jventura

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by jventura 4y ago
Is it fast enough? At least compared to previous versions (like Mojave, etc.).. I have my MBP late 2013 still on Mojave, but willing to move on if it's (almost) as good..
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by jventura 4y ago
Can I ask you where you sell your books? I’m also looking for authoring programming ebooks and looking for platforms where I can market them..
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by jventura 4y ago
Congratulations for your side project! Probably quite similar to you, I'm also a PhD guy that uses Python for quite some time, and I've been lately interested in starting a side project like yours (courses, tutorials, books, etc.)
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by jventura 4y ago
I think he's saying things are more volatile now. When the industry was much smaller, it was easier to make and stay in personal contact with others. Also, it's natural that if you started your career 25 years ago, many people you
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by jventura 4y ago
One podcast I really like is The Art of Manliness podcast [0]. I learn about a lot of interesting topics and get good book recommendations from it. All episodes are interviews with book authors regarding a specific book. Brett, the intervie
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by jventura 4y ago
Do the "Poll's app" from their tutorial [0]. It's quite basic comparing to bigger app but it covers enough of the necessary content to get your started. [0] https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.1&#x2F
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by jventura 4y ago
Just a suggestion for you, based on my own home improvements: break bigger things in smaller tasks and try to finish them in the same day or the day after. Sometimes life gets in the way, or you lose steam, and an incomplete repair or unfi
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by jventura 4y ago
> If you feel like you’re reaching a glass ceiling, don’t be afraid to go outside that box. Record some lectures and put them online. Self publish a book. Start your own school. Yeah, I have an introductory programming course that I&#x27
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by jventura 4y ago
I match the parent's example almost perfectly. I'm a "good" programmer, "good" teacher and I have a "good" humor. My students (university level) really laugh sometimes at the stupid analogies that I m
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> I'm making ultra small games (...) Hey, many of us like small/ultra small games! I used to play a lot when I was younger (back in ZX Spectrum times), but now don't have the patient (or time) for big games that require an
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by jventura 4y ago
Why? Honest question...
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by jventura 4y ago
Your "dream a little dream of me" MusicXML link on the instructions returns a 404.
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Ask HN: What are your “scratch own itch” projects?
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by jventura 4y ago
> I'm passionate about teaching programming to 17-19 year olds. I've been teaching for some time an introductory programming class to kids with those ages (1st year university students). I think the best approach to teach progr
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by jventura 4y ago
Not Swahili speaker here, but: > On the longer term, this year I finally accepted that I do not care about research and even though I tried loving it for the past 8 years I'm only ruining my life. I love teaching. Same for me! I thi
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by jventura 4y ago
Tried to find your albums, but there’s nothing on your profile or comments. Do you have anything online we could listen to? I’m curious about the type of music you’re doing.. All the best!
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by jventura 4y ago
You're not alone on this one! Although I have savings, I'm also not able to achieve enough monthly earnings to leave me in a (much) more comfortable position. Last month I did a lot of interviews for newer jobs, but got rejected a
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by jventura 4y ago
> I suffer from some pretty intense Analysis Paralysis at times. I used to be like that when I was younger. Not only for specific things regarding software, but for many things in life. Eventually I've developed my own "mantra&
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by jventura 4y ago
(Not that I have much of an advice to give, and only answering because you're in Portugal - my native country. but nothing to do with that as well.. :). Sometimes we just have to "reinvent" ourselves. Do some introspection, d
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So, it pays off to keep effort low most of the times, right? I agree with the matrix, so I cannot find another conclusion..
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by jventura 4y ago
I use these kind [1][2] of silicone ear-plugs to sleep, although I buy them in local pharmacies. Last week there was a festival where I live, with loud music and DJs at least 4:00 am, and it damped the noise by a lot, enough to let me sleep
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by jventura 4y ago
> We are looking for Backend Engineers & SREs Hi, can't see any backend positions. Only full-stack (which seems more for the frontend) and others (data engineer, head of product, etc.)..
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by jventura 4y ago
I especially dislike messages such as "we improved the tubes and more videos of cats" or "we improved performance and explored the edge of the universe" that you see on apps such as Youtube. Sometimes when I open the app
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by jventura 4y ago
> Working in that space since almost 5 years after product development Doing construction work, or software development for construction companies?
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I think you read too much between the lines! To me it says that you should only get as much as you need, not more, not less, and leave the rest for the others..
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So, can you tell us your secret? :)
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> (with lots of other curriculums in development) What other topics are you guys planning? I'm a part-time CS professor who is always looking to supplement his income..
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by jventura 4y ago
You got my curiosity. Any links to share?
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by jventura 4y ago
> but this is completely unfathomable for most parents outside of the US excepting Jews and Muslims. Yeah! This is the third or fourth time I read about circumcision in the responses (after lots of answers, some for some against it), and
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by jventura 4y ago
> The old one was fine, but it was only when I got the newer that I realized what I was missing — basically, speed. Still using an iPhone 5S (from 2013), but mainly for calls, text, mails, maps, gps, and the occasional youtube video and

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