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Automating Immersive Reading
How Storyteller’s forced alignment algorithm works.
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Life, Learning & Writing
The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 662 posts.
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Listen to Understand
You can captivate someone not by what you say, but by how you listen.
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"Just a little detail that wouldn't sell anything"
A blog about software craft and quality
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Book prizes don't work how you think
all the beans that's fit to spill
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Now is the best time to write code by hand
As more engineers use the irresistible LLMs their skills atrophy, practicing will make you special.
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Remembering Johannes Doerfert
It is with great sadness that we share the news of the passing of Johannes Doerfert, on September 17, 2026, at the age of 36, after a battle with cancer.
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We are going to kill "unalive"
A blog about making culture. Since 1999.
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Solar-based sleep patterns compared to modern norms
ex program, en farm
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Bear turns 10, and it still feels like day one
🐻🎂 Happy 10th bearthday! Join us for the stories behind our design principles, the tiny details hidden all over the app, plus some wonderful new features and Bear swag.
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No knives, only cook knives
Changing perceptions of value and a rude encounter with Ichabod Crane and Xavier Cugat at the flea market --by Josh Donald
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Rebuilding the Computer Room
We traded the physical boundaries of dedicated rooms for the convenience of our always-on digital lives -- but recently I've been building those walls back up.
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The purist's guide to phở in Hanoi
A tribute not only to phở in the capital of Vietnam, but also to three extraordinary writers who wrote about it with wit, nostalgia, and devotion: Thạch Lam, Vũ Bằng, and Nguyễn Tuân.
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The Curse of Soldered RAM
The trend for soldered on RAM in modern laptops is truely evil especially in these current trying times of shortage induced high prices. I normally run 2 laptops, one for personal stuff and one for…
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The switch to Linux and the beginning of my self-hosting journey
How I got into Linux and how that eventually led me to get into self-hosting.
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Reading English from 1000 AD
The past was not as foreign as we think.
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I started a “dirt notebook”
I love taking notes, but one problem that I have is that that I start cherishing every notebook that I start. I can't seem to keep my notes messy. Eventually...
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Unraveling the mysteries of habit formation
Researchers研究者名Asaoka, Nozomi
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I love Linux, but I can't quit Windows
I've been distro-hopping for probably twenty years. Every time I install Linux I feel a small swell of optimism, like this time it'll stick. Linux never sticks with me.
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Giving up on smart rings
The downsides to wearing a fitness-tracking device on your finger
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Guilty Displeasures
When disliking something clashes with your identity
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Where to Sleep in LAX
My 11:30 pm connecting flight out of Los Angeles International Airport was delayed by 24 hours, forcing me to rest in the airport. All my bags were checked, so I had no luggage or spare clothes available. Here's where I tried sleeping and how it went.
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Blood Pumping Mechanism of the Hoof (2020)
Blood is pumped from the heart through arteries to the hoof and is assisted in its return through a “pumping mechanism” in the hoof. This mechanism is necessary due to the position of the hoof in relation to the heart. There are no muscles in the lower leg or hoof to aid in the return of venous blood to the heart…
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The Importance of Limitations for Creativity and Learning (2023)
The other day, my kids started messing around (at home) with an online document writing platform their school uses. They’d discovered a fun little easter egg. I watched them laugh and play with the feature - pushing its limits and ultimately crashing the browser.
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Picking berries is my meditation
I hated picking berries as a teenager. Now the solitude it gives me is something I plan my whole summer around.
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Nonograms: a practical guide with interactive examples
This is a very important technique: only fill cells when you’re certain; no guessing.
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Travel locally, where you are
Many people dream of traveling to faraway places to experience new cultures and sightseeing.
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On The Need For Understanding
I saw this Mastodon post from Andy Wingo recently: in these days of coding agents and what-not, i often think of gerald sussman's comm...
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Ju Ci: The Art of Repairing Porcelain
Ju ci (锔瓷), the Chinese craft of repairing broken porcelain has roots dating back to the Song dynasty (960-1279), with illustrations of craftsmen mending pots appearing in Chinese paintings as earl…
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I'm a seeing-eye dog for a computer
I'd rather argue with strangers on the Internet.