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fatalogic
6y ago
The stock Touch Bar is an absolute waste of time. However when you use something like better touch tools and their TB presets it actually becomes pretty useful. If they were smart they would take some inspiration from those presets and actu
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fatalogic
7y ago
To add on to these great suggestions I'd also say speak to people. Go on Italki or HelloTalk. Caveman brute force a 5 min conversation if you have to but imo speaking asap is essential and using the resources above + a frequency list c
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fatalogic
8y ago
As someone who used to work in the medical field it can be a pain to even know how much insurances will reimburse for procedures. Especially when it comes to smaller / union insurance providers, health care providers have to call and w
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fatalogic
9y ago
Looks like my name was used but I can't see the whole comment or address.
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fatalogic
9y ago
It would help some people but for most of the people I worked with money was more a symptom of their issues than a root cause. Lets say we have a child who is in 5th grade who reads at a 1st grade level. Most programs will say oh well he&#x
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fatalogic
9y ago
As a former social worker I think most social programs don't work because they try to deal with multifaceted problems from a single point of action. It's like trying to fix a suspension bridge by replacing one cable while all the
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fatalogic
10y ago
Read Mindset by Carol Dweck. She talks about what you experienced and how to overcome it. She also talks about how to shield children from that fixed mentality.
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fatalogic
10y ago
I just wish it was easier to find unbiased news. Just a list of facts no slant either way.
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fatalogic
10y ago
I think it doesn't really matter. Programming is not a physical impossibility for a vast majority of people. Like I could train for years and never be able to bench press 400lb because of genetic limitation but learning to program does
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fatalogic
10y ago
You have to figure out your why. It also helps if you have something to remind you of your why every day like a picture or saying. Then it become a mantra. I started learning to program at 25. In my earlier years I wasn't very motivate
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fatalogic
10y ago
I was a diehard android user for a long time and I switched when the 7 came out. Ios has some annoyances and it is clearly not built for a phablet sized phone. However the battery life I get with the 7 plus makes it all worth it.
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fatalogic
10y ago
On the other hand sports bring in insane amounts of money, publicity and status to colleges, especially state schools where without them they probably couldn't compete with private schools. http://www.cheatsheet.com/mon
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fatalogic
10y ago
Whether this they stick with Clojure/FP or not, isn't it important for them to at least try. Sure maybe FP isn't the best tool for this job right now but maybe someday it will be. However as a development community if we don&
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fatalogic
10y ago
Imo it's better because you have a different set of eyes and perspectives looking at a problem so you don't have issues the Kodak issue of the 70s or the recent google image search issues. A more diverse workforce may have caught