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These are called Fermi problems.

I've counted paper ballots for multiple presidential elections in my country. People who think it's not safe should really spend some time learning how it works. It's impossible to…

I believe local llms are the future. It will only get better. Once we get to the level of even last year's state of the art I don't see any reason to use chatgpt/anthropic/other. W…

Today I remembered the SETI@Home project. A distributed computing project for people to contribute their computer's power to help search for signals of extraterrestrial life. And t…

Also the fact that a theory is refutable. That a theory is not _the_ truth, but the best explanation so far and if something proves it completely or partially wrong then we move on…

This comment makes me think of the Gell-Mann amnesia effect but applied to comments. If I was unaware of what has been happening for the past few weeks I would find this comment re…

Here's another official position relevant to current events but that is beginning to change. "Electronic voting machines are 100% safe and as safe as paper ballots if not more".

This is why I like to watch YouTube tutorials sometimes, especially when I’m new to a certain topic. They show every step clearly. The author can’t forget to mention a piece of inf…

Let’s imagine a workflow that begins with a simple instruction like "I want to build an application" and then engages in a dialogue to grasp your vision and establish requirements.…

John Sarno's book "The Mind Body Prescription" is the book that's always mentioned on HN when this topic comes up. But there's a more up to date book with actual science to back up…

I'm given the opportunity to join a high caliber team. My job is not only easy but also not very demanding. I don't work a lot, tasks are mostly straightforwards, my team and my ma…

If we had to design the universe, could we use our models or are there better, "truer" formulas? Apology for the bad analogy but we can write the same program in python and java. T…

I find this insightful. I can relate to that.

Is there such a group? Like a discord or something. A place to vent, to support each other, to be among people who understand what it is to go through this process.

I've been laid off so I'll learn skills that'll get me a job: - Leetcode - Rust (not sure it'll help but it'll keep me sane) - DDD (started today because of another HN thread) - Br…

>There is quite a bit of open source software out there with bugs, bad documentation, and bad design; simply because fixing those problems is a real hassle. Onboarding is a barrier…

That's my main takeaway so far. It helps me get started. Having a piece of code that might be wrong but that I can refactor is easier than starting from blank.

Where do you find these startups? My experience with startup interviews is FAANGesque leetcode + system design questions.