jonathanfoster

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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
https://archive.is/J7l42
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
Andrew Huberman has a great podcast episode on the effects of alcohol on the body and brain[1]. Huberman is a professor of neurobiology at Stanford and he does a great job of explaining things in layman’s terms. I recently cut back on my dr
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
There are certainly many people that show signs of trouble, but don’t become mass shooters. And yes, availability of firearms, specifically high capacity rifles, was found to be a significant factor to the rise in the number of victims. The
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
Here’s a larger list of the key takeaways, https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database-3/k... . For me, the most surprising takeaway was how many shooters exhibit signs of trouble prior to the shooting and
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
For those interested in learning more about this topic, I recommend checking out the Violence Project by Jillian Peterson and James Densley [1]. This book opened my eyes to how complicated and multivariate this problem really is. It's
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
Here’s a 15 min clip about her record deal [1]. TL;DR: She didn’t take a big advance even though she was broke and ended up making a lot more money from residuals. Things get really interesting when she talks about how her mom stole all her
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by jonathanfoster 4y ago
If you liked this article, check out the Joe Rogan podcast with Jewel[1]. She talks a lot about her rise to stardom and how she was able to maintain creative freedom with good financial decisions. This is far from a happy ending though. Jew
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by jonathanfoster 5y ago
It’s all about your time versus money in my opinion. Do you have more time than money, do it yourself. Do you have more money than time, hire someone. I found the hourly rate of tradesmen to be comparable to software engineer rates ($150-$2
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by jonathanfoster 5y ago
YouTube is an amazing resource for learning. There are so many professionals making high quality DIY videos. And they’re actually entertaining. I recently installed a Mini Split AC in my garage and these two channels were invaluable. - Elec
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by jonathanfoster 5y ago
@ineptech knows what he's talking about. Follow this advice. Here are some more ideas to consider. Source: 18+ years of experience as an engineer, manager, and director. The theme is make your manager's life easy and he/she w
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by jonathanfoster 7y ago
Before deep diving into CS theory, I would go deeper into programming first to better understand how a computer really works. The best intro on this topic I found is "Programming from the Ground Up" by Jonathan Bartlett [1]. &quot
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by jonathanfoster 7y ago
Will Durant puts this very succinctly in "Lessons of History" [1]: "History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can manage money manage all." In my experienc
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by jonathanfoster 7y ago
Not gonna lie, I have pissed some people off with this approach myself even when it was handled properly. Diplomacy and collaboration should be used first. Maybe even let someone else take the win. Use the get shit done approach as a last r
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by jonathanfoster 7y ago
This is a tough situation to be in. I've been there myself and it's not fun. If I were in this same situation again, I would ask myself a few questions: * Who is my customer in this situation? It could be your boss, your boss&
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by jonathanfoster 7y ago
Camille Fournier literally wrote the book on Engineering Management so when she speaks, I always listen [1]. Every technology leader will reach a point where there are just too many problems to solve and OPP is a great mental model for prio
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
One of the key findings is positive thinking can increase serotonin. “Self-induced changes in mood can influence serotonin synthesis.” For those interested in a practical approach to positive thinking, check out “How Full is Your Bucket” by
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
By far the best write up is Fabien Sanglard’s Doom Game Engine Black Book [1]. The amount of detail and depth is just incredible. [1] http://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
I have a production service running on AWS Lambda and I haven't run into any major challenges. The Lambda service is responsible for authenticating to a downstream third party service and proxying requests along with an access token. I
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
The author references Cal Newport's Deep Work [1]. I recently read this book and I can't recommend it enough. It's not just a productivity fluff piece about the importance of focus. He brings an academic rigor to the debate a
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Digitox: Self-hosted website blocker that allows you to block on all devices(github.com)
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
Ray Dalio's Principles is such an amazing book. I use his 5-step process every single day. Here's a great summary for anyone interested. https://inside.bwater.com/publications/principles_excerpt
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
Same here with the fan. I use Goland as my main IDE and man does it kick up a fuss whenever indexing occurs.
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
I'm on a 2017 Razer Blade running Linux Mint. I would say it's functional if you're looking for a gaming/development machine, but less than ideal for 100% development. My work machine is a 2013 15" MacBook Pro for c
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by jonathanfoster 8y ago
I built an app that was 90% CRUD a year ago and I choose Loopback, but FeathersJS was on my radar. Loopback did the trick, but I just hated defining models in JSON instead of JavaScript objects. Good to hear FeathersJS on HN. I’ll check out
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by jonathanfoster 9y ago
The actual video is by Mark Rober and man you gotta check out his YouTube channel [1]. I've been in a technical slump here recently and watching his videos totally re-energized me. He reminded me how great it feels to explore, build, a
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by jonathanfoster 9y ago
Ray Dalio gives the best explanation to why the business cycle exists [1]. I wish I could provide a TLDR that does the video justice, but there's just too much great insight in this video to condense it any further (it's only 30 m
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by jonathanfoster 9y ago
You should give DataGrip a try. It's a new database IDE by Jetbrains that supports all the major databases. https://www.jetbrains.com/datagrip/
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by jonathanfoster 10y ago
Why do all these great retro game dev articles get posted this time of year? Don't you guys know I have real side projects to work on. I get caught in an endless dive, peeling back layers of abstraction. This is exactly what got me hoo
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by jonathanfoster 10y ago
$6,600 [1] for a master's from a top 10 computer science program [2] is an absolute steal! My master's program costs that per semester. [1] https://www.omscs.gatech.edu/prospective-students/faq [2] http:&#x2
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by jonathanfoster 10y ago
Here's the function used to find the syscall table address in x86-64 [1] from the suterusu rootkit. The code base also includes find functions for x86 [2], amd64 [3], and ARM [4]. [1] https://github.com/mncoppola/s

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