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by wppick 8y ago
>There but for the grace of God go I I like to entertain the idea that humans are the host of a species of sentient alien bacteria that lives in our guts and controls us through the vagus nerve and uses humans to build technology to adva
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by wppick 8y ago
I really enjoyed the writing style of this article. The art of story telling has a huge impact on being able to communicate information. > 86 billion neurons and their 100 trillion interconnections, not just the varying strengths with wh
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by wppick 8y ago
Leadership and management is probably the biggest differentiator between a successful, growing organization and an organization that is decaying or stagnant. They say people don't quit jobs they quit managers. I've found that the
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by wppick 8y ago
If it floats, it's a witch I highly doubt that 'toxic worker' has a consistent definition. Humans are tribal animals, and if you look through history I'm sure you can find see examples of 'toxic' members of tri
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by wppick 8y ago
There will always be people with high ambition that want to perform and grow, and those people will likely be in contention with another type of person who wants a relaxing, stable, fun, and sustainable work environment. It's the job o
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by wppick 8y ago
It's... an anecdote. It's very related to the linked article, and adds insight into what the industry is considering toxic. You must be very easily scared if a personal anecdote causes this kind of a reaction from you.
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by wppick 8y ago
Another problem with this that makes it more complicated is that the TabPanel (for example) now has two interfaces an explicit props interface, and an implicit context interface that need to be met in order for it to work
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by wppick 8y ago
One of the arguments in the book I mentioned was that yes the trace amounts are "safe", but in some cases the body cannot detox certain synthetic chemicals, so they build up in the body until they reach a level that begins to caus
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by wppick 8y ago
I am currently reading the book "The Hundred-Year Lie: How to Protect Yourself from the Chemicals That Are Destroying Your Life" by Randall Fitzgerald. It details the crazy amount of synthetic or toxic chemicals in our daily lives
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by wppick 8y ago
This is awesome. It seems like any API is really just abstracting the database (or other data store) behind it. But, if only we could just expose the db directly and let users write their own queries to get exactly what they want. That way
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by wppick 8y ago
I think this is one of the most illogical aspects of the software industry -- the transition from developer to manager. In order to be a developer you need to spend years learning, studying, and practicing software development, but a lot of
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by wppick 8y ago
I think the most important sentence in this article is: > The most frequently cited tasks that an expert should be good at were designing software architecture, writing source code, and analysing and understanding requirements. But I thi
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by wppick 8y ago
I remember reading about XMPP several years ago and how it was going to be a universal chat protocol that was also decentralized. I think Facebook and Google chat implemented the protocol at one point
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by wppick 8y ago
I think video games are starting to fill this niche. Games like call of duty and destiny served as a way for me to socialize and stay in touch with friends from a different city
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by wppick 9y ago
I think there is something more to why the wealthy buy art besides just the intrinsic artistic value of it. In my mind I compare it to how in the past a person would gain status by wielding a certain sword, or by wearing a certain crown. I
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by wppick 9y ago
Data is not the whole picture. Maybe more protein is great for adding muscle mass, and bad for a different reason... The article lists beef as it's first source of protein besides protein shakes. Beef is a class 2A carcinogen. I stoppe
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by wppick 9y ago
It's a shame that Angular2/4 hasn't gotten more traction. It's really well designed in my opinion. People seem to be flocking onto the react train (possibly mindlessly). I found react to be quite lacking. I don't li
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by wppick 9y ago
This sounds good to me. Encapsulate and simplify existing tooling based on the communities experience with it, then extend and add complexity as needed. As the development environment changes, we will constantly have to update our tools to
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by wppick 9y ago
Stories like this might appear to hurt Facebook and similar companies, but they actually help create a barrier to entry for the "next Facebook" to not be able to use the same strategy.
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by wppick 9y ago
>Why am I paying for a game if it doesn’t have dedicated servers? More like: so $ATVI can grow 550% in 5 years.
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by wppick 9y ago
Elon Musk addressed the idea of creating nuclear fusion on earth by saying something along the lines of, "why would we do that, there's a huge nuclear fusion generator in the sky that we can use to generate all the power we need&q
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by wppick 9y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Doubt_Is_Their_Product The goal of articles like these (in my opinion) is to cast doubt in your mind about eating or not eating certain foods. The article might be "sponsored" by
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by wppick 9y ago
I've occasionally tried 17 hour fasting followed my endurance exercise such as 8 mile run + 25 mile bike. I feel more energized and "lighter" without food in my system. I also don't feel like I have a "crash" w
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by wppick 9y ago
Eventually, with the internet of things, there will need to be a "home brain" type device to control all of the devices in your house. The company that holds that position of controlling what devices can work with others will have
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by wppick 9y ago
I think most bank's, websites already allow for this. Look under payees or pay bills
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by wppick 10y ago
Sure. I think there's actually still a lot of room for improvements in the shipping industry. I'm currently trying to ship a bike from San Francisco to Toronto, and the cheapest rate that I can find is around $200 with ground ship
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by wppick 10y ago
> This specification should be read like all other specifications. First, it should be read cover-to-cover, multiple times. Then, it should be read backwards at least once. Then it should be read by picking random sections from the conte
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by wppick 10y ago
I think the new MacBook pro is actually a really great move... it was just not sold properly. -USB-C can replace HDMI -Touch bar uses watchOS -The touch bar is actually much better than full touchscreen since lifting your arm up all day to
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by wppick 10y ago
What I'm about to say is pretty hand-wavy (pre-suasion), but this concept of pre-suasion is important for when you are interviewing, or being interviewed for a job. Let's say you are interviewing someone for a position in your com
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by wppick 10y ago
Did the article answer the question of why black and white Americans don't live together? I didn't seem to see any theories besides saying that real estate agents wouldn't show one black couple houses in the white neighborhoo

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