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Never do anything to kill time.
"The bad news is time flies. The good news is you're the pilot." - Michael Althsuler
"The challenge is not to manage time, but to manage ourselves." - Steven Covey
Use a vertical monitor for your code editing. Having twice as many lines of code in front of you at once makes a big difference. Most skeptics haven't really tried it. Stop wasting time obsessing about the best coding setup and the best editor. I've seen very poor developers with incredibly advanced typing shortcuts that they spend hours perfecting. They still write shit code (maybe they do so faster...). I use the s…
My monitor is a wide-format one and the viewing angle is quite bad when used vertically :-( (Dell S2409W). What's yours? In general, do you know the principle(s) to keep in mind when selecting a monitor for vertical use?
Nowadays most LCDs use cheaper techs like TN panels that only give a good viewing angle when used horizontally. You have to look for monitors with IPS or S-PVA panels. The one you have has a TN panel, which is the worst kind for vertical use, I'm not surprised that you were disappointed.
Be careful and triple-check that the monitor you intend to buy uses the right panel technology, some manufacturers lie about it and others sell different techs for the same model number.
I have two Dell 2209WAB and one HP LP2275w (in different locations, I only use one monitor at a time + laptop). Both models provide excellent angles for vertical use and definitely use the panel technology advertised.
Use a vertical monitor for your code editing. Having twice as many lines of code in front of you at once makes a big difference. Most skeptics haven't really tried it. Stop wasting time obsessing about the best coding setup and the best editor. I've seen very poor developers with incredibly advanced typing shortcuts that they spend hours perfecting. They still write shit code (maybe they do so faster...). I use the s…
The problem I have with a vertical monitor screen is that I end up craning my neck to see the text at the very bottom of the monitor.
I've only used 22" monitors vertically, maybe bigger ones are just too big for vertical use and worsen the issue you've experienced.
I fullscreen every app I use to avoid multitasking. My terminal (vim user) has opacity so I can glimpse the browser behind it for visual cues on what I'm working on.
Turn off all notifications that goes beyond a tiny status light, or similar. Decide for yourself where to focus, dont let the email, IM refocus for you!
Weekly dinner plans. On sunday or monday, plan every dinner for the week. Shop once on monday. This saves you money and makes it a lot easier to eat what your body really needs.
Social life; Volunteer! Its the best and easiest way to make friends. Period Especially if you have trouble in this department.
* Pick an editor and stick with it. If it's EMACS, learn enough keybindings to be useful and learn elisp. Go through the phase where you run gnus for email and erc and all those silly add-ons. Get your .emacs up to 50-100k. Use that for a few years then throw it all away. Look for force multipliers/secret weapons: * Use an IDE. Yes, this contradicts the first point, but an IDE with intelligent context-based autocompl…
What does this mean?
Last time one of these threads came up, someone mentioned using the privileged security lines even without a first class ticket or whatever frequent-flyer status you need. I just flew out of Chicago and skipped a pretty decent sized line without any fuss from anyone.
Yeah those lines operate via the honor code. No one is actually going to stop you. That said I consider line jumping to be cheating, not a "life hack".
I highly doubt it would work 100% of the time; further, both lines are being manned by federal employees.
Books are first vetted for fit by analyzing the star3 comments in Amazon. Then I write what I will do once I read this book before I read actually it.
I read the book and then do the items. Then I analyze: did this book do what I needed it do. To help me become better at predicting.
I used to read about 10 books/week for the last 15 years. Now I only read 2 per week and many weeks none because I am too busy doing ... and WOW what a difference. I wish I started doing this earlier.
Last time one of these threads came up, someone mentioned using the privileged security lines even without a first class ticket or whatever frequent-flyer status you need. I just flew out of Chicago and skipped a pretty decent sized line without any fuss from anyone.
What do you tell them when they ask you why you are in this line?
* Pick an editor and stick with it. If it's EMACS, learn enough keybindings to be useful and learn elisp. Go through the phase where you run gnus for email and erc and all those silly add-ons. Get your .emacs up to 50-100k. Use that for a few years then throw it all away. Look for force multipliers/secret weapons: * Use an IDE. Yes, this contradicts the first point, but an IDE with intelligent context-based autocompl…
* Compound interest. Friend AND enemy. What does this mean?
When you borrow money, borrow it as late as possible, and pay it off as quickly as possible. Every day you delay, you also pay the interest on the interest for that day. (and so on and so forth, actually!)
Above all, be prepared to do the math.