What do people think of openstack in terms of transference of knowledge and skills? I realize it’s not as scalable as the others.
Readit Newsmarmot777 commented on Ask HN: How different is AWS/GCP/Azure in everyday work · Posted by u/michal_kluczek
marmot777 commented on In the Beginning Was the Command Line (1999) web.stanford.edu/class/cs... · Posted by u/conanxin
Because I had to read this before falling asleep I had audio going out 2x so it sounds like a fifties cartoon.
A HN success story. This post makes my day.
marmot777 commented on Throw away your first draft of your code ntietz.com/blog/throw-awa... · Posted by u/herbertl
A lot of writers do the exact same thing.
marmot777 commented on Show HN: Learn Python with Minecraft github.com/gilesknap/mciw... · Posted by u/gilesknap
My son will be interested in this for sure.
marmot777 commented on Ask HN: What has your personal website/blog done for you? · Posted by u/_ajoj
> I recommend it. Start a blog - on your own domain, on webspace that you control.
Following up on this - any specific reason behind this? I am considering starting a newsletter soon to first gather audience and Substack looks like right solution for this without requiring much technical setup, esp. as a non-tech. Idea is to first start blogging, get into that mindspace, build an audience and then you can move it to a proper blog on your own website, if required.
Curious what would be your thoughts here?
Email is one of the last remaining things where your audience is directly yours and not part of a walled garden. So newsletters have made a come back.
marmot777 commented on What “work” looks like blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022... · Posted by u/LordNibbler
The three fundamental ideas of my PhD came to while:
1.) Sitting in a park sketching solutions on a notebook.
2.) Laying at the beach on vacation.
3.) Playing Legos with my daughter.
Without these ideas, I doubt there would've even been a PhD, or even a paper publication.
(There was a period of 2 years in my life where I did not have any significant ideas, at all. During that time, I was employed at a company which offered a constant stream of urgent TODO emails and tickets. I worked until exhaustion for 2 years, but did not get any work done.)
Many top novelists, scientists, engineers, etc., have come up with ideas doing something other than work. We’ve all had ideas at odd times and contexts. Sometimes good and occasionally outstanding ideas or solutions.
marmot777 commented on What “work” looks like blog.jim-nielsen.com/2022... · Posted by u/LordNibbler
I like that 5 step process. It gives one’s brain time and space to process and integrate.
Careful now. Self-assortment into those who don't play at all and those who play at least three hours per day? There's good reasons to think those weren't otherwise equivalent populations in the first place. I'm buying "associated" but any sort of claims about effects from the games are going to have to come from elsewhere.
It’s true that correlation isn’t causation but I think, in moderation, games do improve cognitive skills. If it becomes something the kid does all the time, then I think the lack of balance does more harm than good. Moderation is all things.
What games do you recommend for kids of that age?
Starting at around 5 or 6, Minecraft is fantastic.