I am trying to build a flood forecasting system for India using satellite remote sensing, hydrologic models, machine learning, crowdsourcing etc.
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When I meditate all I'm trying to do is keep my attention in the present moment; if my mind starts to wander I bring it back, and so on. I've always loved going on walks, and they've just turned out to be a good way to work through mental/emotional stuff. Walking helps you stay in the moment as well, and when you're focusing your attention on the moment there's always new things to sense. Let me know if that's not cl…
I go on long walks, this is something I will try. I usually listen to podcasts while walking, maybe it is time to try something different. About analyzing thoughts - I tend to over analyze everything. How do you not fall into this trap?
It's vital that you're honest with yourself in order to find some sort of base cause to any given thought/emotion. I honestly end up catching myself lost in thought after a minute or so more often than not.
It's really a best effort sort of thing. But the more you practice, and the more effort you put forward, the stronger you'll get and the easier it will be to filter the signal from the noise.
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#163The past several years I've been trying to find some tangible philosophical ground to stand on. This (desperate) search is and has been the produce of mental illness I've dealt with since my adolescence (I'm 32 now). Quite a long story short, I managed to get the mental illness under control; something I thought I'd be living with the rest of my life. My research has included mostly standing/walking meditation, and r…
I would suggest that you read "He Is There And He Is Not Silent" by Francis Schaeffer. He tackles the three big philosophical questions (metaphysics, morals, and epistemology) from a Christian perspective. His writing is simple but deep - I had to read it several times to get parts of it. He's doing an overview of huge fields, not an in-depth, point-by-point argument. You sometimes have to fill in details of his argu…
Thanks for the suggestion, I will read it. :)
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#164sustainability in fashion. there's a lot of "greenwashing" in the industry driven by opaqueness and lack of measurable data. step #1 is to get more brands on board. step #2 make it easier to monitor supply-chain and have actionable and measurable KPIs built around data.
this is very interesting! anyway for us to connect directly to learn more? i have deep expertise in the fashion manufacturing industry.
I'd love to! Shoot me an email, paul@mannr.co
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#165Im aggregating stock chatter from the worst parts of the internet (wallstreetbets, 4chan), summarizing it and sending it out as a newsletter here: https://topstonks.com
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Distance running gave me the space to let stressors bubble up, acknowledge them and move on. Once all of those thoughts pass it becomes easy to focus on breathing and be present in the moment. Over time it also becomes easier to recognize this pattern and expect and accept it.
Yup, this has been the case for me too, along with any repetitive task such as rowing, turning a garden, chopping wood, etc.
Some of my best ideas come whilst doing dog poop sweeps out of my yard. ... I know
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#167I'm working on pacing emails to a more manageable, calmer schedule. I'm doing it with essentially a UI-less system which is a rather fun way to produce an app. It simply requires a user to update their email of the website that emails them too frequently with a paced.email alias. E.g. johndoe.shopify@daily.paced.email johndoe.stripe@weekly.paced.email johndoe.github@monthly.paced.email At the end of each period, a si…
I haven't used this. But i see the utility. Wouldn't having an admin UI to map ids to periodicity be better than using a hard coded subdomain? That way one can prevent bad actors from switching pace when they come to know of this site. I could also up or lower pace for an id while not having to go through the hassle of changing my mail id.. Also, doing that would let you sell the solution for use with custom domains.
I mean use github@johndoe.paced.email And have an admin ui that lets you set "github@johndoe.paced.email" =>"weekly"
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#168I'm tackling the issue of managing Reddit saves. Across all platforms (not just Reddit), people including myself like to save/bookmark interesting content in the hopes of getting some use out of it later. The problem arises when you start accumulating too much content and forget to ever check that stuff out. I'm working on a solution to help resurface Redditors' saved things using personalized newsletters. I'm callin…
Signed up, and I love how fast it was to create an account. Literally two clicks and 5 seconds as my password is saved in google crome and you sign up through reddit. I think you're on to something with that onboarding process. Kinda different, kind of the same but i'd love to use an app with much better search than the 'direct search' currently in most aggrogrator/ note apps. If i searched 'quotes' it would rip out…
I tried to make onboarding as frictionless as possible so this makes me happy to hear!
And that's a really interesting idea regarding search. Would love to see the HN thread/article you mentioned to get a better understanding of the concept. As of now, Unearth's only focus was on active content resurfacing, but I've seen many Redditors mention the wish to search their saves as well so I think I'll look more into this.
Appreciate the ideas, keep them coming.
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#169standardized tracking for shipping containers currently tracking is limited either by A) type of transportation (ships, rail, trucks) or B) by the Freight Forwarding company. If you use multiple freight forwarders, you're stuck entering data from PDFs into spreadsheets to create your own custom usable dashboard. If you use one freight forwarder, you have access to the main journey points, either as a spreadsheet, or…
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#1701. Trying to make hiring in tech a better experience by sharing my knowledge and experience with both job seekers and those doing the hiring. The really hard part about this is influencing some change in how hiring is done, because I strongly believe the current hiring process selects for the wrong skillset. I'm publicly committing to write about this topic weekly with a newsletter that I just launched: https://hiringfor.tech
2. At work, I recently completed a really long project with a large team. I'm trying to make the lessons learned accessible to others in the company because they'll also be undertaking similar projects soon. That means documenting my learnings at a level of abstraction that allows others to not make the same mistakes as us, but still have enough flexibility to tailor their implementation based on their team's needs. The hard part is the intersection of technical and people-oriented knowledge dissemination.
This year is going to be focused on a lot of teaching, which I'm excited about.