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by user_agent 6y ago
Those are superb points! You might want to know that (4) has been IMO solved (long time audio enthusiast here, spent more than 15 years on solving that exact problem, developed my own startup that was focused on making DACs with the best po
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by user_agent 6y ago
I don't care that much about my HN rank, but truth is a very important value in my life. The book I've recommended is a unique one (although I was able to point to a couple of misinterpretations the author made, but nothing critic
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by user_agent 6y ago
Finally that kind of stuff starts landing on the main page of HN. I highly recommend a unique book: "Surveillance Valley", Yasha Levine. Although not without cons, the book makes a very strong case for the Internet to be planned f
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by user_agent 6y ago
If you really can distinguish a BS advice from a brilliant one, you're almost there. I consider what you do very important. There's no way one can do anything of substantial value in life, whether performed on oneself or others, w
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by user_agent 6y ago
Nothing very fancy: 1) A home server for hosting a couple small websites for free, instead of wasting cash on $5/mo VPS. 2) A cluster of PIs for training with distributed computing (Docker, K8s). 3) An EMP proof remote backup case with
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by user_agent 6y ago
Hahaha, this is brilliant. You made my day, @OP :-) Yes, on several occasions when I was very young (therefore stupid) and angry, I put something like "suck by balls" with white font on my resume, when I was targeting companies I
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by user_agent 6y ago
I'm not sure you're referring to me, because I both didn't refer you back to my profile for anything, nor I miss the email address there ;) You're welcome. But I have something I'd like to ask you in return. Think a
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by user_agent 6y ago
It's not the external events that are the problem, but the way one reacts to them. Healthy people simply deal with their problems keeping more or less positive attitude during the process. The moment you start getting into a downward s
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by user_agent 6y ago
Three words that changed my life: Getting Things Done (GTD) back-envelope project and tasks management methodology.
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by user_agent 6y ago
Great! I do it exactly the same way. >Can you explain or post a picture of what proper tilting looks like? It's very simple. Either make the whole thing flat, or tilt it, but make the part that's close to your wrists higher tha
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by user_agent 6y ago
Sure, even if it doesn't look like so, I'm happy that Zoom exists. I use it every day without thinking about it at all. This is how technology should work. It should be transparent. Moreover, I myself converted at least 7 companie
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by user_agent 6y ago
What? After getting a proper audio setup for videoconferencing (studio quality) my jaw dropped on the floor when I realized how BAD Zoom's audio quality is. It's comparable to a 128 Kbps mp3 file. The only thing they do well is no
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by user_agent 6y ago
I don't have RSI, I have Fibromyalgia. It'a a similar PITA. What I'd wish to know earlier? - That computer mices are retarded and trackballs are the way to go. - That there are much better keyboards out there and the standard
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by user_agent 6y ago
One more thing that might help you: There's this guy, Josh Kaufman, who teaches people how to decompose problems in a way that they can be more "digestible", so it's easier to approach them when we don't know much a
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by user_agent 6y ago
You're not alone! Take a look on this guy (he's a seasoned developer; I've seen him here on HN I think yestarday): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FpRI-i5NNo&t=629s I've shown a middle finger to App
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by user_agent 6y ago
This book is going to help you a lot with establishing whether you really can do it or maybe only have been fooling yourself: Nail It then Scale It: The Entrepreneur's Guide to Creating and Managing Breakthrough Innovation, Nathan Furr
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by user_agent 6y ago
I started as a clerk, then became a DJ (detroit techno, yeah!), then I was selling custom software in a software house, then I became an account manager for a couple system integrators (ICT), then a manager of a data center department (sale
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by user_agent 6y ago
Obviously books: [!] 1) The 360° Leader, John C. Maxwell 2) Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us, Daniel H. Pink 3) The Alliance: Managing Talent in the Networked Age, Reid Hoffman & Ben Casnocha & Chris Yeh [!] 4) It
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by user_agent 6y ago
In case of Linux, obviously: CompTIA Linux+LPIC-1 Training and Exam Preparation Guide (Exam Codes LX0-103101-400 and LX0-104102-400); Asghar Ghori
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by user_agent 6y ago
Yeah, look, it's called purpose, not a "zone". A book recommendation: "If Life Is a Game, How Come I'm Not Having Fun?: A Guide to Life's Challenges", Paul Brenner. Another one: "Man's Search for
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by user_agent 6y ago
Pomodoro technique.
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by user_agent 6y ago
I've just posted extensively about that in a similar thread: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23531361
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by user_agent 6y ago
Here you go: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23475085
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by user_agent 6y ago
There's been a topic recently on HN where an engineer was going into selling tech services. A lot of good advice there, including mine.
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by user_agent 6y ago
Crap, I promised myself I'm going to take a break from commenting to get some substantial work to be done, but this one is an important one. Listen, @OP, never ever give up. I took me 7 years and a large pile of money to figure out I h
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by user_agent 6y ago
You're welcome. It's easy to forget about those things in the age of cloud computing ;)
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by user_agent 6y ago
"What would a more advanced router add?" -> A centrally managed firewall integrated with the rest of the networking stack = having cotroll in one place. You also can use the software one on Linux directly. I like to have a cent
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by user_agent 6y ago
Yes, make your own blog and learn how to make it "visible" to a large audience. Also how to serve it in a seamless way for years. I didn't like Twitter from the very start. There's no chance to have a meaningful discussi
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by user_agent 6y ago
WAN acceleration comes to mind. I know this tech from the enterprise world of the past, but maybe there's something FOSS out there! Besides that I'd go with some good stuff long forgotten: pure text email, terminal based web brows
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by user_agent 6y ago
It basically comes down to mastering a firewall on your side and having visibility of what's going on with incoming traffic. I' ll do my stack the old-school way. I've got a nice Mikrotik combo router with a lot of very advan

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