guangnan

2 karma · joined January 2, 2013

guangnanon Is there any value to a CS degree at 50?

Maybe you can make some video tutorials on your expertise. Saying, I'd be interested in how CNC works.

guangnanon Why the 9-to-5 Day Is So Tough on Creative Workers

There is no such thing as job gets done. There are always jobs waiting for you.

guangnanon Why the 9-to-5 Day Is So Tough on Creative Workers

China is the same. The norm is 9-to-6.

guangnanon A culture of beer and overtime

"You are not 100% committed."

Added to my big-picture_manager RubyGem.

https://github.com/guangnan/big-picture_manager

guangnanon GNU Parallel – The command line power tool

Load test with parallel:

  cat urls | parallel --jobs 4 --load 6 'curl -s -w "%{time_total}\n" -o /dev/null {}'

guangnanon Do the right thing, wait to get fired

If you are not working on the right thing. It's offen a systemic issue with the whole company. You need to figure out the deep reason and evaluate your options from time to time.

guangnanon Save your eyes, start using f.lux

I used to wear yellow glasses for the same purpose. How silly is that. =)

Flux helps a lot but the display side still sucks. I have to adjust the the brightness few times per day. Apple display have a nice brightness control but it's a mirror.