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This game has been around for many years. I remember playing it for hours when it first came out and really enjoying eventually getting into a flow state.


A couple of days ago there was a post for a site that would take you to hacker news on a totally random date; I had a look and ended up about 9 years ago. One of the posts I saw from then was this game! Many years indeed.


Michael Collins was also CAPCOM (capsule communicator - the one who was actually talking to the astronauts) when they initiated TLI (translunar injection - leaving earth's orbit for the first time). He was the one who said "Apollo 8, go for TLI".


... and in the book hilariously laments how, for something so momentous, he should've thought of something more profound to say haha.


I get what he means, but I have a hard time thinking of three words that give me more chills than “go for TLI”!


> health > family > work

100% agree.

I would've flipped the thesis of the post in reverse order: yourself, your team, your company.


I agree, but it's more complex than both of those. If something matters to you, but matters a lot more to the company, it's probably a good idea to do what's good for the company. And if it matters a lot to you and not much to the company, it's probably right to do what you want.

When things meet in the middle it means you have to take lot of other things into account, too, to make the decision.

These hollow 1-way maps don't ever give good advice.


That's not a controversial heading though.

I probably wouldn't have read the article, because no shit, that would be obvious


Having worked there for a while, I'm not sure I agree with your take.


It’s clearly sarcastic. See the point where he says “this is actually good advice” indicating that the rest is not.


That was not my read from OP.

I took it to mean that they realize that most of this advice is not universally good/not applicable everywhere, but that single point is.


Anyone got a non paywall link for this?


https://12ft.io/proxy?q=https://www.newyorker.com/culture/th...

But for me it didn't pop up a paywall, so you might just try it in an incognito browser.


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