vanzorn

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Perhaps their definition of their customer has evolved to focus on resellers/manufacturers, and we, the public consumers, are simply a crop to be farmed?

Comment · 7 years ago

Was just about to post fakespot.com -- I've used it to great benefit in spotting some of my purchases that didn't have a reasonably priced, stand-out name brand to choose from (HDMI -> RCA audio splitters, or as mentioned in this thread, good bluetooth wireless earbuds.

Amazon is consistently allowing multi-hundred unverified 5 star reviews for new products to persist, and my wife and I are starting to drift to other, more reputable resources. After a decade+ of Prime membership, this is a really disappointing betrayal of trust.

Comment · 7 years ago

How well does it handle chords? I had a heck of a time covering a lot of my common key combos using a bluetooth keyboard on an iPad pro.

Would love to know if anyone has a good terminal solution for emacs, (ideally kickingvegas' blink.sh/mosh + tmux) ... I returned to XWindows via WSL (Ubuntu 18.04) + VcXsrv for emacs daily use.

Comment · 8 years ago

A few years ago I came across a comic[0] that stated "Serotonin and Dopamine are technically the only two things that you enjoy," which had an surprising impact on the way I look at happiness. I'm still processing the idea that on a fundamental level, joy is just a chemical response.

Long story short, I'm trying to focus on fulfillment, scaling the Maslow pyramid[1], and accept that happiness may or may not be a byproduct.

Money seems almost always necessary for the journey, but I have no idea if it gets you past the first few levels of the hierarchy of needs. Direct observation shows me that it can help a person acquire the trappings of all five, but I'm not convinced about the authenticity of self-actualization or esteem based on materialism.

[0] http://www.toothpastefordinner.com/index.php?date=013111 [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maslow%27s_hierarchy_of_needs

Comment · 8 years ago

As I delve back into emacs as my daily driver, I'm playing with lisp more and more to customize.

Thanks for the inspirational links!

Comment · 8 years ago

Hacker News No Procrastination Settings: maxvisit 30, minaway 30. Eventually I'll wean myself down to 15/45.

But in all seriousness, Pomodoros are great when I'm unsure / keyed up about a new project and prone to wander off "researching."

IME, eventually the Pomodoros inevitably give way to extended sessions with flow.

Comment · 8 years ago

Thirding Asana. Just set up a major series of teams and projects and hooked in Zapier for some automation with a ticket system (Teamwork Desk). While Asana isn't a CRM by any means, we're creating a workflow with Kanban and automation to capture the vital interactions with clients.

Asana has the added benefit of allowing the user to interweave non-project-specific tasks to achieve something of a GTD workflow. It really helps me to get every actionable item out of my head space and assign some kind of priority / responsibility / due date to it.

Asana Premium is a must for the flexibility with custom fields (https://asana.com/guide/help/premium/custom-fields)

Comment · 8 years ago

1. Set a Pomodoro timer (25 minutes).

2. Tell myself "just work on the project/problem for just five more minutes."

3. * Work and allow no interruptions *

4. Pomodoro timer rings.

5. "Wow. I didn't notice time passing."

Almost always, the satisfaction of surpassing the 5 minute goal is enough encouragement to continue for a good long while.

Personally, this works as well (if not better than) changing my work venue.

Comment · 8 years ago

I love what you've done here!

One recommendation (if it hasn't already been mentioned)... easy dismissal of the drop-down. Once I have opened the menu, if I choose not to click on any of the navigation, I cannot simply click outside the <nav> element to dismiss it and return to my content. I'm forced to either engage with the Menu button again, or make a navigation selection.

Tested on Chrome Version 67.0.3396.87 and Firefox 60.0.2

Comment · 8 years ago

Uncaught (in promise) TypeError: Cannot read property 'type' of undefined at value (index.build.js?_v=a7a2d7259113c491b649f58a7c951217:29)

Also playback and download links are 404ing when hitting dropboxusercontent.com URLs

Comment · 8 years ago

A personal favorite on the subject of mental models: A Lesson on Elementary, Worldly Wisdom As It Relates To Investment Management & Business Charles Munger, USC Business School, 1994

http://old.ycombinator.com/munger.html

Comment · 9 years ago

Ran out of ink, did we? Leucchterm 1917 notebooks are awesome for logging / bullet notebooks - especially the dot grid ones.

On the digital side, I was inspired to start using Org mode by following Sacha Chua's map approach: http://sachachua.com/blog/2014/01/tips-learning-org-mode-ema...