jameal

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by jameal 4y ago
My background is in web dev too. I've been a contractor, worked for a couple of startups, a marketing agency, and started a digital agency. My experiences working in the midwestern USA have been mostly positive, though I've defini
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by jameal 4y ago
An important part of the first step is to add the distinction _under pressure_. I don't consider myself to be an expert persuader by any means, but I have found the ability to find clarity under pressure. Others have mentioned getting
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by jameal 4y ago
It's tricky business to talk about it because language is a weak abstraction on top of experience. And that is why you get so many seemingly contradictory and often vague explanations. I will try to touch on one aspect of my experience
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by jameal 5y ago
There's probably a way to achieve something similar (though not exact) with just CSS. Their approach allows those buttons to jut right up against the title no matter how wide it is. Personally I would have just hardcoded the breakpoint
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by jameal 5y ago
Trying to argue someone out of a position is futile. Consider whether you are as open-minded about your opinions as you are expecting them to be. An interesting approach worth looking into is motivational interviewing: > The central prem
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by jameal 5y ago
The study is looking specifically at hostility in the context of political discussions, not just general internet misbehavior. In any case, The Penny Arcade comic seems to depict the mismatch hypothesis which the study found little evidence
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by jameal 5y ago
It might be helpful to think of assertiveness as a communication style rather than a problem-solving method. I like this definition: >Assertiveness is a communication style where you can express your thoughts and feelings in an open mann
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by jameal 5y ago
A few years ago I stumbled on and worked through [this excellent content on assertiveness]( https://www.cci.health.wa.gov.au/Resources/Looking-After-You... ) offered free of charge by a government health agency in Wester
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by jameal 6y ago
I'm curious how this epiphany came to you. This strikes me as very similar to the Buddhist concept of the Five Aggregates, which describe five elements that combine to make up our existence: Physical form -> Sensation -> Percepti
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by jameal 7y ago
Hi David. I've never had the need to graph geospatial data so I'm probably not your target audience but I did have a lot of fun playing with your examples. I found the main application intuitive and easy to use on a desktop comput
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by jameal 7y ago
People are getting stuck on the word "designer." The point isn't that all designers need to be involved in implementation but that the scope of front end _web_ development has grown so wide that it makes sense to split the re
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by jameal 7y ago
The author makes the point that "frontend designer" may not be the right title, so perhaps "UI developer" or one of the other titles he listed is more appropriate. So I don't think he's talking about making des
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by jameal 8y ago
There is a similar vulnerability with `mix-blend-mode` that enables a script to check whether a user has visited any given URL. It has existed since as early as 2016 and is still a problem today in Chrome 67. See: https://lcamtuf