roeles

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   by roeles 4y ago

   I felt similar things. Therapy helped me a lot. I got the following from "Zen and the art of saving the planet" by thich nhat hanh. It helped me, perhaps it helps you too. I recommend the book, but please give therapy a shot. You&
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   by roeles 4y ago

   > Might be worth taking advantage of this good period to do some relationship strengthening exercises while you can so that when the next downturn happens, you can both understand each other's and your own feelings better. Not too l
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   by roeles 4y ago

   > It like everything is done to prevent people's mind to be at peace and to relax. I think that our human nature is the source of this. Having spare time often means being bored (initially an unpleasant sensation) and potentially co
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   by roeles 4y ago

   I wonder if the buildings these aircraft should land on can take the load of the downwash and the noise. In Europe there is a tilt rotor initiative. This has a smaller and more intensive downwash than a helicopter. I also recently read a re
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   by roeles 4y ago

   I happen to write control and processing software for wind tunnel experiments. I am currently working on an acoustic setup. I believe things like wind speed I influence the delay too, as it affects the distance the sound has to travel betwe
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   by roeles 4y ago

   My best advice would be to talk to a therapist.
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   by roeles 4y ago

   I would be very interested in a post with more stories!
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   by roeles 4y ago

   I think what you are trying to communicate is well written in the book "essentialism".
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   by roeles 4y ago

   Please read "the dream machine" and decide for yourself :-)
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    by roeles 4y ago

    One of the most insightful things Alan Kay said in my opinion is that simplicity is the result of choosing a more complex building block. Intuitively I feel there's truth to this.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    In some talks, Alan Kay mentioned something like the user understanding a simplified model in his head. I believe he mentioned the user should be able to understand a modern car through the mental model of a Ford model T. Edit: Alan Kay som
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    by roeles 4y ago

    In the words of Christopher Alexander, the programmer is the true inhabiter of the program. Since we can expect the world in which the program should function will change, so should the program. It is the programmer that has to figure out,
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    by roeles 4y ago

    > You might think this could be solved by having routers automatically figure out the least interference-prone channel to use, but many of them seem to be quite bad at this. Partly because of the physics involved. The AP can't magic
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Awesome, thanks for sharing!
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Anything that would automatically handle cookie walls, "please subscribe to our newsletter" overlays and automatically playing videos.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Google Farmbot :-)
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    by roeles 4y ago

    I've found this to work very well, given a wireless headphone. I can pace around, make notes, stare out the window. If the call has comfort noise enabled and I am having a one-on-one with a colleague, the silences are very bearable.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    > Ironically you can't agile a cake, because the whole thing has to go in the oven at once for a defined time period. There are of course delicious exceptions. :-) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spekkoek
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    by roeles 4y ago

    One thing that surprised me, was that in the case of cars there is no third party doing the certification.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Most engineering is crap, when you look at it close enough. It's like embroidery. In order for the front to be pretty, you take all sorts of ugly shortcuts at the other side.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    My experience is from gliders, which are only operated in VFR conditions (not more than 30 minutes before sunrise and not more than 30 minutes after sundown). VFR is nothing glider-specific though, so I can see them being useful in other VF
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Kobo readers run Linux. I used kobo mini's as moving map display in my glider. The entire thing cost me about 60 euros from eBay. The root system is even an SD card, so you can just swap cards to restore the stock firmware.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    There's a whole range of applications where it makes sense. Since it is very well readable in full sunlight, e-ink is very suitable for low refresh aircraft displays. I suspect the same could apply for all kinds of HMIs which are used
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Thanks for the exhaustive response!
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Thanks, I'll give Pharo a go.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    I don't know! Which is exactly why I ask the question. I think it would be a nice option to have, especially on systems that are supposed to run for a long time. I _guess_ it often involves bringing parts of the system down, or living
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Thanks for providing some insight in how WhatsApp did this with Erlang! Is all of the logic to support runtime upgrading inside Erlang/OTP, or does the software you write have to be written (partly) in mind with runtime upgrades as wel
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    Ask HN: Practical examples of runtime modified software

    5 points by roeles 4y ago|10 comments
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Ikea lack tables can double as a rack.
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    by roeles 4y ago

    Yeah, I guess most companies struggle with agile and end up in the middle of nowhere. With the rituals but not the mindset. I meant to describe a company that doesn't do the rituals and uses waterfall to run projects.