drakonka

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by drakonka 4y ago
+1 to kettlebells. A few hundred high-intensity swings a day can be a proper workout and can serve as a great combo of both strength training and cardio.
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by drakonka 4y ago
> I feel like I'm very "closed" by default, in terms of my relationship with the world - I see, hear and feel things, but they feel dull, I can't really feel them. I can comprehend them, but it just feels empty, as if
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by drakonka 4y ago
The comments seem to largely reflect "boring stuff that everyone already knows", like exercise. And as annoying as it is, my answer is the same. The habits that have improved my life the most are the normal things everyone keeps t
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by drakonka 4y ago
In some countries, there are rules requiring that you report and/or withhold taxes on behalf of the contractor to the local country they're working from. This can introduce an administrative hassle for you to comply with internati
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by drakonka 4y ago
Are you able to share any details on how you did it, or is it not something that can really be explained in instructional format?
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by drakonka 4y ago
I've only ever measured WPM in competitive environments, where I could get up to 190-ish or so from memory. When I'm writing, being able to do it fast helps since I can get my stream of consciousness down as I'm thinking it.
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by drakonka 4y ago
I'm also an introvert and am usually happy to be alone. On the weekend, I'd much rather stay in and do my own thing with my cats than go anywhere or meet anyone. But I do have bouts of longing for connection with other humans some
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by drakonka 4y ago
Don't they talk about what they do in the stand-ups?
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by drakonka 4y ago
> For all I know all three of you are on HN... Yiks, As I am writing this I am know I am going to be shamed into buying the pre-orders. Why do you think these authors are all on HN or that you'll be shamed into buying anything? That
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by drakonka 4y ago
A few questions: * What genre? * By "hanging" do you mean just a cliffhanger where there's no full resolution of the conflict, or like the book ends abruptly with no semblance of a climax or conclusion? * Are these self-publi
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by drakonka 4y ago
There's no definitive answer for that, but I'll try to answer with the rest of your post in mind and take this as "Which is the best coding language for learning to code?" The possibilities here are endless, but whenever
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by drakonka 4y ago
I have no records from when I was a kid, but as an adult I have a journal I can access on a central service called "1177". It lists my diagnoses, appointment notes, prescriptions, vaccination history, etc.
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by drakonka 4y ago
I'm also in Sweden and agree. There are so many great plant-based alternatives everywhere now, and I'm constantly seeing new products and varieties on the shelves. I've found excellent alternatives for everything except whole
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by drakonka 4y ago
I'm really sorry you're in this position. My family left Ukraine when I was 12. Even sitting safely in another country and thinking about family members under bombing and occupation has given me countless sleepless nights over the
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by drakonka 4y ago
I like to think in public about things I've already done, and think in private about things I'm intending to do. I like blogging about things I've already done because it helps me process and solidify my learnings. Also, expl
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by drakonka 4y ago
This is a convenient assumption for those who choose to pirate. Even if we assume that it's appropriate to dictate what kinds of contracts artists should or shouldn't enter into with publishers and whether you think they're &
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by drakonka 4y ago
If the book is self-published and priced over 99c, the author will be getting 70% royalties from a Kindle purchase.
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by drakonka 4y ago
This is an interesting approach since you're likely paying more to buy the paper copy than you would to buy the ebook. This seems like it would be a pretty uncommon practice. However, as a self-published writer, knowing there are peopl
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by drakonka 4y ago
I really enjoyed The Gods Themselves by Isaac Asimov and Walls of Wind by J. A. McLachlan this year.
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by drakonka 4y ago
I've been blogging on various platforms for around 20 years. I blog purely for my own benefit so can't speak to the marketing and traffic generation side of the different platforms, but if you just want a nice space that is your o
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by drakonka 4y ago
Neutrality might be a smart choice in a suburban neighborhood unless you like the idea of guard crows: https://www.reddit.com/r/legaladvice/comments/ki6fnd/oregon_...
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by drakonka 4y ago
I just dive in and learn as I go by looking at the rest of the code-base and familiarizing myself with their chosen patterns, language documentation, and trial + error. Core principles remain mostly the same regardless of language, and anyt
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by drakonka 4y ago
I sometimes (not always) prefer to work over holiday periods because it tends to be much quieter. More focus, fewer meetings, less checking of Slack. Sometimes I might offset my time off by a week or two for this reason.
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by drakonka 4y ago
To add to all of this, reading books in the same genre that you want to write in (whether fiction or nonfiction) helps a lot. For the longest time with my fiction I was just focusing on writing writing writing and reading about writing. I&#
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by drakonka 4y ago
I generally prefer strength training with free weights in the gym, but have experimented with a bit of everything over the years. I don't have a certain answer for you about training daily: I think if you do it right it's fine, bu
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by drakonka 4y ago
I've measured this recently... sort of. I do fiction writing sprints. Writing down as many words as I can in 15 minutes. Word counts range between 400-ish and 600-ish. This is just brain dump writing basically, which will need to be ed
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I went from working mostly with Go and C# to JS last year and TypeScript has been amazing.
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His guests can definitely be really interesting, but I feel like it isn't so much because of him "navigating difficult conversations" and more of "not making them have difficult conversations". He gives them a platf
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by drakonka 4y ago
Does it take a lot of electricity to keep your stove going 24/7 for weeks? Trying to get an idea of how much impact this could have on an electricity bill.
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by drakonka 4y ago
To be honest I'm not sure, since I removed Google Analytics from my blog a few months ago and didn't bother replacing it with anything else. I do link to my blog from my few social media profiles, but in general I kind of just go

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