AwesomeFaic

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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I have never heard of not supporting Firefox until my current corporate position. It astounded me when I heard it would take up to two weeks to get approval and installation of Firefox on my local machine. I wound up getting it, but it noti
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Hopefully a Team Lead (or at least Senior Developer) in my current highly-corporate environment. Possibly work from home. Joined as an Associate per company policy, but already have 6 years under my belt. Taking some accredited coursework i
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Not a flea market, but I found a pristine Super 20 Club crystal decanter for 5 bucks with "New York Giants" engraved on one side. It just caught my eye randomly and had a good weight to it. Had no idea what the Super 20 Club was,
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Evidence? Interesting, but hard to extract anything without content.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Maybe going overboard with research and quantitative statements was an effort to make it accessible while combating the notion that they might just be the 1% and blaming poverty etc for others' challenges. Not debating their ability to
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Hit 500 Instagram followers on a blog I manage tech & marketing for. Started last year. Aiming for 1000 by EOY.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Managing the tech/business side of wanderandponder.com, making about 30/mo between Brave tips and nanoinfluencer gigs. Looking to increase traffic and find more influencer opportunities right now.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Visually intriguing, aesthetically pleasing, terrible UX
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Fair enough, I think the semantics of metaphors (especially in technology) is a challenge. Your point makes sense when the full functionality of the phone is taken into account. I was viewing the argument as phone camera vs dedicated camera
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I don't think this is a great comparison. Supercars are prohibitively expensive and incredibly limited, focused entirely on their appearance and hypothetical performance. Completely affordable cameras go above and beyond smartphone pho
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
As a recovering watch collector (~30 down to 5 in recent months), there's a special feeling I get when I wear a nice mechanical watch, especially with an exhibition case (crystal on the wrist-facing side to view the movement). The intr
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
At least one! Ha ha cries in copy-paste
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
28, at my third job since graduating in '14 but the first where it's a long-term career focused move (and with fair pay based on skills/experience). I don't live in a tech hub so the startups around here feel more predat
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
How do you prevent predatory behavior by those looking to harass or humiliate other who are in a vulnerable position? I don't think social media is an appropriate platform for those looking to truly open up and share their deepest thou
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I don't understand the problem this solves or value it brings. Morning alarms get annoying with repetition, not ringtones. I'd pivot to dynamic/generated morning alarms if I were you
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
From my limited, anecdotal experience, Berlin. That being said I've done no formal research on statistics, etc. Edit: Also the industry would affect things, I imagine
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I designed, prototyped, and tested a co-op tabletop game where players take part in a bar crawl on a randomly generated main street. There are player abilities, random events, and no two games are the same in terms of layout, bartenders, bo
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Gig economy for picking up dog poop on other people's property. At least two of these already exist, one of which was recently featured on Product Hunt. I can't wrap my head around it.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Fair points! I will concede the fact that my example + experience has taught me how to learn, but didn't necessarily teach me directly. Solid rebuttal. I think there are intricacies within game design that are quantitative enough (eith
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
At work I work on problems that are interesting to other people, but not to me. At home I work on problems that are interesting to me, but not other people (or so I assume). Feels like a healthy enough balance.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I would argue against that nobody knows how to teach game design, I majored in Computer Science & Game Design at Northeastern University and their program taught us the relation between mechanics and emotion, asking the right questions,
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Indie game designer here with a long history of self-education. My history isn't really applicable any more but it may help with your journey. With an interest in comic books and cartoons, I began practicing animation in the margin of
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I use Intellij with Spring and all that jazz at work. Massive enterprise software. I don't hate it, but boy, I can see why these behemoth applications move at a snail's pace.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I'd bet they already technically own the second script in progress. OP should read up on what to take into consideration when working on side projects, especially when they pertain to ones day job.
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
This is neat, thanks for sharing
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Brave on my home PC and Galaxy S8, Chrome at work (unable to download/install other browsers)
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Currently working on a 10+ year old enterprise system where some downstream components are closer to 20 years old. Massive amounts of technical debt. Thankfully my primary work is with a component that's <8 years old, with most rele
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
Speaking from recent experience, do NOT use a 2016 Macbook Pro. Ambient humidity in Cancun snuck into the screen and I've had it sitting in front of a large dehumidifier for a couple weeks. It's noticeably better, as in it's
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
The long-term vs short-term mentality was a refreshing culture shock for me. Coming from scrappy digital agency life, everything was fast-paced and reactionary. Anything long-term was nothing short of daydreams. I've been far more effe
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by AwesomeFaic 7y ago
I spent 6 months applying and interviewing "sexier" jobs, but not hearing back. A recruiter approached me for a contract-to-hire opportunity and it was the first that sounded more promising than a rejection. Started making more th

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