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by dtnewman 10y ago
+1 on the Kapla blocks! These were one of my favorite toys growing up and they last a long time. For those who aren't familiar, they are wood blocks sort of like Jenga blocks but with a length:width:height ratio of 5:3:1 which is ver
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Stack identical flat objects so they project over an edge as far as possible(quantamagazine.org)
179 points by dtnewman 10y ago|38 comments
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by dtnewman 10y ago
I think this all depends on your skillset. If you can build websites much quicker, do that. If it's gonna take a lot longer to build a website, then make an app. But in my personal opinion, I hate downloading and installing new apps un
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by dtnewman 10y ago
Just wanna add that I think that there's value for beginners in getting started with a tool like PyCharm because it already comes with everything out-of-the-box. I've seen people customize Vim or Sublime extensively for Python dev
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by dtnewman 10y ago
Many veterans coders like using VIM or Emacs. But both have steep learning curves and if you are just starting out, you might want to start with something easier. I personally think Sublime Text is a great option. It displays Python nicely
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2016 Annual Report(watsi.org)
7 points by dtnewman 10y ago|1 comments
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I worry about the regulatory aspects of getting self-driving cars off-the-ground in the United States. It is inevitable that self driving cars will make mistakes and people will be injured or killed as a result. It is also inevitable that p
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by dtnewman 10y ago
The gist of this article is contained in this sentence: > _Students who are presented with unfamiliar concepts, asked to work through them, and then taught the solution significantly outperform those who are taught through formal instruc
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Indigogo: Announcing equity investing for all(go.indiegogo.com)
4 points by dtnewman 10y ago|0 comments
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by dtnewman 10y ago
https://aiexperiments.withgoogle.com/quick-draw.. . this is just too cool. Basically, you draw a picture and see it guess what you are drawing. Worth 2 minutes of your time!
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by dtnewman 10y ago
Some various work cultures I've worked in: 1) 70-80 work weeks. Get in at 8:30 leave at 11. Sometimes work weekends. This is typical for some of the more competitive jobs in law or finance. Definitely also applies to some startups, esp
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by dtnewman 10y ago
TLDR: They make money through ads, job postings and their enterprise product. The author believes that they can make money and serve users at the same time.
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by dtnewman 10y ago
What do you been by related position? Would web development for Walmart be a related position to web development for Microsoft, a company that doesn't compete with them? I've signed multiple non compete agreements and they always
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by dtnewman 10y ago
I'm not a lawyer, but I'm pretty sure this is only true if you are looking to compete with the megacorps, which probably isn't the case if you are a startup. It's called a non-compete, because it means you can't wor
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by dtnewman 10y ago
This is essentially equivalent to just leaving a section blank. I do that all the time for races that I don't know anything about. For example, I don't have any opinion on school boards and certain other local elections, so I leav
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by dtnewman 10y ago
To add to this, there are also lots of things that can be misinterpreted or taken out of context. I imagine that most people would treat email differently if they knew that all of their emails would become public information. Smart executiv
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by dtnewman 10y ago
My first job was at an investment bank. I was taught very early on that I needed to watch what I said in my emails. I'm not sure if it was true or not, but someone told me that every month, someone from compliance looked over a random
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iPhone 8 might come with wireless charging(mashable.com)
1 points by dtnewman 10y ago|0 comments
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Just giving my honest opinion here and it may not be what you want to hear, but I personally think you might have a hard time pulling this off. As a junior dev, you are likely to have a lot of questions that are simply easier to answer in p
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by dtnewman 10y ago
This is a stinky situation. Even with the healthcare exchanges, it's usually cheaper and much less of a hassle to get your health insurance through your employer. It seems to me that this is a hard thing to compare before the interview
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Gaining Momentum with Tesla Powerpack(tesla.com)
2 points by dtnewman 10y ago|0 comments
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Let's Encrypt with a Rails App on Heroku(collectiveidea.com)
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by dtnewman 10y ago
The ability to search on a map or at least within a radius of a given location is very important, especially outside of major cities. Sometimes companies nearby are located in small suburbs I've never heard of. If I see that the job is
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by dtnewman 10y ago
You gave the example of Firefox. In fact, the Mozilla organization, which manages Firefox has plenty of paid employees. See https://careers.mozilla.org/ . The same is true for some other major open-source projects such as th
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by dtnewman 10y ago
The loss of the escape key is something I find annoying, even if it can be remapped[1] to caps lock (which i never use). [1] https://9to5mac.com/2016/10/25/remap-escape-key-action-macbo...
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by dtnewman 10y ago
I have found that having a good video chat system is super important. At first, my company used Google Hangouts, but we weren't happy with the video quality. A few systems later, we ended up with Zoom, which has been pretty good. They
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by dtnewman 10y ago
It's almost surprising that any company would say no. A decent monitor can be had for under $300. If it improves someone's productivity by 0.5%, it's probably worth the investment.
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by dtnewman 10y ago
Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer, so don't take this as legal advice. Some more information might be helpful for answering your question. I found LegalZoom to be very helpful for simple things like forming an LLC in my State. But it r
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by dtnewman 10y ago
I totally agree. You can be much smaller than Apple and still win. My point is that Apple's iPhone is a behemoth, and until now, Google's Nexus phones have been a niche product. Now, they're starting to compete more directly
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by dtnewman 10y ago
If you look at the numbers right now, Google isn't close. In Q4 of 2015, Apple generated about 63% of it's revenues from iPhone sales [1]. That's almost 2/3rds of revenues for a $605B company. Google is nearly as large i

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