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Will boiling water ruin green tea?
A common myth regarding green tea is that it shouldn't be prepared with boiling water.
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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 1,197 posts.
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Managing mental health while running a startup
Okta co-founder Frederic Kerrest explains why all startup founders need to stay mentally, emotionally, and physically fit.
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What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on?
Anonymous career advice from people whose work we respect.
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Advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is mostly out of date
If you follow security on the Internet, you may have seen articles warning you to “beware of public Wi-Fi networks" in cafes, airports, hotels, and other public places. But now, due to the widespread deployment of HTTPS encryption on most popular websites, advice to avoid public Wi-Fi is mostly out...
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Learning Ruby: Things I Like, Things I Miss from Python
Thoughts on Ruby from the point of view of a Pythonista, brought to you by Workpath, the strategy execution platform.
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The English Paradox: Four decades of life and language in Japan
A personal perspective on the complex role English plays in Japan.
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Girl Scouts Embraces STEM and Adds New Badges
What begins at Girl Scouts can take you anywhere you want to go. Explore who you are and what you can accomplish as a Girl Scout.
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Dabrowski’s theory and existential depression (2020)
When people undergo a great trauma or other unsettling event—they have lost a job or a loved one dies, for example—their understanding of themselves or of
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Why Are Sloths So Slow?
What does it really mean to be a sloth? Why are they so slow? And why does it work?
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Mastering Nim – now available on Amazon
My book 'Mastering Nim - A complete guide to the programming language' is now available on Amazon
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The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer’s disease
The theory of infectious origin of the Alzheimer's disease The hypothesis that Alzheimer's disease has an infectious origin, has a long and
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Coding, Fast and Slow: Developers and the Psychology of Overconfidence (2013)
I’m going to talk today about what goes on in inside developers’ heads when they make estimates, why that’s so hard to fix, and how I personally figured out how to live and write software (for very happy business owners) even though my estimates are just as brutally unreliable as ever.
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Multitasking Doesn't Work
When we think we’re multitasking, most often we aren’t really doing two things at once, but instead, individual actions in rapid succession.
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Stop trying to ‘be original’ and be prolific instead (2016)
Writing productivity courses and coaching programmes from the authors of Written: How to Keep Writing and Build a Habit that Lasts
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Feynman’s advice to W&M student resonates 45 years later (2020)
Early in her career as a William & Mary student, Beulah Elizabeth Cox turned in a physics exam that contained what became one of the most famous incorrect answers in science.
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New gel breaks down alcohol in the body
Researchers at ETH Zurich have developed a protein-based gel that breaks down alcohol in the gastrointestinal tract without harming the body. In the future, people who take the gel could reduce the harmful and intoxicating effects of alcohol.
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The Absolute Denial of Shit
Today emoji are used by 92% of the world’s online population. The diminutive images have inspired a holiday and a $50 million animated movie. You can even make a living translating them. The Emojicon convention draws attendees from around the world. Topics of discussion at the 2018 gathering in Brooklyn include: “How…
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Everything Is Bullshit: A Book by Priceonomics
Priceonomics wrote a book! We hope you enjoy it.
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All or something (2009)
One of the most pervasive myths of startup life is that it has to be all consuming. That unless you can give your business all your thoughts and hours, you don’t deserve success. You are unworthy of the startup call. This myth neatly identifies those fit for mission: Young, without obligat…
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How to monitor your local weather with Grafana
New to Grafana Cloud? Learn how to quickly transform raw JSON data into a dashboard with this simple, step-by-step example.
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For God's sake, follow your dreams
Great domain names provide SEO, branding, and a memorable experience for your users. Get a premium domain today.
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How is it even possible to cheat on a musical performance practical exam?
Nature finds a way.
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Becoming a dungeon master for an interview
Interviews should be as close as possible to the work that the candidate would do if they join. While that seems like a pretty tautological statement, it is unfortunately not always true. When interviewing as a software engineer, for example, you’ll run into places that lean heavily on algorithms interviews. And don’t…
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