HiroshiSan

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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
I really enjoyed this book, I'd recommend it as a first read into stoicism over meditations. He gave some really great examples of how to apply stoicism in today's world.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
I think that says more about your friend than it does the book. When I read the book back in high school I felt it was less, how can I manipulate people, and more, how can I become someone people enjoy being around. Is your friend on the sp
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
One of the authors of HTDP also won a teaching award and it seems they really put a lot of thought into the pedagogy of programming.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
c'est la vie.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Yeah, Seth Godin is really good at writing books that pack a punch with few pages.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Though I completely agree with your sentiment, Cal explicitly defines the meaning of Deep Work, and I think it's an important thing society should think about as technology progresses. It helps to have the terminology to describe the s
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
He says it is at the beginning. See comments above.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Yeah, it would be nice to be able to click an age and drag through other ages, or even a ctrl+click type of selection to get a bulk list of advice.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
It seems to me people were more upset with the conference organizers allowing him to submit the talk knowing he was going senile, though I don't know the full story or whether or not he was going senile.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Paul Graham wrote an essay on this exact question. I read it while in high school but only after years later aimlessly wandering through life did the words pierce my soul. I'd say read this: http://paulgraham.com/hs.htm
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Would you say that web development is an easier barrier to entry than most other sub fields?
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Yeah that's what I figured, if I had something lined up the decision would be easy. I'm very used to running away from things that are "hard" relatively speaking. I guess it will be worth finishing just to finishing some
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Thanks!
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Thanks for this comment, I never thought about it like that.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Do you recommend any resources on how to contribute to open source projects? I've only just learned how to use git this year and just barely.
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What is the easiest barrier to entry as a self-taught programmer?
5 points by HiroshiSan 8y ago|16 comments
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
There's not enough information in that comment. What kind of Math courses did he take? Did he ever take an intro to proofs course? Did any of his Math courses emphasize proofs? All the proof heavy courses I've taken, whenever new
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Ha, I'd say 4 in 10 is quite a lot of people that hate math...so in that sense it is a majority. It's more people than I'd like, that hate math.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Look into artofproblemsolving.com as well. They have online classes for math that are very enjoyable. It's a great supplement to the horrendous math curriculum in schools.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
You could just home school your kid with khan academy.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
It will be nice if and when the salaries catch up.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
LOL, worth it for the title alone.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
I'm glad you're doing well.
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Ask HN: Has anyone managed to regain their attention span/ability to focus?
149 points by HiroshiSan 8y ago|45 comments
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
WOW! 42 BPM, what's your exercise regimen look like?
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Sorry I should have been more specific, I believe the edx cs50 has a discord group and a slack group with active students taking the course. Ideally he should find someone also interested and take it together, from my experience learning ha
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
I'd say to try Harvard's CS50, and if he gets stuck to seek out a mentor or one of the online communities to help answer questions.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
I think you're trivializing their accomplishments just a tad.
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
One consequence of this naming and shaming type editorial is that you end up with paragraphs like these: "In the Times story, DeVaul allegedly invited hardware engineer Star Simpson, who was interviewing to work at Google, to the art a
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by HiroshiSan 8y ago
Just wanted to thank all of you for posting your salaries. My biggest take away is that it takes time to develop your career. It's so easy to become jaded after reading /r/cscareerquestions where it's regular to see some

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