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by grownseed 13y ago
Like many others here have already pointed out, the money you have is considerably more than most, me included. But that's beyond the point. Thinking this is the sort of thing that'll make you happy, is in my opinion exactly why y
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You and your worth(themightyrant.com)
1 points by grownseed 13y ago|0 comments
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A small matter of engineering(themightyrant.com)
1 points by grownseed 13y ago|0 comments
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by grownseed 13y ago
I lived in South Korea for a while and this "security plugin" you have to install for IE is an absolute nightmare. Some sites even ask you to install a separate application to be able to perform transactions, only through IE of co
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by grownseed 13y ago
Having read most of the other Culture novels, I'm actually reading this one at the moment, a fantastic read so far. I love the Culture novels, the universe that comes with it and all the intricate societal considerations. I've bee
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by grownseed 13y ago
"I would love for all of those years of school to teach kids these lessons instead: Don’t follow orders, don’t blindly copy what others are doing, and always keep your wits about you." This, to me, is the essence of Education, o
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by grownseed 13y ago
More generally speaking, I think the problem has to do with how we tend to view "things", how we get attached to them and how we forget why we have those things in the first place. Assuming that nearly everything man-made is a too
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by grownseed 13y ago
Prototyping with Express is definitely a great way to get started quickly. The one thing I'd say for newcomers is that it can get messy pretty quickly (mostly when it comes to the files), which anybody with MVC habits will probably notice r
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by grownseed 13y ago
This is extremely subjective but as a speaker of two languages (English and French), I find it interesting how certain things come to me in one language and other things in the other. I have friends more or less in the same boat as I am and
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by grownseed 13y ago
The few places I have found which more or less matched my points seemed to be rather profitable and I know have been around for a while. I've tried co-working spaces and didn't particularly like them. I know it's really subjective but most
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by grownseed 13y ago
Been working remotely for a bit more than a year now and it's definitely largely about pace for me too. I generally start relatively early to try and catch up with my colleagues (I'm on PST and they on GMT) then head to a coffee shop later
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by grownseed 13y ago
As far as I understand, these UI changes are there to empower "multitasking" and bring Gmail closer to the way social networks and chat work. Now, I loathe the new compose, I like writing my emails in a structured way, with proper formattin
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by grownseed 14y ago
Glad you liked it. As far as the "illusions" go, as a rule of thumb I'd say anything smaller than my fist looks pretty much real, anything too big or too complex looks like a transparent layer in photoshop :) It gets better the more you do
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Ask HN: Mental Games (?)
8 points by grownseed 14y ago|3 comments
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by grownseed 14y ago
As a man, I can say I've experienced all the issues described by the OP. Regarding the first one, I was made senior when I was very young, having clients and even certain co-workers at the time respect my opinion was very tough. I got where
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by grownseed 14y ago
This is appalling, and not only from a medical or legal standpoint. I fly a lot, mostly internationally, and this isn't a problem with just the TSA (I'm not a US citizen). Airports around the world have to be the least humane places I've ev
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I♥JS - some funny behaviors(gist.github.com)
1 points by grownseed 14y ago|0 comments
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by grownseed 14y ago
Thanks for this, had a good laugh reading it! Cooking is my other passion right next to programming and I've worked in kitchens quite a bit, an occasional plunger but mostly a chef, on-and-off since I was 14 (don't ask...). Haven't been bac
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by grownseed 14y ago
I don't think having few expectations necessarily means numbing down your life or your emotions. I think you simply find that there are many things that needlessly take space in your life or might make you act poorly towards other people. A
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by grownseed 14y ago
I own the comic and I can say this is an amazing read, on a lot of different levels. I urge people to buy this instead of shamelessly reading a poorly scanned version of it. The original is of high quality and you can tell lots of work has
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by grownseed 14y ago
This is really interesting and I'm glad you felt like sharing, but as a lot of people have pointed out, I don't think you're so far out from the norm, or maybe few people are actually normal, I'm not sure. The more you segregate yourself fr
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by grownseed 14y ago
I agree this isn't a particularly refined article, I'm just saying he does make a point. A lot of programmers, myself included, have a tendency to be a bit narrow-minded. And no, I suppose I don't have a specific example. I just notice that
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by grownseed 14y ago
A lot of people seem to be offended by this article when I think all the author was trying to say is that opening yourself to other, non-programming related stuff simply helps you become a better programmer as a whole. I honestly don't thin
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by grownseed 14y ago
I liked that article, it's a question I've asked myself numerous times. I love programming, been doing it for about 14 years now and I regularly find renewed interest. I think one point that's maybe not stressed out enough here is that the