25719052],"score":76,"time":1610299818,"title":"We've been running a bootstrapped startup for a year","type":"story","url":"https://newscatcherapi.com/blog/we-ve-been-running-a-bootstrapped-startup-for-1-year-our-top-15-takeaways"}],[25706717,{"by":"mardiyah","descendants":1,"id":25706717,"kids":[25707557,25706743],"score":3,"time":1610238168,"title":"Scaramucci: 'Trump should go to jail'","type":"story","url":"https://finance.yahoo.com/news/anthony-scaramucci-trump-should-go-to-jail-140307146.html"}],[25706155,{"by":"octopoc","descendants":196,"id":25706155,"kids":[25706579,25706864,25709316,25706945,25709064,25706981,25707150,25706616,25706853,25706338,25707209,25714928,25706784,25706488,25706322,25706371,25707493,25709970,25718219,25706461,25706260,25706783,25706728,25706420,25707001,25706900],"score":227,"time":1610234415,"title":"Lifting Self-Imposed Restrictions on the U.S.-Taiwan Relationship","type":"story","url":"https://www.state.gov/lifting-self-imposed-restrictions-on-the-u-s-taiwan-relationship/"}],[25662984,{"by":"vinni2","descendants":24,"id":25662984,"kids":[25663260,25664947,25667812,25666759,25667126,25664367,25666731,25668390,25665915,25663398,25684457,25700107],"score":18,"time":1609969399,"title":"Germany to order large companies to include women on executive boards","type":"story","url":"https://www.thelocal.de/20210106/germany-to-require-large-companies-to-include-women-on-boards-cabinet"}],[25666774,{"by":"mardiyah","descendants":1,"id":25666774,"kids":[25667099,25667231],"score":2,"time":1609988714,"title":"'One day everyone will use China's digital currency'","type":"story","url":"https://www.bbc.com/news/business-54261382"}],[25635593,{"by":"laowantong","descendants":14,"id":25635593,"kids":[25637874,25642317,25637005,25640354,25642913,25638391,25642183],"score":44,"time":1609784426,"title":"Working Oneself to Death in China","type":"story","url":"https://www.whatsonweibo.com/death-of-pinduoduo-employee-sparks-discussions-on-overtime-work/"}],[25618056,{"by":"hoerzu","descendants":2,"id":25618056,"kids":[25621073,25619778],"score":3,"time":1609633177,"title":"Ask HN: Chinese Equivalent of Hacker News?","type":"story"}],[25576412,{"by":"therockspush","descendants":4,"id":25576412,"kids":[25577993,25578587],"score":18,"time":1609284873,"title":"China drops 76ers broadcasts as Hong Kong row rumbles on","type":"story","url":"https://www.japantimes.co.jp/sports/2020/12/29/basketball/nba/76ers-china-broadcasts-hongkong/"}],[25491535,{"by":"jkuria","descendants":1,"id":25491535,"kids":[25491900],"score":1,"time":1608517324,"title":"Entrepreneurs and corporate leaders unite in support of Black-owned businesses","type":"story","url":"https://www.geekwire.com/2020/entrepreneurs-corporate-leaders-unite-support-black-owned-businesses/"}],[25403283,{"by":"jlamp","descendants":13,"id":25403283,"kids":[25410910,25403386,25403819,25403381,25405106,25409984,25421294,25404352,25404136],"score":12,"text":"I'm working on a solution for connecting engineers with their best fit roles at startups (or other tech companies) but I want to know what your biggest challenges are when looking for a new job and interviewing. Is it:\n- Finding a job?\n- Finding a job you're passionate about?\n- Getting invited to the interview?\n- Passing the interview?\n- Not being satisfied with your role/job responsibilities after being hired?

Just to give some background on myself, I've conducted over 1000 interviews over the years for companies such as Amazon, Robinhood, OpenDoor, and many others. I've interviewed candidates for software engineering, data science, managerial roles, etc.

I want to better understand what your ideal "discovery -> hired" roadmap would look like, and how you feel we (recruiters, interviewers, hiring managers, etc.) are failing you.","time":1607820746,"title":"Ask HN: How do you find jobs to apply for? What's your main pain point?","type":"story"}],[25389681,{"by":"Choc13","descendants":18,"id":25389681,"kids":[25397950,25390698,25390534,25390438,25389808,25401900,25453665,25394991,25453662],"score":50,"text":"I’m looking at finding my next software engineering position. I’m based in U.K. but don’t want to be restricted to just U.K. companies so I’m looking for remote positions too. There seems to be a ton of job sites out there now, does any one have any recommendations for which ones are worth the time signing up for?","time":1607714894,"title":"Ask HN: Which job sites are people using for remote jobs?","type":"story"}],[25276500,{"by":"ryzvonusef","descendants":42,"id":25276500,"kids":[25277582,25277914,25277009,25277208,25276947,25277926,25277891,25277455,25278417,25276568,25276975,25287842,25277298,25277082],"score":105,"time":1606918664,"title":"Pakistan’s new regulations aim to ‘silence the internet’","type":"story","url":"https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/12/2/pakistans-new-regulations-aim-to-silence-the"}]]

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