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by syndacks 5y ago
I wrote a book in the mornings and after work, as well as on the weekends. It was hard work and incredibly satisfying. While I hoped to publish, I didn't put nearly enough effort into finding a literary agent, etc. Through the process
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by syndacks 5y ago
HN user zoenolan posted this in another thread, with some great resources particularly focused on Solidity (Ethereum): https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28337686
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by syndacks 5y ago
I'd argue that Toy Story, like most Disney movies, is Hero's Journey at its core.
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by syndacks 5y ago
HST did a lot more than do drugs and be weird, but I wouldn't imagine a computer nerd who clacks on a keyboard to know much about Gonzojournalism or the effects it's had on American culture.
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by syndacks 5y ago
Hi, I started reading your article and then stopped because I didn't know what it was about. Consider leading with a more coherent argument in the first two paragraphs.
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by syndacks 5y ago
Does anyone know of anything similar for PUBG?
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by syndacks 5y ago
I Got Worms...it's a worm farm! - Lloyd Christmas
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by syndacks 5y ago
How is it that no such scandal has been uncovered? Surely by now some hacker would have been able to prove that a phone is recording, sending to server, processing, and returning relevant ad. Or surely someone would have come forward or whi
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by syndacks 5y ago
Curious to hear more about the sex with questionable women for 8 hours...
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hey there, this is really inspiring. I did something similar to what you described (writing on weekends while working) except I wrote a novel, not a tech book. I have some feedback, 5.1 Garbage collection, you write "By chance, Go has
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by syndacks 6y ago
Curious to hear why you left one for the other. Not too often you hear that move. How is it going so far?
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hey, thanks for sharing this. Mind expanding? I'm curious to hear what you had planned going into retirement and what you seek going back to work. Are you right back to the same as you were right before "retiring"? Knowing ho
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by syndacks 6y ago
The New York Times...some of the best journalism around, also some of the worst. Something happened in 2015/6, maybe Trump, maybe something more fundamental (ie larger shift in the zeitgeist that also caused Trump) but they are so off
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hey there, FYI this doesn't work on non-traditional subjects i.e. LSAT. I created an issue on GH, and ideally would have rather opened a PR, but don't have time at the moment. Cool tool, thanks for putting this together.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Simply wrong according to who? You? The MLA[0]? Some other "authoritative" source? Why is your third paragraph in parenthesis? Using your own logic, you should either remove that paragraph or re-write it without parenthesis. I cou
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by syndacks 6y ago
Regardless of the basis for his comment, your claim as it being "for your own good", vs I dunno, the good of society is a gross misinterpretation. Your last two sentences are really off mark man, zoom out for a sec and consider ma
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by syndacks 6y ago
The guy's clearly a genius but he's also an asshole. Bigger projects across multiple disciplines require collaboration and communication, which inherently add complexity and cost. We're not all savants building indie games, s
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by syndacks 6y ago
It's funny to me how HN folk like to point to "community guidelines" and downvote based on them, but then completely eschew them when it comes time to rag on MBAs, managers, or tout some bullshit about how we're approach
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hmmm not sure what you mean by your last statement, but either way it seems to be denigrating one of the most respected pieces of print media in circulation today. Though I agree it's not known for its science/technology coverage.
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by syndacks 6y ago
It was a joke
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by syndacks 6y ago
IMO it was Lil Wayne's verse criticising Bush that earned him the pardon: "I gotta bring the hood back after Katrina / Weezy F Baby now the F is for FEMA"
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by syndacks 6y ago
We wouldn't have modern civilization without IP law. Curious how you make a living; if it's like anything like the vast majority of the people on this site, or society in general for that matter, it's rooted in laws protectin
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by syndacks 6y ago
devaluing
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by syndacks 6y ago
Not sure I agree that HN "radicalizes" but I would say that the obsession with the need for sources and the tendency to apply algorithmic-level logic to comments leaves this place lacking imagination and/or a touch of humanit
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by syndacks 6y ago
That Wikipedia article is about the rise of Nazism you idiot. Please try to tell me again we're not talking about bigotry or racism in this thread, or that the "patriots" you stand by aren't some of the lowest pieces of
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by syndacks 6y ago
First, this is strawman bullshit. Don't bring up app prices in a culture war. What you're witnessing is culture expressing itself, rooted in history, the law, the zeitgeist of the people. And right now the culture is drawing a lin
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by syndacks 6y ago
As someone who's lived in both SF and BK, I agree. One other point I'd like to add that makes BK more 'human scale' compared to SF is the speed at which cars travel. BK traffic (for the most part) moves significantly slo
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by syndacks 6y ago
F * Twitter. Trump clearly violates their ToS yet they keep him on... I wonder why that i$?
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by syndacks 6y ago
Especially in T2: >My CPU is a neural-net processor, a learning computer. Costly tech for a movie, but well worth it.
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by syndacks 6y ago
Hey br0, appreciate the thoughtful response. > a new series of societal dynamics have propogated from the modern citizen's raison d'etre of serving one's own aspiration, rather than that of the collective. Yes, this is exa

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