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by qaexl 17y ago
I think it is time to look into PostgreSQL and Drizzle.
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by qaexl 17y ago
It is easier because (1) The tasks becomes so automatic, you no longer have to think about it and "work through it". It sinks into the subconscious. This is important. (2) When the tasks becomes automatic, you naturally relax. Being relaxed
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by qaexl 17y ago
Keep pushing won't make you more creative. Sometimes, it keeps you from becoming inspired. If anything, you stop pushing.
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by qaexl 17y ago
This is the best advice I've seen here. You have to relax enough for the creative side to come out. This is one thing that striving forth with a Type-A personality will hinder you. The more you try to be creative, the less creative you will
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by qaexl 17y ago
Let me mention some more specifics. There are skills you can use to help trigger this that goes beyond the specific suggestions in that linked article. Specifically, you train yourself to increase the amount of alpha-band and theta-band act
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by qaexl 17y ago
This link was posted up on YC recently: http://the-programmers-stone.com/about/ While it does not directly address "creativity", I have found that the "juxtapositional thinking" state it describes as a required state for creative thinking
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by qaexl 17y ago
I was kinda dismissive of your blog post ... out of random impulse, I clicked through the link and was just as impressed as you were. There's a lot of interesting things in there. I've been talking to my business partner and my friends abou
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by qaexl 17y ago
The linked series of blog articles on the-programmers-stones.com goes into great detail about the stress process. They were written from the context of: "Here is how to build a team of rockstar programmers out of otherwise ordinary programm
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by qaexl 17y ago
Interesting cross-links between this article and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=559655
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by qaexl 17y ago
Interesting cross-links between this article and http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=559411
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by qaexl 18y ago
I think the kind of work that satisfies the deep parts of us ends up being the kind that looks harder and takes more effort. Being mindful of the present, as you advise, is a good practice in my opinion. They clear up enough confusion to ga
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by qaexl 18y ago
What is the conventional advice given during a depression/recession? Keep your head down, keep a stable job, keep that income coming in, you're better off than all those other poor sods on the street. What is the conventional advice given d
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by qaexl 18y ago
I'm talking about a replacement for cash currency.
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by qaexl 18y ago
Hopefully, the "fast" discharge does not mean explosive discharge. I was kicking around an idea of currency based directly on energy units with friends for a while. There were two requirements, though. One was some sort of battery or capaci
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by qaexl 18y ago
Hey! Thanks for that! I just realized, it is easy to get creative when bad stuff happens ... out of sheer desparation. That quote makes me wonder what would happen if I figured out how to do this when bad stuff isn't happening right at the
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by qaexl 18y ago
That was my initial thought too. Then I realized, going forth and digging up said advice and tips would be a good way to exercise resourcefulness, heh.
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by qaexl 18y ago
Yeah, this has happened in my experience too. Changing my own actions as a way to affect change is easier than changing someone else's actions. This is both in the social domain and actually physically affecting someone (e.g. sparring). In
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by qaexl 18y ago
The times when I made the most improvement in a particular skill comes from not-dull, constant practice. Hard, yes, repetitive, yes, but never dull. If your attention wanders while you are practicing, you're not getting the most out of the
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by qaexl 18y ago
I've always considered "hacking" relating to making a system do something it wasn't intended to do. You have to know the system well enough and be creative enough to go beyond its perceived limitations. I get a kick out of being creative; o
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by qaexl 18y ago
Yes, it is that "practice makes the master". It is more about social engineering applied in a different context. It is like any other skill. You learn enough about it until you understand the rules, then you practice it even more until you
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by qaexl 18y ago
I don't get mocked when I board MARTA. I ride from Dunwoody all the way to Five Points and out to Decatur, both during the evening rush hour and late at night. ... There are things you can do to your body language that can keep that from ha
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by qaexl 18y ago
I'm Taiwanese and lived in the US since I was 5. I've been living in Atlanta for a little over a year and hanged out mostly in the Cumberland area and the Decatur area. I've walked through the North Ave. / Varsity area for various things be
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by qaexl 18y ago
My girlfriend got a degree in Industrial Design, and that is the kind of things they do all the time. Sometimes the degree program is called "Product Design". With Auburn University, it is part of the College of Design. They generally have
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by qaexl 18y ago
This is great information. The first one, in Influence but I never connected it with market positioning until I read that. The one about Cost of Zero is interesting in light of Web 2.0 Freemium.
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by qaexl 18y ago
I've always wanted to learn Common Lisp or Scheme. This is a great motivator for me -- I love the idea of Android, and I hate having to use Java. Does anyone here have good beginner books on Scheme? I'm thinking long-term; I don't expect fu
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by qaexl 18y ago
Being freaked out was the final motivator to get him to really think up of something and act on it. She still stuck by him even though his solution seemed crazy to her. He would have had to pay for the 1000 heavy-stock paper from somewhere.
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by qaexl 18y ago
"... shows that for a long time Western writers have been overestimating the number of inhabitants of China who are actually conversant in Mandarin. The lower than expected percentage of Chinese persons who can understand one another in Man
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by qaexl 18y ago
I've been recently studying more ancient Chinese history and the game of Weiqi (Go, as it is known in the US). Weiqi is a good way to understand the sociopolitical strategies of China. In Weiqi, it is often easier to surround and assimilate
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by qaexl 18y ago
One of my favorite authors, Glenn Morris, wrote, "You have to go through the door that is concealed to learn anything. That which conceals the door is something we don't want to look at." Any of you remember the series of articles right aft
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by qaexl 18y ago
I think authors would benefit from Elements , though like all strategies, should not be taken as ideology. Apply where necessary. Even Hemmingway did not stick to strictly minimalism. We can also go off on a tangent, and talk about how Str

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