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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5137/pdf-link/StanfordAI-UnitOne.pdf
End of story?
Seriously, I hope this gets put to good use by schools for textbooks too.
Boys will be boys.
Willy Tarreau (author of HAproxy) had sparked a nice discussion in the comments section, that time.
Its not like i trust Facebook to honour the deletes, but one must try one's best.
Last year, I lost my dad. He was 57; He died on his birthday. I miss his quirky sense of humor.
For those interested, this seems to be the offer link http://www.namecheap.com/products/freedns.aspx
There's also a non-profit http://freedns.afraid.org/ Though, i don't know how reliable they are.
Thanks for pointing out what.
I'm also looking at Hindu Squats as the 'do-anywhere'/'rainy day'/'other excuse' general purpose exercise.
Essentially, I'd like to know if i should continue waking up with the US East Coast or finally join the regular morning people in India.
Try violently lifting the ball out of placid water.
The water 'sticks' to the ball for a while.
I think this is great idea for a version control book. I work in a dual-vcs environment (Hg, git - Work, personal)
It all started by accident when we moved bachelor-house and a grass mat was the only available sleeping spot left at 2am.
Benefits:
- Insulated from cold floor - never gets too hot or too cold.
- Keeps my spine fit; I've never had a better back in my life.
- Feels really secure - That may have more to do with me being a 250lb fat guy.
- Freedom to toss and turn as much as you want without worrying about whats happening beneath you.
- You can literally crash onto the mat with your day's exhaustion and nothing will break. I've mastered the art of falling into it without breaking bones.
The hammock sounds positively uncomfortable and terrifying from where I'm coming from.
Mark Rippetoe's 'Starting strength" is the bible for beginners to barbell training. Guy called Mehdi has made a 'SS for dummies' -style course, that I currently follow. Its called 'Stronglifts-5x5' and is loved and hated in equal measure by elite lifters.
Saved old PDF manual from his site: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/5137/stronglifts-5x5.pdf
I've gained 15kg on my 110kg frame, lost 3 inches from my 50inch gut, and turned my legs to rock in 2 months of sticking to it. I believe the gained muscle weight will be offset once i lose another 10 inches of flab off the torso. Fingers crossed. :)
My 5x5-Squat went from 100lbs to 250lbs in the same period. My ancestors were farmers, i think.
Healthy eating comes naturally, once the the pain in the rear becomes a constant companion; and an effective reminder of why you shouldn't eat crap. I was a fat person who could never understand how to start eating right.
Like everything startupy, just get started doing stuff and push your limits more and more.
In my day job as a TechnicalLead/PM/sysadmin/perfOptimizer, I do all of the 'non-coding' tasks daily. I guess I shouldn't feel so bad that I do all the non-coding grunt work for my team. They prefer to just write code.
Still. I should create something of my own just to fill in the last 10%. This is #1 reason i've always felt imposter syndrome hanging around real hackers in HN who write code regularly.
Anyone else like me who doesn't quite perfectly fit into the 'hacker in a startup' role?
# Bootstrapped
# Good challenges at work.
# Pays his engineers well because of Day 1 Cashflow.
I sincerely hope he attracts the best talent; he deserves it.
I cant say the same for the rest of the so-called 'startups' in India. Equity/ownership is unheard of in most places.
Note to Indian 'Founders': The word 'startup' is not an euphemism for 'pays peanuts because we are small'. ;)
I decided to choose Mercurial as the VCS for my 'work'. This was a team that had no prior exposure to VC before. And works in a mixed environment. Hg follows the 'one true way' philosophy of Python; so there's just a single command to learn for each task. Plus, Bitbucket's new Free pricing plan for tiny teams convinced me to go with it for online hosting(rather than roll our own hg server over vpn)
Though, If I had to choose a host/vcs for 'my awesome FOSS community project', it would go on Github.
Makes the US military's spin sound like Goebbels all over again.
I've quit watching TV for ages. But oddly, i'm hooked on their coverage for the past 48 hrs, via the live webcast.
It reminds me of the good old BBC (before i found out they practiced censorship)
This is spot-on where I live. (Kerala, India)
The trainers have no experience with proper form coaching for the basic powerlifting exercises.
All the gyms here promote themselves as 'Bodybuilding gyms'.
All the members want to look like the muscle-bound moviestars from 'Bollywood' (presumably to get 'ze girls' :p)
I'm maybe 1 of 3 people in the whole gym clientele(all male) that even uses the Squat Rack. I'm on Stronglifts 5x5 for a month now and my lifts are definitely improving and so is my flexibility and core 'balance'.
Surprising side-effect: I don't feel 'clumsy' anymore.
And yeah, I get into long winded arguments with the 'trainers' twice a month, about why i don't use the cable machines for 'ze body'.
As an engineer at heart, I like to explain the idea to them something like: "You can pimp your cheap-ass car with all the bling you want, but when it counts, the German engine is going to make the difference. Besides, there's no harm in adding bling after you've got your own finely-tuned German engine under the hood"
Yes, its corny, but it got the message across and got the 'trainers' off my back.
The site uses game mechanics to keep you at it, until you no longer need the game mechanics - You just do it everyday without the reminder email or the Badges. They have a one-month challenge as well for those inclined for healthy competition.
750words.com/one_month/accept
Everybody 'wins' as long as they stick it out.
It seemed like the CPU graph seemed to show higher cpu utilization line-trace for the core that was running the benchmarking Chrome process.
That's my layman observation after the patch.