Swizec

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by Swizec 2y ago
The “inscrutable layers unapproachable to beginners” of today are the bare metal low level computing of tomorrow. Sure I learned with DOS and Turbo Pascal and it was wonderful, but if you ask my teachers who learned with machine code and mi
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by Swizec 2y ago
Consumers ask for AI all the time. Their requests sound like this: - "Google search is drowned by SEO, I can't find anything anymore" - "Wow all these ads suck" - "Ugh my social media is full of huckste
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by Swizec 2y ago
This is how I got established and built a following :)
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by Swizec 2y ago
Yes, don’t write technical books for the money. But also do! If you approach the book as a business venture, there’s plenty of money to be made. Here’s my recap of making almost $400k over a few years of working on books-and-such as a sideb
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by Swizec 2y ago
I've enjoyed my reMarkable for reading on a large e-ink screen. Scribbling your notes right on the page is a great UX when reading papers. But unlike a Kindle, it really needs to rest in your lap or be propped up against something. It
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by Swizec 2y ago
SQL is not going anywhere. If anything it’s becoming more and more popular. Every developer I’ve worked with who touches server-side code has eventually said some version of ”Bah damn these ORMs can we just write SQL?” . And now with local
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by Swizec 2y ago
> Things definitely go wrong but no one says it is just the way things are. If changes are made there shall be new drawings. > then about how structured everything was and eventually about the building being finished while they still
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by Swizec 2y ago
It's pretty normal for people running in densely populated cities with 15mph average traffic speeds to ignore red lights. Nothing suicidal about it :)
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by Swizec 2y ago
Competing anecdata: Yesterday I was running downtown and a Waymo stopped for me at a green light because it wasn't sure if I was gonna jaywalk (jayrun?). Only once I stood still for a few seconds did it continue to make its turn. This
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by Swizec 2y ago
> I remember reading that children gain the ability to understand that around the age of 7. Prior to that, seeing the bad taints the whole world for them. My country had a [short] war when I was 4 years old. Kids are plenty capable of ex
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by Swizec 2y ago
I once spent a transatlantic flight behind a poor lady who barfed every 5 to 10 minutes for 10 hours straight. Probably something she ate. Hope she’s alright.
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by Swizec 2y ago
> * 关系 (Guanxi) (Mandarin): Your network of connections that help you get stuff done in life and business. I do think in American English at least there is a phrase for this: Your Network. You even used it to explain the word :) Usually
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by Swizec 2y ago
Have you ever suggested that management/leadership should measure productivity by lines of document text written? They might better grok how that’s a bad idea. Especially since many of them much prefer to communicate in bullet-pointed
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by Swizec 2y ago
It’s a lot easier to report a problem when you have screenshots. Will HR do anything about a handsy VP in a he-said-she-said situation? Maybe. Will they do anything when you send them screenshots of a VP’s icky chats? You bet.
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by Swizec 2y ago
> the internet and cultural hegemony of the US will go into overdrive with all models churning out only US-centric views I saw a fascinating outcome of this at a conference recently. Polish speaker made an IRS joke to a room full of Euro
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by Swizec 2y ago
Yes this is strictly better. I’m saying it’s a good thing that more things come packaged in cardboard than plastic these days and I’m highlighting that this is a growing trend especially in high-end products because those consumers care mor
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by Swizec 2y ago
> Do you get the sense that the plastic manufacturers are limiting production in any whatsoever now? More and more stuff I buy, especially from higher end brands, comes packaged in purely cardboard packaging with no plastic. Not even tap
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by Swizec 2y ago
I’ve been poking at this on and off! Got to the point where you can use a CLI command to turn any URL into a podcast episode. Even describes images and embedded code snippets so you can get the full experience. Got distracted by other prior
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by Swizec 2y ago
You are right. The details are usually more known to science than to locals and infrastructure/building projects spur many archaelogical digs in Europe. To the point that most projects have to budget an archaeology time delay because y
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by Swizec 2y ago
> there are still undiscovered castles lurking in the forests As with all anthropology/archaeology, there is a big difference between “discovered” [by science] and “known” [by the locals]. The locals most certainly know of every cas
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by Swizec 2y ago
Is slop new or is it just a continuation of SEO, blogspam, and “content”? I love that we have a new better word that captures the nuance, but it doesn’t feel like a new phenomena.
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by Swizec 2y ago
When the beard is black, take the reasoning, ignore conclusions. When gray, take both reasoning & conclusions. When white, just conclusions. ~Taleb
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by Swizec 2y ago
> They don’t care about content; only token count. That’s fine, but what would be best is to chunk by topic. I’ve had a lot of success with chunking documents by subtitle. Works especially well for web published documents because each se
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by Swizec 2y ago
> Just see how many people think that when a scientist says "the universe" that they mean the entire universe and not, as scientists mean, the observable universe We once pestered our physics professor to explain what’s outside
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by Swizec 2y ago
> Maybe adjusting some straps and seat positions is more intuitive than digging for advanced options. Maybe it's significantly more difficult to surface options in digital mediums without introducing friction as a side-effect, becau
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by Swizec 2y ago
We can't solve this problem until we at least agree what "full-stack" even means. Right now you have many frontend-focused engineers who justifyably argue that something like React Server Components is a backend concern becau
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by Swizec 2y ago
Also an important aspect is that high functioning undiagnosed ADD often manifests as ”What do you mean? Obviously everyone experiences this” If you keep thinking that ADD people are complaining about nothing, it may be a good to get teste
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by Swizec 2y ago
> you start collecting reusable bags that you have no way of reusing I use them as trash bags for the various small trashcans in the home (office, bathroom, etc). Works great. Also fantastic for any trash (like fish) you have that you do
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by Swizec 2y ago
> the most informative content doesn't has fairly low reach and the highest engagement content leans heavily on entertainment value Same observation here. I think it's because these channels are optimized for people looking to
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by Swizec 2y ago
> But you still have all of the expensive/slow stuff like plumbing, electrical and finish carpentry that still has to be done. I did some research on modular construction recently to use in a talk about modular software design. This

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