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Re:Loneliness at 19, How to Cope? on Monday December 29, 2025 @07:00AM (#46419834)
Learn a bit from GenX, booze up ;) Don't do it irresponsibly thou. Find your tolerance.

https://www.theguardian.com/society/2025/aug/15/booze-gen-z-...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTKaM_bu9iY

Re:Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024? on Saturday November 23, 2024 @09:56AM (#42221226)
Shameless plug, https://louiscordier.com/the_3_book_of_louis/ I wrote it earlier this year and are tracking its adoption and spreading. It is hitting a plateau though, so now I am nudging it ;)
How tech change in just 40 years. https://xkcd.com/1909/

I also use <username>.github.io and https://archive.org/ (offline at the moment)

See also https://archiveprogram.github.com/

Re:Ask HN: Must-Read Books for Startups? on Sunday September 15, 2024 @09:31AM (#41547404)
"The new business road test" - John Mullins "Will it fly" - Pat Flynn

"Start marketing" - Rob Walling (https://robwalling.com/assets/ebook.pdf) I recommend the article on "Why Startup Founders Should Stop Reading Business Books" ;)

https://youtu.be/19WpIbBhxJU

(don't know where I got this...)

Ideas are worth nothing unless executed. They are just a multiplier. Execution is worth millions.

  Explanation:
  AWFUL IDEA           -1
  WEAK IDEA             1
  SO-SO IDEA            5
  GOOD IDEA            10
  GREAT IDEA           15
  BRILLIANT IDEA       20
  
  NO EXECUTION         $1
  WEAK EXECUTION       $1000
  SO-SO EXECUTION      $10,000
  GOOD EXECUTION       $100,000
  GREAT EXECUTION      $1,000,000
  BRILLIANT EXECUTION  $10,000,000
To make a business, you need to multiply the two.

The most brilliant idea, with no execution, is worth $20.

The most brilliant idea takes great execution to be worth $20,000,000.

That’s why I don’t want to hear people’s ideas.

I’m not interested until I see their execution.

Re:Ask HN: How can I find something worthwhile to do? on Tuesday July 16, 2024 @10:19AM (#40976879)
What you are looking for is Ikigai... I am not quickly finding a good article so these will have to do. ;)

0. https://becomingbetter.org/ikigai/

1. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ikigai

Re:Books to Dive in into Fullstack Development on Thursday July 11, 2024 @07:47AM (#40935630)
Here is my 2c. First try to avoid the languages with too many warts. Why do that to your brain?

0. https://www.destroyallsoftware.com/talks/wat

1. https://greenteapress.com/thinkpython2/thinkpython2.pdf

2. https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/5.0/

3. https://htmx.org/ (let the little framework handle JavaScript)

4. https://cssgridgarden.com/

5. https://flexboxfroggy.com/

This should give you nice overview to get started...

Re:Scotland suddenly has a lot of mosquitoes on Sunday May 12, 2024 @01:26PM (#40336048)
Don't do what @BillGates push, sterilized mosquitoes. (sorry Bill) Rather accommodate and breed dragonflies instead. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Kx2im0ceCc
Re:Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using? on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @06:55AM (#40062841)
sxiv
Re:Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using? on Wednesday April 17, 2024 @06:54AM (#40062833)
i3, vim, Obsidian ;)
Lots of theory, yes.
IIRC we did a digital control system for an electric motor drive circuit but that was a different subject: electric machines.
I failed control-systems in my third year. Was too focused on other more fun subjects. Maybe it is a fun issue?
Flying is like the physical internet, a true miracle in human evolution, step in and in a few short hours you step out on the other side of the world. And yet the insane complaints about lack of comfort, especially in Y, blows my mind. Finally some sanity in a thread about 192Y easyJet A320s.

Quoting flyingturtle (Reply 20): I'm 1.7 m (5.57742782 feet), and I felt more squeezed in a German long-distance bus than in any LCC I've ever flown. The bus ride? Six hours.

I Elon, if you are reading these, I would pay R2 for a Tesla S, but wait it is a NFT. https://lcordier.github.io/blog/20231231

I have one customization request thou. We can discuss.

Re:Your Car Is Tracking You. Abusive Partners May Be, Too. on Sunday December 31, 2023 @12:45PM (#38825885)
It prolly started as analytics for the engineers than corporate started seeing $$$ signs.
Less space is a positive thing. More junk is just a mental tax.

Keep it secret, you're in the lead ;)

"Great minds discuss ideas. Average minds discuss events. Small minds discuss people." -- Eleanor Roosevelt
Re:Cavities were cured in 1985, and no one knows it yet on Monday September 25, 2023 @02:44AM (#37640339)
My worries are with translocation of oral bacteria.

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6427756/

Once it is in the gut you have Small intestinal bacterial overgrowth (SIBO) issues. (could have ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wMWy2Rg6Ul4

Re:Cavities were cured in 1985, and no one knows it yet on Sunday September 24, 2023 @01:53PM (#37635451)
Where we not here before? GMO bacteria producing alcohol...

https://www.cracked.com/article_18503_how-biotech-company-al...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PtPNaMphl04

Also lactic-acid keeps other mouth bacteria under control, do we really want to mess with the balance?

Check out https://lab6.com/ for all the cool stuff. ;)
Re:Has HN Changed? I assume it's just me on Wednesday May 17, 2023 @10:21PM (#35983507)
I use the https://hckrnews.com/ view. Reverse-chronological order of posts.

(sometimes the site needs a refresh, but works most of the time...)

Sounds interesting, do you have a github repo for it?
Re:Who is the best engineer of all time? on Thursday March 02, 2023 @12:31AM (#34992341)
I meant between the 4 I listed?

Here is my proof, please shoot holes in it. https://www.louiscordier.com/the_2_book_of_louis/

Re:Who is the best engineer of all time? on Wednesday March 01, 2023 @05:48PM (#34989420)
Tesla, Edison, Musk or me?
Here are some good info: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hCiJrFaF_aA

Books:

"the bates method for better eyesight without glasses"

"relearning to see. improve your eyesight naturally!"

"habits for better vision - 20 scientifically proven ways to improve your eyesight naturally"

Re:Ask HN: Top Skills to Learn for 2023? on Monday December 19, 2022 @01:05PM (#34055323)
The "new" stuff I am playing with...

1. https://tailwindcss.com/

2. https://htmx.org/

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