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The first thing I know about burnout is this: burnout happens when we become locked in a cycle of caring about the results of our actions but having no meaningful control over those outcomes. I first learned this while reading about social workers, but the problem is abdundant in tech. I’ve seen it play out in every…
The tech behind peer-to-peer (P2P) social networks such as Secure Scuttlebutt enforces permanency. Absolute permanency isn’t what you want in a social network.
Freedom is a state of mind
I’m single. I don’t know if this comes as a surprise to you. Of course, you have yet to hear me talking about a wife or a girlfriend. But I also rarely talk about dating and finding someone. The bigger surprise might be that I’m a lifelong single. In other words, I was never in any romantic or sexual relationship…
An exploration into customizing LLMs for personal use
Becoming fluent in my son’s invented language was too difficult for me, so I decided to see how would AI do.
How I Fixed a Parasitic Drain on my Car in 408 Days
“To flash conviction on the mind.”
David shares 50 ideas that changed his life. Read here.
Hunkering down for the winter!
Pay attention to how people are talking about freedom. It's a leading indicator of cultural (and economic) trends.
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In short, I believe I've found a longer straight line without crossing a public road than the line identified by Ordnance Survey in 2019. Im...
A number of students have asked me for strategies to 'stay consistent'. I assume they are referring to their study routines, not CAP consistency, otherwise this would be a very different article! I do feel like I can give some suggestions, but first allow me to talk about Omar.
You can't handle it! In 2018 or 2019, I was introduced to the idea of hyper-rationality. I think it was under another name (to be g...
Some people have asked me why I blog and why I value writing in general. These are my reasons, in roughly decreasing order of importance to me.
Or, why you should read "Gravity’s Rainbow" fifty years later.
Making glulam of the tree of knowledge.
There is no finish line. There is no winning, no losing.
As a longtime user of Windows, it was my first choice when preparing the first computer for my son. But that didn't work out as expected.
One of the easiest ways to start sharing your work in the form of writing, designs, or photographs is by using the latest trendy platform in that space, especially when everyone else seems to be using it. How many Blogspot sites are you checking these days? They still work, but Google has killed one or two services…
When I was a child, growing up in the 80s, I read pretty much anything I could find about computers. There was not a lot translated to French. I even read the MS-DOS Version 5 Reference Guide. The cover was dry and the content was not very tasty either.
It's been a while since our last post - life got in the way. A big thanks to everyone who reached out! We are now restarting our articles, though we might not always write once a week. If we don't think it's interesting, we won't send it
How a snacktime staple embodies a specific cultural moment
When teaching “programming”, a surprisingly small amount of time is spent actually helping students with logic – and a lot helping them learning & managing programming tools.
Spoiler Alert: It absolutely blew our minds
