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  • So you want to game the system and get promoted?

    A guide to stacking the odds in your favour to get to the next level.

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  • So you want to work remotely?

    Tips and product suggestions for setting up an effective remote workstation.

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  • Building an Accessible Menubar Component Using React

    Create an accessible Menubar based on the WAI-ARIA design pattern for a menubar widget.

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  • So you want to write a Groom’s speech?

    Advice for the groom to help him create a memorable and meaningful wedding speech.

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  • So you want to build a PC?

    An overview of the main hardware components you will need to build a desktop PC.

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  • Multiple Entry Points in Create React App Without Ejecting

    Create multiple entry points without ejecting from the safety net of Create React App.

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  • So you want to WFH?

    Tips maintaining focus and effective communication whilst working from home.

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      Andrew James

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      Let's see what all the @atproto/api fuss is about
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      The latest posts from my account and others that I follow on Bluesky

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      make a band singular:
      
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      Adam Argyle

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      make a band singular:
      
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      In 2022, the US banned high-end NVIDIA GPU exports to China, wanting to slow down AI development in China.
      
      So China invested in homegrown AI chip production, and caught up in 3 years. Now they are banning buying NVIDIA AI chips.
      
      The kind of secondary effect a ban can have:
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      3 ways to get value out of an agency recruiter when you speak with them:
      
      1. get them to give you a critique on your resume/linkedin 
      2. ask them what skillset you need to improve on to compared to what they are seeing
      3. ask them where fall with salary expectations
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      Inside my Spotify there are two wolves
      Recent Spotify searches - A mixture of rap and heavy rock alongside nursery rhymes and children’s stories
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    26. Jay 🦋

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      What makes Bluesky different: it’s open source, so anyone can contribute to building the experience they want. And even if you build a whole new app, the protocol means you can migrate with your data, identity, and relationships intact.

      str4d

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      The eternally-great thing about open source: if something doesn't exist, and the devs don't have time to work on it themselves, you can just implement it for them!
      
      If they decide not to take it as-is, you've still helped explore the design space.
      
      And if they don't accept it, but you need it, fork!
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      Underwatermelon is far more addictive of a game than it should be
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    37. Abbey Perini

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      The EDS/MCAS/POTS correlation is so strong that I've talked to multiple doctors who expect that one or more phenotypes will be identified with more research.
      
      The one I'll probably fall into involves cranial pressure headaches that can randomly make you go blind. 🎉

      rahaeli

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      She also diagnosed the MCAS based purely on The Fucking Flush and the POTS purely on a "poor man's tilt table" (ie having me sit up and lie down with a heart rate monitor on) because she thinks they're all the same root disorder, it's just that some people have subclinical presentations of one/more
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      “raising kids that feel just as comfortable in the woods as they do in the city” - @dens.nyc 
      
      Love this so much. Stealing it and making it more of a priority.
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