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It depends on what your toilet supply lines are like and if you use a cold water only or a cold/hot water bidet, but a cold water only one (not nearly as uncomfortable as imagined …

I would second this. I read most of "No More Mr Nice Guy", and while I found it helpful in some ways it also was just not as "clean" in my opinion as "Boundaries" by Anne Katherine…

I have difficult times in relationships also, and your post sounds similar to things I've struggled with - general personality / demeanor acquiesce with uncertainty or internal dis…

Thanks for your detailed reply. These are all good points. I need constant reminders about perfectionism and I like that quote.

Thank you, I will check those out.

I have tried a few times to get on the anki/supermemo bandwagon but have always struggled a bit figuring out how to structure the cards. Maybe I just have some hangups with it but …

I always wonder if this is a personality thing... I vastly prefer email (or slack/chat rooms) over phone / in person verbal, with some exceptions for certain types of brainstorming…

I haven't read the book and was going to ask about accurate vs precise but found this helpful article discussing it as it relates to software here if anyone else is curious about t…

I mean that's fair enough, but do you have the same complaint about companies like NYTimes or other paywalled content? I only mentioned it because numerous people seemed to be very…

There is a link on the email collection ad that says "Continue without an email address".

I use Green Arrow engine + studio, by the folks at drh.net, and it can do that very well. You can basically get a hook that will execute your arbitrary code for each contact - data…

It's not always prototypes necessarily but mostly it's about reaching out to people you already know and letting them know you are helping people on the side with software work. I …

I think the simplest is doing small consulting projects. There are often people looking to launch an app or build a prototype or whatever it is where you can work a couple hours a …

Cool! I was just talking about something very similar - some kind of parent + kid project kit box, for busy parents who want to work with their kids on something but don't have the…

Thanks - I've just started watching cs50 and he is great. I've been doing professional software development for 10 years but his explanations finally made some very basic things cl…

Very cool... I've been using TabsOutliner which has been a joy for me, but I like some of the UI refinements it looks like you have. I've always wanted to do this same thing but in…

At this stage in your career is pick whichever one you are going to learn more from in terms of working with great people. By the way you worded it it sounds like the .net shop wil…

I've spent almost 10 years doing software development as a dev, and I've had a mix of good management and bad management, and I have the opportunity to begin growing my team and ad…

I have practically no sample size but my own father shifted into more project management into his 60s and he's as in demand as ever running a team of 10-12 secs. And I've personall…

For me, DWYL has always not meant "forget about whatever else is going on in the world and do your own thing", like their example of forgoing finance & law to study Norse mythology…

This is super cool! I've often thought about doing exactly this but never got off my ass to start building it! The only other functionality I would like out of my own setup which I…

I answered my own question. Bought it, looks great. From the book: "This book should work well with the Django 1.4 series, less so with Django 1.3, and so on."

Is it only for 1.5? Will the best practices carry over for someone looking to understand more about structuring 1.4 projects? I'm working on a 1.4 project right now and while 1.5 s…

To be fair you didn't link these studies you speak of either. Modes never seemed to bother me very much and I've been using vim for a while but I can understand the difficulties wi…