uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: Ten Years of Instapaper
Instapaper has highlighting, which I can later export to Evernote etc
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uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: GTD in 15 Minutes – A Pragmatic Guide to Getting Things Done
I usually point people at Zen to Done, it takes an incremental approach to setting up the system instead of throwing the whole thing at you.
https://zenhabits.net/zen-to-done-ztd-the-ultimate-simple-pr...
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: A Beginner´s Guide to Getting Things Done
Your next action might be, "research steps to becoming a dank ass motorcyclist".
And if that's too broad, could break it down to "look for beginner motorcyclist YouTube channels / subreddits", or "look for motorcycle coach"
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: How Seattle Got More People to Ride the Bus
Tax breaks for companies that implement 4 day work weeks / off peak commute times / WFH days?
If I ran a company I'd want my employees to have shorter commutes anyway. A stressful drive in the morning can't be great for productivity.
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow $350
I did put the referral link in the article :)
Doubt it'll make up the difference but it could soften the blow a bit.
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: Gaming Robinhood’s Free Stock Promotion – Or, How to Blow $350
I didn't find anything in the TOS strictly forbidding it, though I wouldn't be surprised if I overlooked it. I figure it's still a win for Robinhood if they get more sign-ups.
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: Interview with Mr. Money Mustache
Financially independent is the phrase I'd use.
Enough money so you don't 'have' to work to survive
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: Developer Manifesto – You Are an Artisan, Not an Engineer
I like the term craftsman
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: The Rise of the Thought Leader
"Typically, the IYI [Intellectual Yet Idiot] get the first order logic right, but not second-order (or higher) effects making him totally incompetent in complex domains."
https://medium.com/incerto/the-intellectual-yet-idiot-13211e...
uberstuber | 8 years ago | on: How we invented new ways to teach Japanese
Heisig's book for recognizing characters worked well for me.
Picking the right pronunciation on the other hand...ends up being totally reliant on if I know the vocab word or not.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Two-part Rubik's algorithms
Ryan Heise has a nice guide to solving the cube without memorizing algorithms (using conjugates and commutators).
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: New Study Finds Performance-Enhancing Drugs for Chess
The only addictive thing there is the caffeine from coffee.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Kalzumeus Software Year in Review 2016
Not exactly what you were asking for, but along those same lines. There are a set of skills which improve basically any career path--I've seen them called meta-skills, or super skills.
Off the top of my head: Leadership, Public Speaking, Persuasion, Writing, Storytelling, Design, Mental models, Systems thinking, Mental focus, Nutrition/Exercise, etc.
Getting decently good at one (or more) of these won't take too long and will have immediate benefits to your current work and even your personal life.
Maybe try to find some aspect of marketing that you are interested in; it's a large field full of topics I'd imagine programmers would find interesting.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Launchaco – Instantly generate a responsive, free, website
Love the builder! Wish I had seen this a week ago.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Facebook blocks links to B.S. Detector, fake news warning plugin
A plugin like this would make FB usable again. Too bad it would get blocked asap.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: The Busy Person’s Lies
“To me, ‘busy’ implies that the person is out of control of their life.” – Derek Sivers
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Lessons Learned from Shenzhen I/O
Japanese was first written in kanji (borrowed Chinese characters), with the syllabaries created hundreds of years later. Though you could say modern Japanese is encoded as a syllabary.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: The Oppressive Gospel of ‘Minimalism’
There's aesthetic minimalism and lifestyle minimalism. These two can overlap but often they clash, and are largely different movements.
I'm trying to figure out why minimalism gets such a negative reaction from people. Is it because aesthetic minimalism is too popular on instagram/tumblr, and now it's cool to hate on the popular thing? No one's forcing you to get rid of your stuff, no one's forcing you to read minimalism blogs.
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: Ask HN: To those who became fluent in a second language, what did you do?
Check out http://www.antimoon.com
uberstuber | 9 years ago | on: How to Build Deep Focus Into Your Organizational Culture
I'd second the recommendation, it made me reschedule my day to ensure I consistently have 'deep work' time.
I took some rough notes if you don't have time to read the whole book right now: