epalmer

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   What puzzle and games do you like?

   2 points by epalmer 10y ago|2 comments
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   When I was much younger that was my prefered mode. Not sure what age has to do with it but I allow myself to try new approaches from time to time to see if old assumptions still hold true.
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   I'm 62 and find my head hurts if I code all morning and then eat at my desk and get right back at it. So 1 to 2 times a week I eat in the cafeteria. I take a full hour and that helps. 3 days a week I take a power nap in my office even
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   I used to be a consultant and went through periods of Uber productivity for 30 to 40 hours a week. When I was in this phase I let my productivity and creativity drive my total weekly effort. Being in the flow feels good and leads to better
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   Sometimes on the way home I think of new approaches. After dinner I crack open the laptop and see if these approaches are possible. Just a quick test. Then in the morning I can usually nail the solution. Edit: just noticed similar comment b
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   I am lucky. I finally have an office with a lockable door. At lunch time I take a power nap of 12 to 20 minutes. Afternoons flow better and if I am coding it goes much faster with better problem solving.
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   I am going to ramble. Just move on if you don't care to hear the ramblings of a 62 year old development manager. I'm pretty docker ignorant. I think I get it in concept. I manage >150 web sites (~15,000 pages total) that are p
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   I go every weekday morning with my wife. We exercise separately but motivate each other to go. I'm 62 and feel better. I'm overweight and out of shape but have lost weight (also low carb diet). there are days that I would just fin
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   by epalmer 10y ago

   Thanks - this is just what I need. I listen to old rock and roll, new age jazz, texas swing, country gospel and so much more... I tried Santana, Mountain, Ten Years After, Alison Krauss and Union Station, Asleep at the Wheel I see band
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    Thanks for clarifying and fixing.
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    So I went to the site in Chrome and tried to back arrow to HN and the site cleaned out the history queue in Chrome. I stopped there. This is bad form in opinion.
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    My wife is my best friend and for that I feel lucky. We can both tell each other to stop when we need to. My advice, don't try to be friends with your kids, at least when their young. Try to guide them and instill a value system and a
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    Hundreds of questions on upcoming SAT test have leaked(techspot.com)

    1 points by epalmer 10y ago|0 comments
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    My challenge is I want to learn everything. I have learned to focus what I spend time learning about. that has paid off in a number of career ways and in my ability to innovate at work. This applies to my learning "Slow down to speed u
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    My teeth are tight and food tends to get stuck between them. If left attended the effect is festering, pain and infection. A quick floss, some mouthwash as a few days and the healing is complete. I will continue to floss. For me, the stud
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    My gaps are small. My dentist says my teeth are tight. I have found that using Glide is the best floss. Even with that I have at times cut right through the floss with a particular pair of teeth. You might want to try Glide. I floss daily
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    First the wine and paint party sounds fun and a bit stressful. But that is what the wine is for. My kids (they are adults) drag me to Shakespeare plays which I usually dread the thought of it in advance. I usually have a great time because
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    I went from working 70+ hours at as a senior manager at a bank doing compliance to working 40 hrs a week at a university. I run a very small development team, scrum coach a larger team and get to code some days. My kids tell me that I am n
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    This is interesting to say the least. The arguments see well thought out but I wonder how this is provable? I also ponder to what extent this is true of boarding schools in the USA.
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    Don't be afraid to throw away code. I just decommissioned a home grown middleware routing system today. I cut my Java teeth on it 5 years ago and it was time to go. Replaced it with an apache camel program that is so much better. I di
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    > "Weeks of programming can save hours of planning" is a favorite quote of mine. I love this. My two favorite generalizations are: - Slow down to speed up - Less is more
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    I'm surprised this was not known before now. I have met several people with aid-dogs that can tell them when their blood sugar is very low. When asked, these people said the dogs can smell a problem. I met one gent as a FIRST robotic
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    This twit podcast https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2PAxZi7uess is with Phillip Broughton the gent that makes Black Blood of the Earth cold brewed coffee. Pretty interesting podcast. If I remember he is a physicist. For the
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    That is sad. In the us it is easy to lobby congress and the senate. It takes coordination and determination. Whether they listen is another story. But my daughter's cause is something that both sides of the isle care about. Writing
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    I agree. My daughter knows both. She just graduated High School. She has lobbied Congress and The Senate at the federal level and written a state bill (with 2 other high school students) that passed and was signed by our governor. While her
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    I think time will tell for schools like Olin. I'm betting on Olin to be positive for my daughter. She will attend in 2017. They are producing Fulbright scholars, NSF Graduate Research Fellows, and admittance to the best graduate scho
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    Curious about your use of beanstalk: I'm considering using beanstalk for a php app but we have content changes that are very frequent. 134 domains (virtual hosts) and maybe 500 pages (the html) change a day. How do you update the load
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    Thanks. Not sure you need coffee. Your comment was awesome.
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    It turns out that it is permitted unless the neighborhood has restrictions. I think she is not in that sort of neighborhood. +1 for freedom to raise chickens. Sec. 24-11. - Principal uses permitted. https://henrico.us/pdfs&
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    by epalmer 10y ago

    Gosh I relate to your post and the one you are posting your reply to above. Some days relevant in the grand scheme, some days totally not.