My husband, who works as a network engineer at a university, told me his student interns peer pressured a new intern into installing Linux OS on the windows machine just so he could be a “real” programmer. He doesn’t normally care except the installation wasn’t successful even after they wasted over two hours. On top… Continue reading Why “you must use Linux to be a ‘real’ programmer” is such a myth
I’ve been doing yoga for a few years. Because of my work I sit too much and this is causing too much pressure for my lower back. I experience lower back sore & pain from time to time. Here are some yoga poses that help my lower back feel better The bridge pose with a block underneath… Continue reading Yoga poses that help my lower back pain
In the past when I was stressed out at work due to certain situations or people, I often swept it under the rug. Recently I started challenging myself to deal more directly with my emotions. Unresolved emotions hold on to me more strongly than perhaps normal people. It keeps me up at night and I’ve… Continue reading Stress at work
1. You can’t help someone who is not taking responsibility for helping themselves. Sometimes, no matter how much you give, the other person doesn’t seem to meet you halfway. It seems like the more you try to help them, the more they stay the same, or worse, regress. Maybe they have become so used to… Continue reading How to Help Others Without Compromising Yourself
第一次看《滚滚红尘》时很小，还不懂什么叫少女情怀。三十出头再看心中别是滋味。在美国这么多年，但少女时期的初恋还是用中文描述的。那时写了三年的可以叫作情书日记吧。每天对着比自己大十四岁的初恋情人写一篇日记。做梦的年代。叫做梦的年代因为那时随手写就是散文。万物一切都有感情。天天都有时间静下心来，倾听自己的心声。再看《滚滚红尘》唤醒了我的少女情怀。这种影片是不是美在它能捕捉并保存这种情怀呢？无论时代或历史都无法改变有诗的心灵。一种浪漫，一种幻想，一种美好，藏在心底无法抹杀。很多音乐都可以唤醒那种感觉。那种感觉能让时间停留。当我处在那种心境中，我觉得我从未长大。虽然我已经许多年没有碰琼瑶的书了，也不再看以前的日记。可有过的情怀没有丢弃。看琼瑶的时候，家长们都警告看这种书会中毒。看来这就是我的毒，一生的毒。
I started this week as a frontend developer for the parents.com team at Meredith. It’s been a very fun week. The people are super nice and I got my local workspace & server set up in 2 days to which the local considered a new record. I got my computer & keyboard elevated so I… Continue reading Had a great first week at Meredith
I’m trying to figure this out. Was the subject for this email intentional? I hope he’s talking about pucca – you know the character I use for my twitter account. There is a remote chance he has seen my twitter account and is referring to that. But it’s not an avi. So what does he… Continue reading Interesting recruiter email
This post has been targeted by comment spam bot probably because of the keyword “legislation” in the subject. I’m turning comments off. Which driver would have right of way in the following scenario? Two cars approach an intersection where the east and westbound directions are controlled by stop signs, and the north and southbound directions… Continue reading Right of way at a two way stop sign? (RESOLVED based on IOWA legislation)
“Did you know if you push the button on one of the barbie dolls, she will say ‘Math is hard! Let’s go shopping!’ That’s why we don’t have many women in the field of computer science.” – Ted Neward said at the nofluff open discussion and the crowd bursted into laughter. I looked around and… Continue reading Women and Science
Citizenship vs. Nationality Nationality: Membership of a nation in the sense of ethnic group (a group of people who share a common ethnic identity, language, culture, descent, history, and so forth). This meaning of nationality is not defined by political borders or passport ownership. Citizenship: Citizenship is determined by jus soli, jus sanguinis, or naturalization,… Continue reading First time watching the Olympics as a U.S. citizen
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