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by pcsanwald 9y ago
I agree, but would be remiss if I didn't say that Ricky Jay is the greatest living historian of magic.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I've read it! Also "Now Watch Him Die". I still have all the original books from 2.13.61, including a copy of "The Demon" signed by Hubert Selby!
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I've been a huge Rollins fan since I was a kid in the 80s/90s. Some unsolicited recommendations: Favorite spoken word album: Human Butt Favorite Rollins Band album: Turned On (live) Favorite book: Black Coffee Blues Favorite flag
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
A River Sutra, by Gita Mehta. It's a book I've re-read many times over the years, and drawn something different and new from each reading. It's hard to articulate why it's so important to me, but I've learned a trem
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
Last spring we had to put our dog Milo to sleep, he had mitral valve disease and we could not bear to see him suffer. I have dealt with a lot of death in my life: close friends, family, etc. Suicide, accidents, disease, all kinds of stuff.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
They behaved basically like a consulting shop. send tons of "forward deployed engineers" onsite.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
Eh, I disagree. A good interviewer can dig into past experiences and pretty quickly get a sense of a candidate. Interviewing is a skill that can be acquired and developed. Problem is, the skills you need to be a good interviewer don't
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I wondered the same thing, and this is a great explanation as to why. thank you!
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
The big nerd ranch books often have you build applications across a collection of chapters. I learned iOS development from their book; it's not a single project for the whole book, but there are large chunks that use the same example a
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
Everyone is different, and I realize that the actual number doesn't matter, but most people able to make 5MM in bonus on wall st wouldn't consider that amount anywhere near "F-you money".
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I am. I work for a small fitness company and my main motivation is the product we're building, and what we want to do with it. That was my whole reason for joining in the first place, and it remains the most motivating thing for me.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
Key insights for me: - For me, doing what I am good at makes me happy. - "what I am good at" is often very different from what I think I will be good at, or what I think I should be good at, or what I would like to be good at. - I
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I solve this by being very clear with candidates ahead of time (i.e. days before the interview) about generally what I'm going to ask, and I've never had a candidate tell me they couldn't recall at some some relevant details
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
My general line of questioning is as follows: 1) Explain to me a system you built/architected. How it worked, what it did, etc. I'm looking for a deep understanding around the requirements of the business, and how that played into
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
The wording of the summary at the top is hilarious: A team of neuroscientists has found that people are biased toward hearing and producing rhythms composed of simple integer ratios — for example, a series of four beats separated by equal t
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I'm really looking forward to checking out these books, thanks for recommending! My favorite Math/Music text is "The Harmonic Experience", by W.A. Mathieu.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I have no idea why many engineering organizations insist on maintaining the artificial distinctions of "front end" and "back end". I think we do ourselves a disservice by labelling ourselves with those distinctions, but
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I've worked professionally as both a musician and a technologist since my teens, I'm 40 now. I used to want to be a musician, but I realized that, like technology, there's really a zillion different kinds of careers you can h
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
The more general term for these two structures are Functional vs Divisional structures. In the case of software engineering, a feature based team is a functional structure, and a "database team" (or "API team", or any ot
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
people's salaries is by far the biggest expense for most software startups.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I dislike taking the NYC bus because of the time variability it adds. Variability in the subway times during "normal" times are way lower. A huge line at a stop, the amount of stops a bus makes, and traffic, can all make a huge di
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
YMMV, but when I got back into functional programming years ago, I was excited to learn scala, but as it turned out, clojure was everything I expected scala to be.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I really want to check out typescript this year. Seems pretty cool and I've been working a lot in JS (ES6) this past year, so I feel like it'll be a great experience to really feel what a type system buys/costs you.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I've only been hiring DS folks since 2012, but my experience matches what you've said exactly. The biggest differentiator I've seen is to be able to participate in actually building production quality systems vs being profici
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I forgot about this! So cool! also forgot that Joe Dart from Vulfpeck put this together. very, very cool.
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I love the linked article on Stevie's drumming prowess: he is indeed a fantastic drummer, one of the best. Stevie also had the great bassist James Jamerson on many of these tunes: check out Jamerson's amazing lines on "For on
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I have a similar situation with my condo in brooklyn, which has a deck and a great view, which doesn't count towards square footage. So the zestimate is way lower than what we paid. We recently moved, and rented our condo, and we were
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I bought your book and still use it as a reference all the time. These articles were my entry point. nice work, Peteris!
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
I agree with everything you said, although I do think it applies much more towards jazz and classical rather than pop music. Making satisfying music by yourself on the guitar is definitely difficult, especially if you don't sing. Howev
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by pcsanwald 10y ago
One thing that isn't often pointed out is that most music making is a social activity. Everyone I know that has stuck with music throughout their lives has actively played in bands/groups/ensembles. There's a misconcepti

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