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The Right Stuff --- one of my favorite books of all time.
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8y ago
Also using luigi here in production since 2015. We use it to manage a multi-day pipeline that is essentially semi-automatic (requires occasional human intervention).
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I won't lie: My first reaction was to say "This is BS" to a lot of what JP writes and talks about - particularly biblical references as an atheist. But then I realized much of what he is saying is true - and it personally hit
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8y ago
Isolation led to mental health issues for me as well. What you describe sounds like a very good solution to that part of this (Also: Meetups).
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Life changing and powerful. Simply no other book will make you as introspective as this. IMO The next closest thing - in terms of creating introspection - is a psychedelic / psychotropic experience with accompanying ego-death [1]. [1]
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It's called need to know: If you read "Taking of K-129" - about a related - but even more secret op, you'll find countless examples of individual contractors who had to be fully cleared into the program because they were
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9y ago
Yep. I do understand re: this not being new - worked in a forensic genetics laboratory, and I tell my family what they give up and expose us to if they contribute to one of these db's. So caveat emptor as always...but yep I had just wo
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I found it intriguing that the EU GDPR explicitly recognizes genetic data as something that it covers under PII - and thus you a have "right to request deletion" of your genomic data, I assume? "GDPR, in contrast, explicitly
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If it works, and you can write code which meets the spec quickly - then who cares? I fell into this exact trap - Moved my org from PHP to what was "New and Shiny" -- and while it worked out, our prototyping / proof of concept
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Mine is slowing down lately as well. Clinging like mad.
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I have a mid-2015 15" that has been rock solid... Is it safe to assume I should plan to keep this thing healthy as long as possible?
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Consistent sleep (CONSISTENT - not volume) + Exercise & TALKING TO A PROFESSIONAL ONCE PER MONTH - MINIMUM - are the 3 "principal components" of my treatment strategy.
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9y ago
Is it bad that my daughter has to say goodnight to Alexa as part of her bedtime routine?
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I also have a pretty "expressionative" brow / eyebrow area. I've run into the same issues you have - and I definitely look mean, and angry when in reality I am just puzzled or intrigued. Throw in the fact that I am 6
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Top 5% here. And yeah, I have not participated for the very same reasons: I simply do not have time to ensure my responses are in "tight enough" shape to stand up to what is quite honestly overzealous moderation for the pure sake
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Start with Erowid.org's overview of it: https://www.erowid.org/chemicals/ayahuasca/ayahuasca.shtml Read the Experience reports [1]. These will be the only way you know what to expect: emotional state, tempera
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9y ago
Many fond memories of late nights listening to Art. He will be missed.
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9y ago
1st step, listen to a Navy SEAL commander with 20 years experience [1] tell you about his take on day to day (acute) burnout: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67Vp7fTgQ3g ... at the minimum - it'll fire you up. His stuf
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Venturing to guess / IMO: Seems risky for a startup "integrator" (hypothetical company who would solve this) to have their business depend on providing specific integrations per startup + POS system. You would need to keep ta
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If I understand what you are saying, I think I might be able to give a personal anecdote to show that most definitely, some "friction" is required to get people organizing and socializing as they traditionally would (outside of so
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I understand the article is about the fact that teachers salaries have not scaled over time. I wondered whether Housing inventory vs Price (homes available for sale) by decade might shed some light on the authors conclusions, and found the
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Relevant side analysis of the Rule of Law / International legal precedents RE: autonomous weapons systems, for those who are interested: https://breakingdefense.com/2018/04/a-treaty-to-ban-autonomo...
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I immediately thought this was like, a joke article RE: AVI format. ..So there you have it from an "unbiased^, first impression" -standpoint. ^ Unbiased in terms of any exposure / prior knowledge of this project.
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This is assuming it actually failed. https://allthingsnuclear.org/lgrego/lost-in-space-the-zuma-s...
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Thanks - was not aware that he had replied. This concerns me though, because I think that FB has shown us, that any wiggle room they have - they will take it: "Facebook says that some laws elsewhere in the world conflict with GDPR’s ne
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Pro Rugby Players Prove Athletes' Microbiomes Are Different
(medpagetoday.com)
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I am not an infosec expert, merely an end-user: From my perspective, I would not call this action "swift and decisive", quite honestly: If he were making quick and decisive actions in the interest of privacy, then he would apply t
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I could not agree with you more: Both my partner and I have been on SSRIs / SNRIs before for LIMITED DURATION (3-12 mo). We would not have a healthy, happy, functional family without these types of interventions available. I found (I s
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Off topic, and forgive my naivety & ignorance, but I really do not understand the highly specific nature of this Principle / Law, as it is on wiki: "Every program attempts to expand until it can read mail. Those programs which
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Anecdotally I agree. Especially if you are buying the Costco branded diapers in the 168-count boxes. The Costco diapers (and formula actually) are the same mfgr as the name brands, at a significant discount.
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