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by asauce 2y ago
Around 10 years ago, my friend and I were working on an assignment for our intro to programming course. The assignment involved controlling an LCD screen with an Mega 2560 board. Finally, after many failed attempts and a few too many coffee
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by asauce 3y ago
Exercise has some huge physiological and psychological benefits [0]. It won’t immediately cure serious mental illnesses, but it definitely doesn’t hurt. Anecdotally, my mental health is much better with a good diet and some physical exercis
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by asauce 4y ago
I really recommend everyone to listen to Andrew Huberman's podcast [0] on Dopamine and how it affects motivation, focus, and satisfaction. Many people see Dopamine as just a pleasure chemical, but it actually directly influences motiva
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by asauce 5y ago
Grief is really hard, and different for everyone. For me, being around friends and family and keeping myself busy helped the most. Keeping up with my hobbies, hanging out with friends, and focusing on work kept me sane. Not sure if it was t
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by asauce 5y ago
It does depend on the situation, and how easily you are able to change tools down the road. However analysis paralysis can be a never ending cycle, so at a certain point you need to accept that you just need to pick one. If its a low cost,
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by asauce 5y ago
Yes, that’s fair. My only exposure to LA culture is the entertainment industry and the large amount of influencers that are based in LA. So I’ll be the first to admit my understanding is shallow. I was just curious why you are so jaded to t
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by asauce 5y ago
I don't mean to come across as rude, but maybe the LA influencer culture has you jaded? I can guarantee that not everyone wants to travel the world just for some instagram photos. I do agree with some of your main points. You can'
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by asauce 5y ago
PG briefly touches on it here, but one of the biggest factors on being able to consistently work hard is reward. PG mostly talks about intrinsic reward in this article. We should work on stuff that is interesting to us, and brings us fulfil
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by asauce 5y ago
This comment fails to see the real reason that Apple, Google, and Microsoft lock down their hardware and software, ease of use. A vast, vast majority of the population could care less about learning about interrupts, tinkering with BIOS set
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by asauce 6y ago
I’m an active user of Lichess and never knew about this mode. Thanks for sharing!
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by asauce 6y ago
I agree. A headline such as “California bill proposes decriminalizing psychedelics” would be much clearer.
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by asauce 6y ago
Yes of course. Admittedly, upon burning out, it took a while for me to actually acknowledge the multiple issues I was having in my life. I still had the toxic mentality of “just push through”, and therefore a lot of the personal work I did
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by asauce 6y ago
As the author mentions, the most critical part of pushing yourself is setting up a lifestyle that enables you to do so. A couple years ago I was extremely naive and prioritized my work over everything else. Exercise, nutrition, sleep, and e
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by asauce 7y ago
One of my favourite examples of sleep deprived hallucinations is from Courtney Dauwalter. Courtney is an ultra marathon runner (eg 200 miles) and there are many times we she is extremely sleep deprived while running. She has mentioned that
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by asauce 7y ago
Real pity. My school's printer services are terrible. The drivers are a pain to install, and it doesn't even work half the time. Google Print was a great way to get around these issues, but not anymore. Crazy how out-of-the-blue G
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by asauce 7y ago
Honestly, I am a big fan of this. I lived in Calgary this summer, and downtown they have a dedicated street for the train, busses, and emergency vehicles. No regular vehicles are allowed to drive down this street. It's genius. The trai
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by asauce 7y ago
One of the worst interview questions I have had was "Rate your C++ knowledge from 1 - 10". I had just finished my second year of college, and although I felt fairly confident in my C++ abilities I had no idea how to answer. I thou
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by asauce 7y ago
Not a dumb question at all. Electronic music can be a lot of fun to make. The fact you have a Mac, and a MIDI controller is a great start. The next steps would be choosing your DAW and then starting to experiment with the many different fea
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by asauce 7y ago
Whoa, this is awesome! Thanks for linking it. I started working on my own mini synth with Teensy and the Teensy audio shield, however this seems like a great project to pivot to. Definitely plan on reaching out to the team and seeing if the
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by asauce 7y ago
Because its fun. I used to buy Call of Duty every year. I love playing FPS games, and getting the newest game meant new guns, new maps, and just new ways to enjoy an FPS. Sure, you could argue that it is just a reskin, but I really enjoy pl
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by asauce 7y ago
A bunch of my college/highschool friends will still hop on the ps4 a couple nights each week. I live 100 kms away from most of them, however we can still catch up and have fun playing games. Its definitely not the same as real life int
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by asauce 7y ago
Congrats on the launch guys! I am always excited to see green startups coming out of YC. I'm not sure if you guys are looking for other projects to support, but one interesting project is Project Vesta[0]. Seems like there is some pote
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by asauce 7y ago
Awesome! Thanks for the response. I will definitely donate once I'm off work today.
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by asauce 7y ago
Hey, heads up to anyone associated with Project Vesta... currently your webshop shows an empty store[0]. Also, if executed right then this project could market itself. Travel "influencers" love to show off unique beaches and desti
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by asauce 7y ago
In my experience the reason why people struggle with git is because git is also their introduction to source control. Students generally get the gist of staging and commiting, but usually braches/merges/rebasing causes a lot of is
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by asauce 7y ago
This is exactly what I was thinking. Software Engineering is a lot more than just writing code, however this blog post makes me think that he is teaching Software Engineering to a completely new audience. It is very easy to overwhelm softwa
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by asauce 7y ago
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing!
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by asauce 7y ago
I recently upgraded from an iPhone 6 to an iPhone XR. I love the new phone, however I still miss the size of the 6. I was able to hold and operate the phone in one hand. Using two hands for the XR is a pain in the ass, but using one hand fe
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by asauce 7y ago
Interesting, thanks for linking the story. I also had the same experience with Apollo. Its frustrating since I never signed up for their services, and I have no control over who my data is sold to... Its getting to the point where I just as
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by asauce 7y ago
Wow this is great. I want to become more competent with text processing in the command line and this looks like a great place to start. Thanks for linking this repo!

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