BlueSlide | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Is it unprofessional to leave a new job where everything is a mess?
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BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How are you coping with all the (mostly bad) news around you?
I'm feeling a lot better. Leaving my apartment, looking at the blue sky and the bustling people on their way to work. Life feels much better, I'm also not checking my phone as often.
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Her House Is Her Computer Castle: Woman Designs Home with Electronic ‘Servants’
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: Which tools are you using for effective remote meetings?
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Can you share your concise morning routines?
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How do you keep your notes organized?
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Google removes options to always show www in the Chrome browser's address bar
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What Skills to Acquire in 2020?
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What is the dumbest thing you do but do anyways?
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: What do you do when have free time?
What's ruining me though is the amount of time I spend resting, drinking, smoking, or on Reddit. I'm trying to get a fun routine, or switch out the bad habits for good ones, setting myself evening goals.
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Show HN: HN Pop Quiz – Useless Trivia Quiz about Hacker News
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: I cannot stop pursuing ideas and it’s ruining my life
I use Trello, and have found organising ideas by value and difficulty has eased the burden of having 100+ side projects.
So.. I have multiple columns identifying which projects I will work on: "backlog", "will do", "won't do", "in progress", and "finished".
The "tickets" are also colour coded by difficulty: green - easy, orange - few days/week, red - few weeks/months.
Depending on how much time I think I will have free in the next few weeks, I pick a difficulty, and will only work on ONE project at a time (This is the only rule that stops me picking things up then abandoning it half way through).
I haven't been doing red projects in the past few months as they require more energy than I currently have, the green ones are the most fun, usually done in a night or a weekend, then I will not start another project until the next week to give myself a rest.
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Ask HN: How did you learn to touch type as a programmer?
I find with programming I make an incredible amount of mistakes as I'm typing and thinking ahead at the same time, leading to me to spamming the backspace every few words (maybe I should pay more attention).
To get good at touch typing, I believe it's just practice without getting lazy, as in, pay attention to the fact you're touch typing, maintain good habits, and prevent bad habits.
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: Smart ovens have been turning on overnight and preheating to 400 degrees
BlueSlide | 6 years ago | on: First AI universe sim is fast and accurate – its creators don't know how
BlueSlide | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Do these services already exist
1. Council/Local government websites sometimes include a comment thread.
2. Probably not, usually it's done via social media, e.g. Twitter mention.
3. Doubt it, that would be a personal arrangement.
BlueSlide | 8 years ago | on: End up inside a worm
BlueSlide | 8 years ago | on: Show HN: I built a cool thing, does the readme make me a sellout?
BlueSlide | 8 years ago | on: Job Scheduling as a service
BlueSlide | 8 years ago | on: Ask HN: Any data scraping project ideas you can share?
I’ve decided to take a few weeks out to forget about them so I’m not bringing a bad vibe to an interview/new job.
I was told by friends and family not to quit until I had something lined up, but just couldn’t take it anymore, sometimes you get to your limit I guess.