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by pards 9y ago
ProtonMail is also a good alternative. It's secure and hosted in Switzerland. I'd suggest that you start using a new email for identity with online banking, utilities and other essential services. Better still, buy a domain and us
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by pards 9y ago
> We also made the decision to not use a javascript framework for the front end, mostly because they are incredebly [sic] complex and some people suggest they are all terrible (or maybe great?). Not to mention that for back-end developer
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by pards 9y ago
>> You are much more likely to accumulate a lot of money by starting a business and selling it, only then can you expect to reliably live off of passive income. Yep. That pretty much sums it up.
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by pards 9y ago
Use your own domain for your email and host it with ProtonMail. If your primary email gets hacked and you're using your own domain, you can regain access to your online banking, utilities etc by moving your email address to another hos
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by pards 9y ago
> if they turn around and demand side projects; you would be completely correct to ask about how many office hours they allocate to side projects. ^^^^ This
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by pards 9y ago
It seems to me that most appliances are essentially disposable these days. I'm considering Speed Queen for the laundry because they have a solid warranty and proclaim to be built to last.
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Ask HN: How do you research large appliances?
4 points by pards 9y ago|4 comments
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by pards 9y ago
Registering my kids for programs run by the City of Toronto (swim classes etc) used to be a nightmare. Registration was at 7am and the site didn't have a queuing mechanism so my wife and I would sit there with two laptops and two table
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by pards 9y ago
I would pay for this. The key is to start doing it at the very beginning, not just when things go south. I know of a homeowner that informed his contractor(s) that he blogs daily about the progress of his renovation. The fear alone was suff
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Heirloom Code(craigpardey.com)
2 points by pards 9y ago|0 comments
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by pards 9y ago
Reminds me of Neal Stephenson's book "Snowcrash"
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by pards 9y ago
I've heard a lot about Transcendental Meditation but it makes my spidey senses tingle because it feels cult-ish. At $500-$1,000 it also seems very expensive https://www.tm.org/
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by pards 9y ago
Procom in Canada insists on using Equifax for background and credit checks for consulting contracts. Upon receiving queries about security, they insisted that Equifax Canada wasn't compromised and that the clients insist on using them.
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by pards 9y ago
Using the same language on both the front-end and back-end is never a good idea. Java Applets, anyone? It may sound appealing to management, but the front-end and back-end are different paradigms requiring different skills and language feat
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by pards 9y ago
I've been thinking a lot about this topic recently. I've worked in finance my whole career (20 years) and am consistently amazed by the waste, inefficiency and wealth. Banks make money in spite of themselves. The UK challenger ban
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by pards 9y ago
I run Arch on my XPS13 with no issues.
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by pards 9y ago
This is what Martin Fowler refers to as the Tolerant Reader pattern. https://martinfowler.com/bliki/TolerantReader.html Code should tolerate all sorts of bad inputs. Code should produce pristine outputs. Just like bein
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by pards 9y ago
"There is not a single set of skills that define a good programer . ... No engineer can be strong in all off these areas." The ability to spell is one of them.
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by pards 10y ago
Find a company that is interesting to you and reach out to them directly to see if they'd be interested in bringing you on board.
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by pards 10y ago
I was a strict vegetarian for 20 years but recently went back to eating meat primarily to increase the diversity of protein in my diet. If you're planning to go veg, my suggestions would be 1. Go all-in straight away. 2. Stick t
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by pards 10y ago
Learn other languages, too. * A functional language * An object-oriented language * A scripting language JavaScript wins the web front-end because it's the only feasible option but there are many other fantastic languages ou
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by pards 10y ago
Spreadsheets are widely used in financial institutions, and not just for little things but also for critical tasks too. I've seen spreadsheets sophisticated enough to make database calls to book-of-record systems. These spreadsheets ar
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by pards 10y ago
>> in order to grok it I have to essentially rewrite it That whole paragraph describes exactly how I go about learning sections of a new codebase. Rename stuff, pull out methods and classes, reformat etc until I have a few "a-ha&
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by pards 10y ago
I, too, started leaving comments for myself and other future maintainers to explain why a bad decision or awkward solution was chosen at the time, and offering the list of things I tried along with potential future improvements. Explaini
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by pards 10y ago
"I go first" - heard it on a Tim Ferriss podcast. Be the first to volunteer, to put your hand up with a question, to introduce yourself to others, to open the conversation. It avoids those awkward moments when a group of people lo
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by pards 10y ago
I'd love to see a similar analysis for EnPass
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by pards 10y ago
I found Wave Accounting much simpler than QuickBooks. It can directly download transactions from your bank account, and you can email receipts and attach them to transactions. The simplicity means that I'm more inclined to stay on top
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by pards 10y ago
... and not an engineering-type? :-)
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by pards 10y ago
Familiarise yourself with the local tax regulations. You should be able to expense most things related to your work (home office, office supplies, internet etc). Learn basic accounting, and do it yourself using an online package like WaveAc
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by pards 10y ago
There was a Black Mirror episode called Nosedive that partially covered the topic of Social Score. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosedive

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