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by jordwest 6y ago
This is where a good therapist can help, regardless of mental health. Having a third party to dissect the thoughts with you can give you a new perspective on the situation. Generally the situation doesn't warrant shame, and there'
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by jordwest 6y ago
I'm working on pretty much all of the suggestions from the book so I'd highly recommend giving it a read if you can. Some big ones are moving closer to nature, spending more time with a close group of friends (at least pre-lockdow
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by jordwest 6y ago
In this article the author covers a few areas to consider in managing mental health: Sleep, Diet, Exercise, Stress Management, Exogenous Compounds (from coffee to melatonin to Prozac, and anything in between) These are certainly important f
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by jordwest 7y ago
Yuval Noah Harari (author of Sapiens) wrote a piece [1] on how we're now facing a choice between authoritarian surveillance and citizen empowerment, and how a decision made in this crisis could set the standard for the future. [1] htt
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by jordwest 7y ago
Minor correction but it's closer to 11M hectares. The 5M hectares is just New South Wales alone: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019%E2%80%9320_Australian_bus...
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by jordwest 7y ago
This is the same process I use on a whiteboard to plan out complex projects at work with my team. It's a nice way to see what tasks can be worked on simultaneously in non-solo work too. As a side project I'm currently working on a
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by jordwest 7y ago
I really enjoyed this video using Cities: Skylines to describe the problem with parking minimums: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0lvUByM-fZk
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Australia says reforms needed to address dominance of digital platforms(accc.gov.au)
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by jordwest 7y ago
> you'd think insurance companies and banks would be hedging their bets At least here in Australia, most insurance companies include a clause that excludes sea level rises in insurance coverage [1] > Are you going to try and impo
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by jordwest 8y ago
I was hoping to find someone else who mentioned this. This catches me out regularly. I would not be surprised if a team at Google implemented this and immediately saw “increased engagement” from users in an AB test, so they locked it in per
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by jordwest 8y ago
A warning that Stylish is now owned by an analytics company [1]. If you want a community owned alternative, check out Stylus: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/styl-us/ [1] https:/&#x2
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by jordwest 9y ago
You might like to try Fable and F#. I’ve been looking at it since playing with Reason and Bucklescript, and so far I’ve found Fable much easier to use and more featureful. The syntax is essentially the same as OCaml, plus it’s whitespace aw
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by jordwest 9y ago
I learnt Reason syntax first, then OCaml second. I prefer the OCaml syntax, it seems simpler, cleaner, and doesn’t hide the nice things about the language behind JavaScript semantics. The biggest example I can think of is that OCaml uses le
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by jordwest 9y ago
A great carpenter can hammer a nail with a screwdriver, but that doesn't mean it's a good idea. When the tools help you, a good developer can focus on making better things rather than not making mistakes.
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by jordwest 9y ago
Starting this week I've been keeping a development diary, inspired by another post [1] on HN. I'd been hesitant to do so until now, thinking everything I wrote would go to waste as I'd never look at it or even remember what I
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by jordwest 9y ago
I built an extension [1] that might be helpful to you. It blocks only the Facebook news feed but still allows you to use Facebook normally otherwise. I found the news feed was always the thing that drew me in mindlessly - I'd go on the
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by jordwest 9y ago
Hmm, I'd argue that since any language is effectively compiled to zeroes and ones under the hood, by that logic no type system can protect you. A good type system is there to guide you, and verify that your code is going to be ok even
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by jordwest 9y ago
Just want to say I'm really excited about Bucklescript and the collaboration with Reason. I started using the Reason syntax, but soon ended up migrating my project to vanilla OCaml as I found the syntax less JavaScript-like and easier
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by jordwest 9y ago
Years ago I wrote a Chrome extension to block the news feed [1] so I could keep using it without losing my sanity. Recently though, I've noticed that Facebook seems to be moving what was once in the news feed to notifications. Now that
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by jordwest 9y ago
> I wish there was a language that embraced mutability instead IMHO Rust manages to do this really well - the system of ownership and borrowing brings all the safety of immutability to mutable data. Check out the "Why Rust" vid
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by jordwest 9y ago
The notation in the GP is Haskell-ish type notation, which is certainly different to the majority of languages out there today, but it's actually fairly simple (difficult to learn, but simple). Quick glossary: :: Defines a n
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by jordwest 9y ago
> It makes me wonder what a UI language/system would look like if it were designed from the ground up to be declarative. Would it end up just looking a lot like React? You could find one answer to that question in Elm[1], and indeed
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by jordwest 9y ago
It's so easy to throw up a veil of security while doing absolutely nothing at all. Just today I was helping somebody retrieve an export of older transactions from PayPal, and they were forced to go through a series of steps to sign up
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by jordwest 10y ago
You're right, and this seems to be a common observation from people who've been in the industry for a while. My take on it is that software as an industry is still really young, nobody has got it "right" yet, and we&#x
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by jordwest 10y ago
I'm working at home now and really miss my old 20 minute bicycle commute. It's such a great way to start and finish the day, and separate work from life. Now I try to ride every morning, but it's too easy to just stay inside
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by jordwest 10y ago
I would say there should always be a contract between the sender and receiver, whether that's using static types or otherwise. Not having a contract is a nightmare. For example, say a satellite sends a number to the throttle control
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by jordwest 10y ago
I don't understand the constant focus on the upcoming automation crunch. Efficiency improvements (through automation and otherwise) have been happening over the past several decades - more output with less jobs - where the majority o
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by jordwest 10y ago
> it's no fun for them Have you considered that maybe it's "no fun" for them because the societal expectations of what girls and boys should enjoy begin from an early age? Perhaps the forms of play that lead many to p
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by jordwest 10y ago
This is something I think Rust solves very nicely. The ownership model gives the benefits of immutability (no shared mutable state and race conditions) without the need to copy most of the time.
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by jordwest 10y ago
Everyone needs to hit 100,000 LOC this week to hit our target from marketing

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