stevecalifornia

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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
The anxiety of stage fright is almost exactly the same as having had drank too much coffee. Once you realize this it's easy to go forward since no one has failed a speech because they drank too much coffee.
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
IMO that's not the case at all. Our family uses it 90% to listen to music on Spotify and 10% to get morning news. We don't consume any Amazon services with it. Pretty soon the entire house will be automated with it: lights, the
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
Knowledge does not equal wisdom. Perhaps it was young folks with lots of knowledge didn't see the wisdom in using battle-hardened, boring technology.
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
You can completely use a Surface Pro without a keyboard. It has a touch screen, on-screen keyboard and a stylus. I use it frequently without a keyboard.
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
An idea: Do like some place in Europe did, property tax based on building footprint-- not in useable sq ft. This encourages growth upwards.
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
"Addiction: (noun) Addiction is a brain disorder characterized by compulsive engagement in rewarding stimuli, despite adverse consequences." I would get my family off of Facebook because they cannot stop using it even though it ma
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
California requires notification of things like email.
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by stevecalifornia 9y ago
On long-haul flights, checked luggage is placed in containers that are built to withstand bombs.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
TLDR: Google has lost trust in Symantec's ability to properly validate certificates they issue. Chrome has a Root Certificate Policy that expects a CA to perform in a manner commensurate with the trust being placed in them and the Go
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I enjoyed this article and will apply it in my life. Also, this reminds me of why I like blogs over tweets. If this were jammed into a tweet it would sound like a fortune cookie.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
"The United States makes up only 4.6 percent of the world's population, but consumes 80 percent of its opioids -- and 99 percent of the world's hydrocodone, the opiate that is in Vicodin." [1] I spend a lot of time liste
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FYI, this is one person's interpretation of looking at data. He didn't produce the data. Also, he works at an organization that is famous for producing data that neo-conservatives use to attack global warming.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
Ok, great. Then post facts instead of "My family overheard..." I shouldn't have to call out hear-say to get more substantial data.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I feel like cynical hear-say like this adds nothing to the conversation. It just tries to smugly diminish good news with no proof.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
Thats an intriguing prediction of the future.
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On the timeline of humanity, our pocket computers are brand-new. It will likely be a couple of decades before we sort out the social norms of using them. However, I think that we will fall towards using these devices constantly in all soc
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I like code that reads like a Dick & Jane book ("See Dick. See Jane. See Dick run. See Jane run."). However, it appears to be trendy to write insanely difficult to read code. To use the analogy, Shakespearean code. Instea
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
This 'Hitler uses Docker' video seems to be a pretty similar viewpoint on Docker and the world. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PivpCKEiQOQ
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
Excessive fasting followed by binge-eating is literally the description of an eating disorder. I know for certain I won't be able to convince you of it because you already said you don't trust doctors-- but if I can get one perso
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
It's too bad SameSite wasn't built many, many years ago. It's good that we are moving there now. However, it'll be many years before browser adoption will allow us to make use of this.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
This guy is describing an eating disorder-- Anorexia Nervosa specifically. Do not start doing what he is describing and put yourself on a similar path.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
Vacations are already being soiled by people flying loud drones in areas of natural beauty, now we get to have our day-to-day skies soiled by fleets of drones delivering popcorn. Am I the only one who doesn't want this specifically bec
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I am a remote worker and if I ever ran a company I wouldn't allow telecommuting. Here is why: When I was at the office for a decade, 90% of the insight and productivity came from informal conversations in the hallway, lunches and thin
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
"We'd like to join the EU now."
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
If they weren't doing this in a suburb I'd say 'Congrats'-- but to knowingly be generating x-rays in a residential neighborhood is really, really selfish and disrespectful to neighbors.
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
I did this as well and, surprisingly, it has been effective at keeping me off of Facebook + Reddit (I'm find with Hacker News).
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
Let me address two things: the content of the article and Forbes in general. First, the article doesn't really cite anything-- but if you dig around you find that what MSFT is doing is setting up a subscription model where if you want
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
How'd we get here? We hyped up college: It is your goal in life to go to send your kids to college. Everybody has to go to college. If you don't go to college you will fail. Nobody talked about college as an investment: Colleg
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by stevecalifornia 10y ago
SQL Pocket Guide. Thin, small book. No fluff. Just syntax and solutions for all the major vendors. If I could only have one book while developing it would be this one. https://www.amazon.com/SQL-Pocket-Guide-Jonathan-Gen
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The pros of using 23andMe has vastly outweighed any cons, real or hypothetical. Here is a pro: I was able to print out a 3 page report to give to my new doctor that described what medications I had a low / high tolerance for and what m

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