jarrettch

One of the bigger points he makes is putting in the hard work and eventually you'll get to a place where that thing develops into your passion and affords you lots of free time, flexibility, autonomy, respect, etc...

Has he ever given a talk or written a blog post that gave pointers/tips on giving awesome talks? A lot of it is practice, I'm sure, but just curious. Did a quick search and couldn't find much, although I did find some good suggestions for running a successful conference.

Made me wonder about the stores/restaurants I frequent here that do charge, apparently they're still ok to do so after 2015(link from the comments in your linked post): https://oag.ca.gov/consumers/general/credit-card-surcharges

Anecdotally, I worked at a company store years ago where we would charge customers paying with cards a 2.75% fee, which is what we were paying. And that store was operated by a Fortune 500 company.

Also, virtually every small private business I go to in Los Angeles charges some fee, or has stipulations, for credit card transactions.

I also recently picked up The Daily Stoic book, which does help me get into a Stoic "mindset" (for lack of a better term) to start my day. Although with the way Meditations by Marcus Aurelius is written, you could almost just open up to a random page each morning, read a passage and reflect. But so far I've enjoyed this book.

There's also Naltrexone which supposedly blocks the receptors that alcohol reacts to so you don't get the "good" feeling of alcohol.

I think it's more important for people to understand WHY they're drinking though, instead of masking it or using drugs to fix it. This is probably a conversation for another thread though.

When I first started learning this stuff, I started a blog. I made maybe 3 posts before giving up on it, thinking about how much I didn't know, how that everything I could write about at the time was probably covered elsewhere and better, etc.

Several years later I regret giving up.

A lot of writing is writing for yourself. Obvious benefits to that, one of which is hopefully you get better at communication, which is huge in life in general, not just a career as a dev on a team.

Another is learning through teaching or keeping a record. I've probably forgotten a bunch of things over the years that, had I written them in my blog I may remember, or at least know where to find the post instead of scouring the internet looking for another post by someone else that I used to helped me solve a problem.

Potential employers may like seeing a blog as well. You can tell someone you're passionate about x, but where's the proof of that passion? It may not be the most in depth blog like Dr. Axel Rauschmeyer's, but it'll still show what you know. And you never know who's reading, so you may help someone in the process.

The internet is already filled with "litter" or useless things. But if you're getting use out of it then that's the main point to focus on.

She was used to iPads, but one day I gave her my Android tablet. She was upset at first because things are slightly different, but adjusted quickly. I was shocked at how fast she picked it up.

When our DB is being updated, or our staging instance is gonna be down briefly, or "Here's an article about security updates just released for x," there isn't huge engagement. You know, stuff that actually affects my work as a dev.

I really don't want to see highlights of "@channel can someone dog sit for the weekend? here are pictures!" or similar things that aren't pertinent to work.

I know MLBAM has a bunch of data they keep to themselves, but I should definitely be able to find something to play with here. Many thanks for sharing!

Sad day to me, but as an open source tech, I hope and trust it will continue to live on.

It sounds like the company landed at Stripe. Good for them. Glad they weren't left out in the cold.

Thank you all very much for your hard work. In my short period of time I have had using RethinkDB, it's been a pleasure to work with.

In the dark days of online poker after they shut down a lot of the payment vendors, I'd get shady looking checks from some middle man that I had to wait weeks for at times(never played/won enough to need wire transfers or fancier methods). That was horrible.

I've had withdrawals from DraftKings that take a day or two and go straight to my credit card or PayPal account. FWIW I play in California.

Edit: To be fair, paper check withdrawals did get faster as time wore on. Not sure how it is now. I live in SoCal and always preferred the card rooms than online poker anyway, so it's not worth the trouble for me.

Also, as a fan of all sports, I have to say there is probably nothing more entertaining(at least to me) than the NFL Red Zone Channel. Almost no stop in the action, skip most replays, see all the big plays, often in real time. Of course playing fantasy football plays a big part in that.

Hockey is a great game to watch as well with pretty constant shots and action.

Lots of people I know don't understand how I like hockey or soccer. Some can't stand football. Some like watching sports I find boring, but I don't begrudge them or declare that a sport I find boring must be boring to everyone in the world and they're all somehow brainwashed or confused.

Maybe expecting to be murdered is a dramatic perspective to have, sure. Most people aren't murdered. But expecting the people who are hired and paid with tax dollars to "Protect and Serve" but instead kill, beat, or straight up steal from you(among other things) doesn't seem like something we should just accept because statistically it happens less than other things.

One time I got my request accepted by a driver(to leave my house), and they asked where I was going because they didn't want to go to a bad neighborhood. The driver mentioned I was lucky that they were "passing through" and they only pick up passengers in Beverly Hills, Hollywood, Venice, Santa Monica, etc. The driver also said they turned down a white guy in a gang-infested neighborhood late one night.

They mentioned it helped that I had a good rider rating. Either way, they definitely considered canceling the ride based on location.

I've never tried to hail a cab from Hollywood or somewhere in LA headed in the direction of a black neighborhood, so I'm not sure if the experience is the same as it seems to be in NYC or other places for some black people. That ride did make me wonder how many Uber drivers actively avoid worser neighborhoods though.

That machine is much easier to code than a space shuttle obviously, but I still wondered about it. The tech has to be rock solid. Even one malfunction could cause so much despair in a family, and could also cost your company millions.

If it branches out into "Cat Video News" and God knows what else then we may be in trouble.

I think my experience with that phone is the reason I'm in love with the Samsung Galaxy Note series now.

Hopefully with more devs and support, an Android version of the app will be in the works!

I don't understand what seems to be a distinction between daily games and season-long leagues. Season-long outcomes are affected by injuries and other random factors as well(just ask anyone who drafted Adrian Peterson with their first pick this year).

As the article states, you can use this to replicate any website. It's not just isolated to GMail.