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YC’s Summer Reading
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Blue light may not be as disruptive to sleep patterns as thought: mouse study
Contrary to common belief, blue light may not be as disruptive to our sleep patterns as originally thought - according to University of Manchester scientists. According to the team, using dim, cooler, lights in the evening and bright warmer lights in the day may be more beneficial to our health. Twilight is both…
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Flying for Thanksgiving
I grew up in Los Angeles and my parents would make a big deal out of Thanksgiving each year, even when it was just me and my sister, which I didn’t fully appreciate what a nice tradition they had created until I left home. There’s something about being able to rely on one thing each year that stays the same and…
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The Simple Genius of Checklists
The year is 1935, and the U.S. Army Air Corps is holding a competition for airplane manufacturers vying to secure a contract to build the military’s...
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Don't. Waste. Time.
Office space Launch parties Health insurance plans Salary negotiations Founder equity splits Series F stock Office Food Team-building activities CRM systems Bookkeeping Head count Working in SOMA Convertible debt caps Valuations TechCrunch Karma scores ISOs Powerpoint Business Cards Banks Lawyers Desks 1099s Bug…
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My dad built a cool thing but never boasted about it
My dad built something cool but didn't boast about it
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How I learned to program
Tavish Armstrong has a great document where he describes how and when he learned the programming skills he has . I like this idea because I've found that the paths that people take to get into programming are much more varied than stereotypes give credit for, and I think it's useful to see that there are many possible…
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Sorting 2 Tons of Lego, Many Questions, Results
The machine is now capable of running un-attended for hours on end, which is a huge milestone. No more jamming or other nastiness that causes me to interrupt a run. Many little things contributed to this, I’ve looked at all the mechanics and figured out all the little things that went wrong one by one and have come up…
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Stop externalising your life
Software engineer and consultant with >15 years experience. Specializing in product engineering, design systems, and full-stack web development with React and TypeScript.
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Fake Amazon Tech Book Reviews Are Hurting My Book
Update : I really can't say as much as I would like (there's stuff I can't share), but my publisher had a face-to-face with an Amazon rep and internal action was taken. Amazon's investigation is apparently over. The internal position seems to be "we're making money, there are words on pages, so there's no problem…
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Southwest Headquarters Tour
Table of Contents: Intro, Morning- Flight Attendant Training, Pilot Training., Lunch- Southwest Store, Social Media Serendipity., Afternoon- Network Operations Center, TechOps Hangar, Herb and Coll...
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What happens when you're #1 on Hacker News for a day
Last Sunday, my post “What I learnt from bootstrapping my startup in Thailand for 6 months” hit #1 on Hacker News and then stayed there for most of the day. He…
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Your taste is why your work disappoints you.
I love this observation about taste and creative work from Ira Glass: Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do cr
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I switched from iPhone to the Pixel 2: One-week report
…the bottom line is, the experience is simultaneously high-end luxury yet while staying informed and in control of the device.
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These are called opportunities
Yesterday Apple updated three of their machines. During the announcement, it was revealed that the MacBook Air, the MacBook Pro 13", and the Mac Mini would now be running on M1 SoCs. These "One more thing..." events usually comes with raving numbers and this one did not diverge from the tradition.
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Will It Mythos?
Updated on June 17th, 21st, 22nd, 24th, 26th, and 27th, and July 3rd. See notes below. OK, so Mythos finds really challenging security bugs, right? That’s why it’s cordoned off from the hoi polloi, to protect the world from such a powerful finder of exploits. But, many other LLMs can find bugs. Is Mythos uniquely…
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Color blindness
Color blindness is an inaccurate term. Most color-blind people can see color, they just don't see the same colors as everyone else. There ha...
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People Met in Hotel Lobbies (2017)
Selections from the Washington Post's Gilded Age coverage of notable visitors to the city
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Check you're wearing trousers first
It’s easy, fun, and a catastrophic mistake to over-intellectualise. Unfortunately it also pays pretty well.
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How to see bright, vivid images in your mind’s eye (2016)
Learn to improve the brightness and clarity of images in your mind's eye. Image Streaming is an easy technique to learn. Is it a cure for aphantasia?
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Life, death, and retirement
I haven’t been blogging much lately, and it turns out there is a very good reason.My last technical blog post was October 1st of last year. After I hit publish on that one I went to get ready for b…