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by dsco 7y ago
Another tip is to force yourself to read in half your normal speed. You’re not going anywhere, and reading is not a competitive sport. Personally this gives me a ethereal and meditative sensation, making literature more impactful. Like you
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by dsco 8y ago
Related and _very_ inspiring; how the Sega Saturn CD was cracked after 20 years. Even my very non-technical girlfriend sat through this thing, being intrigued by the dedication. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOyfZex7B3E
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by dsco 8y ago
Divide my time between ML and crypto, trying to understand the fundamentals of each discipline.
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by dsco 8y ago
The thing that worked for me is to have a personal mission statement, which goes beyond the project and company I’m working for. Currently it’s the idea of digitalization as a greater good, which in turn propells humanity into a more well-c
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Learn professional web typography(prowebtype.com)
3 points by dsco 8y ago|0 comments
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by dsco 8y ago
For the Javascript lovers out there, I wrote a client-side project which conceptually demonstrates how a blockchain works. It runs in your browser and uses web workers to concurrently mine blocks, showing how miners, transactions and addres
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Valve new-employee handbook (2012) [pdf](steamcdn-a.akamaihd.net)
50 points by dsco 8y ago|31 comments
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by dsco 8y ago
I’m unsure about what goes on under the hood, but Zepto uses the jQuery syntax.
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by dsco 8y ago
A lot of the boiler plate can actually be removed if you combine Vue with TypeScript decorators. Here's a library which will do that for you: https://github.com/vuejs/vue-class-component Although at this point in
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by dsco 8y ago
Facebook has the muscle to turn Coinbase into an acquisition success on the scale of Instagram. They already have their VP of FB Messaging, David Marcus, on the Coinbase board as well. If I were a Coinbase investor, such as Andreessen Horow
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Facebook lifts cryptocurrency ban amid rumours of Coinbase takeover(independent.co.uk)
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by dsco 8y ago
I was expecting "dark patterns" to be a hyperbole but these are clear violations of GDPR. This will probably catch public attention when the press gets hold of it and makes the screen shots more accessible (not hidden deep down in
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by dsco 8y ago
I think you're doing blockchain and human ingenuity a disservice by framing the question that way. Many corporations haven't revolved around "solving a problem", but instead making existing solutions more efficient. Ther
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How to kickstart your blockchain career(medium.com)
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Dapp browsers of 2018(medium.com)
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WSJ – The internet faq(wsj.com)
29 points by dsco 8y ago|7 comments
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by dsco 8y ago
I built this blockchain proof-of-concept which fits in 140 lines of code. It contains concepts such as concurrent mining, proof-of-work and transactions, all running in your browser.
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A blockchain in your browser(medium.com)
2 points by dsco 8y ago|1 comments
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by dsco 9y ago
Just what I love, a scientific and pedagogic CS article, in well formulated English. I would appreciate some introductory notes or links to prerequisites though. That would perhaps entice an audience who has no previous experience in writin
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by dsco 10y ago
The design is fine. Certain things can be tweaked but great web design isn't really going to drive the product. The taste, market-fit and brand probably have more impact. I'd suggest offering samples for a small price. Convincing
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by dsco 10y ago
I've struggled with falling asleep over the years. At first I couldn't cope with it at all and was mortified before bedtime each night. But nowadays sleep comes easily. I've noticed that: - Whenever I'm in a relationship
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by dsco 10y ago
One of the very best recommendation engines I've encountered is the "Discover Weekly" playlist from Spotify. It's helped me reconsider my relationship to music which I basically thought was dead since I had hit a rut on
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by dsco 10y ago
I love it since it somehow feels like a lighter and less opinionated version of Angular. I could basically guess myself to how to use it, and there's pretty few pitfalls/gotchas. Also there's a Chrome Devtool for it and the d
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AdBlock is “unblocking” Amnesty banners today(getadblock.com)
2 points by dsco 11y ago|0 comments
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by dsco 11y ago
It's located here http://tvuol.uol.com.br/video/oscon--how-to-ignore-marketing...
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Show HN: Good Posture – Sitting is the new cancer. Get reminded to stand up(betterposture.co)
1 points by dsco 11y ago|0 comments
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The Johari Window(medium.com)
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by dsco 12y ago
A great city to live in indeed. But as someone who's stayed here for over 20 years the winters are still unbearable. Mind you, all of the perks in the video are something I appreciate each day – but the cold and lack of sunlight 8 mont
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Show HN: Aarts, an experimental Android GIF recorder
1 points by dsco 13y ago|0 comments
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by dsco 13y ago
I'm doing the same thing, launching a service built on RethinkDB and Flask within the next week. I recommend giving Rethink a go if you're contemplating an easy to setup and easy to deploy (AWS supports them) database solution. It

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