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Feb 2016

Someone on quora asked:

What do you do to motivate yourself when you are about to give up?

Some things to try:
1. Try to remember your goals - why are you doing this thing in the first place? Imagine yourself achieving that goal. Is it worth it to power through the difficulty and get there?
2. Try to figure out the next step to get there, don’t worry about how many other steps there are in front, just worry about the next step
3. Take a break. Let your subconscious mind stew on the problem for a while
4. Find something that pumps you up. Maybe have a confidence-boosting playlist
Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 14 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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Someone on quora asked:

How do you manage to fit into a team of developers who cannot just understand how to code?

The correct answer is to start looking for a better work environment.

In the meantime, or if you can’t leave, or you prefer to stay and work things out, you have to be patient. Raise your concerns to your superior, and maybe to his superior if you have access. Do your work, don’t be obnoxious. Maybe start keeping a list of major problems you see with the code. When one of those problems does blow up later, point out how you could have prevented it, and suggest to incorporate preventive measures as a best practice. Point out how much less costly it would have been to prevent the problem instead of reacting to it.

Changing an organization’s culture from within is a long, tough grind though, so I’d keep looking for greener pastures

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 14 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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Reply to Westraid's tweet:

@Westraid so were you able to name all 3 painters?

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 4:28pm
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Starting a daily habit is hard, so I’ll just start ten of them at the same time

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 3:40pm
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Someone on quora asked:

Why did Filipino celebrate their independence day from Spain, not US on June 12?

For a while, July 4 was the Philippine Independence Day, but in 1962, it was changed back to June 12. This is to recognize the date we as first declared independence as a nation as the first republic in Asia. Just because our independence was interrupted by a few decades of American and Japanese colonisation doesn’t change it :p

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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Someone on quora asked:

Which hospital is the best in The Philippines?

The high end ones in Manila are Makati Medical, St. Luke’s and maybe Chinese General (I’m Chinese so many of my relatives like to go here)

I was at Makati Med the other week to visit a relative and the hospital is very nice now, they’ve upgraded recently.

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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Someone on quora asked:

What is the best way to find a start-up job in the Philippines considering I am a rocket-internet employee from the Middle east?

There are some events held for startups and entrepreneurs in Manila. One example is the Startup Weekend Manila. In these events there can be would-be entrepreneurs pitching their ideas and looking to assemble a team. Maybe you can attend one of these events and try to get to know the people there

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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Someone on quora asked:

Are you feeling lonely when you program?

If you are feeling lonely when you program, it might be that you don’t really enjoy programming and you might consider transitioning to a different career later on.

Or maybe you are in a company where you are the only software developer in a team, in which case yes you might feel lonely or out of place among other colleagues.

I believe it is best for career software developers to be in a team with other software developers, evolving a code base together. When you’re working with other people’s code and their mistakes, you will never be lonely :D

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 13 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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@iamcrystalene !!!!!

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 12 Feb 2016 11:15pm
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Someone on quora asked:

I’ve been sitting at my desk doing nothing at a large tech company and am feeling incredibly uninspired. I feel like quitting. Is this normal?

A friend recently moved to a new job and told me that they sent her home early because the work for the day has already been done. I told her my impression of that company was that people slack off a lot there and she said “Is that really a bad thing?” I said it can be, because for me if I’m bored or have nothing to do for extended periods of time I would be unhappy. Everyone has their own level of challenge that they need to face in their daily life and if you’re not getting that, it might lead to further unhappiness down the road. To keep yourself entertained, you can take the time to either do some self-improvement (learn a new language! etc) or talk to your manager and see if there is some work that you could be doing while waiting for your real work (warning: volunteering for work beyond your role may have rewards, but it often also leads to people assigning you even more work!)

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 12 Feb 2016 12:00am #answers
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It’s kind of hard to watch just one @TEDTalks. If you hesitate at all, the next one starts playing and you’re like “Sure why not”

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 11 Feb 2016 1:15pm
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AFAIK, none of the candidates speak out against this sort of thing, not even the supposedly pro-environment ones https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/02/10/1551897/18-tons-illegal-posters-collected

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 11 Feb 2016 12:18pm
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Here we go, DEADPOOL spoiler-free review:
- definitely not for kids; violence, sex, nudity, you name it
- as you’d expect of a Deadpool movie, lots of jokes, one-liners and fourth wall-breaking. It’s a barrel of laughs
- the plot is mostly straightforward
- some really nice shots and set pieces
- lots of references and fan service
- great supporting cast; hope to see them again in the sequel
- Colossus and Negasonic Teenage Warhead were great
- I kind of want to read more Deadpool comics now
- This movie is better than: Ant-Man (sorry Scott!)
- Magugustuhan ba ni Mama: NO
- Post-credit scene: YES
Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 11 Feb 2016 1:32am #movies #spoiler-free-review
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Why the hell is Abzan Company in the #MTGO PT Gauntlet? How am I supposed to combo off online lol

[10:02] 2-1 in first #MTGO PT gauntlet. Played Abzan; beat UR Eldrazi, Mardu; lost to Blue Moon. This is a great way to learn Modern decks

[11:52] 2nd #MTGO PT gauntlet, playing Affinity: WIN vs UR Eldrazi, LOSS vs mirror, WIN vs Through the Breach

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 10 Feb 2016 11:46pm #MTGO
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Deadpool — with Brian, Alvin Joseph (@Ristorante Bigoli 4/F TriNoma)

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 10 Feb 2016 10:14pm
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Confession: Sometimes I run my torrent client just to seed

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 10 Feb 2016 7:23pm
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Posted on r/mtgpilipinas: I want to sell a GP Singapore 2015 Mox Opal playmat. Anyone know how much I can get for it locally?

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 9 Feb 2016 11:39pm #mtgpilipinas
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Posted on r/spikes: [Modern] Is there any good primer for the infect deck somewhere?

Sideboarding choices, options, flex slots, matchups, things to watch out for, etc

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 8 Feb 2016 9:37pm #spikes
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Standard protocol when dining out with family:

While ordering: parang onti pa yung order, dagdagan natin

When order arrives: parang andaming pagkain? Baka di natin maubos

After eating: simot ah!

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 8 Feb 2016 12:49pm
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with Brian (@LIDO Cocina Tsina by Panciteria LIDO Visayas Ave)

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 8 Feb 2016 12:23pm
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Reply to a comment by TheOthin on 'I bought the leaked Shadows over Innistrad cards for 20 euros.' on /r/magicTCG:

They’ll probably see first how well received it will be

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 7 Feb 2016 12:00am #magicTCG
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Watching the #MTG #PTOGW stream made me want to play some MTGO, but the client’s so bad it literally won’t take my money

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 5 Feb 2016 10:56pm #MTG #PTOGW
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Reply to aleksfelipe's tweet:

@aleksfelipe i’ll see if i can go

@aleksfelipe i’ll see if i can go
5 Feb 2016 11:50amView post Close

@aleksfelipe i’ll see if i can go
5 Feb 2016 11:50amView post Close

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 5 Feb 2016 11:50am
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Reply to francis_devilun's tweet:

@francis_devilun @momblogger thats going to increase mm’s day population too - more people coming in from the provinces for work

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 5 Feb 2016 9:40am
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Reply to momblogger's tweet:

@momblogger wala bang plans for more/better mass transit? Modern cities like HK, SG, London have a LOT of lines

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 5 Feb 2016 9:29am
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Reply to _briantang's tweet:

@_briantang try mo mag marathon

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 4 Feb 2016 8:50am
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3am: battlestar galactica, a fantasy book from 1988, and a cup of ice cream #bumlife

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 3 Feb 2016 7:19pm #bumlife
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Reply to NetflixAsia's tweet:

@NetflixAsia when can we expect to start catching up with us netflix content?

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 3 Feb 2016 11:57am
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Repost from tangincheek:

democracy is a bad idea

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 3 Feb 2016 2:33am
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Iowa caucus results would be much more interesting to us non Americans if we actually understood wth primaries are

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 2 Feb 2016 6:20pm
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Repost from Mikey_Nicholson:

It’s early days but this may be the story of 2016.

It’s early days but this may be the story of 2016.
2 Feb 2016 1:09pmView post Close

It’s early days but this may be the story of 2016.
2 Feb 2016 1:09pmView post Close

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 2 Feb 2016 1:09pm
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Repost from secretGeek:

Connect to Oracle With These 13 Weird Tricks! (Oracle DBAs Hate Me!) http://www.secretgeek.net/tnsnames

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 2 Feb 2016 12:51pm
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Posted on r/mtgpilipinas: [Modern] Feb 6, 2016 - GPT Beijing at BCI Jupiter Makati

[removed]

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 1 Feb 2016 7:35pm #mtgpilipinas
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2016 Book #3: Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets. I think I actually caught the tail end of the movie for this on cable at some point. Easy read, started it last night to get sleepy and finished up this morning. My reading rate is still a bit slow, I blame Netflix!

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 1 Feb 2016 5:03pm #books
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@Spotify why does your web player still prompt me to install Flash, then goes ahead and plays stuff anyway, so it obviously doesnt need it

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 1 Feb 2016 11:38am
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Finally finished Wind Waker HD, great game. Didn’t bother with the completion, there’s just too much other stuff to do. If the game had achievements, I’d think about it lol

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 1 Feb 2016 8:57am #gaming #games
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This cartoon reminds me a lot of the last project i was on
Quoted codinghorror's tweet:
every time I get a redlined enterprise Discourse hosting contract back for “review”

This cartoon reminds me a lot of the last project i was on Quoted codinghorror's tweet: every time I get a redlined enterprise Discourse hosting contract back for “review”
1 Feb 2016 11:06amView post Close

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 1 Feb 2016 11:06am
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Jan 2016

Why Programming is Difficult http://joearms.github.io/2014/02/07/why-programming-is-difficult.html

Why Programming is Difficult http://joearms.github.io/2014/02/07/why-programming-is-difficult.html
31 Jan 2016 11:12amView post Close

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 31 Jan 2016 11:12am
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Repost from drawadinosaurday:

drawadinosaurday:

#grimlock

drawadinosaurday: #grimlock
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Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 30 Jan 2016 10:23pm
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Repost from tangincheek:

focus only on what matters

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 31 Jan 2016 3:05am
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There’s no place to hide and I’m nothing but scared https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZiOuLynwKb8&feature=youtu.be

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 30 Jan 2016 4:15pm
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David Ramirez I feel like we’ve already discussed this at some point

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 29 Jan 2016 7:20pm
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Maybe happiness is being just the right amount of crazy

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 26 Jan 2016 11:12am
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Reply to aleksfelipe's tweet:

@aleksfelipe active actually ang online community sa pilipinas. it’s just that wala kang facebook :p @switchfollows

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 26 Jan 2016 3:54am
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Reply to 'Sorted cards by first letter. 's' is structurally unstable' on /r/magicTCG:

I sorted all my commons/uncommons a while back, somewhere between 20-25k cards all in all (a good number from pre-Modern sets). Booster boxes can hold like 2-3 letters at a time, i.e. one booster box is enough for all As, Bs and half of Cs. All the Ss needed more than two booster boxes =/

Also, I probably need better storage than booster boxes

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 26 Jan 2016 12:00am #magicTCG
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(@Buffalo’s Wings N’ Things 2nd Flr Glorietta 5)

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 24 Jan 2016 7:46pm
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Repost from GirlForScience:

This is flawless. FLAWLESS.

This is flawless. FLAWLESS.
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Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 23 Jan 2016 5:56pm
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Reply to 'Pretty sure this works: Modern-legal 2 card 21 damage combo.' on /r/magicTCG:

And if they survive the grapeshot, you can still attack for 7!

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 23 Jan 2016 12:00am #magicTCG
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…is it a secret?
Quoted rapplerdotcom's tweet:

Alan Cayetano on Internet speed: May solution, it’s a work in progress.

LIVE: http://s.rplr.co/o0kqvPS #TheLeaderIWant #PHVote

Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 20 Jan 2016 9:43am #theleaderiwant #phvote
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Repost from jesterinexile:

this is how to make graphs that tell stories more than filler paragraphs can

good job @bworldph

this is how to make graphs that tell stories more than filler paragraphs can good job @bworldph
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Posted by Roy Tang under notes at 18 Jan 2016 6:28am
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