Tuckerism

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by Tuckerism 2y ago
I saw that the OP already replied, but wanted to share how I approach this myself. I have a desktop, laptop, and phone that I wanted to keep synced up, so I actually used it as an excuse to setup my own git repo on my NAS (which I wanted to
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by Tuckerism 3y ago
I love this question-- my "normal" view is a circle with December on the right (3 o'clock), and the year going counter-clockwise. I have some vague memory of a calendar laid out in this way, and it's colored my mental im
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by Tuckerism 3y ago
To add on to this, when I think about a situation where you're trying to hedge against all government-backed fiat collapsing; I feel like you're already down to cold-hard bartering. The saying of "booze, bullets, and bandages
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by Tuckerism 3y ago
A phrase that eerily yet accurately sums up (or some would believe to sum up) lots of public discourse these days.
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by Tuckerism 3y ago
I was really surprised at how much more comfortable my wooden wrist rest is. As another user pointed out, getting the elevation all I needed. Definitely one of my favorite upgrades to my setup (and definitely easier to keep clean).
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by Tuckerism 4y ago
I've been doing something similar, leveraging a Stream Deck Mini and a handful of self-written python scripts to handle my Hue bulbs, Nanoleaf, and a smart plug running an air purifier. I also have a very nice Max Falcon-20 macropad, b
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by Tuckerism 4y ago
Throwing out a resource that helped me build my own website to host my resume (and led me to get an Azure Fundamentals cert)-- the Cloud Resume Challenge, which has been seen on HN in the past. ( https://cloudresumechallenge.dev&#
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by Tuckerism 4y ago
I saw an interesting video from Kirsten Dirksen this past week taking a look at a company trying to tackle this with the drop-in ADU approach. That was the first I had heard about the rule changes in California about unblockable building ad
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by Tuckerism 4y ago
> Many people assume that as a bike rider they have rights and as a result they should be respected by cars. While I am not a bike rider, I am a proponent of defensive driving, which has the same principle: the laws of physics don't
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by Tuckerism 5y ago
I've always used the terms "lens" or "worldview" to describe that starting point, and I think the most fruitful conversations with people I don't agree with usually stem around understanding that we do our pers
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by Tuckerism 5y ago
YNAB ( https://www.youneedabudget.com/ ) was the trick for us-- while I am totally comfortable with these kind of tools or even just a spreadsheet, the app and functionality from YNAB made it accessible to my significant othe
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by Tuckerism 5y ago
I have this article bookmarked on this very topic: https://fs.blog/2015/11/map-and-territory/ I also like quoting George Box to those who are drinking the kool-aid a little too much with their models, "A
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by Tuckerism 5y ago
I would say the distinction here is allowing some parties "direct influence over millions of people" and not others. As other commenters have pointed out, it feels like the decision on who gets access to the "virtual town squ
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by Tuckerism 15y ago
I think the parent is referring to encouraging lurkers/first-time viewers to creating an account to do just that. Reddit is something that can push a lot of people away right at the get go with it's default subs (/r/atheism & /r/politic