The problem with economic model of scarcity. More savings does not mean more spending - people eventually have enough cash and enough things; at this point they are taking more money out of the economy than putting back in.
economics finance politicsI love this, and have experienced it first hand too many times. But a single text file has worked well for me, and saved.
writing tools productivityFew other interesting ones in comments. I am terrified of the McCollough effect
optical illusionsHowever, Jones and Holding (1975) found that 15 minutes of induction, when time-elapse testing is employed, can lead to an effect lasting up to 2.8 months
A look at the music industry. You can't make money from album sales, or from touring. Either have to do it as a hobby or get into the merchandice game.
music cultureA walk through how fast different types of train can go, and why. Great balance of history and physics, detailed but without too much assumed knowledge.
transport trains physicsAll three volumes of Game AI Pro available online! For free!
books ai gamedev developmentA wonderful, horrifying read. This makes me feel better about all the terrible things I've ever done on computers
server hosting wtfTablet multi-tasking is awful, and inconsistent. The form factor has potential, but it hasn't made much use of it yet
More negative knock-on effects from decades of demonizing fat
meat healthSome great suggestions - assessing quality of free stuff is always tricky (esp audio), so a high-level filter is a good start
books public domain audiobooksReasons not to study the history of philosophy. Greek/Roman writings are not sacred texts!
history philosophyWe continue to encourage an outmoded mode of home ownership, and incentivize buying in spite of no economic argument
economicsCourse is WIP, chapters are all very short but shows promise. Some good other links to courses and material in HN thread
security cpp courses open sourceDay-to-day negative effects of pollution on indiviudals
environment pollutionUsing an external harddrive interferes with wireless keyboard and mouse
DRY code is not always better code. Duplication is often better than shitty abstractions
programming code DRYI was hoping for a way to minimize margin left/right overrides, but sadly not. Bunch of other issues that come up with Arabic text - underlines, letter-spacing, opacity, font-weight, and others
css rtl accessibilitywatching/waiting for node deps to install almost causes me physical pain
software performance bloatYou don’t have to be a genius to write fast programs. There’s no magic trick. The only thing required is not building on top of a huge pile of crap that modern toolchain is
We need solutions that are less terrible for the environment, but 'living in harmony with nature' is basically a fallacy; seeking that is longing for an age that never existed.
environment climate technologyExcellent tips. Reading this makes me feel like my security is atrocious
linux unix scripts securityI had this exact same paper day schedule! Not exactly a groundbreaking discovery, but the half-hour blocks and height of the page are both great limitations
Users: Please complain more about slow programs. Its 2016. We carry supercomputers in our pockets. Its simply not ok for apps to be sluggish.
It is no longer 2016, but nothing else in this piece has changed :(
electron flash web performance bloatGood place to look for things to read. Going to try scheduled redirect from Twitter to this page and see if I end up wasting more or less time
blogs reading webDammit snap where are my files
linux snap scriptsThis is less drastic than I thought. With more block editing, themes will be used for styling, but no longer for layout
wordpressHonestly, skip all of the courses. Pick a problem to solve, start googling for common models that are used to solve the problem, then go on github, find code that solves that problem or a similar one
There is mixed consensus on this. But copy-pasting snippets to solve my problems is how I've learned to program so far; why should ML be any different.
learning machine learning resources codeInteresting activity to try. I feel like I would google may more than this
This made me feel better both for the suggestions, and because I had nowhere near as many. TLDR just delete most stuff as it doesn't actually matter
information overload fomo productivity organisationI particularly like the interlude:
sleep science fact-checking reading booksno, you can't randomly cite 2,000-page-long books and hope nobody will read them
Keep pages simple and self-contained
web linkrot contentEffect of the spread of information from fringe to broad adoption to "everyone knows this"
psychology mediaAmazing thread
designPaper from 1989(!) looking at different methods people use to find information. There are six main categories, most online search continues to only use one or two
search ui ux researchFantastic explanation
graphics normal maps 3dMore local example of homogenous diversity. At larger scale all cities start to look the same as well
sharing economy design globalization aesthetics airbnb societyThis is SO helpful. Have had this page open as a reference for writing and fixing scripts, and started using Bash Boilerplate a bit as well
bash scripting amazingLove this. Doesn't need to be stored as JSON either, can convert from whatever and generate
design css design systems style guidesI have been obsessed with rsync lately
security backups rsync dataIdentifying what specificially the hard things are, then adjusting the task to add/remove difficulty
Very clever approach to estimating impact of self-driving cars. Interesting that budget limited a lot of the scope. Since this should be pretty important, but also that saving money is going to be a benefit of this!
Small sample size + novelty surely impacted the effect of a driver. Also that they can get out of the car and do stuff, whereas doing groceries or drycleaning you'd still need human intervention
Also remember to take damn breaks
health computers stretches handsNovel concept to visualise audio samples
Yet another vim alternative to try
editors codeCopied verbatim because I love this:
- Observe the world, pay attention to things.
- Jot down snippets of observations/ideas in a single Google Docs document (available on almost any platform). Don't try to organize it. Keep it really simple. The key is to keep it low effort and frictionless.
- Look over the Google Docs document from time to time. When you have enough ideas coalescing in a cluster/theme, feel them out. When the cluster feels like it's ready i.e. you feel an emotional connection to it, start writing. Important tip: don't feel you have to finish writing in one sitting -- you can stop, let your writing sit, and keep re-clustering until you have something that is worth putting out there.
Combo of talk + write-up below is excellent
web work ethics historyHow to do what vim plugins do with just vim
vim config editingI like the sidebar underlines and main page heaxagon anims on this
svg css web animation custom properties css variablesThis is glorious
code talks strings satireTLDR use cmd < file, not cat file | cmd
Wanted to remove a bunch of old/unused binary files that were bloating a repo.
git command line linuxExplanation and practical uses of defaults in macos
Useful to have a script/clickable thing for this as I toggle it on/off frequently
macos scripting accessibility grayscalePhenomenonly written and researched, with amazing demos and ideas throughout. Multi-themed components being visible in dev is a wonderful idea
Not everyone’s going to be my people, or each other’s people. No one in any group large enough is going to like everyone, or even be neutral to everyone— there’s gonna be some “get away from me” and strong dislike floating around, there are going to be divides. Pleasing every single person means being close to no one.
Some additional useful bits in comments (also a lot of 'just use x'). Actual list has some gems in it: repgrep, podman, mdcat etc
linux command line toolsThis looks very useful. Full-text search and some other convenient integrations
productivity notes bookmarks tools web pdfMassive list of tools and SaaSes, some free, some with free quotas listed.
code tools saas hosting resources freeDigging through the history of biases and problems with training data and categories used for ML tasks
politics ai bias psychologyInteresting post/thread.
web advertising twitterInsert more ads. Signal to noise goes down. Value to user shrinks. Value of user to advertisers decreases. Insert more ads. A vicious cycle that de-prioritizes the user experience.
Good strategy to minimize hindsight bias and try to improve quality of decisions. Interesting point from some interview: good decisions that have bad outcomes (due to chance) are better than bad decisions with good outcomes, as the latter reinforces bad decisions.
decision making knowledge productivity writingThe best way to practice is to spend time thinking
thinking psychology learning knowledge.env files were the thing that made me stop pasting credentials directly in my WIP files.
linux bash securityStill trying to figure out the UI and layout of Bitwig, finding these kind of focused tutorials worth it for navigation alone
music drums bitwigRefreshingly professional. My usual favourite commits are either Developers Swearing or awful puns.
git codeThe ludicrous complexity of everyday activities is never as obvious as when you ary to add it to a game.
games code coffeeAccessibility won't work as an afterthought, it needs to be part of the process.
Making sites accessible makes them better for all users. Real-life example of this is curb-ramps.
Great pushback on the one-way design -> developer handover that often happens.
I've had some great pairing sessions with designers over video calls this year. I am curious to try using recordings to bridge time gaps.
designCloud-to-butt but for all bullshit buzzwords
HN thread has some other interesting ideas/templates for daily docs
writing journalingNicely written piece, and great website
writing journalingWhy haven’t we stopped climate change? We’re not wired to empathize with our descendants. Artificial distance that we add to 'other people'
environment psychologyPossible counterpoint: if the text doesn't render due to slow perf then readability is also affected.
Though only comparisons of text-rendering: optimizeSpeed; vs optimizeLegibility are from a while ago, unsure
if this is still a legit perf issue anyway.
Some nice animations and flourishes. Source project includes color palette!
From the author of "Love letter to my website", using writing to organise the mess inside your brain
writingAs it turns out, the S-1 was correct; Neumann was pivotal to WeWork, because WeWork only exists due to his ability to get money from investors.
Personal triggers are more persuasive that any other arguments or data. Future and far away people are harder to imagine than seeing change in a place you know. Image from ShowYourStripes is striking.
climate environmentSolid advice on reading, annotating, and selecting
books readinghow to make better use of commute or dead time
productivity creativity art writingSometimes I think "I am a huge nerd". Then I read things like this and feel either normal or inadequate.
biography productivity computersStats on editors/content for reddit, Amazon, and Wikipedia
wikipedia internet web content statisticsadblock audio machine learningSoon after Adblock Radio gained some traction in 2016, I have received lawyer threats from French radio networks (more details below). I had to partially shut the website down, change its architecture, better understand the legal ramifications, etc
Some solid rules for writing better. A lot of structure, a bit on content, and some process suggestions
writing styleguide blogTips from and case studies of using a few websites with a screenreader. TLDR make your markup valid and lightweight, keep headings in correct order, and add assistive tags.
accessibility screen readers web voice empathy assistive technologyHow to write about things you are working on without giving away secrets or spoilers
writingThe worldwide sameness that results from everyone chasing the same internet aesthetic, and impact on tourist experiences.
travel tourism internetDepending on algorithms, however, doesn’t work as well in cities, where culture is more important than geography