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leanpub.com/nerdlifebalance/c/fs15

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Rethinking

“Though originally derogatory, ‘Nerd’ is a stereotypical term, but as with other pejoratives, it has been

reclaimed and redefined by some as a termof pride and group identity”

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The Story

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“More ‘successful’ behaviors tend to be held more tenaciously & will occur more frequently.” - Game Theory on reinforcement learning

Unify / bit.ly/1OGUQ5x

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What if what we thought was SUCCESS

was wrong?

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BLACK HOLES | DYNAMOS

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BLACK HOLES

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The 3D Expectation

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Sampling Mentality

Black

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The Infinite Plan

Black

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My code doesn’t work

I have no idea why

My code works

I have no idea why

The Impostor

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M U L T I D I S T R A C T I N GMultitasking the act of trying to talk

while someone is stapling your lips together and someone else is poking you in the eye

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DYNAMOS

DMahalko / bit.ly/1jEGEOJ / public domain

Nerd’s hierarchy of needs

health

environment

mind

Dynamos

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Roll for Initiative

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The Hubris Eraser

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BAD:

GOOD:

The Grain of Sand Factor

Dynamos

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Acting like someone

I’m NOT

Dynamos

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Being someone

I AMDynamos

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The Beauty of Simplicity

Dynamos

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The  Journey

Dynamos

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The  Journey

Dynamos

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You have NOT died of dysentery press SPACE BAR to continue OR ESC to give up AND NEVER FIND OUT how awesome Oregon Can Be

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Ada Lovelace

Gobonobo / bit.ly/1js4vBU

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_why the lucky stiff

Foofy~commonswiki / bit.ly/1js4QEE

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Admiral Grace Hopper

Crisco 1492 / bit.ly/1js59z8

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Markus Persson

SalfEnergy / bit.ly/1js5d25

Official GDC / http://bit.ly/1js5d25

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mediocrity.pop exceptional.push

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The Functional

24MIimage courtesy of RunKeeper

image courtesy of Fitnesskeeper

I love to…

code

work on hard problemsmake an impactmake a difference in a kid’s lifeautomate all the thingscreate fun softwarebuild circuits

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Welcome to the NERD WORLD ORDER

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