BlameKaneda

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by BlameKaneda 3y ago
I'm a fan of this 404 page of dancing construction workers. I think the original page got taken down, but it's available on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hRkJk303ppw
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by BlameKaneda 3y ago
NameSilo - $12/y - .com personal site HBO - $14/m (?) - Legacy ad-free. Can't recall the exact cost off the top of my head Hulu - $12/y - Will cancel it a year from now
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Todoist - Browser extension and phone app for checking off todo items. I get a slight dopamine hit every time I complete something. Obsidian - Note-taking desktop app with a nice UI, good extensions, tagging, and more. Leechblock - Browser
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I use a blocker extension in my browser that blocks X sites between certain hours of the day, including HN. If I wanted to, I could go override it but 95% of the time I don't. I also use a blocker app on my phone and it's more jar
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I try to buy things with longevity in mind, and I'll research brands that are known to be "buy it for life" (and I'll see if they're still BIFL or if they've dropped in quality). I usually seek out thrift sto
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Here's what I have: - Standing desk - Two 24" monitors, each on single Humanscale monitor arms (bought used on eBay, at a significant discount). I switched from dual arms to single because the latter means that I can move one moni
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
This Tour of Heroes tutorial can teach you just about everything that you need to know about Angular, and it can be completed in a pretty short amount of time. https://angular.io/tutorial/tour-of-heroes
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Software Engineer: When you open a website, I work on everything that's visible on the page. Sometimes I work on what's not visible, like with databases, passwords, etc. Specific role at job: I work on a user dashboard and
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I created a Gmail account that's specifically for email signups and shut off the notifications for it. I traveled over the summer and relied heavily on free WiFi, which meant me signing up and giving them my email. I knew that I was
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
You can do: ![[Pasted image 20221028163039.png|500]] If you want to adjust the width and height, then you can do this: ![[Pasted image 20221028163039.png|500x700]]
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I used to work with SharePoint professionally ( barf ), in that we dragged and dropped HTML, JS, and CSS files into a folder that then powered pages on the company's intranet. Luckily we didn't build components using SharePoint&#x
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Firewatch. When I think I've found another theme that I like, I always end up going back to it. https://vscodethemes.com/e/ulthes.theme-firewatch/firewatch-...
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I'm not a recruiter, but I was interviewing recently and I liked it when postings/recruiters expressed the fact that "Experience in X is a must", "We're language-agnostic but use JS frameworks", etc. Verbi
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
New business idea: Wearable that sends out a shockwave if the user gets attacked. The user could adjust its sensitivity, i.e. if they're attacked from a certain angle or they're hit with a certain amount of force. I'm mostly
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Tech stack versus what a company's looking for in an interviewee. For instance: - On our frontend we use: React, TypeScript, NextJS, and React Native - Feel free to apply if you have experience with: Angular, Vue, or other frontend fra
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Dear Zachary was written, directed, produced, and edited by one guy (Kurt Kuenne) and its budget was incredibly low even for indie film standards. However, I can think of very few documentaries that come close to what it achieved and how
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
At my previous job I was debugging a problem that a client ran into. Looking back, these are some of the steps I took: 1. Recreate problem in prod - How was it triggered? I did a bit of digging and noticed that it happened when very speci
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I use an app blocker on my Android phone and the LeechBlock extension (Chrome and FF) that allows me to set filters for certain sites, certain times of day, etc. Although I could disable the blockers if I really wanted to, I usually don&#x2
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
For me personally, the niche subreddits beat the popular ones any day of the week. To name a few: - AskAnAmerican - Interesting to get American and non-American perspectives on things, for good and bad. - corgi - Self-explanatory. - Eldenri
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I did Mechanical Turk surveys on and off for about 8 months and all it netted me was about $25. But, I bought a nonstick pan with it.
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
A lightweight, tapered Italian jacket that I nabbed at a consignment store at a great price. Wearing it, I feel like a million bucks.
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Your mileage may vary: - College is one of the best opportunities to meet people and make friends, especially since the freshman are all in the same boat and (in lots of cases) won't know anyone else going in. - During the first few
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
/r/AskAnAmerican - Interesting to see differences across states and other cultures /r/corgi /r/dadswhodidnotwantpets - Pictures and videos of men (and sometimes women) cuddling with animals after initially reje
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
I just started tracking the word "Autodromo" on the WatchRecon app---Autodromo's a watchmaker whose designs were inspired by Italian racecars. I'm interested in getting my hands on one of their Intereuropa watches, and b
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
For every bi-monthly pay period, I deposit 12% into my IRA and 4% into my regular investment account. Also, a certain amount is taken from my paycheck and deposited into my 401k. I've deposited the maximum $6,000 into my IRA for the pa
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
- I use ToDoist as a browser extension and a phone app, and it's very satisfying to check off items. I also maintain quick ToDo lists on Post-It notes and a white board. - I'd recommend anyone to do this (using the same app or ano
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Although I'd be able to do my job without them, my quality of life has dramatically improved thanks to browser extensions. With them, I can: - Block 99% of ads (popups, banners, YT ads, etc). I can also use this extension's picker
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
Personal and work ToDo's - Todoist (I like how I can add tags to things, e.g. #CHAT, #RESEARCH, #BUY, etc). Larger work projects - Separate Todoist folder with a ToDo for each item (e.g. "Increase modal by X pixels") Jira tic
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
On the How I Built This podcast, a lot of the interviewees had startups/projects that failed. I recommend checking it out: https://www.npr.org/series/490248027/how-i-built-this
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by BlameKaneda 4y ago
My mom was the breadwinner for much of my primary and secondary school years, so when she got laid off from her job she took it as an early retirement. It was bizarre seeing her during the week and the daylight hours, when I was used to s

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