pacnw

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by pacnw 9y ago
That being said, there is something for the pressure cooker environment that forces you to consider and learn the hard topics. I have gone back to school twice as an adult, first for a pure math degree, and now for comp sci - machine learni
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by pacnw 9y ago
Second this. I have learnt about so many new technologies from HN, that 1) it pushed me to finally start my own venture, and 2) the technologies I have learnt about and use in my daily stack all came from HN posts over the years
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by pacnw 10y ago
You have 20 seconds to comply!
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by pacnw 10y ago
First, do know that the scope you have outlined is a huuuge undertaking. Maybe think of limiting the scope to start off with (inventory mgmt OR dealer mgmt OR accounting OR payroll). For tech stack, my suggestion is to use a back-end that
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by pacnw 10y ago
The main Vuex docs are quite good, with the included shopping cart example. https://vuex.vuejs.org/en/
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by pacnw 10y ago
I've used Vue pretty much daily over the last year in a fairly complex app (some 150+ components, Vuex store with 100+ actions, full client side router navigation) and it has been pretty pleasant. I even contribute a nominal amount to
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by pacnw 10y ago
> To take one example, UI code is wonderful stuff for adding end-user value. But if you want extreme leverage in your code it can't be the first priority, because it's also stuff that tends to be thrown out frequently - because
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by pacnw 10y ago
Ok, I read through this whole thread and with the variety of recommendations for frameworks and tools mentioned it will make your head spin for sure. You mentioned Vue, so I will talk about Vue. Vue will get you there in terms of any comple
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by pacnw 10y ago
We're surrounded by liquid hot magma!
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by pacnw 10y ago
I have the same problem. The only thing that works for me is working in a set number of pages per day as a goal, say 10. That way, even a medium to large sized book can be covered in 1-2 months.
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by pacnw 10y ago
That's what reviews are for, unfortunately as hosts, in the current environment of rapid expansion by AirBnB, it works out to typically 75% of inquiries are from new users with no reviews. So there is very little to go by when acceptin
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by pacnw 10y ago
Ok I'll bite as this is near and dear to my heart. Instead of showing me a fast webpage with a minimal content, tell me how to make my tons of css and js load fast! That's a real problem.I deliver web apps, and interactivity is a
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by pacnw 10y ago
Having driven back and forth from Chicago to New York a couple of times, I would welcome autonomous trucks driving throughout the night, especially if they strictly adhere to the right lane at a moderate, passable speed. Once night falls,
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by pacnw 10y ago
There is some excellent advice in this thread about how to identify and correct supposedly 'toxic' behavior. What's concerning though, is that if you are unclear on what this means, it indicates that the performance reviewer
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by pacnw 10y ago
What about the Thames?
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by pacnw 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Entire_History_of_You
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by pacnw 10y ago
How could StackOverflow work as effectively for such a broad set of topics with a small community? I suppose I don't understand the point of the article as written.
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by pacnw 10y ago
Here's a problem for you: How do you make it easy to find a close by doctor or specialist and make an appointment? I had to make a Saturday appointment and it took me about 12 phone calls to find a dermatologists that come in on Saturd
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by pacnw 10y ago
I think that time is coming sooner than later. I just opened up FB today, first time in about a week and a half. It seems their algorithms or the feed has changed somewhat, because it mostly shows full posts of what friends-of-friends have
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by pacnw 10y ago
SoundCloud (and MixCloud, not related) offers a lot of home-created content, but maybe more importantly, provide longer live and studio mix sessions by well known (and lesser known) DJs.
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by pacnw 10y ago
I would recommend the book 'The Intelligent Asset Allocator' by William Bernstein, if you happen to find yourself in the position of worrying about what to do with excess funds.
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by pacnw 11y ago
gobble.com, mytable.com, josephine.com... gobble seems to have pivoted to delivering ingredients, which differs from their initial plan from 2011: http://www.treehugger.com/green-food/gobble-helps-you-order-...
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by pacnw 11y ago
There are a bunch of these already, exactly as you described it.
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by pacnw 11y ago
Depends on the time of day! Morning - classical or ambient to not fatigue the brain while tackling tougher problems: Baroque style classical, ambient: Mysteries of the Deep, FAX (Pete Namlook), Boards of Canada, film score (Tron, Hans Zimme
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by pacnw 11y ago
Like eBay? or Letgo?
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by pacnw 11y ago
I think if you're in a lawsuit war with Facebook, whether you lose license to use React or not is probably the least of your worries...
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by pacnw 11y ago
Yeah, I went down the Relay/GraphQL rabbit hole for a good 1.5 months last year, but unfortunately there is a tremendous amount of work to set up GraphQL servers to even get your data out to Relay, and it is not real-time at the momen
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by pacnw 11y ago
I though the scene in the Martian where the stereotyped math/programming wiz plugged directly into the mainframes and finally got a big 'Calculations Correct' prompt was pretty funny. http://www.dispatch.com/
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by pacnw 11y ago
Sounds a lot like burnout, which I have had serious cases of in jobs that demanded a lot in terms of effort and appearance. I would add that since you are so close to graduating, would you be able to tone down the 'extracurricular&#x27
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by pacnw 11y ago
Why is it assumed that all Airbnb guests by definition must be late night partiers, noisy and disruptive to the neighborhood? Seems like those types of comments are made by parties that have a vested interest against Airbnb in particular. I

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