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Flag Analysis with Mathematica(blog.wolfram.com)
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Related Swedish Trivia: We pronounce "at" (@) as "snabel-a", where snabel is something like the elephant's trunk or proboscis. Basically an a with a long nose.
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Do you still manage to do this consistently?
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Open Decision-Making (2007)(home.pacbell.net)
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Not making sure my and my co-founders ambition and goals was aligned.
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1) Make it tiny - simplify the behavior, so you can't fail. 2) Find a spot - a clear trigger, like right after lunch. 3) Train the cycle - doing something until it becomes automatic.
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Three steps to new habits, by BJ Fogg(slideshare.net)
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"when something has been solved by science, philosophers stop worrying about that realm so much" I think this sums up quite well why philosophy is perceived the way it is. Once something becomes useful it turns into a new field, which expla
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Or Love (Eskil Steenberg) http://www.quelsolaar.com/love/
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I don't remember reading it any dialogue, just stumbled upon it on the web. Quite frankly I'm not 100% sure it's a genuine quote, but it's a good one nonetheless ;)
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"The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less ." - Socrates
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Ted Nelson's Computer Paradigm, Expressed as One-Liners (1999)(xanadu.com.au)
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Very smooth experience. Love the "What if your whole life could fit on a piece of paper?" tagline. Great job! Key points for keeping it relevant: - Mobile - Offline access - Export/print Small nitpick: Deleting an empty item shouldn't bring
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Sweden Democrats (Sverigedemokraterna) with 5.7% of the votes.
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books/ (all longer pdfs/ebooks), code/ (all code), docs/ (most docs, mostly notes on various things), Dropbox/ (all local folders are symlinked here), <mycompanyname>/ (shared Dropbox folder with everything in), qqq/ (misc that I w
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For a puzzled second there I thought you referred SO to significant other. I thought I was reading some obscure head-in-the-code-24/7 programmer joke.
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I remember reading an article from someone who've used email for 25+ years and he pointed out three or so fundamental changes to email since he started using it. I think it was readable email addresses, conversations, and search. Anyone kno
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Dealing with random candy attraction aka dopamine email effect. The reason I and other people keep refreshing email, fb and hn all day long is because you never know when something good is coming up. Maybe one email that will change your li
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Phone calls - makes a lot of noise and interrupts me regardless of what I'm doing. I want some people to be able to reach me right away, while I couldn't care less for others. Creating barriers for interruption based on: a) the person calli
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Reminds me of the Pirahã 'One-Two-Many' language. http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn6303-language-may-shap...
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Mostly I found it annoying to switch from ~ to ~/Dropbox while on the command line. Is there any way to change the folder Dropbox? If so, I guess it could be the same as ~.
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Related anecdote: I've actually googled my password and found a unecrypted database table on a deserted sandbox page.
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Go ahead. I find it secure enough for everyday passwords. Also, the actual pattern and placement need not be as proposed. The principle still holds.
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Remember all your passwords by using a good "skeleton password" and substitute a character or two for the site name. Example: rW4ga#l0x! where # is substituted with 'h' for hackernews.
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How do you deal with either working from your Dropbox folder ( convoluted) or having duplicate folders (local syncing)?
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“Nothing in this world can take the place of persistence. Talent will not; nothing is more common than unsuccessful people with talent. Genius will not; unrewarded genius is almost a proverb. Education will not; the world is full of educat
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Lenses to adopt for gaining a better perspective in frustrating situations: Reverse lens: How does the other part view this situation? Long lens: Will I care about problem in a year from now? Wide lens: What can I learn from this?
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For technological addiction, here's the system the Amish people use to adopt to something unknown: ... he goes to his bishop with this proposal: "I like to try this out." Bishop says to Ivan, "Okay Ivan, do whatever you want with this. But
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HBR: Manage Your Energy, Not Your Time (pdf, 2007)(smith.edu)
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Simple and potentially very useful. Will give this a try for a while (previously using pinboard.in). Suggestions: 1) Chrome extension: keybinding to add current page. 2) Search results: time options. - filtering, eg last 24h/last month -

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