bekantan | 3 years ago | on: I finally got Twitter after years of not getting it
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bekantan | 4 years ago | on: Algorithms for Modern Hardware
There are plenty of trading companies in NL: Flow, Optiver, IMC - check them out
bekantan | 4 years ago | on: What’s so hard about understanding consciousness?
Honest question: following this argument, is it to be expected that a sufficiently complex water pipeline can become conscious?
bekantan | 4 years ago | on: Apple complies with Dutch ruling, lets dating apps use other payment systems
According to Dutch authorities, dating apps were first on the list because they generated the most complaints. They don't confirm or deny that this will continue with other apps.
bekantan | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: Favorite alternative to fizzbuzz for a quick test?
“Merge two sorted arrays” is a good one
bekantan | 4 years ago | on: Master’s degrees are the second biggest scam in higher education?
Strange, they must have also "translated" the certificate to a PhD in that case :)
bekantan | 4 years ago | on: Ask HN: What iOS/Android do you use for Hacker News
Same, I find night mode very convenient
bekantan | 5 years ago
SICP
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Predictions for 2021?
Watching recent Tesla FSD beta drives made me understand how stressful/dangerous it is to take a ride in such vehicle.
If they make a 1000x improvement it becomes even more dangerous because it can make you feel safe and unaware of sword of Damocles hanging over your head.
I hope I will be proven wrong, but I don’t think any of the current approaches will deliver level 5 autonomy.
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Favorite Podcast Episode of 2020?
Joscha Bach: Artificial Consciousness and the Nature of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #101
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What are the best decisions you’ve made?
What’s peculiar about “red badges” and “oranges” at Amazon (genuinely interested)?
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Attention Is My Most Valuable Asset for Productivity as a Software Developer
My experience is very similar, give or take a few pounds.
Trying to add 5 pounds per workout and grinding through 5x5s after years of sedentary lifestyle is what gets people hurt.
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: The X.Org Server Is Abandonware?
As a XMonad user, I am not considering X11 alternatives for the foreseeable future. I have zero issues with it.
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Chris Lattner: The Future of Computing and Programming Languages [audio]
I love his podcast. Episode with Joscha Bach is the best one so far - Joscha is an excellent fit for type of questions Lex tends to ask
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: What did you purchase that measurably improved your quality of life?
- Squat rack, barbell, weights and a bench (garage gym)
- Premium (home) office chair
- Electric toothbrush
- Smart lighting with Apple Home support
bekantan | 5 years ago | on: Ask HN: Resources to grok Emacs and use it well?
If you are comfortable with vi (like I am), you will definitely like Doom Emacs. I started using it recently for org(-roam) and I really like the experience.
I installed Emacs from brew and apt (on two machines) and just ran doom installation script which you can find in Doom's GitHub repo.
To find your way around you can just follow command descriptions when you press <SPC>.
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Today I prefer lists over following and have several prioritized lists per interest, e.g. P0, P1, ..., Pn for programmers.
When I want to see what's going on, I start with level zero.
Very few people on my lists tweet every day. I enjoy reading people who tweet about new insights within their current area of interest - this rarely happens more than once per week. I aspire to have such account myself. I don't mind staying silent if I don't have something interesting to share.