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Comment · 4 years ago
Leaving this here for other men who might stumble on this: Oral finasteride drives your DHT way down. However, driving DHT down is essentially the binary goal of stopping hair loss.

And that's all fine and good, but having 'just enough' DHT is important for good health. (Psychology, sexual function, etc)

If you're on finasteride, do yourself a favor and consult with a TRT ('low T') doctor, have your DHT level tested, and consider modulating your finasteride dosage according to its effect on your DHT level.

A good balance is worth working towards. Don't blindly take finasteride without keeping an eye on its effects to your DHT.

Comment · 8 years ago
Important ADHD medication note: Armodafinil is a narcolepsy medication being used off-label for OP here. It's only FDA approved for treating narcolepsy. Usage in ADHD treatment is both novel and highly individual.
Comment · 9 years ago
The problem, like most in life, is not in the expression of the conservative viewpoints but in the definition and application of 'actively opposing civil or equal rights'.

Some people feel The Wall 'actively opposes civil or equal rights'. Or transgenders in the military. Or etc, etc etc...

Many conservatives feel that conservative viewpoints on hot topic issues are rational decisions. They're often not out to 'actively oppose civil or equal rights'.

Comment · 11 years ago
As a foreign national, you're a visitor in the USA.
Comment · 11 years ago
It's a private company based in the USA, contributing to the advancement of USA's technology (largely, NASA). I think it was warranted.
Comment · 11 years ago
In your opinion, how well does their data apply to the tech startup scene?

There's, of course, many factors that make this type of employment quickly changing, quite dynamic, and different from standard corporate employment.

Comment · 11 years ago
'After Uber discovered the unauthorized download, it examined the Internet Protocol addresses of every visitor to the page during the time between when the key was posted and when the breach occurred'

lolwutf.

Can someone please tell me how Uber got the IP of 'every visitor to the page [on GitHub]'?

And, to that end, what even constitutes 'the page'? If someone cloned the repo, how is that tally'd?

This reeks of weirdness.

Comment · 11 years ago
Comparing a human being to a local burger franchisee is a pretty awful analogy.
Comment · 11 years ago
Not that it isn't true...

...but you're obviously not from San Francisco, because you called it 'San Fran'.

Comment · 12 years ago
Probably not, because it is still up.
Comment · 12 years ago
Eventually, you realize life is just a fucked up series of events that, once in a while, have no meaning, are cruel, or don't happen in a logical or fair way!

For example, the people behind the Yo app spent a few hours on the weekend building it as a side project, reaped tons of press and attention, and eventually landed themselves a boatload of VC money.

Is that fair to the people out there like yourself and myself, who are slaving away to make Real Change happen in this world? No!

But, that's life. Life is cruel, it's weird, sometimes it doesn't make sense, and sometimes it just comes down to a little bit (or alot) of dumb luck. It's shitty and raw to think about, but it's reality.

My advice is to use your jealousy as a motivator, but don't allow it get to you. Seek your own happiness and your own success, according to your own benchmarks for both.

Keep pushing, keep hustling, and keep hoping that, one day, luck swings in your favor and you land that massive success and or payday, too. And, all the while, remember in the back of your head that you may die before that day ever comes.

No matter what though: retain your sanity and defend your own happiness... forget all else.

EDIT - Your perception of 'success' may also have little, or transient meaning. For example, lots of people think the current 'success' of the tech industry is a facade, and we're due for a bubble-like collapse (er, 'contraction'). If that happens, all of those successful acquaintances you currently look up to don't sound so successful now, do they?

Comment · 12 years ago
I certainly hope you don't carry that attitude with you throughout life. Tip your bartenders and pizza delivery guys... they make nothing, anyway. (And, if you're in tech, chances are an extra $2 for a tip is NOT going to break your budget.)
Comment · 12 years ago
I can't imagine why you'd ever maintain such a large and arbitrary set of documents.
Comment · 12 years ago
> The New Delhi rape case could have just as easily happened to Lyft.

No, not necessarily.

The key here is that each company is ultimately the responsible party for vetting the drivers that come to you.

Uber touts a rigorous background checking process but, as we've seen, time and time again, their background checking has been horrible/not actually existent.

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