momotomo

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by momotomo 16y ago
This is a real bar-raiser in terms of community help. Seeing a submission to someone of this quality at no cost is inspiration to participate - to both keep the ball rolling, and also to compete for "coolest free help" spot number one. Very
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by momotomo 16y ago
I'm curious about this too - my rough-cut understanding of the evolution of color response is that it lives mostly in the basic risk / reward division (eg, what is good to eat, what is poisonous, etc). So there's bound to be a set that you
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by momotomo 16y ago
Example thread: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=1829049 - the open source campfire submission. People thrashed the UI in this thread but for the best part weren't negative or offensive. People on HN are happy to pull something apart i
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by momotomo 16y ago
No worries, your experience will probably be different but it generally starts with the kind of discontent you're experiencing. Just make sure to act on it in a direct and constructive way.
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by momotomo 16y ago
I'm not quite there yet, in the process of getting there. When all I'm talking about is contract art jobs and there's no dayjob - I'm there! =) - Mindfulness, oddly enough. I always need to stop, notice that I'm getting tired or distracted
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by momotomo 16y ago
I had a similar issue - the sensation that I had nothing to "show" for all the time invested. This will kill you. It's really important to do a few things at this point: - Catalogue what you've actually accomplished in terms of stuff create
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by momotomo 16y ago
I've found it's more about being in the hole than getting back out. It's only when you're really, truly screwed - in the sense that you're out of your comfort zone and have no clear path forward - that real learning happens / your character
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by momotomo 16y ago
I'd stop looking over the fence. If they are blocking your work or career progress, then they matter, otherwise focus on your own career, goals and lifestyle requirements. It can be hard if you don't feel engaged with your co-workers but it
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by momotomo 16y ago
Not sure it reflects on the entire community. Proposition - that the majority of users are well intentioned and participate by either upvoting or not voting. The minority aggressively downvote for whatever reason. In this circumstance, the
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by momotomo 16y ago
Illustration on an electric guitar and a few submissions for national / local art competitions. Also designing an org structure for a local Roller Derby team.
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by momotomo 16y ago
Similar behaviours and reactions can be seen on a lot of otherwise professional internet forums. I think its the difference in the following kind of people - A highly skilled professional - A highly skilled, non-professional Just because so
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by momotomo 16y ago
This is probably the most unusual part - taking the time to leave that kind of comment outside of the HN submission itself. It's one thing to interrogate if a link is valid on here (eg, by downvoting or through the comments), but taking the
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by momotomo 16y ago
Not to be too critical, but some of the trailing comments brush on this - are you turning joining a startup into a strawman cure for a lack of structure, motivation and focus? I'd grind any bullshit for 22 hours a day if it was heading towa
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by momotomo 16y ago
Saw this the other day, it's excellent. Very easy to take surface tension, hydrophobia and other properties for granted when you see them in a common setting (eg, water dispersing in the dirt, soaking into cloth). Take the properties to the
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by momotomo 16y ago
Upvote. At least in Australia, it's pretty hard to actually get fired (generalisation, but holds up pretty well). There's no harm in jumping into something, taking a hit with the learning curve and busting ass to get up to speed. If a year
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by momotomo 16y ago
Definitely! I published bits here and there as an undergrad on some more obscure analytical chemistry stuff, and it was a brilliant feeling to contribute. Just in this context, it doesn't appear that it would have been notable enough for go
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by momotomo 16y ago
Unsure on this. Submission vs Reception debate? Submitting papers and publishing books is attempting to initiate the move from hobby to research topic or accepted language but it doesn't look like it moved much past that. Virtually anyone c
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by momotomo 16y ago
Second this, all the thinking and planning in the world often pales compared to: Sit down where you need to do the work / Open the tool you need to do the work / Do the work. I don't program, but I paint / illustrate outside of my day job a
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by momotomo 16y ago
I think he's using a bit of hyperbole and sarcasm against the processes that would actually be conducted. As per other feedback - all of the activities presented here are pretty reasonable for a decent design project. He's just added a bit
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by momotomo 16y ago
Excellent, thank you! Your original reply was a good insight too. I'm a pretty analytical guy, so they idea of mindset and soft skills coming into play has always been a bit of a blindspot. Always assumed you could always build X to solve Y
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by momotomo 16y ago
The 50 cent one is interesting. I've always been completely fascinated by the attitude of a lot of people that do well in Hip Hop - because it does seem to be pure raw determination to succeed in a lot of cases.
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Ask HN: Breakfree 101 for the Salaryman
2 points by momotomo 16y ago|4 comments