Another massive waste of time.. a couple of shreds of useful info here and there.
One of those that should be about 20 pages (if that) long for the useful info it has... Sad case..
Shame on the Stanford Center for Longevity for putting this one out.
+ : Learn bridge. Start playing freecell.
+ : Socialize!
+ : Learn a 2nd language when you're a kid - it'll keep your brain in good shape when you're old
Sunday, February 26, 2017
Saturday, February 25, 2017
Tragic End to a Blossoming Career
At least someone tried to be a hero. I have a friend who said many years ago 33 is a good age to die because that was the age Jesus died at. My thought : Jeezus!
https://www.gofundme.com/a645d-ians-road-to-recovery
Home Buying Check List
- Like a house. Don't love it.
- Talk to the potential new neighbours - write them a letter as soon as possible saying that you're considering the house and if they had anything they advice for you? (In Kim's case, the neighbours had seen the flippers slapping on the stucco on the old stucco)
- Play the podcast for your buyer's agent and the home-inspectors!
- Ask the specific questions :
- If the foundation were rotting, how would you know?
- If there is risk of slippage, how would you know?
- If there is risk of sinkage, how would you know?
- What are some no-no's with roofing? If one of them exists, how would you know? If spanish tile has been patched together with roofing tar, how would thee know?
Worst Case Scenario : California Home Nightmare
Kim bought a house in the Los Angeles Northridge/Reseda/San Fernando area and.. (up and coming neighbourhood, near a great one that a lot of NYers were moving to) ($560k in 2015. Kim was moving back. Man! 560k for a house built in 1929!)
(they moved from NY to LA thinking they could take advantage of simpleton southerners, without realizing the southwest ain't exactly the south.. ha ha.. just kidding folks.. read on)
The stucco : was brand new. But, once the recent heavy rains started, it started cracking and so bad that they were sure it was going to fall off. Attorney brings a GC (general contractor) who confirms the stucco was just slapped on top of the old stucco! A ha!
Lesson learnt : The podcast is 5 min long. Keep it handy on your phone and play it the first time your meet your home-inspector and buyer's agent. Ask your home inspector the specific question - if this is what they did, how would you find out about it?
Then, attorney says, sure, stucco bad, but foundation worse - it's rotting and slipping. Right-hand front corner has sunk 0.5" since moving in. Pillar and post foundation - a problem had been pointed out and seller had "shored up" that part of the foundation. (wha?)
Roof has leaked.. roofers say - no good, spanish tiles have been patched together with roofing tar - a no - no.
Spending an additional $6k. Wha? What's that compared to 560k?
This house survived the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Mark Hammerich (new Washington DC bureau chief at bankrate.com ) :
common problem? when housing mkts heat up, strange things heat up :) If bartenders in Florida are in the real-estate game, that's never a good sign.
what to do? First, are you sure it's safe to even live there? Q Fottrell says stay and fight. Sounds like the sellers were flippers. Get em!
MH : report to LA department of homeowners affairs. He asked Holden and that guy said to walk away because litigation can take over your life - you get emotionally attached.
Kim's letter to WSJ says she thought it was worth $700k. Based on current valuation, says $600k. Houses down the street on smaller lots but higher square footage with almost no work done to them have been netting $650k. Sweet.
(they moved from NY to LA thinking they could take advantage of simpleton southerners, without realizing the southwest ain't exactly the south.. ha ha.. just kidding folks.. read on)
The stucco : was brand new. But, once the recent heavy rains started, it started cracking and so bad that they were sure it was going to fall off. Attorney brings a GC (general contractor) who confirms the stucco was just slapped on top of the old stucco! A ha!
Lesson learnt : The podcast is 5 min long. Keep it handy on your phone and play it the first time your meet your home-inspector and buyer's agent. Ask your home inspector the specific question - if this is what they did, how would you find out about it?
Then, attorney says, sure, stucco bad, but foundation worse - it's rotting and slipping. Right-hand front corner has sunk 0.5" since moving in. Pillar and post foundation - a problem had been pointed out and seller had "shored up" that part of the foundation. (wha?)
Roof has leaked.. roofers say - no good, spanish tiles have been patched together with roofing tar - a no - no.
Spending an additional $6k. Wha? What's that compared to 560k?
This house survived the 1994 Northridge earthquake.
Mark Hammerich (new Washington DC bureau chief at bankrate.com ) :
common problem? when housing mkts heat up, strange things heat up :) If bartenders in Florida are in the real-estate game, that's never a good sign.
what to do? First, are you sure it's safe to even live there? Q Fottrell says stay and fight. Sounds like the sellers were flippers. Get em!
MH : report to LA department of homeowners affairs. He asked Holden and that guy said to walk away because litigation can take over your life - you get emotionally attached.
Kim's letter to WSJ says she thought it was worth $700k. Based on current valuation, says $600k. Houses down the street on smaller lots but higher square footage with almost no work done to them have been netting $650k. Sweet.
Wednesday, February 22, 2017
Heutes Wissen
Aus Carl Selinger.. good stuff
Effectiveness is more important than efficiency. I obsess over efficiency - I want to get my setup right so that I get the job done with the least effort. But, it's better to deliver on time even if you have to work a few extra hours to get it done with the inefficient setup. That is - don't prioritize working on the setup.. You can do that later. Credit to me - I'll put in the extra hours ahead of time to get the setup right so I can be efficient. But, I never thought about this.. When other people have to get stuff done and come to me for help, I usually give them grief about their crappy setups that are sapping their efficiency...
Use breadcrumbs *all* the time (as Greg Wilson would say, make sure you can trace everything back to source!) - sure, you practise good self-management by keeping track of what you do and change. How about when you tweak someone else's setup and they later come back saying something's broken? In future - keep track of every change there as well! Tell them, that if stuff acts funny, "use your phone to take video", "capture screenshots". People may not be as smart or evince as much initiative as you. Take that into account!
Thanks Carl : There's a difference between doing things and getting things done :)
Dealing with difficult people : don't avoid them; be assertive; monitor closely to get things done
Effectiveness is more important than efficiency. I obsess over efficiency - I want to get my setup right so that I get the job done with the least effort. But, it's better to deliver on time even if you have to work a few extra hours to get it done with the inefficient setup. That is - don't prioritize working on the setup.. You can do that later. Credit to me - I'll put in the extra hours ahead of time to get the setup right so I can be efficient. But, I never thought about this.. When other people have to get stuff done and come to me for help, I usually give them grief about their crappy setups that are sapping their efficiency...
Use breadcrumbs *all* the time (as Greg Wilson would say, make sure you can trace everything back to source!) - sure, you practise good self-management by keeping track of what you do and change. How about when you tweak someone else's setup and they later come back saying something's broken? In future - keep track of every change there as well! Tell them, that if stuff acts funny, "use your phone to take video", "capture screenshots". People may not be as smart or evince as much initiative as you. Take that into account!
Thanks Carl : There's a difference between doing things and getting things done :)
Dealing with difficult people : don't avoid them; be assertive; monitor closely to get things done
Monday, February 20, 2017
A Little Knowledge Is a ..
What happens when you give people the how but now the why :
Caroline Buckey :
git config --global core.editor "'' -n -w"
Where the -n -w is meant for sublime, not git, though you'd never guess... Tough call here... She and Sarah have done a great job with the Udacity GIT course.
Thankfully, simple Googling was able to nail it..
git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
Caroline Buckey :
git config --global core.editor "'
Where the -n -w is meant for sublime, not git, though you'd never guess... Tough call here... She and Sarah have done a great job with the Udacity GIT course.
Thankfully, simple Googling was able to nail it..
git config --global core.editor "'C:/Program Files (x86)/Notepad++/notepad++.exe' -multiInst -notabbar -nosession -noPlugin"
Better GIT Bash Prompt Formatting than Caroline's
If you set background to white, you might be okay, but, if you prefer the night theme, like I do, you might prefer bold blue :
bolblue="\[\033[01;34m\]"
# Change command prompt
source ~/git-prompt.sh
export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1
# '\u' adds the name of the current user to the prompt
# '\$(__git_ps1)' adds git-related stuff
# '\W' adds the name of the current directory
export PS1="$purple\u$green\$(__git_ps1)$bolblue \W $ $reset"
bolblue="\[\033[01;34m\]"
# Change command prompt
source ~/git-prompt.sh
export GIT_PS1_SHOWDIRTYSTATE=1
# '\u' adds the name of the current user to the prompt
# '\$(__git_ps1)' adds git-related stuff
# '\W' adds the name of the current directory
export PS1="$purple\u$green\$(__git_ps1)$bolblue \W $ $reset"
Ohne Version Kontrol Ist Man Nichts, Gar Nichts
Yikes, wanted to get a hotkey I had at work on my home PC and pasted the AHK script over the one I had and.. next thing I know... hibernate no work... Wasn't terribly hard to restore thankfully.
Wizmo power! Thank you Steve Gibson.
C:\Tools\wizmo hibernate
Wizmo power! Thank you Steve Gibson.
C:\Tools\wizmo hibernate
Friday, February 17, 2017
Greenblatt Was Right - ROE Is King
True, a rising tide lifts all boats and we look for evidence that confirms our hypothesis..
His magic formula told me to buy Cisco and Capella. I wish I had.
He called out Viacom as well - which is poised nicely right now.. ;-)
Thursday, February 16, 2017
Steve Skiena and Mobiletainment : Data Structure Tradeoffs
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Linked-List
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Linked-List
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Linked-List
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Linked-List
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Search
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O(1)
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O(1)
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Delete
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O(1)
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O(n)
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O(n)*
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O(n)
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Successor
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