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   by hashtree 13y ago

   I've found one of the best ways to do the "stubmleupon" concept is to follow dozens of devs who star interesting repos (sometimes solely for that reason) and check your news stream often. I follow devs from a wide variety of
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   by hashtree 13y ago

   Just finished East of Eden and then started up a goodreads account. Without trying, I now have 37 in queue. Pretty excited to find out about goodreads and get solid recommendations/reviews. If anyone wants to friend up there: https:&#
3. 93.▲
   by hashtree 13y ago

   http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/be_on_the_horns_of_a_dilemma
4. 94.▲
   by hashtree 13y ago

   "Will I get more data included in my monthly data usage plan if I upgrade to a higher Internet tier? While you may upgrade your Internet service at any time to receive more speed and performance, all of our tiers of service include dat
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   by hashtree 13y ago

   My rule of thumb is the further away from pure computer science you go, the less likely a book is useful and will stay on your shelf in the long run (and the presence of solid alternatives): - Frameworks: Only in rare cases should you b
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   by hashtree 13y ago

   Datasets: - United States Census Bureau TIGER - GeoNames data dumps - You can pay to be sent data files from the USPS (AIS) Welcome to the wonderful world of public, semi-public, and private datasets. It is an interesting niche,
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   by hashtree 13y ago

   This line of thinking seems to be a small minority from those I speak with in the scene, but sums up my thinking exactly. I even get scoffed at sometimes that I am not going for the lottery-type odds endeavors solving 20-something first-wor
8. 98.▲
   by hashtree 13y ago

   None here, thus far. Best mail client I've ever used.
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   by hashtree 13y ago

   I tried all sorts of schedules, time blocking, pomodoro, late, early, long hours, short hours, seven days a week, five days a week, etc. Seven years in, I ended up here: working each day, working ONLY when I feel motivated, studying quite a
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    The entirety of the interfacelift library on rotation: https://github.com/rockymadden/interfacelift-downloader-plus...
11. 101.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Prismatic and twitter.
12. 102.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Pingdom, DNSMadeEasy, Amazon Prime, Google Apps, GitHub, Dribbble, Meetup, Pixeden, Skype, a handful of private forums, SpiderOak, Dropbox, and Pandora.
13. 103.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    If there is any thread that might help comfort you about the pessimism sometimes found on HN, this is it.
14. 104.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Besides what everyone else has already mentioned, I find great computer science presentations and story/interview based computer science-ish books to be great motivators. Book examples: In the Plex, Masters of Doom, Steve Jobs, Founder
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    I'd be curious to see if anyone is/admits using nootropics and, if so, what has worked for them. Ive tried L-Theanine and Huperzine A myself. I'm not daring enough to try anything more serious. Huperzine A did have a noticeab
16. 106.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Myself and my business. My returns have always been far above the market average ;)
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    App Store: Fantastical - NLP calendar and reminders. Day One - Journal that can be used to replace scribbled sticky notes and notebooks you have laying around. AirMail - Mail client. SomaFM Radio Player - Ambient music statio
18. 108.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Agreed, pay per performance. Heck, I'd consider this as a freelancer with a scout that has high enough quality/paying connections. Most of what is suggested isn't of too much interest, but top-notch connections that are intel
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    Private GitHub gists are pretty handy. Version controlled, your choice of language, use them as datastores (write your own client) or something more like markdown interlinked documents, etc... An actual repo would have even more features, l
20. 110.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    The FP Scala vs. OO Scala was nice to include. All too often you see simply OO Scala.
21. 111.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Six figures a year, going for seven (long way away) and compete head on with the industry leaders (they do eight figures). Long time bootstrapped/passive.
22. 112.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Yep!
23. 113.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Same boat here.
24. 114.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Are you using the reliable queue or circular list pattern?
25. 115.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Check out Titan, if you get time. You are spot on about it changes how you think about data stores.
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    I work almost solely off retainer, wear the project manager from time-to-time, and communicate stopped progress via email and GitHub issues (I use it as a simple project management tool). Things typically move as expected, and working off r
27. 117.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    Amortized over 3/5 years or non-amortized? Different answers :)
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    Compared to custom colocated clouds, you scale, code, and build your stack completely differently. I could not do half of what I do under any PaaS/SaaS. I avoid disk at all costs (nearly unattainable amounts of RAM on PaaS/SaaS),
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    by hashtree 13y ago

    And you can pay much less than half that via custom server builds and colocation. It is just a matter of how far down the chain you want to go, given your expertise and sensitivity to hardware costs.
30. 120.▲
    by hashtree 13y ago

    http://www.google.com/insights/consumersurveys/home