ljordan

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by ljordan 16y ago
Because the bottom line in life is power, not laws or beliefs.
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Middle-Earth, Elder Scrolls Style [YouTube](youtube.com)
2 points by ljordan 16y ago|0 comments
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by ljordan 16y ago
Never anywhere have I seen such a flood of hyperbole! Still interesting however.
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by ljordan 16y ago
In the study I heard about from a family member it correlates strongly up to a threshold, say $90,000 for a family of 3-4 living in the midwest (ex-Chicago, etc.), but thereafter increasing income doesn't increase happiness (and possibly er
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by ljordan 16y ago
How about, "in comparison to software development, 'programming' is easy"?
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by ljordan 16y ago
Word. Further, in the same direction: "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." (attributed to Edison) It's profoundly true of the world that nothing is wasted. Remember that no success or discovery is an accide
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by ljordan 16y ago
To me applied minimalism in whatever endeavor just means finding the simplest possible thing that works. I think most of us can see the value in that.
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by ljordan 16y ago
I didn't realize it was being revamped. I had to skip some of the algorithm parts for lack of math (which I'm also studying). IME Part V was by far the hardest part of the book. I often found the language confusing and had to puzzle thin
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by ljordan 16y ago
The wording is a bit too strong, but I take it to mean that the 21st century most closely resembles the 12th. Not exactly the same, but most similar among centuries.
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by ljordan 16y ago
I will upvote this thing all day (figuratively speaking of course). Going through this was a big level-up for me.
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Very Helpful (Basic) Math Resource(themathpage.com)
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by ljordan 16y ago
Yes the intention was that the Paperwork Reduction Act section requires an entire page while utilizing about 10% of it. I didn't realize the scribd link was present, let alone not funny. I pasted in the link from uscis.gov.
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by ljordan 16y ago
On the way out of the house this morning I heard that "the Federal Government will continue to operate until March".
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Irony, Federal Government Style (see page three)(uscis.gov)
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by ljordan 16y ago
The interesting thing about this to me is how it highlights that by setting up a process we introduce a set of possibilities that have different probabilities of happening. Given enough iterations some possibilities are virtually guarantee
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by ljordan 16y ago
Correct in my experience (I sometimes work with music, sometimes with silence). Deep insight needs silence: "You want to quiet the noise in your head to solidify that fragile germ of an idea" -> http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1245352
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by ljordan 16y ago
I'm born in CA and live in MN, and well... this applies. CA is a more 'asking' culture, Minnesota definitely not.
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Ask HN: A Self-Taught Programmer's Library
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by ljordan 16y ago
How to Design Programs.
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by ljordan 16y ago
This is what I started with as well (a versions from several years ago).
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by ljordan 16y ago
Why yes, I work on Wall Street and the man's got a point. In fact, the situation he describes is part of what inspired me to change careers.
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by ljordan 16y ago
My day job. I have to build space into it and put interesting things into the space or it's nearly intolerable. But that is why I'm working on changing jobs. I'm 31.
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by ljordan 16y ago
I sought around for one for awhile to little avail; Dropbox works for me. I have relatively modest needs.
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by ljordan 16y ago
When my dad died I felt as though I was at sea without a compass. I came to see that fundamentally we only know what we know and that we are responsible for the ship (our lives) regardless of what we know about navigation (if anything). U
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by ljordan 16y ago
As a musician by training who was forced to take "any job" out of school due to lack of gainful applications for music skills who is now trying to reinvent himself as a professional programmer (a loved hobby), I feel that. I'm thankful for