- find "my people": creatives; also reconnect with tech friends
- participate in local tech scene; give talks
- publish ideas to help people
- cook a lot of food. Yum!
Readit Newsjohn-tells-all commented on It boots on real hardware (hk kernel) github.com/jgarzik/hk/rel... · Posted by u/jgarzik
I'd be curious how this compares to the straight Linux kernel, as well as other kernels. Even basic metrics like KLOC would be interesting.
If no one gets to it, I'll drink a pot or three of coffee and publish it myself.
john-tells-all commented on Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth? · Posted by u/nishilpatel
Armin Ronacher's blog (of flask/jinja fame) https://lucumr.pocoo.org/
Antirez' blog (of Redis fame) https://antirez.com/
Simon Willison's blog (about AI) https://simonwillison.net/
Simon's blog is stellar, and he posts on many tech topics in addition to AI.
His "Today I Learned" series is an extremely useful selection of small learnings: https://til.simonwillison.net/
john-tells-all commented on Ask HN: What are the best engineering blogs with real-world depth? · Posted by u/nishilpatel
https://jvns.ca/
Not a tech. company blog. Explains technical concepts clearly and top notch technical posts. Fits 1,2, 3 criteria of what you ask, though not the 4th one.
Strong recommend! Julia's posts are always really engaging and educational.
She also publishes a number of technical topics as ZINES. I bought her "Oh Shit, Git!" zine and learned a ton of useful info, despite having decades in the industry.Zines are a great way to encourage book-allergic coworkers into learning great material.
john-tells-all commented on Live Coding Trance Music instagram.com/reel/DQ4B7D... · Posted by u/suioir
Switch Angel has dozens of Strudel music videos on Youtube, including a few with no voiceover. Super entertaining!
This is literally comic. The plot of the live action comic book movie "Danger: Diabolik" [1] has a segment where the a country's tax records are destroyed, thus making it impossible for the government to collect taxes from its citizens.
john-tells-all commented on In Praise of RSS and Controlled Feeds of Information blog.burkert.me/posts/in_... · Posted by u/curioussquirrel
I've paid for Feedly for years and use it daily.
One section is "Hacker News People". When I find someone on HN who writes well, I subscribe to their comments in a RSS feed, so I can read everything they write. Very often they comment on a link I don't see on my main HN page, which is useful.
App http://hnapp.com/ converts names to RSS feeds. Example: `author:nickjj`
john-tells-all commented on Webbol: A minimal static web server written in COBOL github.com/jmsdnns/webbol... · Posted by u/simonpure
I thought I could program in any language. But: that Cobol project makes Assembly language look clean and elegant.
I applaud Jms Dnns! This project really makes you think.
john-tells-all commented on Jane Goodall has died latimes.com/obituaries/st... · Posted by u/jaredwiener
Highly rate her episode of the BBC’s The Life Scientific https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m000jmsd
The Life Scientific is a wonderful and engaging podcast. The episodes delve into a scientist's field of study, but really bring out their human side. Hobbies, interests; scientists are people too :)
I like the idea of my money going to the artists. And, you can "buy the catalog", give an artist $150 or so to get ALL their music. I have a couple composers who I adore so that was a no-brainer. If I was going to pay them for most of their work anyway, why not give them the money now?