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tjton The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2

I'm pretty lucky that I can ride a bike or work remote. My partner doesn't have either option.

tjton The neuroinvasive potential of SARS-CoV2

This is super scary. Before I read this I was happily thinking hey it's no worse than flu. Now... I'm wishing I didn't live in a huge city riding the subway daily.

tjton Ask HN: If you could start your career over again what would you do differently?

Finish my CS degree and do internships while in college instead of switching to English because it was easy. Biggest regret of my life (so far) that I'm still struggling to overcome 14 years later.

tjton Ask HN: What are the best bio-hacking tips for programmers?

Nicotine Gum is also great - easy to get a very small dose if that's what you want.

tjton Ask HN: What are the best bio-hacking tips for programmers?

Dan John is less dogmatic and a bit more of an essayist. He's got lot's of great advice and stories about staying in shape as you get older. http://danjohn.net/

tjton How do you break the cycle of needing experience to find a developer job?

I worked as a BA until I got work at a non-profit doing lightweight database admin and legacy app administration. Now in my second year I'm helping rebuild our internal apps with react and .NET. I'm hoping to set myself up well for my next position.

tjton Ask HN: Best way/resources to learn Excel?

ExcelIsFun helped me so much! Working with Excel and trying to make more complicated solutions is what got me interested in programming and led to the job I have now.

I've also really enjoyed "Excel 2013: Power Programming with VBA" by Walkenbach.

tjton Ask HN: Best noise cancelling headphones for developers

I really love the IEM from Etymotic Research:

https://www.etymotic.com/consumer/earphones.html

I've been using them for over ten years and only had to replace a pair once. I use the mc5's which are there lower tier option.

If you have ear comfort issues you can also get custom made ear molds.

They really block out so much sound it's amazing. I prefer IEM's to headphones because of the weight and heat from headphones (my ears get hot when covered).

tjton Take Naps at Work

When you get into some routine it's pretty predictable. I like the pzizz app for timing and nap enhancement.

tjton Ask HN: What are your favorite tech podcasts?

Thanks! I'm really enjoying talk python to me. It has a great mix of topics.

https://talkpython.fm/episodes/show/82/grokking-algorithms-i...

tjton Ask HN: What your favorite sketchbook/notebook to store your brain dumps?

I've always liked Black n' Red casebound notebooks.

https://www.amazon.com/Black-Red-Hardcover-Casebound-D66174/...

tjton O'Reilly Books: Day Against DRM Sale

Can anyone recommend a good python book for someone learning Data Analysis/Wrangling? I've listed a few options below.

Python for Data Analysis - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920023784.do - I'm working on this one now.

Data Wrangling with Python - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032861.do

Fluent Python - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920032519.do

Learning Predictive Analytics with Python - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/9781783983261.do

Data Visualization with Python and JavaScript - http://shop.oreilly.com/product/0636920037057.do

Thanks for any comments!

tjton When will we stop using Facebook?

Awesome. Thank you! Can't believe I didn't know about this.

tjton Ask HN: Possible to recover from being a frustrated mediocrity for 30+ years?

I really needed to read this. Thank you.