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Andrew Huberman has a great podcast episode on the effects of alcohol on the body and brain[1]. Huberman is a professor of neurobiology at Stanford and he does a great job of expla…

There are certainly many people that show signs of trouble, but don’t become mass shooters. And yes, availability of firearms, specifically high capacity rifles, was found to be a …

Here’s a larger list of the key takeaways, https://www.theviolenceproject.org/mass-shooter-database-3/k... . For me, the most surprising takeaway was how many shooters exhibit sign…

For those interested in learning more about this topic, I recommend checking out the Violence Project by Jillian Peterson and James Densley [1]. This book opened my eyes to how com…

Here’s a 15 min clip about her record deal [1]. TL;DR: She didn’t take a big advance even though she was broke and ended up making a lot more money from residuals. Things get reall…

If you liked this article, check out the Joe Rogan podcast with Jewel[1]. She talks a lot about her rise to stardom and how she was able to maintain creative freedom with good fina…

It’s all about your time versus money in my opinion. Do you have more time than money, do it yourself. Do you have more money than time, hire someone. I found the hourly rate of tr…

YouTube is an amazing resource for learning. There are so many professionals making high quality DIY videos. And they’re actually entertaining. I recently installed a Mini Split AC…

@ineptech knows what he's talking about. Follow this advice. Here are some more ideas to consider. Source: 18+ years of experience as an engineer, manager, and director. The theme …

Before deep diving into CS theory, I would go deeper into programming first to better understand how a computer really works. The best intro on this topic I found is "Programming f…

Will Durant puts this very succinctly in "Lessons of History" [1]: "History reports that the men who can manage men manage the men who can manage only things, and the men who can m…

Not gonna lie, I have pissed some people off with this approach myself even when it was handled properly. Diplomacy and collaboration should be used first. Maybe even let someone e…

This is a tough situation to be in. I've been there myself and it's not fun. If I were in this same situation again, I would ask myself a few questions: * Who is my customer in thi…

Camille Fournier literally wrote the book on Engineering Management so when she speaks, I always listen [1]. Every technology leader will reach a point where there are just too man…

One of the key findings is positive thinking can increase serotonin. “Self-induced changes in mood can influence serotonin synthesis.” For those interested in a practical approach …

By far the best write up is Fabien Sanglard’s Doom Game Engine Black Book [1]. The amount of detail and depth is just incredible. [1] http://fabiensanglard.net/gebbdoom/

I have a production service running on AWS Lambda and I haven't run into any major challenges. The Lambda service is responsible for authenticating to a downstream third party serv…

The author references Cal Newport's Deep Work [1]. I recently read this book and I can't recommend it enough. It's not just a productivity fluff piece about the importance of focus…

Ray Dalio's Principles is such an amazing book. I use his 5-step process every single day. Here's a great summary for anyone interested. https://inside.bwater.com/publications/prin…

Same here with the fan. I use Goland as my main IDE and man does it kick up a fuss whenever indexing occurs.

I'm on a 2017 Razer Blade running Linux Mint. I would say it's functional if you're looking for a gaming/development machine, but less than ideal for 100% development. My work mach…

I built an app that was 90% CRUD a year ago and I choose Loopback, but FeathersJS was on my radar. Loopback did the trick, but I just hated defining models in JSON instead of JavaS…

The actual video is by Mark Rober and man you gotta check out his YouTube channel [1]. I've been in a technical slump here recently and watching his videos totally re-energized me.…