joelmaat

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by joelmaat 14y ago
To respond to the title, having a high IQ does not make you less creative. Simple. As for the Terman study, I think people with high IQ scores don't "go places" mainly due to laziness, lack of ambition (failing to see the point in it all),
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by joelmaat 14y ago
Possibly. To test it out, you can use brainwave entrainment software like Neuro-Programmer 3. Just loop the session and listen to it as you work and see if it helps you.
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Hacker News "Compromised?"
4 points by joelmaat 14y ago|3 comments
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How did you get to know yourself?(quora.com)
3 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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by joelmaat 14y ago
Have you ever listened to this guy? He's completely full of it; one line of BS after another. It's not even worth hearing what he has to say.
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by joelmaat 14y ago
I use Neuro Programmer 3 to produce sound at the right frequency, then I sit there listening to them. Everything becomes quiet, and when it's all over, my mind is clear and peaceful.
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by joelmaat 14y ago
Even sooner than that. If you aren't in the textbooks, then you are history.
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by joelmaat 14y ago
Front-end and design is one thing. Get better at them, and build your career on that. On the other hand, companies will usually try to box you in to one of those disciplines. Don't underestimate how insane they will get as they try to do
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Dropbox adds automatic photo uploads (up to 3GB just for using it)(engadget.com)
1 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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Nintendo predicts combined Wii sales of 10.5 million by 2013(joystiq.com)
1 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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Chomp for Android discontinued following Apple acquisition(theverge.com)
2 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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Facebook’s Scuba project dives into performance data(gigaom.com)
3 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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Foxconn Brazil workers reportedly threaten to strike(tuaw.com)
2 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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by joelmaat 14y ago
This is amazing. Clearly tDCS can be made to augment general intelligence. Tell me, can you solve the problem presented?
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Augment Intelligence - Brain Stimulation Makes the 'Impossible Problem' Solvable(huffingtonpost.com)
4 points by joelmaat 14y ago|2 comments
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Political battle over student loans heating up(google.com)
1 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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Nintendo Wii U rumors run wild – talks of Android integration(androidcommunity.com)
2 points by joelmaat 14y ago|1 comments
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Amazon has won the Android tablet war – Kindle Fire has 54% of U.S. market share(androinica.com)
5 points by joelmaat 14y ago|1 comments
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Google Expected Android Honeycomb Tablets To Have 33 Percent Marketshare In 2011(theverge.com)
1 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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FIRST Robotics Championship Event (Live Stream)(madstream.team1323.com)
2 points by joelmaat 14y ago|0 comments
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by joelmaat 14y ago
I especially like the one that adds a slot to a smartphone case to hold a credit card, or a few dollars!
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Ideas Wish List(ideafinder.com)
1 points by joelmaat 14y ago|1 comments
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by joelmaat 14y ago
I have a userscript and zoom (twice) in Chrome to get the text larger. I like being inspired and made happy when I read through the titles, and I like Feedly's UI, so I made my version of HackerNews look exactly the same. Some days, I just
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by joelmaat 15y ago
They haven't figured out a thing. This is just more hype, as was the frontend engineer push of 2010/2011.. hopefully some designers/engineers can make out well with all this attention, however. Preferably talented ones.
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by joelmaat 15y ago
I can't believe they just copied the header of Facebook's timeline approach. I wish they'd be more original and old-Apple-product-experience changing with this damn "project."
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by joelmaat 15y ago
This situation reminds me of when Facebook was worried about Twitter: most of the worry ended up being unfounded. I guess I shouldn't be surprised that Facebook was eyeing Instagram, as Facebook's photo viewing UI is now fairly similar to I
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by joelmaat 15y ago
They were trying to hire me right before the news hit. They have a lot of nerve. I am dumbfounded. Good thing retaliatory managers have left me without references and I would bomb out of the process for that reason, rather than for a lack o
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by joelmaat 15y ago
1. Clearly its Chrome. 2. Nothing is exciting me, not even Google+ or Android. I wish I could get excited about Google+. I wanted Google+ to work out so bad, I even went as far as trying to join the team (before the product was even annou
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by joelmaat 15y ago
Take a break. Become one of the inspiration junkies. Go to the gym. Work on another side of the business. Schedule your day, leaving time away from your startup. Don't let what's urgent mascarade around with the set of things that actually
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by joelmaat 15y ago
Just to learn how to code, rather than to branch out on your own, or to build your own thing, or to launch your tested idea? No.

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