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vladmk on Jan 15, 2021 | parent | context | favorite | on: Thanks HN: You helped save a company that now help...

You mean survivorship bias? Interesting to think how many web flows does that were so close. The difference was 1 mere hacker news post. Crazy to think how big of a factor luck plays

dvt on Jan 15, 2021 [–]

> You mean survivorship bias

Yep, fixed :)

> Crazy to think how big of a factor luck plays

Indeed! Although I think it's best to focus on the things we can affect: persistence, hard work, grit.

vladmk on Jan 17, 2021 | [–]

Very true, life is a never ending chicken egg problem

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