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The latest blog posts to take off on Hacker News. 816 posts.
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A few months ago, a complete stranger gave me $10k (2021)
When I worked in magazines, almost twenty years ago, something we always held true was that sales went up twenty per cent when the words…
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Excuse me but why are you eating so many frogs
We've got the wrong theory about how minds work and it's ruining our lives
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What Should You Work On?
David shares how to make the best choices of what to work on in your life. Read here.
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Weird Al had 100 gigs of RAM
So many lines in that song have been surpassed, but RAM sticks out as something that hasn’t.
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Don't ignore the janitor
The importance of seeing, smiling and talking to people
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After self-hosting my email for twenty-three years I have thrown in the towel
Many companies have been trying to disrupt email by making it proprietary. So far, they have failed. Email keeps being an open protocol. Hurray? No hurray. Email is not distributed anymore. You just cannot create another first-class node of this ne
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I tricked myself into working out 3 times per week
…and why I think it'll work for everyone
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A Re-Purposed Tactical Decision Game
Welcome to our featured scenario of the month! We use this format to share a unique scenario that highlights an interesting problem, an emerging topic, or a new scenario format. As you read through the scenario, think carefully about how you would handle the situation – what stands out to you, what do you think is…
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The IKEA Effect – Why managers fall in love with their own ideas
When and why the IKEA effect causes people to overvalue their own ideas. Examples of organisational pitfalls of the IKEA effect. 4 ways you can defend against the IKEA effect: 1) Acknowledge your unconscious bias; 2) Spike rough prototypes; 3) Talk to customers; 4) Run growth experiments
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From Prison to Programming
I believe that getting underrepresented groups into software development is a good thing. This is not a controversial opinion until you start talking about felons. Today's guest is Rick Wolter. He's an iOS developer who served 18 years in prison for second degree murder. Rick killed somebody and for some that's all…
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My Contribution to Markdown
At long last revealed.
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Cognitive loads in programming
This long post presents programming in a different light than what is commonly considered. We will look at cognitive aspects of interacting with code.
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Observations from our Joe Rogan Experience experience
And other observations from our Joe Rogan Experience experience
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Why are you so busy?
Thoughts and more by Tom Lingham
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Eastern European Guide to Writing Reference Letters
Excruciating. One phrase I often use to describe what it's like to read reference letters for Eastern European applicants to PhD and Master's programs in Cambridge. Even objectively outstanding students often receive dull, short, factual, almost negative-sounding reference letters. This is a result of (A)...
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We are all nerds: The literary works of Neal Stephenson
If you and I ever had a longer conversation, chances are that Neal Stephenson might have come up once or twice. As contemporary authors go, Neal’s books are by far the most enthralling on my long and ever-growing reading list. This post is primarily written for people that usually shy away from reading what they…
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Don’t think to write, write to think
This is one of the lessons that every writer comes to appreciate: writing is thinking. Writing is not the artifact of thinking, it’s the actual thinking process. There’s no shortage of great quotes on this topic, the implications are less clear: Writing is the planning process and the final product: You don’t design a…
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Why are D-sharp and E-flat considered to be two different notes?
Why do the black keys on the piano each have two different names? If the posts on r/musictheory are any indication, this is a persistent point of confusion, especially when music theory teachers ge…
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Relax for the same result (2015)
Derek Sivers official site. Thoughts on philosophy, culture, self-improvement. Author of Useful Not True, How to Live, Hell Yeah or No, Anything You Want.
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Reading fast, reading well, and reading widely (2020)
This is a great riff on how reading works and on the network effects of reading. Links below. Tyler says: … I go through five or ten books a day. And which parts of them I’ve read you can debate – maybe it washes out to be two or three books a day. Some good… Read More »Tyler Cowen on reading fast, reading well, and…
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My Lack of Attention
I am jealous, jealous about attention others get and I don't. This is my rant or more kind of let off steam (since I don't expect to get attention on this haha).
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I Love My PinePhone
An attempt to document my experiences and rationale for wanting to use a PinePhone, as well as my thoughts on mobile Linux in general.
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Creativity requires solitude
Perhaps it will turn out that you were called to be an artist. If that is your fate, then accept it and deal with it, the highs and the lows, the burden and the greatness, without ever worrying about external rewards.
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The art of sharpening pencils (2007)
See all the popular styles and methods of sharpening pencils and learn a few tricks too.