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by specproc 4y ago
It catches up on you. I've not managed to fully quit, but the last five years or so have been about learning about how my use of alcohol affects me and adjusting my life accordingly. There's a lot of good support out there. I hung
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by specproc 4y ago
Gephi can cluster, but the algorithm isn't that transparent or flexible. I've increasingly found myself doing the clustering in Python and rendering in Gephi.
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by specproc 4y ago
Heh, HN is a great place to fish. This looks great. I'll have a play around with the free account. Thanks for sharing.
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by specproc 4y ago
I really struggle with this. I also use networkx, Gephi, and graphviz, and occasionally plotly. D3 is too much of a learning overhead for me at the moment. I'm really in the market for a decent engine that's both easy to use and e
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by specproc 4y ago
Hotels are great. They create jobs, they don't distort property markets in the same way as AirBnB, and you get breakfast!
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by specproc 4y ago
Seconded. 70 hours is too much, even over a fairly short period of time let alone years. Everything you do above ~40 hours draws on finite reserves, getting back down to a sane work schedule is critical if you want to recover.
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by specproc 4y ago
Empire of Pain by Patrick Radden Keefe. It's the story of the Sackler family, but reads like a thriller and deals with policy failure, addiction, family, greed, capitalism and corruption. I've been recommending it to everyone who&
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by specproc 4y ago
> People don’t realize. When we were kids we didn’t do hard drugs because we thought we’d go to prison. I'm not sure when you were a kid, but that wasn't much of a deterrent when I was 20 or so years ago. I don't think the
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by specproc 4y ago
No, it's been a period of near-constant American-led war.
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by specproc 4y ago
I just did a log-log polynomial fit for the first time outside of the classroom. It's funny when things come up.
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by specproc 4y ago
In terms of listening, it seems basic, but ask questions. Even if you think you've got the jist of what's been said, getting people to expand on their point helps you understand them better and makes them feel listened to.
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by specproc 4y ago
It's not all about money. I'm not earning staggering amounts more since doing this, but I'm able to do more interesting work and I loved the experience. Life is a very sad place when everything is viewed as an item on a balan
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by specproc 4y ago
I've taught myself plenty, but in my experience, unless you're incredibly single minded, there's nothing quite like the immersion experience to push you forward.
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by specproc 4y ago
My partner didn't finish her undergrad, but was accepted onto an MSc program in Manchester in the UK on the basis of her work experience. I think students with experience are great for courses, and applications from these sorts of cand
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by specproc 4y ago
Heh, yeah. Adjusting to harder deadlines was definitely something I noticed.
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by specproc 4y ago
I really second this. The best thing about study as an adult is that you're largely studying for pleasure, even if there is a work goal in there somewhere. You know what's relevant and interesting to you and what's not.
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by specproc 4y ago
I did it a bit younger, 35, but a few of the same principles would apply. Context: moving to a new city with my wife and dog for a 1 year masters. First of all, I absolutely loved it, particularly the course and the study. Getting up every
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by specproc 4y ago
Also a happy Legion user, although the power brick is obscene.
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by specproc 4y ago
That's changed a bit in recent years. No more smoking inside, but yeah, it's a tobacco loving place.
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by specproc 4y ago
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by specproc 4y ago
My reading ebbs and flows, but the big motivation for me is that big pile of books I've bought that I've not read yet. Just buy books at every opportunity. Second hand ones are dead cheap. Get anything you like the look of. Readin
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by specproc 4y ago
I think the assumption here is that programming is about making applications, which it's not. Python provides a fantastic way for moderately technical users to interact with the web, their computers, and their data. I built something t
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by specproc 5y ago
The sad reality is that we've not really had truly independent foreign policy since WW2. The US military never left our soil, and we've been in lock step with Washington on everything serious since then. We're a vassal state,
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by specproc 5y ago
I'm going to guess you're not in a long term relationship here. In the best possible way, I've not made a life-altering decision like those you describe completely on my own in over a decade. Nor has my partner. Everything is
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by specproc 5y ago
They're called Eddies, choomba.
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by specproc 5y ago
Cute, but Tom Waits gets about considerably more. https://tomwaitsmap.com/
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by specproc 5y ago
Yeah, MDMA ain't really something you can get addicted to in the long run. Diminishing returns over time kinda puts a stop to that.
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by specproc 5y ago
For anyone thinking of doing this, maybe I'm just being old and cautious, but 300mg is a lot to take in one go if you're new to it. You'll get the full experience on 100. You can always take more, but never untake what you&#x
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by specproc 5y ago
I'd agree that this helped me a lot, but I'm still paying for it. Alcohol in particular is a really nasty drug. Psychedelics are something I love to do every now and then, but they're really not for everyone and should be app
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by specproc 5y ago
I got over my awkwardness waiting tables. You just gotta interact with people, all sorts of people. That and coping with chefs, who in my experience are frequently sadistic maniacs. It was tough, but I came out completely changed, and I abs

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