jonkiddy

This made me think of a riddle I once heard recently from a high school student. "What is sexually transmitted, 100% fatal, and literally everyone you know is infected? ...Life."

A truly historic moment. Well done SpaceX!

I don't know how to respond to your comment. I'm sorry to hear about your wife. After I hit "reply", I'm going to turn this laptop off and go downstairs and give my wife a hug.

It isn't clear to me why technical indicators aren't viable.

If you already have a degree and are looking for a MS in CS you'll be hard pressed to find a better program than OMSCS from Georgia Tech. http://www.omscs.gatech.edu/program-info/admission-criteria

I believe that is still functionally equivalent to Group 3.

Once finished you will have the perfect combination of skills for the robotics industry and probably many others. Ironically, I've actually thought about pursuing a mechanical engineering degree after my CS Masters.

Pillow. I spend 1/3 of my life on one.

You're not alone. I had the same thought.

I think the best part of this post, at least for me, is that I had no idea who Daniel Pink was until a moment ago. This is why I stick around on HN. Thanks!

Vue.

Blue dropdown menu on the left side under the main graphic.

Yes. My job is to automate tasks at a cancer research institution.

I have a friend that does this. I'll reach out to him. We're in Buffalo, NY. In the meantime contact me at jon kiddy at gmail and I'll see if I can introduce the two of you.

Provide an online option and I'm in.

I hate printers. I haven't used one in months. However, I just printed this comment and I'm hanging it up in my office. Perfect.

Have you checked out FE International?

https://feinternational.com/buy-a-website/

code.org scratch.mit.edu

I once jokingly told my eight year old kid that he can play video games whenever he wants as long as he has made it himself. Now he's all in. I may come to regret this decision. It is all he wants to do now.

I know this doesn't apply to your needs, however OSX/macOS has the ability to "Invert Display Color" and I use it all the time for precisely the use case you described.

I volunteer as a FIRST robotics mentor, specifically as a programming mentor. I find it incredibly rewarding to see students go from zero to programming hero (from their teammates' perspective). Also, as a web developer, I like the challenge of writing code for a robot.

I have no experience in these maters but I'm fond of FE International [0].

[0] https://feinternational.com/

I believe that the general public does not understand the term computer science. I also don't believe that any CS grad is better off in the job market as a result of the courses taken, but rather is only highly sought after as a job candidate because of the degree's title. I often wonder if HR/hiring-managers will eventual wake up to the fact that a large part of the work that is typically required for such jobs can be accomplished by any dedicated individual willing to put in the time building a portfolio (aka ~10,000 hours) and then learn on the job.

I recommend you spend the majority of your new found free time away from a desk. Then you'll gain perspective as a newly minted manager regarding the human element of software development.

That being said, Rework by J.F./DHH is fantastic.

I'm currently seven classes into the OMSCS program (one class per semester since 2014), work full time, volunteer as a FIRST robotics mentor, and have three kids and a loving wife. I have no free time and life is good. However, if my wife wasn't onboard and encouraging me to go through the OMSCS program, I wouldn't be able to do so.

The Pragmatic Programmer from Andrew Hunt. Very informative book. It is a book filled with opinions/tips from experienced programmers, some of which apply and some don't. The ones that do are invaluable.

I found one with most of the features you listed. http://www.belkin.com/us/p/P-F4U095/

If I remember correctly, there is a scene in the book Daemon by Daniel Suarez where autonomous cars are used similarly.

I'm paid to kill jobs. I meet with a group of internal customers to ask/watch/learn what they do. Then automate the business tasks so that one person can do the job of the entire group more effectively than before. Then provide pretty charts to the managers as they "downsize" their groups.

There is a difference between "water cooler/coffee" as compared to going to a "coffee shop". When I read the article I thought "water cooler/coffee".

I'm regularly asked to "go get a cup of coffee" which is a two-minute walk down the hall to the Keurig machine and we end up talking about family, sports, etc. If another colleague were present, I would have no problem asking a female colleague if they wanted to "get a coffee" with us. For me it would be socially awkward if it were 1-on-1. And I wouldn't dare ask a female colleague to a coffee shop.

Have you checked out https://www.quantopian.com? It is a fun platform to mess around with and get your feet wet with automated trading.

Edit/Addendum: I noticed they allow live trading after connecting your account with either Interactive Brokers or Robinhood.