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pbamotraon Ask HN: What trick of the trade took you too long to learn?

First, Lean into pain

Ofcourse not every time is the right time to lean into it but every once in a while do “that” thing. Many people don’t realise their potential or just get too complacent. If there’s not one thing that put your mind into what-ifs spiral, you’re not pushing yourself hard enough.

Second, if you must distill life into absolute minimum - focus on relationships, health, and career. Don’t make excuses to yourself or others in either of these.

pbamotraon Meta brought AI to rural Colombia. Now students are failing exams

LLM + end-to-end encryption has a long way to go. Hallucinations are other concerns. We’re yet to see useful on-device LLMs. They’ll catch up just not yet.

pbamotraon Wonder is acquiring Grubhub

Wonder owns Blue Apron too.

pbamotraon Python Cloudflare Workers

Interesting - supports FastAPI and Langchain too https://developers.cloudflare.com/workers/languages/python/p...

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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/putin-alaska-illegal/

pbamotraon Threads: A New Way to Share with Text

This sounds exciting

“ We’re working on Threads soon being compatible with the open, interoperable social networks that we believe can shape the future of the internet”

pbamotraon MAS.862: The Physics of Information Technology

More classes from CBA — http://cba.mit.edu/classes/

pbamotraon How Google got to rolling Linux releases for Desktops

From the article,

> Rolling releases with Linux distributions today are getting more common (Arch Linux, NixOS).

pbamotraon Capital One Data Breach Class Action Settlement

https://www.capitalone.com/digital/facts2019/

pbamotraon Coinbase's 10-Q update: users' crypto asset could be subject to bankruptcy claim

https://twitter.com/brian_armstrong/status/15242334800407101...

pbamotraon Ask HN: Trying to get a copy of a hard-to-get book/pdf

Used copy - https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=3108236031...

pbamotraon Show HN: Bookvine.io – Help find age appropriate books for kids aged 6 to 14

Another good resource -- https://hub.lexile.com/

pbamotraon Recommendations for Learning API Design

This might be a helpful resource -- https://cloud.google.com/apigee/resources

pbamotraon Ask HN: Best resource for newbie to learn bash and simple dev ops stuff?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyzOVJj3bHQuloKGG59rS...

This could be a good starting point.

pbamotraon Best Introductory book for each field (psychology, physics etc.)

https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/xg3hXCYQPJkwHyik2/the-best-t...

pbamotraon Ask HN: How do you take notes when reading a book?

I don’t like to desecrate the book, I use small stickies notes to take notes and put them near the margin.

pbamotraon How to avoid Amazon: guide to online shopping

It’s hard to beat Amazon on prices though. For comparison, look at the prices of best sellers. Sometimes the difference is as much as 40%. Trying bookofthemonth.com for a change.

pbamotraon Show HN: One Page Calendar 2020

Free - A 200-year calendar that is different from the rest.

http://trackstar.4teachers.org/trackstar/ts/viewTrackMembers...

pbamotraon Best book/paper you read in 2018?

Shoe dog by Phil Knight. It's a memoir by the co-founder of Nike. This is one of my favorite books till now. The biggest reason being that it's a perfect combo of personal and business story of company that started with $50 and is now selling over $30B of goods annually. It's motivational, lucid, and keeps you on your toes. Phil is a great story-teller and I almost felt as if I was part of the story. A definite 5/5.

pbamotraon The Illustrated Transformer

http://nlp.seas.harvard.edu//2018/04/03/attention.html

pbamotraon What are your favorite personal blogs?

https://kottke.org/

pbamotraon Dads Pass on More Than Genetics in Their Sperm

I think that's a pun.

pbamotraon Ask HN: Books or papers on large-scale architecture

This might help? -- https://github.com/checkcheckzz/system-design-interview

pbamotraon Ask HN: What books are you currently reading?

Elon Musk: Tesla, SpaceX, and the Quest for a Fantastic Future -- Ashlee Vance (ISBN: 978-0062301239)

Jab, Jab, Jab, Right Hook: How to Tell Your Story in a Noisy Social World -- Gary Vaynerchuk (ISBN: 978-0062273062)