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I've read both versions of the book and would strongly recommend the audiobook version that came out last year (it's available on Spotify). They did a good job handling the redacti…

I am building QuietReads (quietreads.com) - a single-player book tracking app with an AI assistant. I got tired of the gamification and social elements of Goodreads, StoryGraph and…

Accelerationists and doomers both assume AI means rapid change. But what if the incentives point toward stasis instead? A world frozen in place by those who got there first.

Looks like AWS is also impacted?

Great post - I recommend reading "Apple in China" to get a great insight into the how the Chinese manufacturing industry (and economy) has developed over the last 30 years.

I bought a Nikon FE2 recently from keh.com. There are plenty of manual focus film SLR cameras available. You may also want to try your local camera store. Mine has a good selection…

Can confirm that Ethan Allen is still selling decent, US made, furniture - though at high prices. We got a couch for an awkward sized space from Ethan Allen and were very happy wit…

Yes - and the more focus on “Culture War” topics by the Tories is equally ridiculous. It’s a generational failure of leadership.

Fair enough. I stand corrected. Thank you.

Wealth Management is not the same as retail banking. "The Wealth Management division offers comprehensive wealth management and investment solutions and tailored financing and advi…

TLDR - Credit Suisse has been a sh*t show for over a decade. This has been coming for a while. Credit Suisse is in investment banking and wealth management. It does not have a sign…

I am in a similar situation to you - 2 year old and a newborn and feeling a little burnt out at work. The way I have been coping is just realizing that at this stage the timelines …

I think a key skill to evaluate is the "learning how to learn". Can a developer pick up a new language and are they flexible enough to get their head around a different concept. I …

You might want to do some reading on why unions came about in the first place. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trade_union

I read the book when it came out. It is an interesting snapshot of a particular period in technology history but, as in any memoir, it comes with heavy dose of the author’s persona…

The Knowledge Project podcast is awesome. Here are some snippets that I found very useful. On starting his company in a secondary market: I do think that there is an almost complet…

I am a member of the learning community. I found great value in the transcripts of the Knowledge Project podcasts. The podcast is free but the transcripts are available to the lear…

Use the right tools for the job. If you are running your Python models in containers anyway, a suitable API will work with any backend language. Go and even the JVM (Java / Scala /…

> 2. Collect examples. Start with a spreadsheet of data that highlights the data you have available. This is true not just for data science but when trying to solve any numerical p…