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by ismarc 14y ago
I have two tattoos that I got in response to an extremely close friend getting shot and killed by his father-in-law after being threatened by him for quite some time. It was a child custody dispute (long backstory), but the threats were if
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by ismarc 14y ago
As dbarlett pointed out, the sub-vocalization is a big part of it, but once that's gone, there's still a long way to go to read quickly and effectively. I learned to read exceptionally fast, but had a very low retention rate of what I read
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by ismarc 14y ago
Obsessing over typing efficiency doesn't make much sense, but being able to reasonably quickly with a high level of accuracy type makes a huge difference. By being able to touch-type at ~30 words a minute (making a rough guess here, I have
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by ismarc 14y ago
Only if I'm on my preferred keyboard, I top out at 120 to 130 on laptop/netbook keyboards.. For a stint in high school, I typed medical reports from dictation for a friend's mom, eventually having the cassette player on the fastest speed an
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by ismarc 14y ago
I'm one of those folks who is on the top-end of crazy-stupid-fast typing, but hadn't ever seen a typing test that actually had typing code, so this is absolutely awesome for seeing the difference in speed between prose and code. However, t
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by ismarc 14y ago
I just like building things. Cool things are more fun to build, but not everything needs to be in that category. I'm in software because it's significantly cheaper than other ways to build things. I love working on open source software b
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by ismarc 14y ago
I frequently have a commit history that looks something like: * Add call stub to Foo, add calls to the stub where needed * Beginnings of implementation, seems really friggin slow right now. * Ok, back to square one, need calls
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by ismarc 14y ago
I've frequently done this, usually bringing up something I remembered later, clarifying something or asking additional questions. It's particularly useful if you can reference something that will associate the email with the person.. I usu
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by ismarc 14y ago
Additionally, there's significant benefit to lots of tiny commits with a 1 sentence what changed and the squash the commits and write the larger, better formatted one based on your list of one-liners.
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by ismarc 14y ago
When I had to stop taking courses was about a year after I had saved up enough money that savings + GI Bill + financial aid would cover tuition, books and living expenses. There was a paperwork screwup on my financial aid that meant I cou
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by ismarc 14y ago
While I wasn't getting reimbursement, I was working roughly 60 hours a week on the assembly floor at Dell while taking a full load of classes (12 credit hours). Before any financial aid or assistance, tuition and books at the community col
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Using Reddit for Blog Comments(ismarc.github.com)
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by ismarc 14y ago
I think it goes beyond that. As an anecdote, I'm getting married in April and my fiance is using pinterest to collect and organize all our ideas for the wedding. We'll end up buying probably 10-20% of what she has pinned, but over the nex
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by ismarc 14y ago
With a normal, functioning sleep cycle, or sleep/wake patterns that are predictable or manageable, there's little benefit besides the cool factor of tracking everything. Some of us have sleep issues, whether environmental or biological tha
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by ismarc 14y ago
I'm not saying it didn't have a positive effect on the people who were able to participate. What I'm saying is that it showed a positive impact for a carefully chosen group of people who met a very narrowly defined set of characteristics.
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by ismarc 14y ago
It's hard to write this, and my opinion is probably biased because of it, but this article is nothing but a giant load of horse shit and is a carefully constructed as "feel good" to reinforce the preconceived notions the author had going in
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by ismarc 14y ago
I used to do a lot of photography before dslrs were common, but hadn't done any digital work before. I have a friend who's a professional photographer and offered to help out when she needed an extra camera there if I could use her gear.
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by ismarc 14y ago
I leave everything in my inbox and currently have 0 unread personal and 1 unread work emails. My system is this: if it's marked unread, I need to do something. If it's read, nothing needs to be done. I also filter emails that i'll neve
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by ismarc 14y ago
You've been downvoted a decent amount, and I can see why, but I believe it is unfair because it's only due to your perspective. At one job I ended up having a lot of work writing language bindings from C to what is commonly considered a "sc
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by ismarc 14y ago
On my resume, I have a "skills" section that basically lists technologies I've worked with that I'm interested in working with now (and some I haven't work with) with a "code-word" based description of how I'd rate myself. The "code-word"
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Search engine for code and web that doesn't strip symbols(symbolhound.com)
2 points by ismarc 14y ago|0 comments
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by ismarc 14y ago
I see tipping as the opposite (and wage laws make it easier). Unlike most professions, there's no asking for a raise each year to keep up with inflation or reward your progress at getting better at your job. It's immediate feedback and co
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by ismarc 14y ago
This isn't entirely true and varies from state to state and hospital to hospital. We had a trip to the hospital last year (non-ambulance, but was an actual emergency). Prior to checking out, we refused to sign anything from the hospital
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by ismarc 14y ago
This is a point that is frequently missed and ends up muddying the actual net neutrality discussion. For cable providers, Internet (big I internet, not just a network that uses the same protocols) is carried on certain channels with vod an
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by ismarc 14y ago
Make a signup page to be part of the beta, include the disclaimer that it's free during the beta but once the service is publicly available it will be charged for and the fees are waived during the beta in exchange for bug reports, possible
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by ismarc 14y ago
There's a group 3, but it's likely just as small or smaller than group 1. Where your data is easily normalized (and easier to work with in that form), but the cost of a getting an rdbms to support your write load is an order of magnitude
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Nokia sues HTC, RIM and Viewsonic over patent infringement(techworld.com.au)
1 points by ismarc 14y ago|0 comments
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by ismarc 14y ago
We chose Mongodb over Riak for a host of reasons, but after working with Mongo, there's times I definitely wish we had gone after Riak, but there's a laundry list of why it lost out (and where it was super strong as well). I took a look at
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by ismarc 14y ago
I was one of the guests as well and everything went amazingly smooth and took almost no time at all outside of the time talking.
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by ismarc 14y ago
I'd like to apologize for the echo from my side. I have a quality mic, but had to change rooms at the last second and didn't realize the acoustics were that bad or I would have tweaked the sensitivity or grabbed a more forgiving mic.

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