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by syndacks 7y ago
Hey just wanted to say that I like your style of writing. It's funny and spot on. It's actually much much more compelling to read your voice than the "inconvenient truth" style. For all the people down voting, I suggest
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by syndacks 8y ago
Looks like Mr. Grump here could benefit from a nap!
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by syndacks 8y ago
>given an infinite search space There's no such thing. I understand the point you're making, but these gross assumptions aren't how the world works. Reminds me of econ models with ridiculous assumptions that don't pan
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by syndacks 8y ago
I actually met this guy at one of the said "techno" parties a few years ago. I was sitting at the bar and all of a sudden he just started talking to me. We chatted for a while before he mentioned he owned the joint. A real nice gu
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by syndacks 8y ago
Fair enough, but Amsterdam originally loved bikes. From your link: >At the start of the 20th century, bikes far outnumbered cars in Dutch cities and the bicycle was considered a respectable mode of transport for men and women. I don&#x27
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by syndacks 8y ago
I recently visited Amsterdam and was blown away by the cycling infrastructure there (I live in NYC and cycle daily). I realized, though, that unlike many American cities, Amsterdam came of age way before the automobile. The US has a fetish
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by syndacks 8y ago
I completely agree. The thing that bothers me isn't so much ads themselves, but the implicit meaning behind them: consumption. It's simply not a sustainable business or ecological model.
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by syndacks 8y ago
I'm sure your previous lawyer skills were looked upon favorably by companies you've been hired by? I'm curious -- do companies think they're getting a "two for one" e.g. a developer who knows some law if/w
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by syndacks 8y ago
Can't wait to see how Jordan Peterson uses this one... [edit: minor wording change; why am I being downvoted? I'm seriously asking]
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by syndacks 8y ago
Halfway decent design can also be accomplished with pure HTML and CSS, too.
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by syndacks 8y ago
Can you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by "force multiplier" please?
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by syndacks 8y ago
The Corrections by Jonathan Franzen It was the first/only book that put into words feelings I've had for my entire teenage-->adult life around the complexities of a dysfunctional middle class family.
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by syndacks 8y ago
Can you elaborate on your background a bit, please? How did you satisfy the prerequisites of the program without a formal CS degree? I thought about applying myself but other than MOOCs and professional experience, I don't have much to
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by syndacks 8y ago
I came here to say the author is a good writer. So yea, you have a way of saying saying something complex/deep in an eloquent, even simple way. I've been reading a lot of Raymond Carver lately. You should read some of him if you&#
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by syndacks 8y ago
What exactly do you mean by "those who can do, those who can't teach"? Assuming you mean teachers are failures at other fields, I fundamentally disagree. There are plenty of people who go into teaching to help others. To help
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by syndacks 8y ago
I think you hit the nail on the head, "Python can be used in practically anything." Our Data Scientist was able to pickup Django pretty quickly because of his experience with Python. And yea, actually someone at my company who was
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by syndacks 8y ago
I agree. Building an MVP with something like React et al makes sense because it's a pleasurable developer experience. Comments like the ones on this thread make me scared to show any side projects I have/might develop.
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by syndacks 8y ago
While I agree with your general desire to teach/learn leadership, I don't think true Leadership can be codified as easily as other skills/qualities can. As Siebel says at the end of the interview, the single biggest trait he
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by syndacks 8y ago
This is the first comment I've read in this thread from someone who actually "figured it out". It's not rocket science: move out of Manhattan, ride a bike, learn to cook, enjoy the finer parts of NYC.
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by syndacks 8y ago
What do you think this means for software engineering in NYC? IMO it's a good thing; more tech talent and the most legit tech company in NYC (besides maybe Google). But that about the tech economy and SE profession? What will the impac
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by syndacks 8y ago
It's the greatest city, currently, in the USA for sure. In the history of the world, that's impossible to say. Amsterdam is pretty dope for example.
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by syndacks 8y ago
>In another life, I wanted to do music[...]Eventually, I decided to code and started to enjoy it too. Still, music is one reason why I am staying partly in Berlin. Nowhere else, I believe, will you find such a great selection of electron
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by syndacks 8y ago
When I rode my bicycle across the USA from LA to NYC I met a dude named Ryan through WarmShowers. Over pizza and beers at a local joint in Tempe, AZ, Ryan told me about this blog called _Semi-Rad_ - "you don't need to be a rocksta
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by syndacks 8y ago
Not sure exactly what type of "design thinking" you are looking to learn. In my experience, a lot of people think about design only as it applies to visual/UX. Design Thinking, on the other hand, is more a way to problem solv
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by syndacks 8y ago
Congratulations. I think it's commendable you are going to spend the next phase of your life writing books for others to learn from.
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by syndacks 8y ago
Quite the opposite, my friend. I'm a humanist. IMO each bit of energy expended in the search of aliens is an opportunity cost to do something real here on Earth. So while you get excited about theoretical space jellyfish (or colonizing
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by syndacks 8y ago
Aliens == God As humans, we wish something greater exists. It minimizes the noise in our otherwise meaningless lives. It gives reason. And so we make up stories and find stories in signals and get excited at the prospect that _this_ just mi
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by syndacks 8y ago
Who plays the lotto? Idiots, that's who. Idiots who want to get rich. So I'd say this is a flawed study with tremendous selection bias, we all know money can't buy happiness :)
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by syndacks 8y ago
Stephen Mann: the subscribe button on your site is broken (at least on mobile web)
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by syndacks 8y ago
>inevitable loss of ambition’s fulfillment You are missing a key apostrophe there, "'", which grammatically means that ambition belongs to fulfillment. The author is saying that as he ages, the fulfillment he once felt by

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