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by raphaelb 2y ago
It depends on what your toilet supply lines are like and if you use a cold water only or a cold/hot water bidet, but a cold water only one (not nearly as uncomfortable as imagined before trying it) is very easy to install as long as yo
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by raphaelb 7y ago
I would second this. I read most of "No More Mr Nice Guy", and while I found it helpful in some ways it also was just not as "clean" in my opinion as "Boundaries" by Anne Katherine.
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by raphaelb 7y ago
I have difficult times in relationships also, and your post sounds similar to things I've struggled with - general personality / demeanor acquiesce with uncertainty or internal disagreement, very flexible most of the time until ve
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by raphaelb 8y ago
Thanks for your detailed reply. These are all good points. I need constant reminders about perfectionism and I like that quote.
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by raphaelb 8y ago
Thank you, I will check those out.
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by raphaelb 8y ago
I have tried a few times to get on the anki/supermemo bandwagon but have always struggled a bit figuring out how to structure the cards. Maybe I just have some hangups with it but would love to see a good workflow or best practices for
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by raphaelb 8y ago
I always wonder if this is a personality thing... I vastly prefer email (or slack/chat rooms) over phone / in person verbal, with some exceptions for certain types of brainstorming / planning. I like to provide my thoughts on
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by raphaelb 8y ago
I haven't read the book and was going to ask about accurate vs precise but found this helpful article discussing it as it relates to software here if anyone else is curious about that distinction: http://itsadeliverything.co
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by raphaelb 9y ago
I mean that's fair enough, but do you have the same complaint about companies like NYTimes or other paywalled content? I only mentioned it because numerous people seemed to be very offended by it which seemed a bit odd to me considerin
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by raphaelb 9y ago
There is a link on the email collection ad that says "Continue without an email address".
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by raphaelb 9y ago
I use Green Arrow engine + studio, by the folks at drh.net, and it can do that very well. You can basically get a hook that will execute your arbitrary code for each contact - database lookup on a remote service, whatever. So you can build
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by raphaelb 10y ago
It's not always prototypes necessarily but mostly it's about reaching out to people you already know and letting them know you are helping people on the side with software work. I was very lucky in that I happened to be good frien
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by raphaelb 10y ago
I think the simplest is doing small consulting projects. There are often people looking to launch an app or build a prototype or whatever it is where you can work a couple hours a week on it and make a pretty good rate. In my experience if
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by raphaelb 10y ago
Cool! I was just talking about something very similar - some kind of parent + kid project kit box, for busy parents who want to work with their kids on something but don't have the knack / time to figure it all out for themselves.
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by raphaelb 10y ago
Thanks - I've just started watching cs50 and he is great. I've been doing professional software development for 10 years but his explanations finally made some very basic things click like they haven't ever before.
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by raphaelb 11y ago
Very cool... I've been using TabsOutliner which has been a joy for me, but I like some of the UI refinements it looks like you have. I've always wanted to do this same thing but include other applications / files and be able
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by raphaelb 11y ago
At this stage in your career is pick whichever one you are going to learn more from in terms of working with great people. By the way you worded it it sounds like the .net shop will have more people senior to you and therefore may be a bett
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Ask HN: How do you actually manage a software project?
12 points by raphaelb 11y ago|8 comments
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by raphaelb 11y ago
I have practically no sample size but my own father shifted into more project management into his 60s and he's as in demand as ever running a team of 10-12 secs. And I've personally hired a developer in his 60s for a startup. He w
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Baggg.it Rebrands, Turns Into Shopping Extension Called Agora(techcrunch.com)
2 points by raphaelb 13y ago|1 comments
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by raphaelb 13y ago
For me, DWYL has always not meant "forget about whatever else is going on in the world and do your own thing", like their example of forgoing finance & law to study Norse mythology. I always figured it was a perhaps incomplete
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by raphaelb 13y ago
This is super cool! I've often thought about doing exactly this but never got off my ass to start building it! The only other functionality I would like out of my own setup which I might play around with is having each of the projects
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by raphaelb 14y ago
I answered my own question. Bought it, looks great. From the book: "This book should work well with the Django 1.4 series, less so with Django 1.3, and so on."
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by raphaelb 14y ago
Is it only for 1.5? Will the best practices carry over for someone looking to understand more about structuring 1.4 projects? I'm working on a 1.4 project right now and while 1.5 sounds great, I'm not sure we're quite ready to upgrade. But
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by raphaelb 14y ago
To be fair you didn't link these studies you speak of either. Modes never seemed to bother me very much and I've been using vim for a while but I can understand the difficulties with it. Also it occurs to me that I may do some of those thin
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by raphaelb 14y ago
"If given a complete lack of want, I'm convinced the majority of the world's population will choose to do nothing creative with it" I don't know if I agree - I think if you move up Maslow's hierarchy of needs and they no longer 'want' the b
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by raphaelb 14y ago
I certainly don't claim I'm a great programmer, but I can attribute a lot of my career success to focus on and learn to improve #5. I got the itch to improve it because the greatest programmer I know is a true master of rapidly debugging pr
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by raphaelb 14y ago
It seems as humans we jump on any chance to beat ourselves up for not doing, being, or having something. Oh, I don't have a $1B company, I've got to beat myself up about it. Oh, I'm older than So and So 20 year old who sold his company for
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by raphaelb 14y ago
That feels a little heavy handed and like you are projecting of your own values onto the situation to me. The 170 customers are paying right? If the site works and is providing those 170 people what they want then what exactly is wrong with
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Unlimited Vacation Doesn't Create Slackers--It Ensures Productivity(fastcompany.com)
6 points by raphaelb 14y ago|0 comments

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