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selleck··on Amateur archaeologist in Switzerland unearths 2k-year-old Roman dagger
Sometimes thought it is a bummer living in the states, less of an opportunity to go find some 1000+ year old relics knowing full well the likelihood of that happening is slim even if I lived in another country with bronze/iron age.
selleck··on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers (2019)
The idea in the book is you hide the picture, have them read the story then once they have read the story you show them the picture and talk about it.
selleck··on How a flawed idea is teaching millions of kids to be poor readers (2019)
We homeschool and my wife has taught 7 of our 8 kids using: Teach Your Child to Read in 100 Easy Lessons. Highly recommended for parents with kids at the age to start reading.
selleck··on Ask HN: Best paid courses you've taken?
fixed, thanks
selleck··on Ask HN: What’s your plan in 2019?
1. Continue to lose weight - i've lost 10 pounds the past month, would like to lose 30 more.

2. Work through PentesterLab Pro - past couple times I would get halfway through the first badge and just stop. This time I am pairing it with Anki cards.

3. Continue getting 7-8 hours sleep, been doing this since I read 'Why We Sleep'

4. Learn Ruby/Rails build a handful of applications.

selleck··on Illinois pension benefits have grown six times faster than state revenues
Honestly, this is one of the reasons I am looking to move out of state. Eventually somethings gotta give and I am assuming it will be much higher state and property taxes.
selleck··on Ask HN: What influenced your personal growth the most?
Seeing the template would be awesome.
selleck··on Learn to sell
I was in sales for 10+ years, now am a dev. Best sales book I ever read was New Sales Simplified. Really breaks down the sales process.
selleck··on [dead]
What a hack (the reporter) Social Security and Medicare are over 50% of the federal budget and only going to grow. It would seem prudent to look at structural changes there when discussing federal debt and deficits into the future.
selleck··on [dead]
So.....Trump is a genius? No one ever thought of doing this before?

I'm thinking she is over-reacting.

selleck··on Silicon Valley: Season 3 Tease (HBO)
SV seems to be such a target rich environment, I can imagine this show going on for years.
selleck··on Ask HN: Best books or videos to get better at sales?
I just finished New Sales Simplified:

http://www.amazon.com/New-Sales-Simplified-Prospecting-Devel...

If you are responsible for getting new business, it is probably the best sales book I have read. Walks through defining your target customers, creating appropriate messaging to reach out to those customers and how to structure discovery and presentation calls.

selleck··on Aristotle’s (apocryphal) advice to Alexander the Great on Persian elites (2013)
Ozymandias Percy Bysshe Shelley, 1792 - 1822

I met a traveller from an antique land Who said: “Two vast and trunkless legs of stone Stand in the desert . . . Near them, on the sand, Half sunk, a shattered visage lies, whose frown, And wrinkled lip, and sneer of cold command, Tell that its sculptor well those passions read Which yet survive, stamped on these lifeless things, The hand that mocked them, and the heart that fed: And on the pedestal these words appear: ‘My name is Ozymandias, king of kings: Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!' Nothing beside remains. Round the decay Of that colossal wreck, boundless and bare The lone and level sands stretch far away.”

selleck··on Introducing JetBrains Toolbox
Better buy Webstorm now so I can get it as a perpetual license.

I can see October being a huge month where people buy perpetual copies of tools they were thinking about buying in the past.

selleck··on Ask HN: What are your best “soft skill” resources?
I just finished The Charisma Myth:

http://www.amazon.com/Charisma-Myth-Science-Personal-Magneti...

On audio book and immediately bought a physical copy. The book is filled with tips and tricks to increase your charisma that can be applied right away.

selleck··on Ask HN: What is the best way to learn Machine Learning in Python?
Peter Norvig's Artificial Intelligence:

http://www.amazon.com/Artificial-Intelligence-Modern-Approac...

Has plenty of examples in Python. You can also look at different Udacity courses. They have a couple dealing with ML with Python.

selleck··on The Amazing Disappearing BSD License (2005)
That is the "warranty" section of the license. Most software contracts as a standard have the warranty section in all caps. Source - I sell a database and deal with software contracts on a weekly basis.
selleck··on Ask HN: What are some good resources for learning C?
I am currently going through CS50 online. You can join through edX or here:

https://cs50.harvard.edu/

Pretty good first steps intro that eventually goes into algorithms and data structures.

selleck··on Ask HN: Which book are you reading these days?
A.M. Train Ride - Creative Thinkering

- Just okay

P.M. Train Ride - Counter Hack Reloaded

- so far so good. a little dated but a good intro to security.

Audiobook - 48 Laws of Power

- I love the history lessons in it. Very engaging. You don't have to be power-hungry to read it.

Digital Book at work - The Art of Software Security Assessment

- Just started, I will let you know next month.

selleck··on Exploit Exercises
Awesome! I did not realize 2014 was posted. I was planning on going through 2013:

http://www.cs.fsu.edu/~redwood/OffensiveSecurity/lectures.ht...

In April. The texts for that class are "Hacking" and "Counter Hack Reloaded"

selleck··on Exploit Exercises
Hacking: The Art of Exploitation would be a good place to start.
selleck··on Ask HN: What new skills are you learning?
For writing, I am almost done with this book and it is great:

Writing That Works; How to Communicate Effectively In Business by Roman and Raphaelson

Stresses clarity and writing how you talk.

selleck··on Ask HN: What new skills are you learning?
Started with Hacking, the Art of Exploitation. Finished, but realized I was in over my head. Taking CS50x through edx for C programming + a Udemy Assembly class. Ultimate goal is to make progress on https://microcorruption.com

I have a 9 month learning plan worked out with books, online courses, and other Hacking tutorials/projects.

selleck··on Ask HN: What new skills are you learning?
"Hacking", which has led me to start learning more about C, Assembly, and Networks.
selleck··on Why do MOOCS have low completion rates?
I would say that is a feature and not a bug.
selleck··on R4ndom’s Beginning Reverse Engineering Tutorials
As someone interested in learning more about Security/Reverse Engineering, anyone have any feedback on this?
selleck··on Ask HN: What is HN reading?
Currently reading:

A Guide to the Good Life: Ancient Art of Stoic Joy - William B. Irvine

Algorithm Design Manual - Steven S Skiena

Blah Blah Blah: What To Do When Words Don't Work - Dan Roam

Highly recommend the first 2, Blah Blah Blah is a rehash with a twist on Back of the Napkin.

selleck··on Ask HN: Who isn't in the software industry/not a hacker?
I am 32 and in Software Sales. I am busting my butt to get into the software industry through coursera, edx, udacity, books and side projects. I come here for learning resources that are often posted and to keep my ear to the ground on what is happening in the tech/start up space.
selleck··on Ask HN: What book are you reading right now?
Morning train ride: The Personal MBA.

Evening train ride: Problem Solving with Algorithms and Data Structures using Python.

Best read in a while: The Obstacle is the Way. Great intro to Stoicism, and only $4.00 on the kindle.

selleck··on Sneak into tech through the back door: a hopelessly limited how-to
Interesting post. Right now I am where he was when he started. I want to learn Android programming. Every night I spend 1-2 hours working through a Java book or an Android book, or one of the Coursera Android courses. Progress is slow, but steady.
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