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by goodroot 9y ago
An HN recommended book The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy by William B. Irvine comes to mind when reading this. Here's a neat quote: We should use our reasoning ability to overcome negative emotions. We should also use our reasoning ability
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by goodroot 9y ago
Hey Joseph! Thanks for reading the article. That's a really good tool. I've included it in the original post. Have a nice weekend.
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HTTPS: Developer Fundamentals(fly.io)
1 points by goodroot 9y ago|0 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
At an old company after being acquired we built a blind-hiring system. No resumes. The WallStreet Journal wrote about it, it was popular. Many lovely candidates came to us because of the process. One of them laughed at resumes as being a fo
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by goodroot 9y ago
Very cool. I support your initiative and wish you well. I am thrown a bit, though, by this concept: Rather than centralised ownership and hierarchical management, smart contracts distribute ownership according to the value each individual
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by goodroot 9y ago
That is the implication. Alcoholism is an affliction wherein something that's fairly benign in small doses can be a significant detriment to the individual if consumptions falls out of balance. In this way, being ever-available and eve
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Geotraffic for Developers(fly.io)
3 points by goodroot 9y ago|0 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
Phone anxiety is a weird, and, for me at least, irrational thing. I know that mankind survived for millennia without the ability to communicate with each other out of earshot. But once you get used to having your phone with you at all time
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by goodroot 9y ago
It's disturbing that, at least in Chicago, there appears to systemic conditioning that's convinced people sex is dangerous and scary. > Among teenagers now, "there is a feeling you're getting of, 'Wow, the world
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Resurrecting Public Dropbox(fly.io)
12 points by goodroot 9y ago|1 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
That's right! It happens immediately. Thanks for checking us out.
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by goodroot 9y ago
Great write up! That was informative and well-written. As someone who writes content aimed at developers, I'm concerned about the generalized sentiment this creates towards technical content marketing. I stopped coding years ago and st
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by goodroot 9y ago
That's cynical. If someone spent their time making quality things people enjoy, they can charge whatever currency they'd like. If that currency is an email address so that you can be contacted later in hopes of selling you paid pr
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by goodroot 9y ago
I have passed on many opportunities. Without a lucid mission and vision, what is the company doing? If my heart isn't in full alignment with the organization, why am I committing a large chunk of my waking life to furthering their goal
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by goodroot 9y ago
This is disturbing, to say the least. Given how much effort I've invested in securing myself, it's... disappointing. The rationale, it seems, is that government doesn't count as "someone to be concerned about", from
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by goodroot 9y ago
Hehehe. This was a bit mean, but there's truth. I've adjusted the page based on the feedback here. Now it's "here's the article for more information" instead of "sign up for this mystery box". :)
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by goodroot 9y ago
Most excellent write-up. I used Stripe for inspiration when writing a post that wound up here titled 'Pragmatic API Versioning', since been renamed 'How to Version a Web API'. It felt like the most clever way to reconcil
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by goodroot 9y ago
Excellent! Great update. I run F.lux all the time, day or night. I recently attempted to switch to Night Shift but it's much less effective. May they manage to find a rewarding and stable business, they've done my eyes and I an im
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by goodroot 9y ago
Many comments in here make the dialogue feel like a roiling cauldron of over-work and burn-out. Whether you're nomadic, working in a start-up, working at a mega-corp, working at the the grocery store, balance in life is crucial. In kno
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Load Balancing HTTPS with Let's Encrypt and HAProxy(fly.io)
2 points by goodroot 9y ago|1 comments
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by goodroot 9y ago
Of all places to be cynical, a den of code-oriented and clever people with the ability to propagate major social change shouldn't be one of them. A commendable and inspiring effort. Cicada is bafflingly ambitious; any system that propo
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by goodroot 9y ago
Phew, tough crowd. We use Ghost for our company blog. It works great! Spun the new editor up locally and it's pretty slick; I'm excited to use it. Nice work, Ghost Team. Only gripe is the electron-desktop application; Byword integ
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by goodroot 9y ago
While it may not fill an urgent need, have you considered finding a comfortable and stable remote job? Hackernews 'who is hiring' is a great spot; weworkremotely.com, remoteok.io. You seem to have experiences, which is excellent.
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by goodroot 9y ago
It's like a modern Zombocom.
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by goodroot 9y ago
This is wonderful for Canada. Vancouver tech has already seen a nice bump from the American political hostility towards immigrants.
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by goodroot 9y ago
Cool. :) Apologies for leaning into the negative aspects; the site struck a cord. I'm deeply, deeply passionate about gaming. I think they need a loving, gentle-touch and less of the hyper-masculine spirals of darkness. May you use you
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by goodroot 9y ago
Cool! There's definitely a need for something like this. I played competitive Counter-Strike in my youth, and one thing that no one has successfully replaced was the vibrancy and engagement of the irc communities of the time. Griping:
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by goodroot 9y ago
My partner works at Olark. It truly is a human-focused business. I love that she is there. The intention that their team and leadership have applied into creating a safe environment is deeply rooted and honest. As someone who struggled with
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by goodroot 9y ago
That's really great feedback. I wrote something about API building a couple weeks ago without specifying I was referring to a _web_ API. I'll try to be much more conscious of this going forward. Thanks for the expression.
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by goodroot 9y ago
Thanks, ultrasandwich. I have fixed this in the OP.

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