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Re:Do the simplest thing that could possibly work
on Saturday August 30, 2025 @05:50AM (#45073348)
shouldn't it be "the simplest possible thing that could work"?
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Re:Writing Code Was Never the Bottleneck
on Thursday July 03, 2025 @07:43AM (#44454004)
Maybe true, but not true enough.
Re:Ask HN: How to Survive when Life is in Pieces?
on Tuesday June 18, 2024 @12:36PM (#40719693)
"If they're doing better than me it's their luck. If they're doing worse, it's their fault."
Re:Simple sabotage for software (2023)
on Sunday June 16, 2024 @08:50AM (#40696676)
Clever framing of the authors own biases. I'd argue that for at least some of these, the opposite behaviour would be the true sabotage.
Re:Storing knowledge in a single long plain text file
on Wednesday May 22, 2024 @03:39AM (#40438316)
Looks like that's on codemirror framework? Any good resources you could share on wiring up custom language and view? I've managed to kinda get something working with lezer but the docs aren't great and I want to setup some pretty specific behaviour in the view with folding and validation etc.
Show HN: Very Disco – Every Time Paul Graham Was Mentioned on Tim Ferriss Show
https://www.verydisco.app/podcasts/the-tim-ferriss-show/people/paul-graham
We just launched Very Disco on product hunt today, hope you like it:https://www.producthunt.com/posts/very-disco
Meta Tech Lead and Artist Discuss Ted Chiang's Tower of Babylon
Re:Interview take home assessments without feedback are an insult
on Saturday June 24, 2023 @05:03PM (#36462628)
It's unethical
Re:Names should be cute, not descriptive
on Tuesday January 10, 2023 @09:09AM (#34325031)
Wish I read this before I named gonna my dog "Noise Maker".
Ask HN: Best resources for appreciating the Bible for non religious folk?
I love literature and philosophy, I've found a couple great podcasts for appreciating Ecclesiastes and Book of Job from that standpoint:(Ecclesiastes) https://www.verybadwizards.com/160(Job) https://www.verybadwizards.com/171I'm trying to find similar but for the remaining books. Most of the stuff I find when I google is very heavy handed religion, which isn't what I'm looking for.
Re:Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site
on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:19AM (#34286508)
also curious how you track your reading speed? any tools or process that works for you?
Re:Ask HN: Share Your Personal Site
on Saturday January 07, 2023 @04:18AM (#34286500)
Hey I love your reading tracking, care to share your tracking / reading process? Any reason you use airtable over, say, Goodreads?
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:49AM (#34257494)
Oh I freaking LOVED the farseer trilogy. It gets better and better until a big wow. I did a lot of the booker+booker internationals in previous years but found them too hit and miss (mostly miss) for my tastes and decidedly switched to classics. Curious how they end up for you, I havent read this. I'm a big fan of Le Guin though, have you read her masterpiece short story "The ones who walk away from Omelas'"?
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:45AM (#34257468)
Would you recommend? Is it as good as the hype? I feel like it will be a long project.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:44AM (#34257458)
What pace would you recommend? 40 pages a day seems more than reasonable?
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Thursday January 05, 2023 @03:42AM (#34257445)
That might be contributing. The Pevear translation is highly regarded. I researched which to read quite attentively, I found many who reported not being able to make progress via the Garnett translation found that the Pevear version opened the book up to them.
I don't I like big dense works that feel like a chore, and I was really surprised how easy this read. I'm not sure what part you're up to, but it clearly picks up steam at a certain inflection point.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:48PM (#34254828)
Fair enough, you're right he did originally tweet "Start on Monday, done by Sunday". But to be fair, in the very same tweet he wrote "I'll keep adjusting the list".
Besides all that, any good reads queued up for Jan?
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:42PM (#34254790)
I liked sapiens well enough. The middle is a bit of a slog, and I think he makes a few leaps in logic, but some cool ideas in there.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:28PM (#34254683)
Yeah font size, but also just the work itself. If I'm reading epic fantasy I'll fly along. If I'm reading Wuthering Heights I'm crawling. I think it evens out.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:25PM (#34254653)
I am so intimidated by that book. One day.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:24PM (#34254647)
Nice one, I'll look into that next time, cheers.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:23PM (#34254637)
How far do you get with Brothers Karamazov? And which translation? I could hardly put it down once it got rolling.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:19PM (#34254604)
His original tweet he explicitly said "Start on Monday, done by Sunday"
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:17PM (#34254577)
You're saying rushing. But where is the rush here? An hour a half a day. That leaves more than enough time to stop and reflect and go for a walk and write notes.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:14PM (#34254553)
I think that's more than reasonable to assume. I set a goal of a book a week, knowing that some will take longer some shorter. Same when planning projects for the year.
Why not assume the most reasonable thing? I think the dude even said in his initial tweet: "I'll keep adjusting the list".
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:09PM (#34254503)
But is an hour a half per day too fast? What pace would you accept? At least for me, I don't feel like I'm getting only shallow grasp.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:07PM (#34254490)
I dunno, when doing roadmap planning at work we often simplify to make the planning easier, micro adjustments don't add that much value. A book a week is a simple plan to steer towards.
Re:Lex Fridman's Reading Plan in Numbers
on Wednesday January 04, 2023 @08:05PM (#34254469)
dang, when you put it like that...