redmaverick

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by redmaverick 8y ago
3 minutes is an arbitrary time limit, you can set it to anything. This forces you to act. Once you get to a flow state you can turn off the program.
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by redmaverick 8y ago
I created a terminator script at work. It shutdowns my system if progress.txt is not updated in the next 3 minutes. If I am dreading any task, I launch this. All I have to do is make any progress and record it in the progress.txt file. It
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by redmaverick 8y ago
What time do you eat and how many times. Did it improve your concentration?
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by redmaverick 8y ago
I don't think they allow people who have depression to join this course as this is pretty intensive. Some of the best long time meditators who stumbled upon this path and stuck with it had depression. The benefits that a regular person
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by redmaverick 8y ago
My experience was a loss of sweet tooth permanently. Before I had a lot of craving for sweet stuff and had to fight with myself to cut the craving. After the Vipassana that craving is no longer there like before. Apart from this one thing,
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by redmaverick 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Convergent_thinking Basic theory: To be creative is to have a divergent thinking pattern. If you are very logical then you have a convergent thinking pattern. High amount of intelligence
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by redmaverick 9y ago
Posting on Facebook, right now, is like updating your resume (like LinkedIn) for personal life. It just feels too "public". Sure, you can tweak your social network into different privacy levels. But, that just doesn't feel in
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by redmaverick 9y ago
So here is what Yahoo did: It "aqui-hired" a team of people, led by a 17-year-old living in London, that cannot claim to have invented a cool technology OR to have built a cool app. Yahoo does own the technology SRI invented for S
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by redmaverick 10y ago
That was exactly what was going through my mind. Trump basically fought and won against the GOP establishment, the democrats, media and the pollsters and made it. He is still at war with the media and the world at large still hates him. He
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by redmaverick 10y ago
I was genuinely curious. Was excited about p-2-p selling and wanted in on the action but was disappointed. Also, Uber, Lyft etc first started in the SF.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Why is this not there in the US? Why not start in SF?
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by redmaverick 10y ago
This is going to sound a bit Machiavellian. Ask around and befriend a really crappy person that everybody avoids all the time. Someone who doesn't have a filter and is proud of "telling it like it is" but is infact an a... Th
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by redmaverick 10y ago
http://nautil.us/issue/17/big-bangs/how-i-rewired-my-brain-t... Barbara Oakley's take on how she became fluent in Math as an adult is pretty interesting.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Maybe we are all pretty narcissistic. We like people who have the same opinions and thoughts as us. We also like animals that look "human". Most don't mind having canned Tuna, but Dolphin meat is a no go.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
But often, you only learn something by building something.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
If you are mindful you are way more proactive and productive. Mindfulness meditation (done properly) creates a bias towards action by changing the neurochemistry in the brain.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Many people do not understand why or how other people become addicted to drugs. It is often mistakenly assumed that drug abusers lack moral principles or willpower and that they could stop using drugs simply by choosing to change their beh
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by redmaverick 10y ago
The difference between a startup like Theranos/uBeam and a product based "soft"ware company is that in one case you can make outrageous claims and then use sheer determination, will power and lots of money to make it happen r
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Edited it. Basically, for me at least, meditation creates a bias towards action. I feel procrastination relates to biochemistry (serotonin, dopamine etc) and somehow meditation kind of "fixes" the issue temporarily. If I stop medi
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Mindfulness (for 45 mins to 1 hr) helps a lot in combating procrastination. The catch is that if you are a procrastinator, you will procrastinate on trying to meditate also.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
The express entry program was introduced only last year by the Canadian Govt. They promised to make a decision within 6 months. Previous to that, it did take years of waiting. The Canadian Job market is pretty tough.
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by redmaverick 10y ago
This was the exact reason why I applied for a Canadian PR and moved to Canada. The PR process on "express entry" takes roughly 6 to 8 months. The only issue is that the job market and pay in Canada is not as hot (compared to the U
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Which area do you live in? How did you get your first 3 clients?
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by redmaverick 10y ago
Even my family lived in India for many decades. The most common refrain culturally is "Don't get involved. It will end up becoming a police case!" The police are under pressure to resolve the case and the first person to be t
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by redmaverick 10y ago
SEEKING WORK Location: Toronto, Canada Remote: OK I am a Ruby/Rails developer. I have around 4 years of software development experience in Java/Ruby/PHP and also monitoring applications with Cacti/Nagios as well. I am lo
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by redmaverick 10y ago
It is cultural. In countries like India, Japan, China where collectivism is valued over individualism, it is acceptable to live with one's parents. In fact, even celebrities with a lot of wealth live with their parents. Does collectivi
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by redmaverick 10y ago
That's a good point. But the only generation that's going to be affected is the facebook generation.The current teenage gen will just stick to whatsapp/kik conversations or snapchat and won't advertise themselves like fb
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by redmaverick 10y ago
My ideal interaction: 1. Open Facebook Messenger 2. me: I want a veggie pizza with Jalapeno topping 3. @megabot --> @pizza_bot: "Ordering an Jalapeno pizza: Choose the brands from below a) Papa Johns b) Dominos c) Pizzahut" 4.
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by redmaverick 11y ago
Inspiring stuff! What's your take on Jira? How is Zube different from others?
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by redmaverick 11y ago
Why is it free? Are you planning to monetize it in the future?

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