wannabebarista

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by wannabebarista 3mo ago
For staying motivated to read, I like to set up and read small clusters of books then write about them. Being able to put a bow on a reading project is easier to stick with than reading X books in a year.
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by wannabebarista 3mo ago
About half of what I clicked through were sales funnels. Traffic for my blog has fluctuated depending on whether or not my site is referenced in the Overview that month for relevant phrases.
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A Look Back at Research from 1826(bcmullins.github.io)
1 points by wannabebarista 3mo ago|1 comments
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by wannabebarista 3mo ago
This is a fun side project I've been working on now for a few years that looks back at research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. Some stuff is well-known, others have been forgotten, and still others were never read at the time. I&#x2
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Cultivating Interests in Undergrad(bcmullins.github.io)
2 points by wannabebarista 4mo ago|0 comments
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by wannabebarista 4mo ago
I do not have showdead on, but I visit newest most times I visit HN. I'm more likely to browse the headlines/comments on the front page but click on links on newest.
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by wannabebarista 6mo ago
I've been writing about interesting books and papers I read for a few years now. I wanted a nice, simple interface to point people to as a "hub" for recommendations that's compatible with a static site. Here's the M
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by wannabebarista 7mo ago
I write quite a bit about books and papers I read. This ranges from contemporary work on privacy and machine learning to math, economics, and philosophy from the nineteenth century. Several readers have asked for an easy way to get recommen
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by wannabebarista 9mo ago
bcmullins.github.io
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Interesting Articles I've Read in 2025(bcmullins.github.io)
2 points by wannabebarista 9mo ago|1 comments
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by wannabebarista 9mo ago
My favorite part of HN is finding great reading recommendations, especially stuff I likely wouldn't have otherwise come across. Here are some papers/articles I enjoyed last year and think others may enjoy as well. Feel free to pos
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An Utterly Incomplete Look at Research from 1925(bcmullins.github.io)
1 points by wannabebarista 9mo ago|1 comments
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by wannabebarista 9mo ago
This is a fun side project I've been working on now for a few years that looks back at research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. Some stuff is well-known, others have been forgotten, and still others were never read at the time. At th
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by wannabebarista 9mo ago
I mostly read non-fiction and technical articles. My favorite book this year was "Differential Privacy" (2025) by Simson Garfinkel. Differential privacy is a mathematical theory of data privacy sandwiched between cryptography, dat
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by wannabebarista 10mo ago
I tried several on this list a few years ago and found Jekyll the most flexible/enjoyable for my use case. It's a bit dated though.
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by wannabebarista 10mo ago
I've always meant to read more of the Little History series. I love Gombrich's original!
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by wannabebarista 10mo ago
> Any practical format that lowers the bar? I've really enjoyed writing recurring posts. For example, each December, I write up lists of the most interesting books and papers I've read during the year. These usually generate a
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by wannabebarista 10mo ago
1. Differential Privacy (2025) by Simson Garfinkel A readable but thorough introduction to differential privacy. 2. Tales of the Weird: An Uncanny Introduction (2023) A collection of short stories from the British Library to introduce the m
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Interesting Books (2025 Edition)(bcmullins.github.io)
2 points by wannabebarista 10mo ago|1 comments
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by wannabebarista 10mo ago
Each year, I put together lists of the books and articles I've I read that I found most interesting. This started out as a way to motivate myself to take better notes when I read. Now, I occasionally also get a nice message from someon
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by wannabebarista 11mo ago
Here's my list so far: Differential Privacy (2025) by Simson Garfinkel. This is an accessible and enjoyable introduction to differential privacy from the MIT Press essentials series. The Philosopher in the Kitchen (1825) by Jean Anthel
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
Are you also eating breakfast and lunch? Lots of my colleagues that have struggled with jitters and such also practice fasting.
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
There are lots of great books on the Vienna Circle. Check out Dave Edmonds' Wittgenstein's Poker (2001) for a fun and accessible intro.
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
Reading and writing about old books and articles [0]. It's a nice distraction from work while still being mentally stimulating. I'm increasingly thinking about mowing the yard and managing the garden. That's a hobby, right? [
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
I find the naturalism vs spiritualism debate to be one of the most compelling parts of what's going on in the late nineteenth century and plan to continue covering it in future installments. It's always an interesting exercise cho
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
You're right that this doesn't work. I seem to have thought of verifiability as provable from outside the theory and discoverable as provable from inside the theory. This clearly doesn't get at what Greg is arguing. Thanks fo
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A Look Back at Research from 1875(bcmullins.github.io)
22 points by wannabebarista 1y ago|6 comments
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
This is a fun side project I've been working on now for a few years that looks back at research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. Some stuff is well-known, others have been forgotten, and still others were never read at the time. I&#x2
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
Likely the best resource to learn about philosophy is the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy [0]. It's meant to provide a rigorous starting point for learning about a topic, where 1. you won't get bogged down in a giant tome on y
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by wannabebarista 1y ago
This reminds me of undergrad philosophy courses. After the intro logic/critical thinking course, some students can't resist seeing affirming the antecedent and post hoc fallacies everywhere (even if more are imagined than not).

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