butteredpopcorn

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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   Thanks for your thoughts and observations. I may be one of these “simply sight readers”. I supposedly taught myself to read at an alarmingly, insufferably young age. I have no memory of learning to read whatsoever, only the before and the a
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   I know a couple high-powered executives who have to fly all over the world and meet tough deadlines. They love routine. They love staying at the exact same hotel every time they’re in town, meeting me at the same restaurant we always go to,
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   Thanks for putting this into words. During bad times it’s awful, during good times it’s “only a matter of time”. I wish I knew how I could avoid feeling so helpless. So far I have tried “pretending to not care what happens to me and my care
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   How did you made the switch to working by yourself?
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   It’s possible that if you could spin up an open source relational database like Postgres or MySQL and load your data set, you could do everything but the models and viz themselves in SQL. SQL will handle 3 mil rows in a snap. If you are tra
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   Some things you could do from anywhere with internet: - take Skype lessons - listen to English-language podcasts - read Strunk & White
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   by butteredpopcorn 7y ago

   “Unschooling” might interest you.
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   by butteredpopcorn 8y ago

   If this is your idea: This is a weird, bad deal for the applicant. Only desperate people will put up with the hassle and the insult. I predict you will be shocked when these desperate candidates are not as good as you wanted. Please do not
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   by butteredpopcorn 8y ago

   I’m living your dream then! It’s pretty good. It’ll be ten fun tears “mega social media”-free next year. I’ll use any online tool if it has a point (usually work or hobby related) and doesn’t bother me in terms of privacy, ethics, or the be
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    by butteredpopcorn 8y ago

    I quit all personal social media years and years ago. I use a ton of email and text and am deeply involved in several real world communities and hobbies. I do have a LinkedIn I mainly ignore, just because it helps when searching for jobs. I