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by hydandata 6y ago
Without any doubt The Art of Doing Science and Engineering by Richard Hamming. I have accomplished more in 5 years after reading it than I did in 15 years before. Much of it I attribute to the change of perspective the book brought about fo
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by hydandata 6y ago
People do not understand exponential growth.
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by hydandata 6y ago
I remember feeling like that when I did not have clearer goals, it felt like I was drowning in the middle of a vast ocean and it did not matter which way I swam. What I needed was a glimpse of land to swim towards, that made all the differe
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by hydandata 6y ago
In no particular order: Sunburst and Luminary: an Apollo Memoir https://www.sunburstandluminary.com/SLhome.html The Brain Makers https://www.amazon.com/Brain-Makers-HP-Newquist/dp/067230412... Str
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by hydandata 6y ago
Writing a book on how to set up a simple but flexible tech stack that will scale without issues. Backend, frontend, testing, team comms, CI/CD, cloud stuff etc. Mostly FOSS. Friends and colleagues have been bugging me to get it done fo
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by hydandata 7y ago
If you think the banks keep 1:1 reserves, you are in for a big surprise. Ever heard of Fractional Reserve Banking?
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by hydandata 7y ago
> When using it for work, did you ever get stuck because of a lack of libraries..? Nope, I did find some to be less well documented than ideal, but pretty much everything had tests and/or examples making up for it. Have a look at Qu
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by hydandata 7y ago
I used it at work[0] for a few years and it was great, but I did not scale that project to large number of people, mainly because it did not need to. Folks at Grammarly have a writeup about how they are using it, it might have more relevant
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by hydandata 7y ago
I love Common Lisp, which is definitely on the other end of the spectrum, but still enjoy Go a lot too. For me it is a perfect fit for writing automation, services and command line tools. It is stable, it is simple to use/write/re
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by hydandata 7y ago
This is great! I do something similar in the evening to relax before sleep, albeit more freestyle and I write it down on paper, but doing it at the start of day sounds like a great way to set the mood, going to adopt it.
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by hydandata 7y ago
Plans are worthless, but planning is essential.
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by hydandata 7y ago
"It is a poor workman who blames his tools — the good man gets on with the job, given what he's got, and gets the best answer he can." —Richard W. Hamming[0] I have rarely "chosen" to use Python at work, but it has
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Ken Thompson – Reflections on Trusting Trust(archive.is)
14 points by hydandata 7y ago|0 comments
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by hydandata 7y ago
Location: Prague, Czech Republic Remote: Preferably no, but might consider for the right team Willing to relocate: No, but can travel infrequently Technologies: Go, Python, JavaScript, Common Lisp, SQL, Linux, AWS, Ansible, Docker.. whateve
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by hydandata 8y ago
I do not need 99% of what things like bash-it or oh-my-bash do so I made this simple prompt. If you like it enjoy :)
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Show HN: Minimum Viable Bash Prompt(github.com)
12 points by hydandata 8y ago|2 comments
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by hydandata 8y ago
YMMV, but I learned these the hard way: - Asking a question can be humiliating, especially if you are expected to know its answer. When a junior asks me something, I keep that in mind. - Things that are obvious to me are not obvious for jun
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by hydandata 8y ago
I cannot notice any delay at 100+ wpm, but one thing I had to get used to is typing key combinations faster/holding the key for the right duration, I still lift a bit too fast a few times per week, f.e. getting 'a instead of A, bu
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by hydandata 8y ago
I have Ergodox EZ and absolutely love it as well. IMHO Dampened Cherry Red switches configuration is almost as good as Topre if not better. The ability to program it has been the killer feature for me, I have a layout that works absolutely
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by hydandata 8y ago
One could argue that this is a huge part of any serious undertaking which requires intense focus.
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by hydandata 8y ago
Also: - Just like on WP, you cannot set some things to open in other browsers. - No extension support, because they know perfectly well what many people would install first, an add blocker.
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by hydandata 8y ago
Not your desired behavior precisely, but Emacs does support recursive edits https://www.emacswiki.org/emacs/RecursiveEditPreservingWindo...
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by hydandata 8y ago
Creating iOS games for my daughter - hugely satisfying, moderately complex and insanely fun.
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by hydandata 8y ago
This is lame in comparison with the cosmic smiley face: https://www.space.com/28512-cosmic-smiley-face-hubble-photo....
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by hydandata 8y ago
Common Lisp UltraSpec [0][1] is another awesome resource [0] http://phoe.tymoon.eu/clus/doku.php [1] https://github.com/UltraSpec
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by hydandata 9y ago
Erlang programming language to Barbra Streisand crashed the browser tab :)
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Introducing Flutter(youtube.com)
5 points by hydandata 9y ago|0 comments
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by hydandata 9y ago
Without an inkling of doubt, Richard W. Hamming lectures and the book based on them “The Art of Doing Science and Engineering, Learning to Learn”. Nothing has had a greater impact on me.
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by hydandata 9y ago
Also check out https://www.snellman.net/blog/archive/2015-07-27-use-cases-f... for some really interesting, but niche, things you can do to classes.
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by hydandata 9y ago
Honestly? WebStorm with Emacs key bindings and several plugins. I use Emacs for pretty much everything but web development is not where it truly outshines other tools :(

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