syndacks

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   by syndacks 8y ago

   >I put it like this: I have been running since I was about a year old. Almost 40 years! But I cannot for the life of me run a marathon. I am not physically capable of it, even though I can run a few miles in a row. Yes, you are. You just
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   Very nicely said.
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   I'm a self-taught web dev, and I want to further my CS education but can't go back to school for various reasons. I've seen various syllabi eg teachyourselfcs.com and though they seem legit (and I've dabbled is some cour
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   I was teaching HS math at a NYC public high school. A great job in many ways, miss it except for the low pay. Did that for 5 years before quitting to travel/cycle. Was sitting at my parents' place (unemployed) after the traveling
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   Can confirm Amsterdam is better than any American city.
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   cool - I've done that route as well. care to expand on the 'advice of it being dangerous'?
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   With all due respect to the people who think this is _the_ defining issue of our generation, I think you are wrong. Climate change is the biggest issue of our generation, period.
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   by syndacks 8y ago

   Thanks for sharing this. You're a voice for a lot of people, especially on HN, who feel like they need to be up with the latest trends on tech to be happy or cool or relevant. But when you zoom out and think about the fact that most pe
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   by syndacks 9y ago

   IMHO newObj you've participated too much in this thread. Get off your high horse.
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    Perhaps a bit off topic, meta even, but the design of the copy here (which borrows from Medium) ruins the experience for me. One shouldn't have to bold text or use quote type styling to make something stand out. Write engaging prose.
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    i fear that eventually you'll be able to just design something in Sketch and press a button for the rest...
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    I think these bikes miss the mark on two major fronts: - Why do they need to be electric? Bicycles are phenomenally efficient, even for people who aren't in "good shape." In SF you can find routes around the really crazy hill
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    Hi, Thanks for putting this together. I think you did a good job conveying a high level overview of AWS while also giving enough detail to satisfy those who want/need it. This balance is a tricky thing to get right. I have a few pieces
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    Why is sunscreen so expensive?
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    Colt Steele's the Web Developer Boot Camp was the first online course I took. I was committed to a career change/learning how to program/do web development and his course was the structure I needed at the time. It helped me l
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    Slader.com also has solutions for pretty much every problem in a mass published textbook
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    This reminds me of a quote by Ira Glass that's been the most inspiring advice I've read as a writer: >“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative work, we get into it becaus
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    by syndacks 9y ago

    I'm concerned these motorized vehicles masquerading as bicycles are going to ruin existing cycling/walking infrastructure even more than they already have. In NYC where I live, the ubiquitous delivery man on a motorcycle, err, ele