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Long time lurker, first time poster...I was recently inspired by https://www.reddit.com/r/slatestarcodex/comments/9rvroo/most_of_what_you_read_on_the_internet_is_written/ which has…

Can you go into that a little more - the switch to Golang and the old version being too slow?

What book?

While stretching most definitions of "periodical", Wait But Why https://waitbutwhy.com/ is one of my favorites!

Awesome tool! How do you handle scraping data that's hiding behind layers of ~fancy~ JS libraries? Is it as simple as triggering click events, pausing for loading, and then grabbin…

I believe you're spot on. Training and being used to it is what I'd describe as an unfortunate reality. It reminds me of a few startups that I've seen who've created novels in the …

Social media is also more consumable. It's easy to read a few posts while you're waiting for a few minutes in line or something. With a book, it takes time to get up and going with…