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Did you see the line near the bottom of the article:
>>However, McCann said her brother had asthma in an earlier tweet on 3 July.
I think a lot of movies now take place in the past to remove the mobile-phone problem.
That's really taking it out of context.
This should be at the top. This is why at home I read about tech and at work I execute tech. There's reading and then there's doing. Reading should be considered a side project when you work full time executing.
This is the big problem I had with engineering in school, so much was based on faith that you needed it. And just now as I'm writing this, I realized that's completely counter to my personality.
side note: I remember Einstein needed to learn particular math skills to help prove his ideas and sought out to learn it.
Bingo. I think this is the only reason it's working for my group right now and people declaring it "successful".
Like someone said above, we have no idea of the long term consequences.
>>We don’t “go remote” with our friends and family as a policy
Not as a policy, but we probably do more of it to our detriment. It's a really excellent point.
I think this is a pretty deep statement and I think it reflects the way I feel as well, and probably many others.
It's because we lack confidence in knowing if our system of improvement is going to work and we don't want to waste time.
I think you kind of need to Let Go and enjoy exploring or maybe just take structured online classes that you pay for.
That’s the plausible deniability part of it.
Definitely on to something. Our minds create ideas but it takes long term effort to realize them. Along the way, our instincts get in the way.
Don't use heavy weights, use light weight and add slowly.
>> I really wished there were that did it with this level of simplicity.
The desktop version of YNAB was pretty much like this.
YNAB is awesome--the desktop version, that is.
Unfortunately, they're going the web route for obvious reasons; but for me, I'm holding on to the desktop version as long as it can run on a Mac, which I hope will be a long time. I've backed up the installation file and my license.
Many applications don't need Facebook/Twitter scale and will never have this problem.
>You can certainly practice improving your mechanics, by which I mean your IDE/development environment whether it's keyboard shortcuts or workflow improvements.
Maybe practicing this allows you to get into the zone more easily since you won't be thinking about the mechanics. Getting into the zone more easily can lead to getting better and deeper understanding of the material.
A guitar player practices repetitive drills that aren't creative to help improve.
Agreed. The incentive to make it better becomes less because users are on the auto-pay plan. Whereas they have to prove themselves worthy of the upgrade otherwise.
When you're addicted to it you just need a fix to put you back to baseline. So the stimulating effect of it goes away until you start having withdrawals.
>>I routinely KNOW I have hit an incorrect key, hit backspace, and correct it and progress with the word
Because that's a bad habit when deliberately practicing. A good typing program should have a couple of modes. One that forces you to keep moving forward even if you make a mistake (and not let you backspace, this develops speed). Another one that will make you stop until you hit the correct key (for beginners or to break bad habits).
Depends on what skill you want to focus on.
I agree. What if you're applying for a Network Admin job? Are they supposed to have a github repo for admin scripts?
>>Why is it inherently negative for an employee to use their job-skills for non-job purposes?
It's not. I guess my point to the original comment is that they might not put in as much passion on the after-hours stuff because they are tired from work; and that doing it because you're kind of obligated to do it (for family, friends) is different from being required to do it in order to keep your career moving forward.
Cooking is different as it's something you do in order to eat--a basic necessity of life. So a cook would likely go home to cook a meal for his family but might not be happy about it.
Software development is not a basic necessity of life.
>>State tax return fraud has been largely non-existent... so non-existent in fact that USA Today reported the state of Minnesota got suspicious when there were 2 reported cases of fraud
I doubt it. Most states are poor at fraud detection, they are likely losing a lot but just don't know it.
I remember watching Pumping Iron, and he was massive alright. And he's 6'2". After he stopped competing, he slimmed down for the movies.
In general though, you're right. Nobody to this day has looked as good as he did.
There are cases where science has proven that supplementation has value--adding Vitamin D to milk, for example. In specific cases of deficiency it has been proven to work.
That doesn't mean more is better. There is no evidence to indicate that the general population taking multi-vitamins helps anything.
>>Is it simple like a urine pregnancy/drug screen test that gives quantitative recommendations?
Not that I know of, you have to get blood drawn.
>>A machine which combines the blood analyser
Yea, that would help a lot.
>> there's a lot of studies done where people deficient in vitamins have lots of adverse health effects
Sure, that's why you should go for physicals. A doctor can have blood tests done to check, then you have a medical reason for taking them.
It's simple enough to get a test for deficiencies, then take the specific supplements you need, if you need them.
He could be writing the book because he wants to make people aware.
I don't understand why people insist on taking supplements when they have no medical reason to do so.
From the bottom of the page:
"Paul A. Offit is the chief of the infectious diseases division of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia"