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Show HN: Xs-vm – A small virtual machine written in Python(gedrap.github.io)
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An Arduino Alarm System(hackaday.com)
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How can I overcome “years of experience” requirements when applying? (2012)(workplace.stackexchange.com)
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by gedrap 11y ago
Great comment, gave me some ideas and motivation, thanks for sharing!
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by gedrap 11y ago
Valid point, I totally see what you mean. >>> You get the (you think...) brilliant idea phase when you're all fired up, then you get "this is really boring" phase. In my experience, there are 2 kinds of 'really
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by gedrap 11y ago
I think the balance is the key. It's a very catchy phrase but yeah, one should not take it very literally.
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by gedrap 11y ago
In my own experience, I found the following 2 things being the most important: 1) Keep it fun. Sometimes you start working on something and a week later you realize it's not as great as you expected it to be. Maybe you are working on s
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3 Keys to Career Success: The Pieces of PIE (2013)(mondofrank.com)
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For Senior Leaders, Fit Matters More Than Skill (2014)(hbr.org)
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by gedrap 11y ago
>>> Why has that not resulted in anti competitive behavior lawsuits? IANAL but folks over reddit explained it as this: Microsoft was a software only vendor in the past but Apple is the hardware and software vendor. US and EU laws d
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by gedrap 11y ago
>>> Github Well, it worked out for GitHub because: 1) they have a great product and everyone can see how great it is, without signing up; 2) because of the nature, the word spreads exponentially. One free user can spread the word t
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by gedrap 11y ago
>>> RE: collect credit card up front... This is one of the next tests we are going to set up in our on-boarding process. Right now we don't bill the cc (or ask for it) up front. Please, pretty please, don't do that. I am
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by gedrap 11y ago
The company I work for (BoredPanda) featured a post about the "Enchanted Forest"[1] over 3 months ago, which gained the author loads of attention. Later she sent us one of the coloring books, we still have it in the office. A coup
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by gedrap 11y ago
Actually, sounds interesting. You could use it to discover flaws in the game play, given you can quantify 'bad / boring gameplay'.
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by gedrap 11y ago
3D printing is great because it's something physical and useful. Other physical alternative is, quite obviously, Arduino. I have no experience teaching kids but I think that it would be a really solid option too given they implement so
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by gedrap 11y ago
I shared it with my colleague who's not into programming but loves board games, that got him quite excited. So I thought that this project can be used as a motivator to teach kids programming :) because it's like look kids, with t
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by gedrap 11y ago
The first comment in the linked thread says: >>> It's amazing how much the title submission can influence comments. >>> Original title: "Hated expensive, crappy stock photos so I made this." >>> Cur
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by gedrap 11y ago
Speaking of Bayes, there's a great book by Allen B. Downey 'Think Bayes' http://www.greenteapress.com/thinkbayes/ available as free PDF or (if you wish to support the author, which I did) a paperback fro
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Up or Out: Solving the IT Turnover Crisis (2008)(thedailywtf.com)
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Is it 'OK' to use the root user as a normal user?(apple.stackexchange.com)
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by gedrap 11y ago
When I saw the post, I immediately remembered this! I saw it the first time when I was about 14 y/o, it inspired me to learn a bit about logic and EE, such as how can we build an AND block of relays, and how these blocks are connected
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by gedrap 11y ago
We did similar. In year1, we completed a MU0 design (based on 1950s architecture, can't remember which computer exactly... http://digitalbyte.weebly.com/processor-design/the-mu0-proce... ). We were given a half-wo
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Why Successful People Focus on the Bottom End of the Funnel(bothsidesofthetable.com)
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Liberland Accuses Croatia of Invasion and Releases Video of 'Citizen' Abduction(news.vice.com)
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by gedrap 11y ago
I think that's not what was meant. The way I understood (and I agree) is that if you have to go great lengths to stay ahead of burglars, etc you should consider changing the neighborhood. Well, unless you are well known, flashing cash
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by gedrap 11y ago
If I understood correctly, ruxit is a monitoring service (so basically new relic replacement with better UI), while the OP's product is just a New Relic API client. So these are quite different products :)
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by gedrap 11y ago
I agree with both of you, to some extent. I agree with you, as yes there's a line somewhere to be drawn and I didn't exactly like the tone of the quote. But there is some truth in the quote. Knowing how abstraction layers work, a
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How to Cut Through the Bullshit and Read the News Like a Defense Analyst(news.vice.com)
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Programmers Gone Wild(blog.gedrap.me)
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by gedrap 11y ago
Great comment and I completely agree with you. Programmers have a tendency to detach themsleves from the business where software is there to maximize the profit. It doesn't matter whether it's written in PHP, Ruby, or [language of

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