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I run a fair number of workshops and events. Hope this isn't condescending. Define your goals really clearly and specifically, and then do as much preparation and structure as necessary to achieve those goals. The trick here is to just skip… [more]
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Francie Larrieu Smith. [more]
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iotic, I'm happy to file a bug/enhancement request myself regarding our mobile site. Would you say that the desired functionality here would be that, when you are copying and pasting a link from the URL bar of your mobile browser, the link should be… [more]
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I brought this conversation to the attention of Wikimedia's product manager for mobile, Phil Chang, in an IRC office hour we're holding right now (#wikimedia-office on Freenode). [sumanah] I'd like to help bring this conversation into Wikimedia's… [more]
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can I do this? Yes. taking 6 years to finish a BS degree that I don't even know if I can complete just feels embarrassing I know that, from your perspective right now, it feels embarrassing. But think about it this way: when… [more]
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Tact filter? [more]
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I was really confused, and I assumed I didn't understand... It took a surprising bit of back-and-forth before I realized (to myself), "Oh, you're just wrong!" I was just thinking about self-assurance, expertise, confidence, risk… [more]
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Advice from MeFi user finnb, who did his PhD outside the US. [more]
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Technology is an ecology. It's a bunch of moving parts that fit together -- sometimes well, sometimes badly. Neal Stephenson said that learning Unix is more like learning anatomy than like learning physics, and I find that true of technical… [more]
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Have you ever managed other people? You can get experience in management in volunteer projects and those skills do transfer (not 100%, but substantially) to the workplace. [more]
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I'd heard about Hoder before but hadn't gotten such a full picture; I'm with arcticseal in hoping that this publicity positively affects Hoder's situation. Re: Jimmy Wales, the main beef with him is the appearance that he has taken a massive… [more]
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edgeways, "facebook -duh" sounds like a command-line variation that will allow me to read Facebook while minimizing its cognitive load. [more]
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In 2011, the Wikimedia Foundation hired me as its volunteer development coordinator, to work with the MediaWiki development community. In May, I met for the first time two of my colleagues who had related jobs in the engineering department: the… [more]
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but you don't want the surgery and you like it when they come by. nobody, you made me tear up a little. [more]
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What smartphone gives me root, has an OS that'll be around in 2 years, & won't crash too much?
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Zed, re The Big U: For anyone who's tempted, realize that there was a very good reason Stephenson refused for years for it to be reprinted. (I assume the pile of money he was being offered for reprint rights eventually got too big to ignore.)… [more]
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"Handball party" in case you were quietly wondering, as I was. [more]
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Spolier! [more]
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Also check out ScraperWiki and its tutorials (languages they help you with: Python, PHP, & Ruby). [more]
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For future reference: your insurance card may have on it a phone number for a 24-hour advice nurse. If so, keep that in mind for the next time you're dithering on whether to go to the emergency room, or otherwise trying to figure out how urgent your… [more]
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I was often into guys who hadn't dated at all. I would say straight out, "I'm attracted to you!" and sometimes I got rejected and sometimes it led someplace more interesting. Rejection is not death, and embarrassment is not death. Some… [more]
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Brainwane, sadly I don't really lose myself in doing anything that could conceivably be construed as a job (does reading or walking through the woods count?) Although your advice to look for positives rather than negatives is sound. As you try to… [more]
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A big reason I press the point: Relevant career Venn diagram. If you love something, and then discover (via us or other advisors or research) that there's a way to get paid for it, then you'll be passionate and motivated and supported enough to work… [more]
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A few ideas on how to get past the cross-cultural problems, seconding a few commenters above: Yes, go there and physically meet them. Try to socialise with them, eat with them, and help them see that you're a real person who wants real… [more]
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An archive of The Blue And White that includes "On The Street Where You Live," in which the author walks the length of Broadway. We are tantalizingly close to the end of our trek and elated to find ourselves in front of 2 Broadway. We rush toward the dimly glowing storefront that we think must be One. What could be at One Broadway? What treasures could it hold? Apparently: tortilla chips and guacamole. It's a Chipotle. One Broadway is a Chipotle. obNYT. I've done the walk, from the tippy-top of Manhattan southwards to Battery Park. Wish I could join you for this, but, work. Enjoy! [more]
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Currently loving a few ten-dollar reds: Our Daily Red blend (wordplay!) and the Cycle Buff Malbec/Shiraz blend (serious poster imagery). Yay learning to love wine, and thank God for screwcaps. fyrebelley -- did you listen to the "Three"… [more]
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Get your boss and HR in the same room and explain that no one is handling the Emily situation and that it's the biggest risk in the project. If your boss doesn't put her on a performance improvement plan within two weeks, start looking for a new job… [more]
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Tea, a funny podcast or short story or TV show or blog, sunshine, seltzer water, doing a quick mindless yet productive task like cleaning a particular spill's stain residue off hardwood floor or organizing the t-shirt drawer, hugging, peppy music,… [more]
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WisCon
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Perhaps you think this will be cheaper than getting a lawyer. Given that this happened to other people in addition to you, could you contact them and band together to get a lawyer's services? Perhaps you want to make sure your boss receives the… [more]
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Yeah, you might want to try being an office manager. Also, on your resume, you can list volunteer positions under Experience if they were somewhat substantial, and perhaps yours were! If you choose three industries to research (meetup.com, salary… [more]
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Glad you liked "Theories," mearls! A few more of my bookmarks: Erin Ptah's Colbert Report archive includes "The Thing With Feathers" (do you like Pratchett?), the fifth time Jon terrified Stephen, and "In… [more]
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My bookmarks at Archive Of Our Own, which mostly hosts fanfic. Theories About Nuclear Winter, part I and part II. Calvin & Hobbes. Excellent. [more]
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Oh, hold on, I thought you had meant to ask "how can I pass for an Indian Hindu?" (you can't, you're white) and I missed the part where you lied and said you were a Hindu when you've given like five seconds' thought to converting. Never… [more]
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You're white. You're going to stand out. People will stare at you. This may or may not be because they are offended, at your presence and/or at your behavior. You may not be able to tell. But I figure, if you identify as a Hindu then it's not… [more]
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Some thoughts from Karl Fogel's Producing Open Source Software, on how to do consensus-based democracy (including discussion of polls and votes), how to deal with small factions of noisy people, handling difficult people, and getting the… [more]
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Seth Godin's recommendation. [more]
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At least one friend of mine liked Kanji Damage, created by another friend of mine, for learning kanji. [more]
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Cisgender woman here. I love being straightforward and people who are straightforward with me. I prefer that straightforwardness to be verbal -- much clearer. And I have asked whether I could kiss someone (sometimes I've been rejected) and guys… [more]
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I notice a lot of men haven't piped in here to tell you they have the same issue. I don't know what that means - just noting the fact. Many, many dudes have this problem. If they're with friendly and compassionate partners, it's a minor… [more]
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In a twist on b33j's comment: my dad died in July. He was an incredibly erudite man, author of several books, civil engineer, Hindu priest, comparative theologist, philologist, amateur programmer, public speaker, community leader, &c., &c.,… [more]
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I grew up in a family that practiced traditional Indian astrology and my mom did palm reading, both of which I thought were bunk. I eventually decided that the Indian immigrants who came to my mom and dad for castings and readings generally… [more]
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I imagine that you'd follow this progression: * Enjoy lovemaking with a patient woman who likes you. Do fun things that don't require an erection. Eventually gain confidence and lose self-consciousness, and find that hey huzzah there's your… [more]
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Previously. Where physically are you (US? Asia? South America? elsewhere? Largish city, small town, rural?) and are these the same people over and over again commenting on your dietary preferences, or do you just hate that it always comes up and… [more]
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Another word to look up is "unconference." [more]
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My partner and I heard about this yesterday and spent minutes saying OMFG YES YES YES. And UC Berkeley represent! If you like Twain's nonfiction (including his Ben Franklin and Cooper critiques) and you like travel, Innocents Abroad is… [more]
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Recommend independent or well-treated Astoria cleaners
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The Middleman [more]
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Bengali scientist and author Jagadish Chandra Bose. Wrote sci-fi, did groundbreaking physics and botany, all while Great Britain had India under its boot. [more]
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I'm biased, but my partner's book RESTful Web Services might be useful as a resource. [more]
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