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by merciBien 7y ago
My engineer neighbor picking weeds in his yard while sitting on a low beach chair, “I just work on the areas I can reach, then move to where there’s more to be done”. It took me a few years to understand how powerful that is as a strategy f
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by merciBien 7y ago
I love this type of story-based learning! I was playing with twilioquest this weekend, I really appreciate the developers’ creativity. How can I find more tools like these?
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by merciBien 7y ago
thanks for posting this. “There were ages of darkness, and then enlightenment came.” we often see those who came before us as savages. Didn’t they have triumphs and failures, families and friends that they loved? Did the think of their live
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by merciBien 7y ago
Drove a truck delivering paint for a local paint company. Carried heavy 5 gallon buckets up stairs at construction sites. Decided to go to college, to avoid doing manual labor for the rest of my life. Edit: added buckets
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November 1925: ‘Right-o ’ the new universal expression?(theguardian.com)
1 points by merciBien 7y ago|0 comments
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by merciBien 8y ago
My manager had us all watch The Moneyball movie with Brad Pitt, and informed us that the company would rely on Data Science and metrics to make decisions. I’ve seen some good come from that strategy, and some not-so-good. I think the hard p
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Is Data Science Following the Scientific Method?(forbes.com)
7 points by merciBien 8y ago|1 comments
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by merciBien 12y ago
I hope you're not serious, Bill. I really don't want you to go to jail. :) The government is slow to act, that's often a good thing to keep it from reacting quickly where some discussion or just delay is the wiser course. I g
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by merciBien 12y ago
I like this advice, not only for a young songwriter I know well, but also for myself as a budding hacker. Too much of my creative energy I spend on doubting my latest idea, to the point I don't get to implement the code to make it real
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by merciBien 12y ago
The title says San Diego, but the article references San Jose. Can we get the title corrected? I don't think San Diego has money for drones, unless ComicCon generated more tourist revenue than I thought. :)
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by merciBien 13y ago
I assume you mean QA Analyst, as opposed to QA Engineer. To me the main difference is that QA Analysts don't write code, where QA Engineers do write code. If you enjoy writing code, you should try for a QA Engineering position. I was a
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by merciBien 13y ago
That's a really great point, good for you for challenging yourself to truly learn the art of programming. To me, the students who only study enough to pass the next exam are cheating themselves, the time I've been given to learn s
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by merciBien 13y ago
I agree, I can't walk away from someone in need either. I'll cheerfully pay my nephew's rent and groceries for one month, and he's back the next month. I'm doing well and I love him, I never say no, but I don't know how to put him back in a
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by merciBien 13y ago
I wonder what's meant by "income redistribution" in this article. In my experience with my family, giving people money they didn't put effort into earning makes them less happy, and less able to provide for their own needs. Is this anyone e
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by merciBien 13y ago
I would take 5 impoverished middle-school kids, and put them to work on some public works projects, 8 hours a day for 4 weeks. If they can read or write, they'd work in an elementary school teaching first graders to read. If they can't read
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by merciBien 14y ago
The title here is misleading, maybe deliberately to provoke interest? The article presents research that natural talents without "deliberate practice" are unlikely to result in great success in any field. Common sense, to me, that consisten
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by merciBien 14y ago
I live on the command line, bash history is so useful.
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by merciBien 14y ago
Can't these folks login to their iTunes account in a browser, even the iPod browser, and set the final question there?
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by merciBien 14y ago
I thought this was a fun game, I had no problems with crashing on my phone, 4s, iOS6. I hope you continue with new games, or enhancing this one, if that's your interest.
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by merciBien 14y ago
I very much appreciate this post, and the understanding the poster shows of people outside the digital and social ideals. I'm not what anyone would call autistic, but I struggle to make more than superficial friendships. The idea that a soc
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by merciBien 14y ago
For many of us, the top 3 boxes in Maslow's pyramid are resolved through work, belonging to teams at work, self esteem through the paycheck reward system, self-actualization through the building of collaborative relationships and sharing of
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by merciBien 15y ago
OMG! "The think is the vast eld of what you’ve been told most losing your immoderateness fruitful is meet stark WRONG!" This is the most hilarious almost-English ad copy EVER!
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by merciBien 15y ago
I think you meant "diverges" not "divulges"?
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by merciBien 15y ago
Ironic, no?
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by merciBien 15y ago
The signatories are all members of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences but are not speaking on its behalf.
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by merciBien 15y ago
"He presented the first known heliocentric model of the solar system, placing the Sun, not the Earth, at the center of the known universe." Sweet!
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by merciBien 15y ago
Good point! I see good development practices like good dental care or good conversational skills, something you constantly work at. I know I need to consciously improve my technique and follow best practices. New developers need to learn th
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by merciBien 15y ago
I like this idea a lot, I miss the writing I did when I was younger, before work interfered. Bravo!
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by merciBien 15y ago
Love the netbooks=WMD's metaphor!
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by merciBien 15y ago
I don't think the author understands the pain of terminal cancer. There's often no desire for a cure, only release from the pain. People have their own feelings, values and desires, they should be respected, especially as they near death. T

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