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   by mlboss 6y ago

   Not sure why you were downvoted. I totally agree with you. One of my past manager told me that the trick of making a boring job interesting is to introduce a layer of abstraction to the task. For example, if you have to right a lot of boile
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   That’s correct. But “freedom of choice” looks like a luxury if run out of money.
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   If you considering Purescript then also look at Elm. Few plusses - It handles dom manipulation. - Simpler syntax - Elm-UI framework - No extra dependencies
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   Dasung recently revealed 25 inch eink monitor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTok6imfgoM
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   I recently started learning Elm. Elm is statically typed functional language which compiles to JavaScript. The most compelling feature is the guarantee of no runtime exception. It language is pretty stable with glacial release cycle. It als
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   There was a post on HN few months back where the author listed atleast 30 tasks that a manager should be doing. The list included planning, mentorship, motivating team, hiring, communicating to higher management etc. It was a long list. I d
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   2 days back there was an article about how they scales to $10k MRR. https://www.bannerbear.com/journey-to-10k-mrr/
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   I think there is some research that maturity kicks in around 25. Something to do with neo frontal cortex development. https://www.urmc.rochester.edu/encyclopedia/content.aspx?Con...
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   by mlboss 6y ago

   Everybody has different scenarios. How many of your friend/family members can reach out to you using phone. All my family members live in a different country and there is no good medium for communication than whatsapp.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    As an external monitor for coding and reading documentation.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I have 13” dasung monitor. Its is an eink monitor so no light beaming from screen. I has solved the headaches I used to get after working on lcd monitor.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I try to stick to layout supported by bootstrap framework. https://getbootstrap.com/
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I hope Apple comes out with a good VR/AR platform. The only reason I am not buying the new Oculus is the mandatory FB login.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I don't understand why developers use cloud for bootstrapping/side project. Digital Ocean is all you need $5 droplet + $15 Postgres or even better $7 dyno on Heroku.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Probably 80% :)
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    No pedestrians, no roadside construction, no bikes. I would like to see a self driving video in major city during rush hour.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I read somewhere that there are different levels of "tech" company. A truly tech company would work without any human intervention for multiple days without breakdown. A non-tech company involves human in every tasks required for
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I will disagree with the pay less part. I know people who get > $500K as a software engineer on H1b. Getting worker on H1b requires 1-2 month legal process, lot of paperwork and extra money. I think it is more expensive for companies to
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Compute wise they may be same but configuration wise EC2 instance is a super complex.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Sexual marketplaces have different set of parameters. Whatever the popular media says women are attracted by high social status male. Higher social status can be taller/muscular men, richer men, famous men or men with many girlfriends(
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I think that’s what the top comment is saying. Every one starts the race with different set of disadvantages. In the end its up to you what are you going do about it. Also OP never says that he won the race. He is hoping his children will d
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    For monitor you need high refresh rate. Dasung monitors are the only option right now. My only regret with dasung monitor is that I didn't buy is sooner. I can work long hours now without my eyes getting tired. http://www.da
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Its part responsibility, part love. You do it because it is the most rewarding thing you will ever do.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Management is a different job but a job with more power, authority and information. Managers will decide the compensation of ICs not the other way around. They will be the first to know of major decisions that company is taking. As you grow
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    This also works for distractions. I plan to only watch 5 mins of a series and then end up watching the whole season.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Bollywood == Mumbai
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Facebook is in the business of tracking user activities and then showing them ads to change their consumer behavior. I will not be surprised if facebook starts showing ads in the game. Also VR is not only for games. It can be used for remot
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Biggest selling point for Sublime Text is speed.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    I would argue that having kids is the only reasonable goal you can have as a species. Everything else that humans do is optional.
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    by mlboss 6y ago

    Not faster but some variant of HIIT helps. I do 6 cycle of 30 sec high intensity with around 3 min low intensity. It takes away the boredom you feel on treadmill.