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Charlie Stross: Reasons to be Cheerful
Elsewhere on the interwebbytubes, an acquaintance asked, somewhat grumpily, if anything good had happened in the past decade (aside from the iPod).
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Every blog post that took off on Hacker News, ranked by the votes of its best submission. 8,943 posts.
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The best things and stuff of 2012
Great things and people that I discovered, learned, read, met, etc. in 2012. No particular ordering is implied. Not everything is new.
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The Deadliest place on Earth? Surviving The Giant Crystal Cave
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Why is it traitorous to understand the people you disagree with?
Reflections on a phenomena that’s unique to culture-war topics
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I tried coding with AI, I became lazy and stupid
Robots won't replace me, but another human probably will.
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Is There Any Room for the Not-Passionate Developer?
A reflection on the software industry, on the place it leaves for non-passionate programmers, and the consequences
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Fasting Affects the Brain
Mark Mattson reveals the surprising brain benefits of fasting.
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The Search for the Perfect To-do List
Beware the to-do list rabbit hole. It starts off with one or two innocent reminders and ends up with you tumbling down a long hole of procrastination in search of the perfect system. After many years of trying different software I’m glad to say that I’m finally climbing back out of the hole wearing a rather dashing…
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Why Meditation Doesn't Directly Increase Happiness
Kenji Crosland's Blog: Thoughts about personal growth, meditation and mindfulness, the creative process, career development, and technology.
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The interruptible programmer
I’m 37, and I’ve been a (professional) developer for 16 years. You would have thought that in that time, I’d have figured out an effective work style which delivered the desired outcomes (code cut, products shipped etc) without causing detrimental knock-on effects - but, sadly, you’d be wrong. I think the style in…
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Always be ready to leave (even if you never do)
After 7 years at the same company, I'm moving on. But the practices that made my exit smooth aren't exit strategies—they're professional habits everyone should build, whether they're staying or leaving.
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Dead Air on the Incident Call
Silence can mean different things to different people in different situations. In this post, I’ll present a few incident scenarios and explore the role of the incident commander in breaking (…
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18 Months with a Framework 13
I've been using a Framework 13 laptop as my main/only computer for a little over 18 months now.
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After working +1200 hours in oDesk
No matter if you are applying for a job in the real life or through Internet, one point that everyone is going to agree is that cover letters matter as much as a good cv.
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Don’t Know What to Do with Your Life? Seek Bargains (2012)
A Career Crossroads In the early winter of 2004, I was a senior at Dartmouth College and in the fortunate position of having two good ... Read more
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How twitter helped a technology consultant escape from an evil hospital
Security Privacy Surveillance "Sarah Cortes"
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Taxonomy Is Hard
We all have data that we need to store, and then find. Regardless of type, data tends to build up. Eventually, we need some system for organizing it into sensible categories. It turns out, this problem is harder than it seems. In this article, I'm going to be talking
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Writing a Book with Unix
Developer and Author from Austin, TX.
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The F Word
Back in 2005, when I first joined the SUNY Buffalo CSE department, the department secretary was a wonderful lady named Joann, who was over 6...