davidscolgan

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by davidscolgan 3y ago
Seconding Daniel Ingram, my mentor says that Daniel Ingram's book "Mastering the Core Teachings of the Buddha" is a great introduction for a developer-minded person. I haven't actually read it so I can't comment on
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
Yes, my goal in sharing my story is not to garner pity but to give hope that it is possible to recover from even great loss and come out on the other side stronger. Blessings to everyone suffering right now.
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
Perhaps the most important event of my life was discovering I have autism at age 33. Many things that didn't make sense suddenly did. I pointed my hyperfocus inward to my own mind, at first because I had lost the ability to code and ma
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
I am not saying this to complain. I have no regrets or complaints. I am free from suffering as a result of going through this experience. I live at the monastery full time now.
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
I feel this. I have been burned over and over again as well. I desire to trust deeply and build real intimacy with friends and colleagues and lovers, and for many years I was very naive. I trusted anyone who told me they were trustworthy. F
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
It feels like I have failed in every way that is possible. I have lost my wife, my child, my parents, my grandparents, my friends, my house burned down with all of my possessions. I lost my ability to code due to burnout and had to spend se
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by davidscolgan 3y ago
Strongly agree. For me the mark of a useful framework is that is reduces the complexity of the task you are trying to do. If it increases the complexity of the task, it isn't the right tool for the job! Choosing the right level of abst
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by davidscolgan 4y ago
I have autism and only discovered it two years ago at age 33. I have been intensely researching it. The book Neurotribes presents a very in-depth picture of the history of autism and the research and theories for the past century. This is n
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by davidscolgan 5y ago
Yes, I've heard him say in a few places in his videos that he gives his blessing to this fork and encourages its use over his own repo for that exact reason.
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by davidscolgan 5y ago
Oh hey it's deepnight - I remember your awesome Ludum Dare games. Thank you for sharing this tool with the gamedev community!
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by davidscolgan 5y ago
Ah I am in no way trying to be dismissive - this is really cool by itself, and it feels like there may be applications of this that would be highly useful at the same time.
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by davidscolgan 5y ago
It feels like there is a kernel of something realllly cool here but I can't quite tell what it is.
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by davidscolgan 5y ago
Dear sarvasvkulpati, I appreciate your question! It demonstrates a curiosity about the nature of computing itself. Some will surely say that this idea is unreasonable or not practical. But, if this is an idea that speaks to you, I encour
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by davidscolgan 6y ago
I've wondered if the AI superintelligence everyone is watching out for is actually slowly being built from the bottom up, and encompasses evening in the entire world. Deep Thought from Hitchhiker's Guide is seeming more and more
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by davidscolgan 6y ago
My partner showed me the book The Hidden Life of Trees: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1771642483/ It suggests that trees may have some kind of hive intelligence in their roots and through the fungal networks they can
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by davidscolgan 6y ago
Assume you mean https://decisionproblem.com/paperclips/ ? One of my favorite game experiences ever about an ever-expanding AI. Best without any spoilers. I still think about it sometimes. Discussion: https:/&#
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
I'm a freelance web developer from rural Indiana and want to move somewhere in the US I can at least possibly stay for a decade or more. Does anyone recommend a city/state that will survive the climate apocalypse, that is well ma
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
Currently I use Dynalist.io, which is like Workflowy but adds the concept of documents and has a ctrl-P like fuzzy finder. My notes are a complete mess and I have not found a way to organize them into anything useful. Right now my brain d
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
I recently realized I have ADD minus the hyperactive. I never was able to finish books until I started listening to audiobooks with Audible. I have a subscription and generally pick up a new book I've heard of that interests me right
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
Sure, but my ultimate goal is to escape the rat race, and if I have to spend my whole life stressed to get there that sounds like just a different extreme that is unappealing. I guess what I'm more saying is, the default seems to be st
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
I've realized that my level of financial safety I feel is directly tied to the amount of margin for error I have. I'm from rural Indiana and grew up in with a comfortable but relatively low standard of living. Going out to eat wa
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
This thread reminds me of patio11's thread "What I'd Do If I Ran Tarsnap" where Colin took a strong contrarian stance and everyone raged against it and in the end Colin won from all of the exposure. In case you didn&#x27
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
One thing that helped me recently - I realized that my work is not a reflection on my value as a human being. I grew up in a semistrict religious context, and regardless of whether it was intended, I internalized that everything I did was a
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
Agree - if you hate your freelancing setup, consider a change in setup. I've basically got it where I have two long term ongoing clients where I'm effectively a part part time remote employee. Weekly checkins, do 10 hours a week
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
> A one-person business is an exercise in long-term anxiety management, so I would say if you are already an anxious person, go ahead and start a business. You're not going to feel any worse. You've already got the main skill s
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
As someone who recently discovered unaddressed ADHD has been holding me back so much for so long, as well as experiencing that numbness of depression too, you are not alone and I have felt at least some of what you are experiencing. I wish
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
As far as staying up to date on technology, I am heavily in favor of using boring technology (see http://boringtechnology.club ) for my own projects. The biggest consideration for me is, will this tech still be around in 5 years
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
For me, being a solopreneur is the ultimate challenge. Can you arrange your life in such a way to be able to juggle all of the balls you specified? I've been struggling with the same questions lately as someone doing part time freela
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
I just do a PPO plan on the health insurance marketplace in the US. I pay about $500 as a single person nonsmoker 30 year old male. It's been fine so far.
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by davidscolgan 7y ago
I'm a freelancer and realized yesterday that I haven't had a real vacation in 8 years, but also that every one of my clients would probably say yes definitely if I told them I needed a week off. And they did, and I'm taking

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