don_draper

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by don_draper 9y ago
In America rent and healthcare are two big expenses that you can't escape from. You could live in rural areas and then you don't have a job or you do but you're spending most of your income on car expenses.
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by don_draper 9y ago
Real estate is one of the biggest intergenerational scams ever. Be smart and just buy a cheaper house and then work less. pretty simple
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by don_draper 9y ago
You should try meditating a few hours a day.
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by don_draper 9y ago
I question the assertion that allowing things to fail like big banks or China would be bad in the long term. And this is economics, which like religion, isn't an exact science so neither of us know for sure.
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by don_draper 9y ago
It's an engineering company that does math/science stuff along with regular software development.
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by don_draper 9y ago
I haven't done standup in 6 months and I just feel generally better. Where I work you just report to the tech lead every 2 or 3 weeks. So much nicer than daily standups. Could you imagine other professions doing what we do?
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by don_draper 10y ago
I went from being the most anxious, scattered mind person in the room to the most calm and focused. I went all in - 4 hours a day for over a year. But it's made a huge difference. It's given me many insights into life - one of w
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by don_draper 10y ago
I don't know how Amazon succeeds if those rates are true. My experience has been that any company with a turnover like that is going to have a ton of tech debt.
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by don_draper 10y ago
You said there's no way to rationalize it, but it depends on the person. For some becoming more mindful allows you to see bad mental habits that may contribute to the anxiety. Once you are mindful of these you are empowered to change
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by don_draper 10y ago
I'd argue it's not even how good you are but how good you negotiate. If you negotiate well transparency is not in your interest.
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by don_draper 10y ago
Don't forget to estimate and log your work
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by don_draper 10y ago
It's interesting to me that fear (even paranoia) was useful for our species for a long time. But now in modern society it actually is used against us.
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by don_draper 10y ago
Anecdotally, I use Google Fi in the DC are and love it.
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by don_draper 10y ago
Net Neutrality means the Internet should be treated as a utility and not a luxury.
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Just 52 tech workers donated to Trump's campaign(money.cnn.com)
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by don_draper 10y ago
Any UI that is not honest with users is a bad thing. I use this service and I know that my original is no longer there when I allow Google to delete my local files but maybe i'm the exception. I will add that it depends on your persp
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by don_draper 10y ago
The code is so clean and simple. This is great PR for the company. I want to work there.
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by don_draper 11y ago
As more data is indexed the system "learns" what makes a relevant search based upon the words in each document. Though I agree the definition of learning in a machine learning context is kind of grey.
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by don_draper 11y ago
Anybody know how these companies continue to get money from investors? SolarCity, Tesla, Sun Edison lose money year after year. None of them are profitable. And they won't be for years. I guess the thinking is that once, or if, they
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by don_draper 11y ago
Quick tip for hackers: Cook big meals and then freeze the rest in many small bags for later meals.
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by don_draper 11y ago
I'll bet a lot of people take these drugs not because they have to but want to. They want to look the part for work, or talk to the hot chick in the bar.
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by don_draper 11y ago
Everyone is different and there is no single elixir to solve all problems, but meditation helped me greatly.
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by don_draper 11y ago
It would help if I saw a real world problem and how you can solve it Lisp and not in say Python.
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by don_draper 11y ago
I'm in my early 40s and I don't have a problem finding work. I tend to work for big companies though. I would like to work at smaller, startup-like companies in the future, but it sounds like there is bias against older workers
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by don_draper 11y ago
Warning: It's a paywall.
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by don_draper 11y ago
Meditate 2 hours a day. Be patient and you'll see a dramatic difference.
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by don_draper 11y ago
This probably isn't a movement. But my gut tells me somebody is going to create a truly open and free network. And once it's established it will feel like it was inevitable.
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by don_draper 11y ago
Another good question: Why are S&P500 stock dividends so low? The average S&P500 stock dividend yield is like 2%. In theory, you buy stocks to receive earnings. But if companies only give out a fraction of those earnings, you as a
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by don_draper 12y ago
The very definition of being a victim of their own success
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by don_draper 12y ago
Uber is super easy to use and it helps prevent DUI's. nuff said

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