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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
I wrote this to make renaming multiple files quicker/easier: https://github.com/ivanmaeder/vimv Basically it loads up the output of `ls` into an editor, then runs a `mv` command for each line. Not something I use
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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
Old MBPs are mentioned a lot on HN; I want to give a shout out to the MacBook Air. At home I'm still using an 8GB, mid-2012 MBA, and it feels just as responsive as my brand new 16GB MBA at work. I'm obviously not doing much to pus
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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
Simple and fun! Nice work :) Even in its simplicity there are a few similarities (lessons?) with the real-world that I think are worth mentioning: - Generalists (like the founder) are often useful because they're able to consume differ
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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
Adding the Taleb book to my list. I recently read "The Black Swan" which I thought was an important read in spite of how unlikeable I find the author, how long the book is, and how tangled up the ideas are. It felt like a bit of a
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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
Right now: "Never Enough: The Neuroscience and Experience of Addiction" (Judith Grisel) Recommend. Addict turned neuroscientist who doesn't hold back, so a good mix of gritty details— > After I got sober, it took me a litt
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by ivanmaeder 7y ago
Archangel Imaging | Oxfordshire, UK | VISA Currently looking for… • Back-end or full-stack JavaScript • Computer vision • Embedded software • Hardware prototyping The level of experience is flexible. VISA sponsorship is avai
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Fifth Generation Computer Systems (FGCS)(en.wikipedia.org)
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
"It might not be the perfectly optimal…" Indeed. I recently discovered Pomodoro helps me stop worrying about doing the most optimal thing: it gives me an "excuse" to just do one thing for 25 minutes at a time. What'
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
> I will advise that you pick the one that seems to generate the most passion in you, not in the follow your passion sense, but more of the fact that there will be HARD times ahead when solving HARD problems and only the love of finding
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Not to nitpick but I think it matters by how much the risk increases if you're trying to compare it to a potential benefit. I'd also say that the risk doesn't begin at zero. E.g., businesses, employers, schools, other orgs, f
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Don't waste your time with the book—it's complete fluff: unoriginal, rambling, repetitious, with faulty reasoning…
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Taken and adapted from my comment on this thread also about books read in 2018: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18661546 1. "How to Measure Anything" (Douglas Hubbard) Presents a few simple techniques (confid
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
I've only read the summary but Philip Tetlock comes to this conclusion based on his work with "The Good Judgment Project" (described in his book "Superforecasting"). The GJP is a kind of experiment he's been ru
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
You assume correctly :) I read it in English. The Burgin/O'Connor translation. I don't recall not understanding anything, but I'm sure there are parts that I would have enjoyed more had I known about the history and cult
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
I'll check it out. Thanks :)
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
My highlights from this year: 1. "How to Measure Anything" (Douglas Hubbard) Presents a few simple techniques (confidence intervals, Monte Carlo simulations, regression analysis, Bayes, etc) to help with decision-making. E.g., sho
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The State of the Octoverse(octoverse.github.com)
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
I'm also an introvert. For my first startup I used to go to meetups etc to try to network and get business. It got me nowhere and it was draining. I don't want to discourage you but there may be more efficient ways to get in touch
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
I think generally everyone's giving good advice. One thing I haven't seen mentioned is having a kind of script or checklist for the direct report to be able to reflect and prepare for the meeting. E.g., - What have you accomplishe
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Demo of Ivan Sutherland's 1963 Sketchpad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6orsmFndx_o It was a drawing app with the following features: Snap to object ("This allows me to be sloppy while I'm drawing and get a
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Adobe Fireworks. Easy, intuitive vector-based editor with bitmap support. Ideal for creating/editing images for UIs. It worked the way I expected an image editing tool to work. The complete opposite of Photoshop and Gimp (I don't
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
I've also read that physicians can be overconfident in their own abilities: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18440350 > … argue that physicians in general underappreciate the likelihood that their diagnoses
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Not so much technical, but my favourite talk about technology and more: "Back to the Future (of 1994)." Danny Hillis (1994). 19 mins https://www.ted.com/talks/danny_hillis_back_to_the_future_of...
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Hiroo Onoda(en.wikipedia.org)
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Colour picker: https://sipapp.io/ Download videos from YouTube and other sources: https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/ (was the only way I could get a video from the BBC site recently) Chrome extension fo
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
> Given that there's this disconnect, I'd really spend some time with him to work out what it is that he actually wants… This. Spend time with the guy, try to understand where he's coming from. When you do talk I'd su
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Thanks for this. It sounds like a good reason to read Outliers. I've seen it recommended a lot but haven't wanted to read it because I really struggled to get anything out of The Tipping Point (I thought it was a cliched version o
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Also reminds me of the idea of fixed vs growth mindsets. > Suddenly, his math skills were only mediocre compared to his new peers. He became depressed after this. With a fixed mindset, you think your ability is static and so it can get y
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
The question reminds me of this classic chart from "Rapid Development," https://www.construx.com/uploadedImages/Construx/Construx_Co... It's a great reference for project management, but not very ma
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by ivanmaeder 8y ago
Me too, especially with books. I kept getting the feeling it was a waste to read all this great stuff and not use it. Even when I took notes, I never went back to them. So I started doing this: - Create 1 file per book (I keep it all in Goo

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