danthewireman

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by danthewireman 3y ago
https://ghoulschool.education/ I've done some math tutoring, and word problems are really boring, so I decided to spice them up a bit with monsters and mayhem. Scroll down on the home page to see all the problems (this
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by danthewireman 3y ago
Please write more science articles/summaries. This is really well done—great combination of info-heavy while being interesting and readable.
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by danthewireman 4y ago
I've been learning Spanish using Comprehensible Input and it's been a complete game-changer for me. Oversimplified, it's learning a language by watching videos where you understand about 80% of what's going on without t
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by danthewireman 4y ago
Love this app. Turning it on in the morning for 10 hours really does help my productivity.
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by danthewireman 5y ago
I did web development and graphic design for a couple decades, and wrote a few technology books (one of them was on DHTML, so this was a while ago). I'm now writing fiction, mostly fantasy. The $$ isn't quite where I'd like i
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by danthewireman 5y ago
Feet of Clay by Terry Pratchett Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino This Book is Full of Spiders::: Seriously Dude, Don't Touch It by David Wong
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by danthewireman 6y ago
I've actually found this to be useful, especially in the evenings when I'm tired. It's helped me stay focused (I haven't used the meditation much and the sleep not at all). It feels like gentle assistance, not a adrenali
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by danthewireman 6y ago
You can also double click a word, keep the mouse button down, and drag. This will select whole words. I use this a lot.
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by danthewireman 6y ago
Choosing the wrong career. Finally moved from programming to writing fiction.
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by danthewireman 8y ago
After looking at a ton of youtube videos, taking art classes, and even an in-person atelier (drawing in a studio while being guided by a "master"), by far the best art teaching I've come across is Evolve Artist[0]. It focuses
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by danthewireman 9y ago
Fake it 'till you make it.
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by danthewireman 10y ago
Terms of service page is a 404 error. https://www.poetsknowit.com/terms-of-service/
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by danthewireman 10y ago
You might enjoy "Echopraxia", his sequel to "Blindsight."
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by danthewireman 10y ago
Have you tried cutting out more carbs? Dropping bread, pasta, rice, and white potatoes helped me a lot.
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by danthewireman 10y ago
Accelerando is currently blowing my mind. Very cool stuff.
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by danthewireman 11y ago
I agree with you. I can't imagine anyone sacrificing their child so antibiotics would still work. I'd murder the universe to keep my family safe.
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by danthewireman 11y ago
Writing a chapter book starring lots of semi-functioning robots.
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by danthewireman 11y ago
16/8 is eating as much as you usually would, but cramming it into an 8-hour period. I generally do all my eating from 11am - 7pm. It helps a little, and I'll take all the help I can get. As for the sleeping, I'm usually zonke
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by danthewireman 11y ago
I'm 45 and have tried a number of different things. Here's what's made the most difference for me: - Sitting desk but use TimeOut to remind myself to stand every 30 minutes. I tried standing and treadmill desks but they didn&
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by danthewireman 12y ago
SEEKING WORK - Portland, OR area or remote I'm a technical writer with ten published books and almost twenty years in the tech industry as a developer and designer. More details: http://zombiekoala.com/ Email: dan@zomb
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by danthewireman 13y ago
A big first professional failure is like breaking up with your first girl/boyfriend - it feels like the entire world is ending. After you find out that it didn't, it can be wildly liberating because you won't really be scared
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by danthewireman 13y ago
5am - 7am
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by danthewireman 13y ago
> That all said, my 40s have been the best creative period of my life, by far. Agreed. Wrote my first novel in my 40s.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
Check out Scrivener. I've written a number of books on it, and it's the best way I've found to contain and organize a gazillion different ideas.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
Well, you've certainly convinced me to sign up for the book. I'm always up for new ideas, and as long as they're not all Kite-surfing Naked Through Cannibal Country, I'll happily keep an open mind.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
Not at all - Hell, every day with a wife and kid is an adventure. I meant more that the big, exotic stuff can be really tricky or expensive with a family. Last year all of us went to Costa Rica with my parents for 10 days, and it was comple
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by danthewireman 13y ago
If you've got something that I can do with a wife, a 6-year-old, and that won't make me lose my job or blow through my savings, I'm interested. Otherwise, I'd just be reading fantasy.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
This looks fantastic if it'd work, but I wonder if it'd be more useful to build in space, and then use it to launch little probes. No atmospheric drag. I realize building it in space would be a good bit harder than on the ground.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
Building a popular solution seems to be even harder than building a right one, and that seems to be the real goal, in terms of financial success.
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by danthewireman 13y ago
I used bookdesigners.com and was totally thrilled with them. I used to be a graphic designer, and discovered what you mentioned: good web design is not the same as good book cover design. They were pricey: $1500, but I figured an excellent

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