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Ox
“Why is it called oxtail if it’s from a cow?” I’m glad you oxed. It’s not just a load of bull. Ox is a word that, for many of us, is both familiar and strange. I grew up in ranch cou…
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Life, Learning & Writing
The most popular blog posts about life, learning & writing on Hacker News. 8,929 posts.
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The user is visibly frustrated
In this article, I try to understand why coding agents can be infuriating to use. I think the problem is their conversational UX: they behave enough like helpful colleagues to trigger our social instincts, but they don't learn, adapt, or take responsibility the way people do, which makes their repeated mistakes feel…
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Here’s what I learned hanging out with Jason Fried
Discuss on Hacker News. I went to meet Jason Fried so I could learn how to stop selling software by accident. Since I started programming 10 years ago, I’v
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The beginner's guide to overcomplicating coffee
There’s a scene in AMC’s “ Breaking Bad ” where Gail Boetticher explains to Walter White how to make the perfect cup of coffee . And it all sounds so plausible—there’s a perfect coffee, and science will magic it for us.
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Why babies cry in the first three months, how to tell them apart, and what to do
I have twin daughters that just turned three months old. I decided to write up the list that I wish I had before they were born. Just reasons why they cry, how to tell the cries apart, and what to …
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The Guy I Almost Was (1998)
An online graphic novel about a young man's coming of age in the California cyberculture of the early 1990s.
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Anki-fy your life
Creating a subconscious problem-solving framework.
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Preventing Burnout: A Manager's Toolkit
GitLab CEO Sid Sijbrandij shares 12 steps that managers can take to help employees avoid burnout.
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Masterclass on mathematical thinking
About a year ago, I was contacted by Masterclass (a subscription-based online education company) on the possibility of producing a series of classes with the premise of explaining mathematical ways…
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De-Googling: My Progress
I wrote a bit about my reasoning to De-Google here . Now I want to write a bit about my progress, the struggles and what I ended up with.
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I learnt C++ in 2018 and have no regrets
My quest for relearning C++ started in November 2018. I have been reading + blogging + writing C++ from then. I would like to reflect on my journey a bit. Before I begin, I would like to state that th
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Don't Read the Comments
I sent this email to the current YC batch this morning: I've talked to some of you who are really bummed about negative press coverage or online comments about your company. Often this takes...
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A non-technical explanation of deep learning
This document will explain what neural networks are and how they work, which will help you understand how AI and machine learning work. In the scenario below you'll play the part of the neural network.
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One year of C
It’s now nearly a year that I started writing non-trivial amounts of C codeagain (the first sokol_gfx.h commit was on the 14-Jul-2017), so I guess it’stime f...
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The "five whys" productivity technique
If you're having trouble with your productivity, consider finding the root using the 5 Whys technique.
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How to Do a Handstand
Beginner’s Guide to Handstands! Get your first handstand with this step-by-step handstand progression and handstand exercises.
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I fed 24 years of my blog posts to a Markov model
Yesterday I shared a little program called Mark V. Shaney Junior at github.com/susam/mvs . It is a minimal implementation of a Markov text generator inspired by the legendary Mark V. Shaney program from the 1980s. Mark V. Shaney was a synthetic Usenet user that posted messages to various newsgroups using text…
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Books for Software Engineers in 2023
9 Must-Read Books for Software Engineers in 2023 — As a software engineer, staying up-to-date with the latest developments and best practices...
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