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by noud 4y ago
I don't understand all the negative comments. Because it seems indeed to be the case that Polar bears are not doing that bad over the last 20 years [1]. Is climate warming a problem for Polar bears? Yes, definitely! But much less than
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by noud 4y ago
"Surely you're joking mr Feynman" and "What do you think that other people think" from Richard Feynman. The last book is more serious than the first. Both are still good. The best about these books is that they expl
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by noud 4y ago
> So, what books did you read more than once and are worth keep reading? I reread most of the books that I enjoyed reading the first time. Reading is my hobby, I only read what I like reading. Likewise, if I don't like a book after
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by noud 4y ago
FYI, the essay that proposes to read good books multiple times is from Rolf Dobelli: https://www.dobelli.com/en/essays/how-to-read-books/
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by noud 4y ago
With challenging you probably mean mathematically challenging, right? There are many jobs that are challenging with respect to soft skills (project managing, team leads, directors, ...). It's hard to find a job that's mathematical
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by noud 4y ago
Professional mathematician (but in business, not academia). I hold a PhD in mathematical physics. Below the list of books that taught me the most. However, these books are often not directly related to my current work. Also, I don't th
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by noud 4y ago
> I want to have independent though, and not be bound to anyone's view of the world without forming my own. Okay, maybe a strange comment. But you always have to option not to have an opinion or view about something. What's the
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by noud 4y ago
I bid 6793.75 euros for my new bathroom as my final offer a couple of years ago. You should have seen the confused face of the sales person. ...he accepted my offer. :)
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by noud 4y ago
Can you name 10 founders of companies from more than 1,000 years ago? I cannot. Additionally, there are only a handful of companies left that were founded more than 1,000 years ago [1]. Therefore, it's unlikely that any founder or comp
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by noud 4y ago
Sure! I connected them with a usb adapter with external power source. The power source of the Raspberry Pi alone is not enough to run four disks at the same time (at least not for me). For the hard drives I bought a couple of 2.5" disk
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by noud 4y ago
I use my Raspberry Pi 3 as my home RAID system (with 4 x 8 TB hdd). Not very fast, but definitely cheap with a low energy usage.
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by noud 4y ago
I actually do it to relax... Sometimes life and work can be boring, and I need some intellectual challenges to "relax" after a boring day of hard work. I work on several small open-source projects where I focus on challenging thin
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by noud 4y ago
15%
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by noud 4y ago
Maybe interesting to know: You can use your left hand palm to press Ctrl and Meta. Also see: https://mihaiolteanu.me/emacs-palm-press-the-ctrl-keys and http://xahlee.info/emacs/emacs/swap_CapsLock_
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by noud 4y ago
We have 4 chickens: 3 hens, 1 rooster. We bought them as 4 "female" chicks. Unfortunately, one turned out the be a rooster. To keep the rooster from making noise during the early morning we keep them in an isolated chicken coop wi
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by noud 5y ago
I use vim for almost all my development. I'm using vim ranging from small projects (<10k lines) to very large projects (>10M lines). I never experienced vim to hinder me understanding large projects, nor does it slow me down. The
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by noud 5y ago
A hair clipper that I bought 10 years ago. Cost me 25 euros. But a hair cut costs 20 euros. I need one every month (because I'm partially bald). So 20 * 12 * 10 = 2400 euro savings. That's a 9600% return on investment! I should ha
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by noud 5y ago
Second this!
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by noud 5y ago
I can sleep around 8 hours during these long flights. Some tips (if you want them): - I prefer a place next to a window. I can put my head on the wall. - I try not to drink too much. Definitely no coffee or alcohol. Not having to pee will m
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by noud 5y ago
> In your opinion what's your best use of time on a long flight? Sleeping, the more, the better.
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by noud 5y ago
I use the keyboard 99% of the time. Practicing short keys, until they become muscle memory, is a good skill to have. I use vim short keys. But learning emacs would be fine as well. I think it won't hurt to learn both short key bindings
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by noud 5y ago
I realized several years ago that there is a difference between what's new and what's important. There is almost nothing new, that's also important. So don't bother about what's new. Instead, look for the things tha
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by noud 5y ago
I like vim. But it has a steep learning curve. It might not be the thing you're looking for as it is very different (but not less) than VS code.
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by noud 5y ago
> if so, how to approach any topic and prepare? What I usually do is to search for some people who I consider expert in that field and ask. Common questions I ask: * Can you recommend a book, tutorial, course as an introduction of your f
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by noud 5y ago
Third this. I think Wordpress has withstood the wheel of time (for now). Easy to install, easy to use, looks quite descend.
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by noud 5y ago
Agreed, I try to read books that are at least 10 years old.
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by noud 5y ago
I did not hear a single consultant telling me how great it is to be one, when a collective announcement by the director was made that due to financial problems not a single consultant contract would be extended this year. This would help th
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by noud 5y ago
I have been working in tech for 10 years and I have a PhD in Mathematics. > 1) What type of jobs (in tech) may be welcoming to someone with my skillset? Data science, programming, statistics, logistics, optimization, basically everything
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by noud 5y ago
> What technology do you use today that is far from mainstream? Pen and paper. ;) Also, I have been using an agenda with on the left side the week, and on the right side notes for the last 10 years. It has a special holder for a pen, con
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by noud 5y ago
I have a membership on the Science [1]. I read the Science once a week. The Science contains difficult articles, which are often worth reading as they are explaining something new without making any compromises or trying to simplify the res

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