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by bewe42 9y ago
SICP In case you didn't know, have a look at http://lesswrong.com/lw/3gu/the_best_textbooks_on_every_subj...
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by bewe42 9y ago
I'm coming here from the hackerbooks newsletter where I saw this book mentioned. Just wanted to chime in how compelling I find the ideas. Though the book is slightly repetitive, what stuck with me is the idea of a "stepping stone
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by bewe42 9y ago
Active reading. First scan TOC and headlines. Then read superficially. Grasp the author’s leading propositions by dealing with his most important sentences. Ask questions while reading. After reading a certain amount of text, close the book
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by bewe42 9y ago
Sites like Upwork publish skill reports as this one: https://www.upwork.com/press/2017/11/02/q3-2017-skills-index... But if you should sell on sites like that is another question
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by bewe42 9y ago
Going full-time with my cloud security and compliance service offering. The big goal is to bring someone on board and shift my focus to the business/strategy side.
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by bewe42 9y ago
First of all congrats on your business success, many here dream of having this. Could it be that your day misses structure? Is joining a tech hub/shared office an option for you? I have been working from home for many years. The trick
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by bewe42 9y ago
Another vote for sam harris. I'm not a big podcast listener, be he is exceptional
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by bewe42 9y ago
Bugs, no. Bad/smelly code: yes, all the time. That's what separates senior from junior devs: over the years you'll learn it'll come back to haunt you eventually, so better to deal with it earlier than later.
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by bewe42 9y ago
I'm interested in that myself and would love to specialise in that area. I guess, first of all, it depends on how serious companies will take the regulation and how strict it will be enforced by the regulator. Will we see headlines abo
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Ask HN: At what speed do you watch educational videos?
8 points by bewe42 9y ago|8 comments
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by bewe42 9y ago
Regarding Wim Hof method a little warning: I loved the effect of cold showers and went from my usual 15 seconds to 1-2 minutes and got very sick. Two times. In hindsight not very smart from my side (even less as I did this during winter and
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by bewe42 9y ago
Books and courses come to mind (require some coding). Affiliate websites etc Can't remember one now, but there are plenty of examples of startups that faked to be fully automated software but behind the scenes all was done manually.
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by bewe42 9y ago
It's a kind of coding in lawyer's programming language
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by bewe42 9y ago
As a dev with constant pressure to learn new stuff I'd prefer the flip side: learning / acquiring relevant skills for my career. The perfect future AI-driven tutor that presents me exactly what I need to study and at the exact lev
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by bewe42 9y ago
It's not an alternative to a note-taking app. Scapple helps me to clear my thought process like no other tool. It works for me because it's so simple and limited. That's why I'm actually ambivalent about an upgrade and f
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by bewe42 9y ago
Even more amazing is a little tool called Scapple from the same author. I use it to brainstorm and collect thoughts. Absolutely love it and I read that they plan to update it as well. Can't wait.
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by bewe42 9y ago
I'm happily paying for the economist. The writing is topnotch succinct and enjoyable without wasting my time, the breadth of subjects way more than I can handle and I find the selection of articles mind-expanding (and often surprisingl
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by bewe42 9y ago
Got greedy? Ulysses is a polished app, yes, and it's rather expensive because of that, but it's just a Markdown editor. No way I'd lock myself in (even less with its underperforming export feature)
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by bewe42 9y ago
I can recommend "The effortless sleep method" by S. Stephens.
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by bewe42 9y ago
I sometimes enjoy writing and other times I dread it, but I always enjoy having written.
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by bewe42 10y ago
I prefer Scapple but this comes close. I'll be curious if they offer a desktop version.
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by bewe42 10y ago
Yes, absolutely, unless you work for a company where everyone is remote
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by bewe42 10y ago
I'd like to add "Why Greatness Cannot Be Planned". Even though the book could be shorter and the idea is rather simple, it made me re-think how I search for ideas and how I decide what to work on.
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by bewe42 10y ago
I use a similar but somewhat simpler method: whenever I read something, immediately after I have a finished I try to write down everything I remember. That has helped me a lot to internalize the material. Another method: in subjects I'
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by bewe42 10y ago
Not at all. Flow is reached the moment I tackle a challenge that is just a bit above my skills. Then I learn. Learning something new does not have to be unpleasant. It is not easy to find the adequate challenge at each moment but it's
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by bewe42 11y ago
If a company asks me to do 8 or more hours of artificial coding test I usually refuse, unless I really want to work for this company (because it is well known in the community, which are few). However, I'm happy to work on any real tas
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by bewe42 11y ago
Are there any non-native speaker who make a living as technical writers? I absolutely love writing about tech but I'm wondering if I'd put myself at a too big disadvantage to compete with writers whose first language is English.
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by bewe42 11y ago
My favourite remains the Drone Zone channel from SomaFM: https://somafm.com/dronezone/ Second are their channels that mix voice with ambient music (mission control and sf police), it's a great combination to focus
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by bewe42 11y ago
I have been taking (plain text) notes for many years. My approach is to write down immediately everything I figure out. The biggest issue I have is to retrieve notes effectively. And to be faster creating them. I started experimenting with
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by bewe42 11y ago
When it comes to implementing ideas, I learnt one thing that has become crucial for me: an idea needs to have a deep personal relevance in order to be able to bring it to its fullest life. Since I figured out that personal truth, I stopped

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