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by joelhooks 12y ago
When our first son was born 17 years ago I was making $10/h. My wife got WIC, and used medicaid. We told the government that she lived with her mom and that I was a deadbeat. We needed the help, and my low-wage job would have been proh
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by joelhooks 12y ago
This is interesting in that I look at all the crap my kids have and was thinking the exact opposite. I had a handful of things. A few games. A few outfits. These kids have piles of stuff (alongside their laptops, smartphones, and consoles).
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React in 7 Minutes [video](egghead.io)
3 points by joelhooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by joelhooks 12y ago
This is good advice. You can read and learn while Still performing the tasks that are required of you. You can do this without feeling guilty. Go to work in the morning excited to learn while earning a living. I've had to do this on mu
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by joelhooks 12y ago
The slides read great, and the concepts are important. It's something I'm personally intrigued by[1]. Very interested in Cycle and your experiments. Thanks! [1] https://github.com/joelhooks/react-rxjs-angular-
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by joelhooks 12y ago
Pete is legit. His book is fantastic and helped me build a subscription service (egghead.io). I'm a big fan of Nathan's work too.
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by joelhooks 12y ago
I've got 4 kids, 16-7, none of which have ever been to school. The only thing we require them to do is read and learn. The subjects don't matter. The oldest likes philosophy and science. My 12 year old enjoys video production and
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by joelhooks 12y ago
Taking luck out of the equation was a primary reason for not sending any of our kids to school. You are right, you are lucky.
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React: Flux Architecture Video Lessons(egghead.io)
1 points by joelhooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by joelhooks 12y ago
We've got a React Flux series[1] on egghead.io if you like video lessons. -- [1] https://egghead.io/series/react-flux-architecture
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Recording a Great Coding Screencast(egghead.io)
1 points by joelhooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by joelhooks 12y ago
Hopefully they'd consider this a blessing for uncovering what would surely be a miserable long-term partner.
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by joelhooks 12y ago
This book is a fascinating read. Highly recommended to anybody that does non-trivial application development.
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by joelhooks 12y ago
I barely use jquery at all and build rather large JS applications. YMMV
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Patio11 Tweets Microconf 2014(patio11-tweets-microconf-2014.herokuapp.com)
1 points by joelhooks 12y ago|0 comments
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I switched to a career in programming at 35.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
The world is still your oyster. :>
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by joelhooks 13y ago
"what about retirement" is a common question. I suppose a valid one if you are considering the "work until 65 and then stop" approach to life. Sounds really shitty to me. There is a concept of "micro-retirements&quo
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by joelhooks 13y ago
In my experience with Angular, both in the capacity of using it and teaching it, is that there is this huge amount of rote facts that need to be absorbed. THAT is the "steep learning curve" that people talk about. Directives, for
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by joelhooks 13y ago
ad retargeting, or "stalker advertising". Cookie or whatever tracks movements, monitors for specific urls. When tagged client visits urls, system recognizes paying customers and sends "friendly heads up" email.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
My blanket statement regarding the precious waste of time children are coerced into is not limited to government schools. A little hyperbole! I went to school, and also have a job.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
$15,000-20,000 a year. They don't go to private school either. It's only marginally better option than the government schools.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I proactively opted my kids out of these bullshit tests too; by never sending them to government schools in the first place. What a total waste of 12 (of the best) years of your life...
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by joelhooks 13y ago
I'm glad it wasn't just me, lol. I like to use bluetooth audio, and the last Sync powered car I had was so confusing, and had absolutely no notion of my preference on restart. Something like 5 confusing button presses every time I
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by joelhooks 13y ago
It's basically like brewing beer. It's a skill with labor, knowledge, and experience required to get the desired output. Outdoor requires less moving parts. Still a lot of variables, especially considering you can drive to the sto
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by joelhooks 13y ago
The point being that you have the option without facing felony conviction for exercising the option.
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by joelhooks 13y ago
If you're writing games or rich animated consumer facing solutions, by all mean scratch out that marginal perf boost. In reality, it hasn't been an issue. Trivial to profile and optimize where required/needed vs standardizi
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by joelhooks 13y ago
It makes a lot of sense for the apps I work on. Obviously YMMV, depending on your needs and use case. JS has native implementations of several of the underscore methods, but you get into shims which is even grosser. I'll take consisten
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by joelhooks 13y ago
hey, good catch, I like it :>
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Stop writing For loops. Start using underscore.(joelhooks.com)
6 points by joelhooks 13y ago|13 comments

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