301
Famous HNers and their sites
Update: Here’s the link to the HN discussion about this post: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32291993
New
The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 816 posts.
302
My customized Wim Hof breathing method
The Official Homepage of Nyan Cat!
303
304
A complete guide to creating actually useful courses
Free guide to creating an online course: pick a topic, validate it, teach with practice, and pre-launch before you film. No email.
305
306
307
Nobody optimizes happiness
People don’t seem to try very hard to make themselves happier. Why not?
308
Five Laws of Human Stupidity (1976)
Always and inevitably everyone underestimates the number of stupid individuals in circulation.
309
That time when I accidentally social engineered myself to a film set
I spent the last week in Toronto in the Cpp North conference . It was so much fun just to hang around with people after such a long pause.My...
310
Flipping until you are lost
Start with any triangulation of a convex polygon, and then repeatedly choose a random diagonal and flip it, replacing the two triangles it borders with two d...
311
Fake Dog for Home Security
Fake dog barking for home security while on vacation.
312
313
314
How to Stop Procrastinating on Your Goals by Using the “Seinfeld Strategy”
Don't break the chain.
315
Apple Interview – 1995
In the 1990’s, I had access to the early internet (before the web) and made use of a public forum ( Usenet ) where I could ask and respond to questions about programming the Macintosh computer. I’ve mentioned before how this caught the attention of engineering at Apple ( Tom Dowdy , in any event). Perhaps too, the…
316
The Danger of Journaling Is Introspection
I was having an off-day a few months ago. To try and lift my spirits, I decided to take advantage of the fact that I have the ability to time travel. Not literally, of course, but figuratively in the one direction of the past (which is almost as good
317
Becoming a Full-Time Creator as a Software Engineer
I'm a full-time creator. With remote work becoming more common in tech, I get more messages from people asking: how can they do what I do?
318
Cinema’s greatest scene: ‘Casablanca’ and ‘La Marseillaise’ (2015)
Casablanca is widely remembered as one of the greatest films of all time, coming in at #2 on the AFI’s top 100 list and similarly regarded by many other critics. You can quibble with its exac…
319
Arguing from compassion (2021)
For example, that universal basic income (UBI) could ameliorate the loss of jobs due to automation, a straw man would be, “So you want people to sit at home all day and collect free money?” Recently, the term has become a cudgel in the culture wars.
320
321
The Creepiest Cycling Condition: Shermer’s Neck
We’re all susceptible to what our bodies tell us. When there’s a strange pain or sickness, our bodies are hinting at us that there should be something
322
Take more screenshots
If you do any sort of creative digital work, screenshots and screen recordings are a great way to remember it.
323
What I don’t like about working at a remote job
Priyanka's internet home
324
A personal trainer is the best investment I've made
Advice to developers entering the industry: the best investment is in yourself.
325
Can the knees go over the toes? (2016)
Just last week, I was guest lecturing to a class of physical therapy students at the University of Missouri. I asked a simple question, “How many people here think we should never have our knees go…
326
Being on call sucks
Disclaimer: this post represents my own views and it is not endorsed by my employer.
327
Plato's Argument Against Writing
The people who invent something new, create a new tool or technology are not necessarily the people who are going to understand what the social impact of those inventions are going to be.
328
We found no evidence that Bionic Reading has a positive effect on reading speed
Actually no, the results will probably not surprise you.
329
The Home Computer Generation
A seemingly frightening realization regularly dawns on various pundits these days: Being a digital native doesn't automatically mean you're computer savvy. Due to a gradual transformation from general purpose tools to digital appliances, computers are now more than ever perceived as magical boxes by their users. Many…
330
Two Years and over 700 Websites Later
An exclusive membership for web pages weighing less than 1 megabyte.