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by dmitripopov 8y ago
That giant robot dinosaur absolutely nailed it!
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You should start a niche bookstore. So, as with any other product - look out for a profitable niche first. And you have to secure exclusive deals with respectable authors in that niche which is a tough task. As with any other marketplace yo
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Depression is a disease, not just a state of mind and it needs to be taken care of. The more you let it go untreated the worse it gets. You can try to get out of it by doing physical exercises or just taking long walks (try and spend a whol
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
It's too early to bury Alex. Donor immune system may still rise up and kill leukemia cells while leaving some liver tissue for it to regenerate. Not so much of a chance but still...
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That's the downturn of Western philosophy that we are raised on. We perceive death as an opposite to life while naturally they are the parts of the same cycle.
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Cancer treatment outcome is unpredictable, some patients with a good prognosis die from the disease or treatment complications and some patients with extremely bad prognosis eventually get cured. The science is unable to track exact reasons
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A tool to break writers block created in collaboration with Peter Norton(en.wikipedia.org)
1 points by dmitripopov 8y ago|0 comments
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CSI: Cyber :)
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It's complicated and heavily depends on the type of relationships that you developed and even with perfect relationships it still may backfire. Can you make money from your hobbies (say, carpentry)? It's a far less stressful way f
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
I forgot what i was looking for...
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Primary project: what you REALLY want to work on Side project: what you think makes you a good person (or whatever drives you NOT to do what you enjoy working on).
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Ask HN: Self-hosted Helpdesk
3 points by dmitripopov 8y ago|1 comments
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Encapsulation never was my favorite aspect of OOP too, in fact I always try to create different classes for data and code - it brings in a lot of benefits. But OOP patterns described by GoF are brilliant things in terms of code reuse and ma
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With proper execution and promotion it will be a pop culture highlight for decades.
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About 60% of toilets in Russia are how we call them "free fall toilets". Because everything that goes out has to fly more than 3 meters down the hole. My grand-grandma used "human wastes" to manure her garden each spring
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
I suppose HN is not a good place to get answers for questions like this. There are plenty of AS support groups on Facebook, people there have more information.
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> Today's social networks are broken. Ads are everywhere. Hate and harassment are too common. Fake news spreads unchecked. This is a downside of "social" part of "social media". To avoid this you have to impose r
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Some people are just not good for entrepreneurship, even if they do want it very hard. Desire alone is not enough. Success is a multiplication of factors, not a sum, and if you are bad at just one aspect you fail. I think you should find a
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
When I was a kid a paper plane was just a fun DIY toy. Now I am almost 40 and I find paper planes have a lot of existential meaning. And they are a fun DIY toy.
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Work from a co-working center, it helps to eliminate unconstructive time waste. But make sure that people there are actually doing things, not hanging around chatting.
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Pi plus boot-on MSX emulator (or Commodore C64 or ZX Spectrum). Also there are a lot of functioning retro-comps on online auctions.
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Hell yes!
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I always wonder why non-Russian speakers perceive books like "The Master and Margarita" as "fun". I guess the reason is that the spirit of the novel gets lost in translation. In Russian all humorous elements sum up as a
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
This is why they teach you solfeggio lessons in a classical music school. Once you are familiar with common harmonies you can extract song meta information by ear and then apply it to the instrument of your choice (where your playing techni
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Not so long ago a large amount of Google documents were indexed by Yandex search engine, including very sensitive personal data and became publicly accessible via search results. Not really Google mistake because documents had public access
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17 years in development. Just WOW!
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
20 years ago Google Search was met with similar enthusiasm. I like DDG, but I don't see any reason why they would not pursue profits increase path once they become No 1 search engine.
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
Get a small private class (up to 5) of kids willing to learn programming. Teaching works great during existential crisis. Sum up everything you know and extract some nontrivial ideas, then go for a conference talk. If it works write a book
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by dmitripopov 8y ago
A good example of how far you can get with a pet project created to showcase early .Net Framework.
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Procrastination arises from different sources in different people. For example, advises in this article won't work if you procrastinate because you are completely burned out. Or you are overwhelmed by anxiety. Or some health problems p

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