"Switch to Dvorak" .. ha :(
I had a coworker a few years back who used dvorak with vim. I've been vimming for five years, and there's no way I would ever want to retrain myself to use dvorak.
Resolutions for programmers (2012)
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Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#62On the health note, the single most beneficial thing I did for myself this year was to start lifting. 6 months ago I started committing 3 days a week to a strength training program which I've strictly followed since. Making gains in the gym has motivated me to sleep better and eat better which both have had huge effects on every aspect of my life. Not only that, but the exercise has helped a ton with anxiety I've had…
for those of you who might be thinking about this sort of thing around the new year - if you're serious about fitness don't forget to track your calories and/or clean up your diet! if you're chronically overweight, or underweight, you might be just making things up in your head about your inability to lose or gain weight - "what isn't measured can not be improved."
Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#63#3 Embrace the Uncomfortable - one thing I did a few years ago that might fall into this category (as an American) is start using the 24h clock. It makes working w/ remotes a lot easier because you become good at doing the +12 math and knowing which hour it represents. :)
It's even easier if you use UTC-0. Joking aside, after enough usage you don't even need to do the +12 maths. Personally, I'd take using metric over converting people to 24 hour time. My day job involves working with UTM spatial data (all metres) but our public facing outputs are all feet and miles for our American audience. It's trivial to convert but drives me insane when a customer asks if I can convert something from feet to miles. I don't think I have ever seen a compelling reason for the US not to convert to metric. Every other country faced the same expense and learning curve.
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#65On the health note, the single most beneficial thing I did for myself this year was to start lifting. 6 months ago I started committing 3 days a week to a strength training program which I've strictly followed since. Making gains in the gym has motivated me to sleep better and eat better which both have had huge effects on every aspect of my life. Not only that, but the exercise has helped a ton with anxiety I've had…
for those of you who might be thinking about this sort of thing around the new year - if you're serious about fitness don't forget to track your calories and/or clean up your diet! if you're chronically overweight, or underweight, you might be just making things up in your head about your inability to lose or gain weight - "what isn't measured can not be improved."
While I somewhat agree with you, I'd like to add that this is not a necessity.
If you don't want to be serious about fitness, because you just want to be healthier, just do the lifting. This will already be a great improvement. If you become used to it, feel better about yourself and feel like there's more room for improvement, then start watching you diet.
Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#6613. Work on volunteer projects I set this resolution for myself last year, and have been able to work on three projects via http://socialcoder.org/ - feels very fulfilling!
I've volunteered some of my time when I was between gigs, using this site for the UK: http://www.it4communities.org.uk/
[As an aside, it was really depressing to see how smaller charities without adequate tech knowledge or budget get taken for ride by scam artists.]
Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#67Earlier quoted context omitted.
Save by not investing in standing desk.
Huh? Your health isn't worth more to you than the price of a standing desk?
No, of course. I have a standing desk and I don't think it was worth it. Simply a chair with elbow support allowing to have a relaxed shoulder line is good enough for me. I work in short stints alternating with short walks around the room (for some reason this happens naturally). This helps to relax your body and most importantly eyes.
Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#68On the health note, the single most beneficial thing I did for myself this year was to start lifting. 6 months ago I started committing 3 days a week to a strength training program which I've strictly followed since. Making gains in the gym has motivated me to sleep better and eat better which both have had huge effects on every aspect of my life. Not only that, but the exercise has helped a ton with anxiety I've had…
For myself, 1 year ago, the idea of going to the gym 3 times a week was inconvenient and I just did not want to do it. I got over that obstacle by paying an uncomfortable premium on gym membership/personal trainer.
The inner conflict went FROM $60 gym membership/long-term health vs going home TO $175 gym membership/long-term health vs going home. I chose the gym a lot more often then, and I am much more healthy than 1 year ago.
Re: Resolutions for programmers (2012)
#69The whole site itself is chock full of good advice.
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#70#8. I'm currently waiting to see what comes back from fsck on a 4TB drive connected to a Raspberry Pi (don't ask). Drive is 390 days old according to SMART and reporting unrecoverable read errors. Most of the stuff was in other locations but I know there was one repo I was waiting to push... waited too long, I guess.
Also backup your parents data.
Holidays are almost over and new SSD/W10 install went rogue. Old HDD got somehow damaged so bad sectors appeared. Spent good part of holidays playing with Hirens boot CD, dd and other tools.