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benigerion We bring 3D to the web

The site actually behaved like shit when I resized my browser.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

but I don't like fiction :/

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http://schneems.com/ut-rails

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Thats funny. I'm in Paris, and I'm heading back to school at Stanford in 4 days. Thats exactly 9 timezones.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

That seems like a good solution. As I mentioned above I'm not a fan of stories/novels, but I'll give podcasts a shot.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Yeah I can't even begin to describe how much I think at night. It's when I make plans, collect my thoughts about what happened throughout the day, think about what I have do to tomorrow, the list is endless.

I think that two of the issues is that thinking is fun, and I find that 'not thinking about anything analytical' is incredibly boring for me, to the point where I can get aggravated. So after a while of thinking about my breathing, and random boring, non-thought provoking crap I give up and BAM all the intense thoughts that I was desperate to thing about come back.

A second issue, which is very linked, is the fact that I read a lot. Reading does make me tired, which, I imagine is plus, but it's even thought provoking. I'm not a fan of novels so I tend to read factual books..

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

I also cut down on soda and caffein 100%, and I feel much better overall. I could never go back. I used to get so addicted. When I began my internship I would be going through up to 10 shitty drinks a day. As soon as I completely cut them out my productivity, focus and energy dramatically increased.

Everyone is telling me to wake up early...eurgh. I'm going to do it but I'm really going to miss sleeping in, especially during the weekend where I go to bed at 3-6am on average.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Definitely not insomnia. Just trying to get some information as to how I can get better sleep and not be so groggy in the morning.

Thanks for the links. I had no idea that exercise before going to bed was poor sleep hygiene. The whole no napping also comes as a surprise. I never managed to nap because it takes me way to long to fall asleep but many of my friends do and they find it has really positive effects.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Going to have to get rid of the habit of snoozing and waking up at a fixed time everyday. 6.30 would be pushing it but 8 am should be feasible.

benigerion Ask HM: How do you get good sleep?

Yeah that makes a of sense. I go to school at Stanford, so I'm outside running around to go to classes all the time. It's been really bad here in Paris, where I've been spending almost all my time coding in my room.

And its definitely not at the case where I need medical attention. There are mornings (like today) where I wake up incredibly groggy. Hopefully everything will be better as soon as I get back into my daily routine with exercise again.

benigerion Stanford's Most Popular Major Is Now Computer Science

Or so you think...

benigerion AeroFS/S3: Private syncing to Amazon's Cloud made easy

AeroFS* lol

benigerion AeroFS/S3: Private syncing to Amazon's Cloud made easy

I've been using AeoroFS for a while now, and its been incredible. I got to bed at ease knowing that Drew Houston isn't creeping over my files at night.

benigerion I have the best job in the world

Or maybe it was an excellent post?

benigerion I have the best job in the world

It was a good post, but I'm not sure you deserve it.

benigerion I have the best job in the world

but actually, how do you have so much kudos?

benigerion I have the best job in the world

SO MUCH KUDOS!!!!

benigerion A Response to 'How Geniuses Think'

Thats a great point, and I don't think that the solution is lowering the student to faculty ratio. The solution is to completely revolt the way we see education. Learning things doesn't matter anymore, instead we need to train kids so that they can teach themselves what they are really interested in.

benigerion The coolest or the most worthless invention ever created? [video]

This is actually hilarious.

benigerion Ask HN: Becoming an iPhone app Dev.

http://itunes.apple.com/us/itunes-u/ipad-iphone-application-...

Your best bet is to find a complete course, and as a Stanford student who has taken the iOS programming course, I can tell you that I learnt a ton. Videos are good, but you won't get enough practice. The same goes for book, there are a lot of examples but the learning by example is very limited.

By taking a complete online course, you will have lectures, videos, examples, sample code, and most importantly, you will get homework's. As a CS major, the most effective way that I have found to learn to code is to practice by example, and the homework's assigned in university courses are designed to make you learn and apply the specific skills that you have learnt in past lectures.

benigerion You have an idea. You need a website. Now what?

Tell me about it. I'm a CS major at Stanford University, and I've been asked to co-found or become the CTO of a startup 3 times this week. And that is only counting the phone calls and meetings, emails are another story.