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901.
by acconrad 12y ago
The one that makes me want to gouge my eyes is "performant", the word that isn't.
902.
How to learn on your own(metacademy.org)
1 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
903.
by acconrad 12y ago
Eric's site is down right now (presumably by site load), the advice is simply: "every now and then I’m going to come into your office and ask you, “What are you working on that I don’t know about?” You should always have something
904.
by acconrad 12y ago
> It is far more useful than wealth, and invulnerable to inheritance tax. It is brains. Not to sound unfair, but isn't this how mate selection works? Why would two successful, bright people not want to mate and create successful,
905.
by acconrad 12y ago
I highly recommend reading this book, of the same title: http://www.amazon.com/How-Read-Book-Intelligent-Touchstone/d... It expounds on what is mentioned in the blog post, and it is something I really wish I had truly
906.
How to Read a Book(farnamstreetblog.com)
2 points by acconrad 12y ago|1 comments
907.
by acconrad 12y ago
The more days that go on, the more of a seemingly inescapable truth appears to me that meditation is the Real Deal and a worthwhile investment, even if it's for only 5-20 minutes a day. A worthwhile New Year's Resolution to adopt,
908.
How to Learn Efficiently(lemire.me)
336 points by acconrad 12y ago|69 comments
909.
by acconrad 12y ago
While the advice that you should pursue financial opportunities with higher yields (10% stock returns over 6% student debt interest rates), it is certainly not that simple. 10% RoR is extremely optimistic, especially given that we are alrea
910.
by acconrad 12y ago
I, too, complained months ago about the poor password protection. I immediately had them send me a 2-factor FOB. While it isn't a great solution, it's one I would ask for asap.
911.
by acconrad 12y ago
You weren't winning, you were just not losing.
912.
by acconrad 12y ago
You can never win the game[1] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)
913.
by acconrad 12y ago
So one thing I can't rationalize is that people claim to be users of a drug, but are you doing independent purity tests yourself? I mean you take LSD and yet you're part of the same pool presumably that doesn't necessarily ha
914.
by acconrad 12y ago
The examples he goes through are awesome, but I feel that this framework is a bit bloated. As he says in slide 135: http://scott.sauyet.com/Javascript/Talk/2014/01/FuncProgTalk... You can boil down FP on
915.
by acconrad 12y ago
So I've got a similar idea for a niche as you - I really like increasing performance of web applications from existing applications. I know I can take a slow web app and make it fast (really fast). Are you making significantly more tha
916.
by acconrad 12y ago
I made that mistake with the N4, I'm going to stubbornly hold onto it until Google gets in gear and makes a phone with a camera worth purchasing.
917.
Firefox Developer Ed. First Impressions(acconrad.github.io)
2 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
918.
by acconrad 12y ago
I'd love this if it had a testing framework to go with it. The primary reason we went with Angular was because it was so much easier to test than the spaghetti of jQuery modules and the mess that are events.
919.
Silicon Valley Killed the Design Agency(zurb.com)
2 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
920.
Getting Customer Insights with User Tests(appcues.com)
1 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
921.
Start with values, not your idea(medium.com)
1 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
922.
by acconrad 12y ago
Note: this was written in Angular
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How to Gain Technical Wisdom (2011)(geekswithblogs.net)
1 points by acconrad 12y ago|0 comments
924.
by acconrad 12y ago
One thing I can immediately think of is avocados - they are both high in fat and carbohydrate, though 80%+ of those carbs are fibrous. One way I've managed to make dieting more sustainable (which is the most important part, making sure
925.
by acconrad 12y ago
Dr. Israetel does a great video series on this topic - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Szzo5Uy5aQU . Calories in/out is ultimately the foundation to weight loss/gain, but is not the whole picture. Macronutrient arr
926.
by acconrad 12y ago
Think of react.js as a Directive alternative - it's not as full-featured as Angular but you could replace Angular Directives with it.
927.
by acconrad 12y ago
As a former employee #1 I can attest that even 2-3% of a company at a paltry wage is unsustainable. I know when I start my own business someday it will closer model what was done at WotC - this really resonated with me.
928.
by acconrad 12y ago
There is perhaps no other topic of human health we intentionally complicate more than nutrition and supplementation. Every year there is a new study contradicting what we believed to be a solid truth about what we eat, and for every study t
929.
by acconrad 12y ago
Because Uber could eventually become a cheaper, easier, crowd-sourced version of "the last mile"[1]. This is a huge threat to the thousands of DHL and UPS delivery folk who make a living shipping parcels in the Last Mile, and to t
930.
by acconrad 12y ago
This could just be my opinion, but you're selling custom design and using Courier New as your type - that's not very convincing. After browsing your other pages I was convinced you could design, but I would not have guessed that f

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