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by unoti 14y ago
This is a personality preference thing. Some people feel empowered by the open possibilities of an empty text editor, and their spirits crushed by the boring grind of polishing existing features to a fine glow. On the other hand, there are
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The fascinating thing to me about the ops 101 rule you describe: 1) it's so obviously correct, but 2) for some reason, almost nobody has a good backup plan that they actually follow, where they actually have a process to periodically valida
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by unoti 14y ago
> The vibe of the Royal Society was a bunch of stuck up nobility debating worthless issues. To many, that wouldn't sound wholly unlike academia.
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by unoti 14y ago
I just started a stopwatch, and decided to try to figure out what you're talking about. After working on an online price calculator with more fields on it than a 1040EZ tax form, and then getting 2/3 of the way through a whitepaper PDF on
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by unoti 14y ago
The complexity of trying to figure out how much servers will cost, or should cost, or could cost if I really played with spreadsheets for a few hours-- is what drove me to Rackspace a few years ago. Occasionally someone will tell me that I
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Early in my Javascript career, I read "Javascript: the good parts", and started with Coffeescript very early. And I very often would look at the Javascript that Coffeescript was generating for me. I was pleased to find that Coffeescript a
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Good carpenters ship. Or at least they get wood.
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by unoti 14y ago
You might be interested in Dwarf Fortress. Although it's not exactly what you just asked for, anyone who would phrase a question like that should fire up dwarf fortress at least once.
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by unoti 14y ago
I'm skeptical about whether signing a petition would do any good and whether it'd be worth the effort. If Oracle gave a crap, it already wouldn't be an issue. I expect a lot more people care about this issue than signed the petition. I kn
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You said some insightful and interesting things there, but two things in particular are most striking: 1) You have no choice. 2) You don't know about new technologies. I sense a potential roadmap for you here! Start learning, build somet
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This is an excellent and compelling book about psychopaths: http://www.amazon.com/Without-Conscience-Disturbing-World-Ps...
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Hey this is really good, thank you for sharing it! I've already started reading the stoics book.
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Rejection therapy has its ideological roots in Stoicism, just as the central ideas of this article does. Seneca talks about spending a few days each month wallowing in the things that you fear the most, so that they can't control you. And
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Something similar and very interesting that's used by ham radio operators every day: Automatic Link Exchange[1]. The system dynamically monitors many different frequencies (which have different propagation characteristics) to determine the
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Learning to code is hard, and everyone's specific struggle is unique. The key issue though is why do they fail to learn, and that answer is the same for everyone that fails: they give up. All kinds of mental talents can be helpful for learn
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What's needed here is a front end that can read C++ source and translate it into Shakespeare, and also a backend that can output Javascript.
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by unoti 14y ago
For small projects, I use text files, and keep them inside the repository . This way the files are available whenever I switch computers and they are automatically backed up. I keep several text files in a directory: 1. A backlog. This is
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by unoti 14y ago
The programming manual that came with the TRS-80 Color Computer was among the best introductions to programming ever. Really as good as Why's poignant guide to Ruby. There were similar books at Radio Shack for the TRS-80 Models I and III,
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Enjoyed that immensely, thank you!
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Two things that helped me: 1. The Pomodoro Technique. http://www.pomodorotechnique.com/get-to-work/ 2. Reading The War of Art can help with issues of procrastination if the thing you're having trouble focusing on is a creative endeavor.
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by unoti 14y ago
Really good advice there. The summary is: 1.) get 10 hours of sleep a night when working on new concepts; this is the key to being able to focus. 2.) Instead of thinking you're stupid, be at peace and accept the fact that the subject mat
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by unoti 14y ago
If you honestly never win, then you have an excellent opportunity to develop amazing emotional strength. Here's what I would want from you, if we were friends and you asked me for advice: 1. Don't give up. 2. Never complain. Take the 30
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I had to look up "walking a slackline"... fascinating! How long did it take you to learn?
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by unoti 14y ago
You don't deserve scorn for failing, it's ok. You might be suffering from some kind of anxiety, and you're being too hard on yourself for sure. One piece of advice that might help you: when you're trying to measure your progress, instead o
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by unoti 14y ago
This is such very sage advice. I salute you. > The fact of the matter is the road to mastery is paved > with tons of mistakes, tons of situations where you will > feel like an absolute moron. This is so true. Feeling like you'r
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Excellent stuff. Along the same lines: Someone once told me that the difference between a professional and an amateur is that a professional keeps working on it long after it stops being fun. This is true in the discussion of Penn & Te
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I've long felt that my intelligence is only average, and I've always tried to compensate by working hard. It had been 20 years since my last calculus class when I returned to college, and I was quite worried I'd not be able to keep up. I
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I'd like to see a static site generator that still runs some kind of administrative backend somewhere. Then I could have clients or friends I do sites for log in to one of my personal machines and enter new stories/content, and it would ge
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I was glad to discover do pad based on your comments. Thanks!
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It seems to me that natural selection is, for the most part, broken now for humans. Intelligence and other positive characteristics don't seem to get involved in whether they have surviving offspring today the way I imagine it did a few t

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