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by a-saleh 6y ago
Damn you paywall, I did wanted to read this! :D I am not certain how generalizable this is. Because this sorts of diet research relies most often on self-reporting, I mostly read it by prepending 'People exist for which ...'. And
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Ok, then that is the exact thing where you misunderstand. The mask is not protecting you. It is protecting others from you. If you were right, and wearing masks badly would have been worse than not wearing them at all (i.e. w.r.t. touching
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I'd say the condom analogy is great, and with R around 3, reduction in transmission beyond 70% means the damned infection rate grows no more.
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by a-saleh 6y ago
1. https://www.researchgate.net/publication/340603522_Face_Mask... 2. factually, several countries used masks as primary means of reducing transmission, including Czechs, Slovaks, Austrians, e.t.c. ... the sense of pro
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I use netlify. Server static pages, has good integration with lets-encrypt and even supports the 'point me to a github repo and I will rebuild for you' workflow. I am in the free tier, and there is no hchance my blog would ever g
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Damn it, I thought this wasn't a joke! I did enjoy fumbling around in ike [1], a javascript-based K playground :-) [1] http://johnearnest.github.io/ok/ike/ike.html
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I think the point is to find a point. I.e. I was watching with some degree of unease how some of our official in Czech Republic seem to have had a bit of a power trip with closing the borders, e.t.c. Fortunately that seems to be over, with
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I do simmilar things :-) I.e. have been playing Carcasone when my was 4y, we just didn't play with the 'farmer' or we played KingDomino, and she just didn't have to adhere to the rule that your kingdom needs to fit 5x5 g
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I think it is kind of "to each of their own" :) I.e. sometimes I am really in the mood of having 40+ little colored cuber in neat stack on my table ... other times I just want to sit around the table and insists that I am not th
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by a-saleh 6y ago
On the bright side: * no pay-cuts, all the benefits are still there * the mandate to have at most one day W.F.H. a week will probably be relaxed even after this is over * we have one time allowance of a low-ish sum to get some gear sent hom
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I think one approach when choosing more niche language might be, first look for a book like https://www.erlang-in-anger.com/ , read through it and consider, if this is the sort of stuff my colleagues will want/be capabl
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I used it ~7 years ago, and loved it. Our manager loved it much less, because the ramp-up to productivity was around a month for people not familiar with the language, so after our tech-lead left for another project, we spent six months rew
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I.d.k. I would say choose your language based on the community and the problem you are trying to solve. I.e. my next team project that won't be in Python would probably be in Rust, as other colleagues are pretty excited about it. My pe
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Well, for me a big part was "I finally can buy myself the lego-robot my parents never bought me because it was too expensive" . The fact that my 5 year old likes to build lego and is interested in robots is a nice bonus :D And if
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Mostly trying to get my 5 year old into some light programming :D - I bought her Lego Boost (well, mostly myself, but we still have fun with it) and she is getting better at actually programming it - I installed scratch junior on the chrome
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Can speak for my employer. At RedHat, we mostly don't care, if: a) you still are a student of at least a vaguely relevant field (we had someone from Linguistics, I'd think Mechanical Engineering bachelor is fine) b) you have some
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by a-saleh 6y ago
I.d.k. around here we have sworn by a good network of buses and trains. If I feel trapped I hop on the train, in an hour change to a bus, and I am in the middle of nowhere.
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Just beware you actually practice stoicism, acceptance and the good stuff and not just dissociation ;-)
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Yes, I agree it can work out fairly well :-) On the other hand, I have seen a prof. literaly say something along the lines "Dear students, my purpose here is not to teach you anything, just weed out 50% of you"
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by a-saleh 6y ago
Interesting, universities in Czech republic went through a simmilar scheme, but they'd get disproportionately more funds per head-count of first-year students (on-boarding, I guess?) Several universities switched from entrance exams to
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by a-saleh 7y ago
For me, learning a new language in a confined setting helps. I.e. some time ago I discovered https://github.com/janestreet/learn-ocaml-workshop and I blasted through the exercises and it was fun :-)
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by a-saleh 7y ago
Not more than the custom shell or slow refresh-rate :-) But that is E-ink for you right now.
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by a-saleh 7y ago
I bought myself Onyx Boox Nova Pro, that runs modified version of Android 6. It is fairly expensive, but so far it serves me well and I don't have to think about compatibility/sync much (have Play Books, Amazon Kindle apps install
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by a-saleh 7y ago
You don't manage your career by programming. You manage your career by being able to deliver projects or at least participate in meaningful manner and then building meaningful work-relationships.
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by a-saleh 7y ago
Description of reality :D I am trying to have a bigger lunch-break for both me and my kid. I.e. "No screens for at least next hour" and usually she finds something to play with that is not a screen. And I bought a Nintendo Labo, s
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by a-saleh 7y ago
Forgot to mention the model :) I have 7.8 inch Onyx Boox Nova Pro
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by a-saleh 7y ago
damn! I am glad I didn't run into the hardware problems
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by a-saleh 7y ago
Pro: - Scribbling with the pen is nice - I works nice as an ebook-reader - Don't have to think about synchronization, have dropbox, syncthing, e.t.c - both Google Books and Kindle app works really fine, have my magazine subscription ap
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by a-saleh 7y ago
How large is the paper notebook? :D I.e. fit into messenger bag? Maybe even Macbook Air would fit. You actually have some selection of smallish notebooks around ~10 inch, or x86 based tablets. Old EeePC line might be a good fit, if you don&
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by a-saleh 7y ago
a) double-check if there is something that would require you having a degree. I.e. you probably don't want to pursue PHD, but visa-requrements have degree b) doublecheck if you want to pursue something that requires to be student, i.e.

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