happy4crazy

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by happy4crazy 16y ago
The link to checkout a sample screencast doesn't seem to work--it just redirects me to a sample of the first chapter. Otherwise, thanks for creating this! I've really enjoyed the book.
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
Yeah, I quit playing professionally after finally deciding that my human/lizard brain was just not wired correctly to deal with the swings. Which is too bad, because the game is so interesting! And the fantasy--of making money with your min
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
www.deucescracked.com I played online for a living for about a year and a half, and they're awesome.
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
Yeah, I have to say, I just got back from watching it and now I'm super pumped to work on my YC app :)
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
If you like Feynman, definitely read James Gleick's biography of him, Genius. I actually didn't like Gleick's other books very much, but Genius is beautiful. I went from thinking I'd major in English to majoring in Physics after reading it
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
Jesus. I hardly ever get annoyed by things on the internet, but seriously, wtf? This makes my skin crawl.
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
There's actually a nice Crossfit article about this: www.crossfit.com/cf-journal/Virtuosity.pdf Interesting point: apparently in gymnastics, "virtuosity" is defined as "performing the common uncommonly well." I really like that :)
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
This will sound silly, but it's not that hard to make $1k per month playing online poker... if you're moderately mathy and have good self-control, you can make a bunch of money. If you don't have good self-control, then yeah, pick somethi
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
Second the pomodoro technique--it's almost weirdly effective. That said, I haven't tried it yet with anyone at work--but for solo stuff, it's been amazing.
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by happy4crazy 16y ago
I try to spend a half hour or so a day playing around with Bill Handley's Speed Mathematics book ( http://amzn.to/cE5hDu ) The techniques aren't quite as homespun as chunking/gridding, but they're definitely fun.