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For staying motivated to read, I like to set up and read small clusters of books then write about them. Being able to put a bow on a reading project is easier to stick with than re…

About half of what I clicked through were sales funnels. Traffic for my blog has fluctuated depending on whether or not my site is referenced in the Overview that month for relevan…

This is a fun side project I've been working on now for a few years that looks back at research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. Some stuff is well-known, others have been forgott…

I do not have showdead on, but I visit newest most times I visit HN. I'm more likely to browse the headlines/comments on the front page but click on links on newest.

I've been writing about interesting books and papers I read for a few years now. I wanted a nice, simple interface to point people to as a "hub" for recommendations that's compatib…

I write quite a bit about books and papers I read. This ranges from contemporary work on privacy and machine learning to math, economics, and philosophy from the nineteenth century…

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My favorite part of HN is finding great reading recommendations, especially stuff I likely wouldn't have otherwise come across. Here are some papers/articles I enjoyed last year an…

This is a fun side project I've been working on now for a few years that looks back at research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. Some stuff is well-known, others have been forgott…

I mostly read non-fiction and technical articles. My favorite book this year was "Differential Privacy" (2025) by Simson Garfinkel. Differential privacy is a mathematical theory of…

I tried several on this list a few years ago and found Jekyll the most flexible/enjoyable for my use case. It's a bit dated though.

I've always meant to read more of the Little History series. I love Gombrich's original!

> Any practical format that lowers the bar? I've really enjoyed writing recurring posts. For example, each December, I write up lists of the most interesting books and papers I've …

1. Differential Privacy (2025) by Simson Garfinkel A readable but thorough introduction to differential privacy. 2. Tales of the Weird: An Uncanny Introduction (2023) A collection …

Each year, I put together lists of the books and articles I've I read that I found most interesting. This started out as a way to motivate myself to take better notes when I read. …

Here's my list so far: Differential Privacy (2025) by Simson Garfinkel. This is an accessible and enjoyable introduction to differential privacy from the MIT Press essentials serie…

Are you also eating breakfast and lunch? Lots of my colleagues that have struggled with jitters and such also practice fasting.

There are lots of great books on the Vienna Circle. Check out Dave Edmonds' Wittgenstein's Poker (2001) for a fun and accessible intro.

Reading and writing about old books and articles [0]. It's a nice distraction from work while still being mentally stimulating. I'm increasingly thinking about mowing the yard and …

I find the naturalism vs spiritualism debate to be one of the most compelling parts of what's going on in the late nineteenth century and plan to continue covering it in future ins…