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by sotojuan 10y ago
> but have rooms available ... for heads-down working Seems like you don't have to.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
I think the biggest problem with open floor spaces is that they include the sales/marketing teams, most of whom (in my experience) speak on the phone or with each other all day. Sometimes, believe it or not, on speaker. I don't mi
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by sotojuan 10y ago
> My problem is that I tend to get really interested in learning something, work really intensely at it for a while, then get bored and move on to something else, leaving dozens of unfinished projects in my wake. This isn't necessar
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by sotojuan 10y ago
This is where most CS departments are heading because "if you study CS you'll get a job!!!!". My experience was similar, though I at least made some friends.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
> There's a known effect, discussed in the Coursera "Learning How to Learn" course, where you read through the material/watch a video and think that you've actually mastered or learnt it while in fact you have no
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by sotojuan 10y ago
"I quit X or Y thing forever and here's what happened next" is a catchier story than "I developed self-control and discipline and can focus on my work when I have to".
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by sotojuan 10y ago
This affects people 5-10 years into their career and new grads alike. People I graduated it that thought they could coast on their degree alone without internships or projects have been unemployed for a year. The "study CS -> get a
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by sotojuan 10y ago
To be fair... a lot were . If anything, most of the artists we still remember from before the modern era did their best work under wealthy patrons or a purpose (David's Death of Marat and Oath of the Horatii both being pseudo-propagan
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Show HN: Difference lists in Elixir(github.com)
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by sotojuan 10y ago
It is interesting how someone who read so much can have so few, if any, books in common with me (who reads around 50-70% as much as Swartz does in a year). There's really a ton of books out there for everyone :-)
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Show HN: Easier terminal styling for Elixir(github.com)
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Why are you using if statements in a functional language geared towards pattern matching?
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Probably don't want to put text over the phone image (on this iPad at least).
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Not sure. I just hear that you can't go live in the woods for too long without getting into legal trouble. Maybe I'm wrong?
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by sotojuan 10y ago
How long does IKEA furniture last? My parent's home IKEA furniture has been fine for 10-15 years. I realize "real" furniture would probably last hundreds, but so far neither them nor us have had any problems. Anyway, IKEA is
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Agreed. I'd rather have a projector in the living room than a TV.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Heh, where I live in Brooklyn there are no places that take card for less than $20 (sometimes $10). It definitely required some adjusting.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
The only way to master JS is to read one or two books (YDKJS being one of them) and then actually program projects of increasing ambition while asking questions and reading docs. I'll never understand the obsession with reading so many
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Their "job" was to hunt/gather, make primitive tools, and build shelter. You're welcome to go into the forest and do that (well, you'd be arrested!).
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by sotojuan 10y ago
If I had 5 extra hours in a workweek I'd probably do house chores like grocery shopping, maintenance, doctor appointments, cleaning, cooking for the week, etc. That way, my regular free time is actually free. Coming home after 8 hours
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by sotojuan 10y ago
I don't understand why people say this. Aside from the default subs, the rhetoric of HN is rarely any better than Reddit's.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
I use Yeoman for scaffolding npm modules. It works fine. My friend made one for microservices (using Zeit's micro project) and it's also pretty good. Really, Yeoman just automates setting up an node module/project and install
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by sotojuan 10y ago
That there is no JS framework in "mature" after a decade or so of SPAs says a lot :-) I wouldn't call Ember "challenged" though, since it's evolving constantly and adding features inspired by a lot of new tools
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by sotojuan 10y ago
GitLab really needs to provide a way to force HTTPS for domains that have it set up. I have to manually link with ` https://` everywhere.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Awesome work @amasad—love repl.it! Let me know if you're back in NYC anytime soon—we missed each other in September if you remember.
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Drab - Manipulate UI directly from an Elixir backend(github.com)
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by sotojuan 10y ago
> Pay attention to what is popular, and what isn't So poorly written, navel gazing, clickbait titled, troll bait articles about how X tech sucks and we used Y and here's what happened next™ posted on Medium? I'd rather not
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Unfortunately, I don't think blogging improves this skill unless you get someone good at writing to review every post you make. I read (or rather, try to read) plenty of poor technical writing linked on HN and Lobsters every week. Beca
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by sotojuan 10y ago
Most authors of "awesome" lists just want the stars and GitHub "fame", they don't care about curation or quality.
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by sotojuan 10y ago
That's why the author, Cal Newport, can get deep work done easily; he's an academic. I can sort of get into deep work except my office is loud, cramped, and full of distractions :/

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