2071
Good conversations have lots of doorknobs
Or "Spiderman Is My Boyfriend"
New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 7,742 posts.
Life, Learning & Writing
Any year
2072
Learning DNS in 10 Years
New talk: Learning DNS in 10 years
2073
Ancient Greek terms worth reviving
Eudaimonia, Arete, and much more...
2074
The D.E.N.N.I.S. system: Résumé tips for Senior Devs
Swipe Right on Your Dream Job
2075
Meditations On Moloch
What sphinx of cement and aluminum bashed open their skulls and ate up their brains and imagination?
2076
2077
Transcending My Father's Abuse
Seeing My Dad as More than a Monster
2078
How much can you earn creating content on Youtube?
Ramblings of a self-taught software engineer2023185 points149 commentsTech Industry & Business details
Truth time! I love transparency because it takes away the uncertainty and illusions. It helps and inspires people to plan and execute based on facts, not bullshit.
2079
Life After Language
In October 2013, I wrote a post arguing that computing was disrupting language and that this was the Mother of All Disruptions . My specific argument was that…
2080
Give It the Craigslist Test
All the AI design hype got me twitching enough to write about the business risks of working so high-fidelity so fast.
2081
How to reduce stress and overcome anxiety as a software developer
I share my story about stress and anxiety and how I managed to overcome it. I also share practical tips and resources that will help you begin your healing journey today!
2082
GPT makes learning fun again
What will GPT unlock for the nerdy kid sitting in a 7th-grade classroom today?
2083
Shoot the arrow, then paint the target around it
As I watched him on stage, I thought about what made him extraordinary. It’s not his voice. He readily admits that his voice isn’t amazing.
2084
You and Your Research (1986)
Transcription of the Bell Communications Research Colloquium Seminar 7 March 1986
2085
First clean water, now clean air
Fin Moorhouse's website
2086
Waterloo Style
A blog about software development and programming.
2087
2088
How to spend money on your friends without it looking like bribery
Owning things is more socially acceptable than renting them.
2089
A non-technical explanation of deep learning
This document will explain what neural networks are and how they work, which will help you understand how AI and machine learning work. In the scenario below you'll play the part of the neural network.
2090
Ox
“Why is it called oxtail if it’s from a cow?” I’m glad you oxed. It’s not just a load of bull. Ox is a word that, for many of us, is both familiar and strange. I grew up in ranch cou…
2091
What’s the point of tech conferences?
It’s con season in the tech world. Yesterday evening I flew from Pluralsight’s Link/ unconference in New Orleans to Pycon US in Salt Lake City. New Orleanians are just as likely as not …
2092
West Coast Trail – The 75km/48 mile hike in Vancouver Island (2021)
Author Note: This trip was taken in 2021, but updated in 2023 with updated details . I’m not really sure where I get these crazy ideas, but a friend and I booked the West Coast Trail . It is this multi day thru hike in the west coast of Vancouver Island, which is accessible via ferry. Unfortunately in 2020 the hike…
2093
Two types of C programmers
You're probably reading this page because you've attempted to access some part of my blog (Wandering Thoughts) or CSpace , the wiki thing it's part of. Unfortunately you're using a browser version that my anti-crawler precautions consider suspicious, most often because it's too old (most often this applies to versions…
2094
2095
The Four Hobbies, and Apparent Expertise
Around the end of high school, I started to get really into photography. My friend (let’s call him T) was also into it, which should have been great fun. But it wasn’t. Going shooting with him was never great, for a reason I didn’t figure out till much later. I wanted to take photos. T mostly enjoyed tinkering with…
2096
Career advice no one gave me: Give a lot of notice when you quit
2 weeks notice is the gold standard when quitting. But giving more notice (a lot more notice) actually has a lot of benefits.
2097
Glucomate: an app for people who record, track, and monitor their blood glucose
Zach Simone's homepage. iOS developer from Sydney.
2098
Most of my skills are now worth nothing, but 10% are worth 1000x
...but the other 10% are worth 1000x
2099
Why some researchers think I’m wrong about social media and mental illness
Six propositions for evaluating the evidence.
2100
Ampersand (2015)
This & is called an AMPERSAND. And here's why...