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Regarding the paleo science, or lack thereof, I enjoyed this talk from Robb Wolf: http://robbwolf.com/2012/03/07/darwinian-medicine-talk-suny-...
I'm sure some see 'paleo' as pseudoscience, but there are definitely people in the community trying to pin down the science.
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If you'd like to learn best practices, check out Hunt & Thomas' 'The Pragmatic Programmer' (http://www.pragprog.com/the-pragmatic-programmer).
To get up to speed fairly quickly on what's going on under the hood, check out Petzold's 'Code' (http://www.charlespetzold.com/code/) and Nisan & Schocken's 'The Elements of Computing Systems' (http://www1.idc.ac.il/tecs/).
I would be interested to know the typical use cases the HN crowd is finding for the iPad. I see it being used in the bathroom, the kitchen, and the living room as a remote. I don't really see many people dropping their laptops in favor of their iPad outside the home however. Do you see the tablet becoming an 'around the house' appliance or something else?
"I’ve found that time management has little to do with “lifehacks” and how you manage your email inbox and more to do with prioritization, saying “no” to people, and clearly communicating the expectations you have for yourself and others."
Well said.
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