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Book: A short history of nearly everything
My summary of “The short history of nearly everything” by Bill Bryson – a multivitamin of natural sciences.
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Get ahead by not shooting yourself in the foot
There is plenty of traps and hidden dangers in life. But sometimes, people are so hell-bent on making an obvious blunder and shooting themselves in the foot that it’s tough to explain rationally because it is not.
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Alexander von Humboldt: the first Solarpunk
Humbolt was captivated by lush nature but loved humanity and the new technological developments. He believed that if we understand Nature and the laws governing her, we can create a sustainable future. He was the first Solarpunk and here are his ideas
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Farmers always Worked From Home
Farmers effectively work from home, and in the past majority of the population was farming. What can they teach us about Work-Life Balance?
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Investing Basics
Lessons from Dad: Investing Basics holds investement strategies that I would recommend to my children.
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402 Payment Required and why micropayments are doomed
Micropayments systems are doomed. Here is why.
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The optimal human performance formula: the basics
There are simple, effective and proven tricks to reach your optimal performance. And yet, you are not going to do them.
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The lazy way to being outstanding: go after hard things.
Doing the hard things is both the best thing for the company, for you and counterintuitively – your lifestyle.
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So you want to work at Automattic.
I joined Automattic as JavaScript wrangler in October 2015. My hiring process lasted for about 3 months and was worth every second of it. Here is a detailed account.
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Sort by Surprising
When kicking off the project, the natural instinct of engineers is double down on what they know and purse that brilliant idea on how to deal with X. This is a mistake.
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RVing around alps
Over the last year, we have spent 4+ months in our RV, with a growing toddler and a confused dog. We worked, visited amazing places, swam in cold lakes, ate way too much pizza & gelato, and had quite a good time. These are some of the places we visited.
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Source Monitoring Errors
The human brain is much more adept at remembering pieces of information than remembering where those pieces came from. In particular, it can easily confuse fiction with facts and treat hearsay as proof. Here is how Source Monitoring Errors happen:
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What is an Algorythm?
What is an Algorythm? What does it have to do with Facebook or Instagram? Is it bad?
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Star Alliance Gold za 1/4 mil czyli Aegean Airlines
Wyjaśnię jak zdobyłem status Star Alliance Gold latając 1 / 4 tego, co wymaga LOT. I dlaczego muszę latać do Grecji.
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O co chodzi z tymi statusami w liniach lotniczych?
Dla kogo są statusy linii lotniczych, co dają i jak je łatwo zdobyć?
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How to set up a Gmail custom domain for free
Set up gmail on your own domain, for free with email forwarding. I’ve been doing it for 10 years, aggregating all my addresses in one place.
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Your own Roam Research Quicknote REST API with Firebase
Build your own quick capture service for Roam Research with this plugin
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2021: A year of rolling with it
This is my review of 2021. I have become a father, bought an RV, and spent 6 months off work – the longest period away from my job since I was 15. My one learning is to just roll with it.
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No hacks in getting featured on Hacker News
Four of my essays ended up on the first page of Hacker News. Here are all my lessons from getting featured.
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The Climate Care Industry
An entire industry is sprouting around mitigating the effects of climate change, capturing CO2, and creating sustainable technology. We need a term that will help establish these efforts as their own domain to help them succeed. I propose we start referring to this industry as Climate Care, similar to Healthcare.
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Crypto is not an alternative to Capitalism
Blockchain technology promised to reinvent everything from the first principles and it arrived at a conclusion that capitalism is the most efficient way to allocate resources
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Alexander von Humboldt: the first Solarpunk
Humbolt was captivated by lush nature but loved humanity and the new technological developments. He believed that if we understand Nature and the laws governing her, we can create a sustainable future. He was the first Solarpunk and here are his ideas