dmitripopov

Well, it's do it YOURTself, not yourself, sometimes humor is hard to detect ;)

[1] The post in question: https://www.helpinator.com/blog/2019/08/26/refactoring-docum...

You know, healthy people are flexible and versatile, so they adapt to any situation. In general, running any kind business and being a parent at the same time is normal. But if you have a choice, it's better to focus on one thing.

A bug/prank/mistake as stated above. It would have been a lot creepier if limited to the first sentence only.

One of my customers told me that they use my Helpinator for this. It allows to generate a static HTML knowledge base that they update from time to time and release to co-workers. It's mosty HR inner company instructions stuff. It's not that I recommend everyone to use it that way, but it's a fun experience to know that someone uses your tool in a way you never thought of.

I create SimpleDocServer for one of my customers as a quick-and-dirty Confluence replacement based entirely on Markdown. So if your point is information delivery and you are OK to collaborate on content creation via Git (or any other similar tool) then it might fit your needs. https://www.helpinator.com/simpledocserver.html

Disclaimer: I am the author of Helpinator - a single-source technical writing tool. It is for Windows, but some of my customers successfully use it on Mac via Parallels. It has EPUB/MOBI/PDF support.

I recently added LeanPub support too, so now you can publish the same project on LeanPub too. Here's the blog post about it: https://www.helpinator.com/blog/2019/08/23/leanpub-tutorial-...

There's also a post by Davide Barranca depicting his experience on getting LeanPub book published paperback with LuLu: https://www.davidebarranca.com/2019/04/printing-leanpub-book...

Well, if you saw some of Jeff talks you know that he has a respectable sense of humor. Everything in this post that you are angry at is just plain trolling.

Hello! Dmitri, author of MiniKanban and some other apps here. A brief FAQ:

Q: What is it?

A: It's a desktop Windows app that implements a Kanban board. You can think of it as an advanced to-do list.

Q: Why is it better than Trello or any other Kanban software of which there are thousands?

A: Originally it was a an over-weekend pet project for my own needs. I needed a Kanban board for quick short-term projects that can link tasks to files on my PC since I myself is mostly a desktop developer. I found none.

Q: Why is it not free?

A: I am indie software vendor, I make living from selling my software products, so this one is commercial too. Compared to cloud-based services it's moderately fairly priced, with one-time fee of 49USD, and no subscriptions.

Hello from a fellow Windows mISV! I'd like to say that there are only two of us remaining, but RSDN forum "Shareware and business" is still alive and kicking.

Good chair and regular breaks (with a pomodoro timer) to walk or do some exercises. Standing for a long time actually takes toll on your knees and other joints so you need breaks and exercises too.

I just wonder how people behind this emulator do that enormous amount of work for free. I mean it takes a lot of time from your regular job and your family to do an in-depth research like this, not to mention writing quality emulator code. They must be angels. Or demons. Or both.

Cherry-picking fallacy? You have to perform an experiment controlled by an outside person otherwise you fall victim of a cognitive bias.

Have you tried pomodoro?

It's only good if it goes naturally. You know how it happens - somebody occasionally swears and in a minute everybody in the room is swearing, even baby doll - alike girls. When forced swearing brings more emotional strain that it resolves.

How manageable is your depression now? Does it relapse often? What triggers relapses? If your PhD field, or city, or mentor is a probable relapse trigger then it's better to avoid this path. If your depression is under control now with medications and counselling then why not?

And also it's a very cool place to visit :)

Yep. But it's important to be consistent even for a royal person.

Just for the notice: you keep using "we" through the article, yet your home page tells that you run it solo.

Back in my university years I was stunned when we moved from mechanical engineering theory to practice and it became clear that you need little to none theoretical knowledge to design machinery. There were step-by-step guides on every topic, there were machine parts for literally everything and they all were standardized and heavily documented, so putting up an automatic production line was practically a no-brainer. This is what goes on with programming as well - there are frameworks and libraries for everything, all you have to do is to compose a solution to the problem, in most cases it does not require any science.

Consider yourself a product you are a evangelist of and write your resume like it's a promo. With all your experience it should work like a charm.

Failure is a part of the game. If you get demoralized this game is not for you. Simple as that. It's OK to feel bad for a while, however.

Typically failed founders found something new. Targeted, simple, niche. Learn from your failure.

That giant robot dinosaur absolutely nailed it!

You should start a niche bookstore. So, as with any other product - look out for a profitable niche first. And you have to secure exclusive deals with respectable authors in that niche which is a tough task. As with any other marketplace you have to attract authors and readers at the same time, but it requires a lot of marketing and business skills.

Depression is a disease, not just a state of mind and it needs to be taken care of. The more you let it go untreated the worse it gets. You can try to get out of it by doing physical exercises or just taking long walks (try and spend a whole day walking). It really helps. Exclude sugar and fat from your diet. Fried food too. Get out and chat with friends, in real life, not in messaging apps. Quit toxic relationships if you feel your spouse drowns you. There are a lot of things you can do yourself without attending a counselor. Once you move yourself to the positive attitude, job interviews would change accordingly.

It's too early to bury Alex. Donor immune system may still rise up and kill leukemia cells while leaving some liver tissue for it to regenerate. Not so much of a chance but still...

That's the downturn of Western philosophy that we are raised on. We perceive death as an opposite to life while naturally they are the parts of the same cycle.

Cancer treatment outcome is unpredictable, some patients with a good prognosis die from the disease or treatment complications and some patients with extremely bad prognosis eventually get cured. The science is unable to track exact reasons so we may suppose that certain brain activity may produce hormones or mediators that play a role in success or failure of treatment. So staying strong and in a fighting mood and perceiving your treatment as a fight may be important. Or may not. But still it is so much important from the existential point of view, to not go quietly.

CSI: Cyber :)

It's complicated and heavily depends on the type of relationships that you developed and even with perfect relationships it still may backfire. Can you make money from your hobbies (say, carpentry)? It's a far less stressful way for your family to have a year off your regular job.