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The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 1,197 posts.
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Modern work requires attention – constant alerts steal it
Attention—the time and freedom to focus—is your team’s most valuable resource.
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Joining Apple Computer (2018)
40 years ago today, I joined Apple Computer on April 27, 1978. It was a big turning point in my life and I am glad I said "Yes".
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Catching the Great American Eclipse at 35,000 Feet
There’s nothing Alaska Airlines pilots like more than a challenge. As a company that started out flying between remote airfields deep in the Alaskan “bush,” safely navigating where other airlines can’t is in Alaska’s blood. So, for Alaska, putting a flight in the path of the Great American Eclipse wasn’t really a…
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Teaching with AI
We’re releasing a guide for teachers using ChatGPT in their classroom—including suggested prompts, an explanation of how ChatGPT works and its limitations, the efficacy of AI detectors, and bias.
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What Most Remote Companies Don’t Tell You About Remote Work
Productivity inspiration and tactical advice that's actually useful.
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The Psychology of Money
Let me tell you the story of two investors, neither of whom knew each other, but whose paths crossed in…
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Good sleep, good learning, good life (2012)
The good educator insists on exercise, play, and plentiful sleep: "the great cordial of nature."
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80-year Harvard study has been showing how to live a healthy and happy life
For nearly 80 years, the Harvard Study of Adult Development has been producing data and lessons on how to live longer, happier, and healthier lives.
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Toothpaste made with keratin may protect and repair damaged teeth: study
Toothpaste made from your own hair may offer a sustainable and clinically effective way to protect and repair damaged teeth.
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If You Run a Small Business, Park in the Back of the Parking Lot
As a rule of thumb business owners should be primarily focused on delighting their customers in any way possible. Every subtle interaction should be closely optimized for customer enchantment, and a decision as simple as where to park your car can subconsciously attract or detract a customer.
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A new form of brain stimulation relieved severe depression in a small study
Stanford Medicine researchers used high doses of magnetic stimulation, delivered on an accelerated timeline and targeted to individual neurocircuitry, to treat patients with severe depression.
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Gödel, Escher, Bach: an in-depth explainer
[Thanks to Jacob Falkovich, Eric Neyman, and my LessWrong reviewer, among others, for their feedback on earlier drafts.] …
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That time I told my wife I wanted to quit my job
It was midnight on May 22nd, 2016 that I pushed my first commit to GitHub for a new idea. Little did I know what would happen next.
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Amazon's ML University is making its online courses available to the public
Classes previously only available to Amazon employees will now be available to the community.
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How I Used Twilio, Python and Google to Automate My Wedding
September 3, 2016 was just another day for most of the world but to me it will always be memorable as the day that I married my partner. There are many
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Social media may prevent users from reaping creative rewards of profound boredom
Pandemic study shows distraction of social media may suck up the time and energy that allow us to find new passions
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Career advice I wish I’d been given when I was young
Seventeen recommendations from someone we think had a big impact with their career.
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I'm dialing back my LLM usage
From the Zed Blog: Alberto Fortin shares his honest reflection on the reality of using LLMs in production code and why he's taking a more measured approach.
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Myths in cycling: wider tires are slower
When we started to publish Bicycle Quarterly 15 years ago, it seemed that most of the technical aspects of bicycles were well-known. And yet, as we tested many different bikes, we started to question many of the things we had accepted as 'facts.' To celebrate…
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