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Ask HN: What YouTube channels do you watch with your kids? | Hacker News — Read on news.ycombinator.com/item

The 1988 film adaptation of ‘The Unbearable Lightness of Being’ was directed by Philip Kaufman and starred Daniel Day-Lewis and Juliette Binoche. — Read on variety.com/2023/film/global/milan-kundera-the-unbearable-lightness-of-being-dies-dead-1235667595/

If you don’t give money its purpose, it will end up defining yours. — Read on moretothat.com/money/

Ask HN: Which book has had the most meaningful contribution in your life? | Hacker News — Read on news.ycombinator.com/item

In my view, horizontal spaces should be minimalist and vertical spaces can be maximalist. This way you will have a lot of horizontal space to sit at, write on. And walls covered in art to entertain you and also reducing echos and creating quieter space.

To me fake plastic plants means that one is too lazy to take care of real plants but they want to pretend to be someone who they are not. Nothing wrong with not wanting to take care of real plants. But why not decorate your place in a way that reflects who you are.

In our backyard lay a series of deck drains that perennially harbored standing water. Despite my best efforts, tracing the end of these drains proved to be an elusive task, seemingly due to the fact that it was compacted and buried beneath layers of earth. I even ventured to employ a drain snake to address the issue, but the screws securing the drain covers were victims of rust, rendering them immovable. ...

My favorite movies in no particular order: Matrix Automata Lion King the Pursuit of Happyness The Social Network Jobs Scent of Woman John Wick Wild Hangover Apollo 10 1/2 tick, tick, BOOM! taare zameen par The Founder My Octopus Teacher Hachi

Ask HN: What 60 folks can give career and general life advice for 40 folks | Hacker News — Read on news.ycombinator.com/item

I think a lot of people would love to live their life as if they are on a permanent vacation. Before I was married, I didn’t make a lot of money but felt like that everyday was a vacation. For me, vacation means: Eating out/not cooking Not cleaning Spending time outside Not working Ready to travel Eating out is cheaper than cooking, if you are not picky. I ate mostly fast food. Of course, it is not healthy but it is vacation. Also it is still better than overeating home-cooked meals. ...