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by itamarst 9y ago
The Ropes to Skip and The Ropes to Know is a book on organizational behavior that is also quite practical for employees. Has some flaws (e.g. IIRC there's a horrible sexist joke in the intro), but worth reading; I'm not sure the
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by itamarst 9y ago
If you're a magit user please keep contributing, so the author can get paid better for his year of work that benefits all of us.
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by itamarst 9y ago
If you use magit and didn't fund this, I encourage you to contribute so the author gets paid an even better wage for his time helping us all.
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Magit, the magical Git client, hits 100% funding for Kickstarter(kickstarter.com)
4 points by itamarst 9y ago|1 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
http://www.nltk.org/book/ch06.html
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by itamarst 9y ago
https://philipmorganconsulting.com/ has lots of good advice on this.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Beyond other advice: a kill-o-watt for 110v plug-in appliances. We found our TV using $5/month worth of electricity just sitting idle. Our library actually has kill-o-watts available for lending.
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by itamarst 9y ago
A tiny bit of searching finds https://www.amazon.com/Hardware-Startup-Building-Product-Bus... - follow the related products links and you'll find more. Keywords I used: "product design hardware"
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by itamarst 9y ago
Depends on your use case. GraphQL is designed for the use case of a client talking over a thin long pipe that needs to talk to many APIs. As in, it's designed for API clients that are smartphones. And there are patent licensing issues
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by itamarst 9y ago
Options: 1. It progresses based on content. Likely outcome: it randomly changes slides when you use a phrase too early. 2. It progresses based on specific command, e.g. "ok, next slide." Likely outcome: some joker in the audience
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by itamarst 9y ago
GitHub has one, though I can't vouch for details: https://github.com/github/balanced-employee-ip-agreement
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Too Big to Fail Banks: “The Robotics Are Coming” Really?(nakedcapitalism.com)
3 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
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Cutting your salary by 40%(codewithoutrules.com)
844 points by itamarst 9y ago|435 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
I learned a lot from https://stackingthebricks.com/
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by itamarst 9y ago
As you say, it's motivation. So you need to figure out how to align motivation between what you're doing at work and your own motivations. Motivation isn't just about technology you're using, it's about whether you&
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by itamarst 9y ago
Best exchange: none. Best way to secure them: don't buy them.
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by itamarst 9y ago
This is not stuff you can do as a fresh grad, typically. Don't try this until you've been around long enough to demonstrate how much work you do and it's clear your boss trusts you. And even then probably really hard to do wi
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by itamarst 9y ago
Should've been separate bullet points, not ordered bullet points. Fixed.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Some options: * Negotiate shorter workweek at your current job. Many people have successfully done this to reduce workweek. * Become a consultant or contractor. If you do it right (and that's hard!) you can work shorter workweek. Or yo
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by itamarst 9y ago
These days I only practice at work, because it's the best place to practice if you can manage it: more time, better motivation, specific tasks in mind, help more available, realistic problems, and so on. E.g. as an example, learning a
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by itamarst 9y ago
A lot of advice you'll get is about removing distractions and planning, and it's good advice. But there's more to it than that. First, there's the issue of motivation. There are things you do every day without worrying a
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The better way to learn a new programming language(codewithoutrules.com)
1 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
None, it's speculation at best, incompetence most of the time, fraud quite often.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Keep in mind that selling something like this would quite likely involve an expensive FDA regulatory process. So probably not something you can do as a side project.
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by itamarst 9y ago
I hear the latter is, all things being equal, more work because you need to keep lots of people in the loop and happy. Even better of course is raising no money.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Yes. 1. I want to be working on helping scientists, and this influenced current job search. Beyond personal satisfaction, this also has practical benefits: all things being equal, if you're motivated by the company's mission you&#
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The tragic tale of the deadlocking Python queue(codewithoutrules.com)
7 points by itamarst 9y ago|0 comments
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by itamarst 9y ago
http://stackingthebricks.com - guides people away from "I HAD AN IDEA WOO I WILL BE RICH" and towards "research an audience to figure out their problems."
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by itamarst 9y ago
The one you know best.
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by itamarst 9y ago
Tulips. Buy tulips. (This is not intended as investment advice. Please talk to your financial adviser before doing anything.)

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