dcolgan

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by dcolgan 9y ago
While that is a possible sequence of events, it may have been a different cause/effect relationship. From what I saw losing the Nintendo World Championship wasn't something she was unhappy about and was glad to just be a part of
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by dcolgan 9y ago
As a former amateur Twitch.tv streamer, I've always been fascinated by the rise and fall of internet personalities, and some of the biggest personalities seem to be game developers that found themselves in the spotlight. Someone made t
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I definitely feel you, as I also went to Christian school for my whole academic career and decided I didn't believe right at the end. Some thoughts, The people who are making a strong effort like you seem to be, but that think they are
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by dcolgan 9y ago
Like all advice, this is good for some people and bad for others. I've heard a whole lot of advice to slow down, make sure you don't burn out, and don't miss life. And for people who are putting tons of pressure on themselv
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by dcolgan 9y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote, Indiana USA - Full Stack Web Developer Do you find yourself or your employees doing the same thing over and over again? I'll build you a back office webapp to automate the tedious, repetitive, and boring parts of
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I had this idea once that I would pay $10 an hour to have a fairly new programmer sit next to me while writing freelance code and be a human sounding board, design helper, and companion since I work by myself from home. Not really pair pro
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by dcolgan 9y ago
Funny you should say that - when I first started doing this I tried to get some of my friends to join me. They all fell apart from the lack of structure and went back to their old jobs. And that's not to say it was a moral failing on
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I'd be happy to talk - I'll email you.
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I spent most of the last 5 years working about 10 hours a week at $90 a hour on a recurring freelance gig, which was enough to live comfortably in the midwest (my rent is currently $400 a month) and travel around eastern Europe. Not really
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by dcolgan 9y ago
That's fair enough, but also why I looked for other people who had similar experiences. I'm definitely not always right, that is true. I am not a doctor, lawyer, or accountant.
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by dcolgan 9y ago
A good hypothesis can be used to make predictions. I'm just saying with my foot issues that the heuristic of "subtractive medicine is better than additive medicine" was able to predict that removing padding from my shoes wou
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I would argue that yes, sugar is natural, but the degree that people tend to eat sugar these days is unnatural. I'd argue that is the root problem. And to respond to the first image of the comic, that nobody lives past 30, some thing
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by dcolgan 9y ago
I think some nuance here is needed. My understanding of "natural" primarily comes from an understanding of evolutionary history. If humans have been doing something for millions of years, it is likely to be more "natural&qu
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by dcolgan 9y ago
In one of my favorite books, Antifragile, Nassim Taleb argues that health is largely subtractive - if you want to be healthy, remove unnatural things from your body (sugar, medicines, sitting too much, etc), and only undergo surgery, go to
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by dcolgan 10y ago
I'm attempting to start do the whole solopreneur online make your own business passive income thing, and it hit me one day that I was spending a whole lot of money in expensive places to sit in front of my computer and type. So this y
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by dcolgan 11y ago
I play around with NodeJS and front end frameworks like React for my own side projects, but all of my paying client work is made with good ol Django. It just does so many things well and is very mature. I recommend for production code usi
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by dcolgan 11y ago
This year I want to get my first SaaS app out the door. Just started working on making a tool with my friend for documenting and testing apis. Tangentially related, I've been reading a book called The Willpower Instinct by Kelly McGon
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by dcolgan 11y ago
Some of the books I enjoyed the most and found most helpful: - Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain - Helped me better understand myself and others, highly recommend - The Inner Game of Tennis
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by dcolgan 12y ago
Using Sharpkeys ( http://www.randyrants.com/2011/12/sharpkeys_35.html ) I remap Alt to be Ctrl, the Windows key to be Alt, and Ctrl to be the Windows key. Especially on laptop keyboards, the normal Alt keys are eas
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by dcolgan 12y ago
SEEKING WORK: Remote only (based in Indiana, USA) Hi, I'm David. Together with my colleague Jesse, we are a small but effective dev shop, having built web apps for a number of businesses and startups. We can help you flesh out your i
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by dcolgan 13y ago
Test-Driven Web Development with Python. Very well written and engaging. The prerelease version is available free online at http://chimera.labs.oreilly.com/books/1234000000754 . I've known for a long time that I
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by dcolgan 13y ago
If you are interested in seeing more of the best speedrunners, Awesome Games Done Quick is happening in January. It is a week-long 24/7 marathon of speedrunning to raise money for charity: http://marathon.speeddemosarchive.
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by dcolgan 13y ago
When the url flashed up on screen at the end, I felt compelled to go to your site, so I'd say it worked. Very since production quality for a low-budget video. I would be highly tempted to use this service if I lived in the areas you
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by dcolgan 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote or Lafayette, Indiana Hi! I'm David Colgan, a web app developer specializing in Django. I especially enjoy creating the MVPs for new startups. I am as much at home styling on the frontend as I am data modeling on
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by dcolgan 13y ago
SEEKING WORK - Remote or Lafayette Indiana. Available for part-time work or one-off projects. I worked for two or so years in a young web marketing firm and am now freelancing on my own. I do all parts of creating your website except for t
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Conferam - Collaborative Truth Discovery (Kickstarter)(kickstarter.com)
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by dcolgan 13y ago
Mine is the setup with One Piece characters as OP mentioned. This also includes my dev computers. Our setup is thus: Prod for my LLC is Luffy since he is the captain. My desktop is Zoro since the desktop is the most powerful computer I ha
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by dcolgan 13y ago
Is there a good reason to use MySQL when you have the choice between it and Postgres? When we had the MySQL vs Postgres discussion in college, it seemed like the only reason to use MySQL we could come up with was that it had the larger use
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by dcolgan 14y ago
Polyphasic sleep is one way to get more time. The basic idea is that by splitting sleep up from one 8 hour chuck at night to one or more naps throughout the day can reduce your overall need for sleep. I first discovered the Uberman schedu
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by dcolgan 14y ago
Having grown up as a Christian in the Midwestern US, we were always taught that heaven lasts forever, and therefore I never felt any time pressure. This life can be spent building character and struggling with self improvement and you can

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