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by paloaltokid 5y ago
This post for me contains deep wisdom: https://dhemery.com/articles/resistance_as_a_resource/
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
A few resources for learning how to draw. Books: * Fun with a Pencil by Andrew Loomis (everything Loomis is great) * Perspective made Easy by Norling * Christopher Hart's books (friendly to beginners) YouTube: * Proko * Alphonso Dunn *
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I miss Ezra as well, he was a great example of someone who moved things forward just because he cared. Ezra also put way more effort and passion than anyone could reasonably expect into growing the Ruby and Rails ecosystem and community. I
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Nice site, it's fun to look around! I threw a curveball at it: http://prosecraft.io/library/mark-z-danielewski/house-of-lea... It would be interesting to see if Prosecraft would ever correlate "similar b
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
When I was starting to learn chess I liked the London System. It was easy to memorize and helped me get a footing in how to think about chess.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
You're not living unless the winter weather almost kills you when you're walking the dog!
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Meh. Yes, sure, by statistics. But those rates come from neighborhoods that most likely don't have a lot of six-figure salary tech workers in them.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Have you never been to Chicago? Pretty nice town.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
> the entire world's Not the entire world, just those currently running it. Education is the great leveler thus access is restricted.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Well I'll be damned. Yes it is! Thank you!
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
There's a game from the 90s called Hyperspeed by MicroProse that I wish someone would do a similar writeup on. I freaking loved that game and I can't find it anywhere now.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I do art on the side and came across Shibasaki's videos maybe a year ago. I agree with others on the thread, he's a wonderful man. One note: if you are inspired to try watercolor after seeing this article/videos, don't b
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
BAT sounds to me like just another form of airline miles or cryptocurrency?
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I am not a fan of PornHub because I feel that many of their practices are unethical. That said, as with so many other controversial topics, keeping things legal is ultimately better as it provides opportunities for oversight and regulation.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Your insight and the comments in the Github thread all back up the same point - the current economic model is not set up to empower or distribute wealth to the little guy. I think it was phk who many years ago pointed out that Free Software
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Any stack really if you have a well-gelled team that knows how to communicate and collaborate well together. If you don't have that as your starting point, things will be hard. Rails is great for certain types of web applications becau
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
It’s true that they may have extended him a genuine invitation. It’s also true that he may have overthought it. But that is kind of the point of the story, no? After you endure enough discrimination and persecution, your trust in others are
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Have you ever been discriminated against? And on a consistent and ongoing basis? When people are after you all the time, you start to learn the warning signals.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I’ll stick my neck out here and say that my assumption is that you’re a white guy like myself. If you don’t know, many non-white people get asked that question all the time. That dance you say you can’t imagine, well, it happens quite frequ
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I think you misunderstood. The point is that it's not in his head - he knows his Indian colleagues are trying to figure out his caste. Non-Indians don't have a caste so he knows it's safe in that situation.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
> The dialogue here seems foreign to me. Playing a coy game where you realize someone is trying to infer something about you so you dodge the question. It's weird to imagine that people engage in a cultural dance where you need cer
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
> I would appreciate if people can let me know what's wrong with this comment. I didn't downvote your comment but I will venture a guess. It sounds like you are condoning and/or possibly endorsing the caste system. If yo
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
There were a lot of insightful comments when the lawsuit mentioned in the article was first announced. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23697827
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Seeing this made me remember the iPod Shuffle. That was also a nice product.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I always took it in a different way. Prince is speaking to that human thing in all of us that wants to experience something greater than what we currently are. Prince's music is very spiritual. Humans have always wanted to fly and have
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I'm sure getting people into the ovens at Auschwitz presented a fascinating logistical challenge as well. They probably got some really good enterprise architects on that effort. Likely a great career start for many.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
I think it's interesting how folks always seem to grow a conscience only AFTER they made their riches.
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
In that case, if you want to really freak out, read Snow Crash by Neal Stephenson. We have been steadily cruising into this future for some time now. "Libra" is just another word for "Kong Bucks."
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Why not?
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by paloaltokid 6y ago
Let's agree that anyone who is concerned about workplace sexual harassment should do their own research and not rely on an internet forum for legal advice!

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