spudzz

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by spudzz 4y ago
One of the major reasons for increasing homogeneity is big data. This is why websites, apps, and ads look the same. They have been optimized to capture the attention of your lizard brain. These aesthetics have been carefully analyzed and fi
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by spudzz 4y ago
I remember reading once that Steve Jobs only assigned his engineers one project at a time to optimize focus. A potentially apocryphal story because I later read his biography and didn't find any mention of this. I personally have a ten
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by spudzz 4y ago
I live near a Great Lake and have always enjoyed looking out over the seemingly endless expanse of water to put my problems into perspective.
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by spudzz 4y ago
> But the one belief I've come to is that we do ourselves a disservice when we fall pray to the idea that the universe has some purpose for us. I spent my 20's agonizing over whether or not I was working toward a purpose. While
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by spudzz 4y ago
> Many professors I know will freeze in class when realizing they were praising the work of a “colonialist” such as Darwin or Newton. The American left has lost the ability to see shades of gray. No human since the dawn of time has been
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by spudzz 4y ago
Could not agree more. I hate speaking off-the-cuff and being forced to evaluate an idea with only a split-second of contemplation time within a meeting. We're trying to move to 6-pagers (a la Amazon) or at least a documentation-first c
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by spudzz 4y ago
Optimize for what excites you, not necessarily what you may be naturally talented in. Work hard at what you find fun, and the skill will follow. Cautionary tale: I am a data scientist and love working with numbers. I fell into a job that re