delano

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   by delano 16y ago

   I went to a music camp years ago and had the chance to get a drive home from one of the instructors. He was really old and classically trained and I liked him b/c he taught an awesome class on odd time signatures. Anyway, on the drive he as
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   by delano 16y ago

   Absolutely! The basic element is the same: you just need to figure out what part of the process you enjoy doing. The writing is one part, but there's also arranging, mixing, mastering, etc. And it can help to have a basic understanding of a
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   by delano 16y ago

   I had a classical guitar warm up guide which had an introduction by Robert Fripp. He included a short list of tips and one was that the value of finding a great teacher is that they can connect you to the culture of the instrument (I'm para
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   by delano 16y ago

   Don't listen to people telling you something is hard or that you need to study some amount of theory before getting started. Find an instrument you like the sound of and play it. Focus less on the tools and more on enjoying yourself.
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   by delano 16y ago

   I'll email you on August 28th and if you aren't launching that weekend, I'll be very diappointed!
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   Alain de Botton: Why Do We Have HR Departments?(youtube.com)

   1 points by delano 16y ago|0 comments
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   by delano 16y ago

   Direct link: http://www.backblaze.com/petabytes-on-a-budget-how-to-build-...
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   by delano 16y ago

   Did you find some interesting work?
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   by delano 16y ago

   Great stuff! Also, for the extremely anal, uri-redis is aware of the database number: require 'uri-redis' conf = URI.parse 'redis://localhost:6379/1' conf.host # => localhost conf.port # => 6379 conf.
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    by delano 16y ago

    It even has a fade out button so you can play the songs exactly as you remember them.
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    by delano 16y ago

    Yep, http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=607271
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    by delano 16y ago

    I like the branding.
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    by delano 16y ago

    Put the trainer directly on the homepage (rather than 2 clicks away).
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    by delano 16y ago

    Spend time on an open source project.
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    by delano 16y ago

    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ spoiler alert
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    by delano 16y ago

    I find that I don't mind spending time writing tests when I can also use them as sample code. Usually tests have a lot of visual junk that gets in the way. I've been playing around with different solutions for about a year and I just releas
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    Put your Ruby tests in comments.(github.com)

    1 points by delano 16y ago|1 comments
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    by delano 16y ago

    There's just been a lot of discussion and interest in Wakemate here. I just saw this alternative that also claims to track calories and fitness so I thought I'd post it for those who are interested.
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    Fitbit automatically tracks your fitness and sleep(fitbit.com)

    1 points by delano 16y ago|1 comments
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    by delano 16y ago

    As?
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    by delano 16y ago

    No one ought to convince anyone of anything. Use it yourself and keep using it for as long as you like it. When you stop liking it, stop using it. That doubles as a recipe for learning any new thing.
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    On Distraction(city-journal.org)

    1 points by delano 16y ago|0 comments
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    by delano 16y ago

    I'm glad it exists because I'm sure other people find it humorous :]
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    by delano 16y ago

    If it's something every programmer should know then there should be a summary that every programmer will actually read.
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    by delano 16y ago

    It is the ever-increasing exchange of ideas that causes the ever-increasing rate of innovation in the modern world. If that's true, it makes a pretty strong case for open source.
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    by delano 16y ago

    I looked briefly and didn't find anything humorous, but I'm glad it exists.
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    by delano 16y ago

    If you know what stats you want to collect before parsing, the memory usage is very low. The most resource intensive part in this application is loading the filtered logs for all machines into a sorted set (which is necessary to get all the
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    by delano 16y ago

    ... if I showed up with a Rails version of the app my boss would be all for it. But I don't have the flexibility to do it on company time. That's a long and tiring road.
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    by delano 16y ago

    I'm creating a log parser for yellowpages.ca with Redis.
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    by delano 16y ago

    He almost had me with the band-aid, but you could only do that once, maybe twice, per social circle before it became a gimmick.