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exaltationon Ask HN: How did you learn something in depth?

Buy a textbook on the subject and read it over a period of time (not in one sitting).

exaltationon The web starts on page four

I really enjoy curated link newsletters like Thinking About Things [0] and Findka Essays [1].

[0] https://www.thinking-about-things.com/ [1] https://essays.findka.com/

exaltationon Ask HN: How do you get articles/papers/talks recommendations?

Seconding the recommendation for Thinking About Things [0] and Findka Essays [1].

[0] https://www.thinking-about-things.com

[1] https://essays.findka.com

exaltationon Ask HN: What do you read for general knowledge?

The Thinking About Things newsletter was a great way to discover intesting content, but they seem to be on haitus.

[0] https://www.thinking-about-things.com/

exaltationon Ask HN: What are some great engineering blogs?

Rands in Repose is great. https://randsinrepose.com/

exaltationon Ask HN: Whatever happened to exploring the internet?

The difficulty in finding interesting internet reads has opened a niche now filled by content curators. My personal favorite is the Thinking About Things newsletter [0]. Another great one is Findka Essays [1]. Would love to hear about any others.

[0] thinking-about-things.com

[1] essays.findka.com

exaltationon Ask HN: Graduating CS soon, how do I find a job?

I'm an experienced resume writer and editor and would be happy to take a look at your resume. Email me at threemillionthflower [at] gmail.com.

exaltationon Life before smartphones (2020)

This article was featured on Thinking About Things [0] today, which is likely how it got to the front page of Hacker News.

http://thinking-about-things.com/

exaltationon Curated list of personal blogs

If you feel overwhelmed by all the blog posts out there, there are newsletters that will send you one or several articles a day and let you ingest them slowly. I particularly like Thinking About Things and Findka Essays.

[0] https://www.thinking-about-things.com/ [1] https://essays.findka.com/

exaltationon The story BCG offered me $16k not to tell (2010)

I, too, saw this on Thinking About Things today...

exaltationon Ask HN: Best Joke You Know?

What is the difference between a cat and a comma?

A cat has claws at the end of paws and a comma is a pause at the end of a clause.

exaltationon Ask HN: How do you balance reading books vs. articles

Unfortunately I don't see one on their site. The Twitter feed [0] has some links though.

[0] https://twitter.com/thinkingaboutt6

exaltationon Ask HN: How do you balance reading books vs. articles

Seconding the recommendation of Thinking About Things. That newsletter is really one of the internet's unknown gems - I tire of most "interesting article" curators eventually, but they cover such a diverse array of topics that it's been over a year and I still enjoy their articles.