brian_spiering

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by brian_spiering 27d ago
I taught a flipped classroom online. Students had to successful pass a quiz on the before class materials to get the join link to the session.
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by brian_spiering 1mo ago
I worked at a small VC-backed startup that tried to create a marketplace for algorithms in a small niche. We were the platform that enterprise customers trusted, and we standardized access to proprietary algorithms. We subsidized the market
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by brian_spiering 3mo ago
In the USA, there was a person who was traveling around removing bolts. The person showed up in our local area. A couple of members of the climbing community had a conversation with the local police. The police had a concern about him creat
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by brian_spiering 9mo ago
I signed up for it (took about 5 minutes). I'm cautiously optimistic about it having positive return on that investment. One of the best things I have done is sign up for DMAchoice and optoutprescreen.com which has completely stopped j
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by brian_spiering 9mo ago
I got a the highest paid job I could find with the skills I have that I enjoyed "well-enough". I spent less than I earned. I made mostly low risk investments (with a handful of high risk investments). I consistently did those beha
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by brian_spiering 9mo ago
The Art of War by Steven Pressfield. It addresses the fears associated with any new endeavor and how to create systems to dance with the fears.
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by brian_spiering 9mo ago
The Sierra Nevada region has a similar history of using the "checkerboard" pattern to promote railroad building. Organizations like the Trust for Public Land and the Truckee Donner Land Trust that are systematically acquiring many
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by brian_spiering 9mo ago
That is interesting because of the Halo effect. There is a cognitive bias that if a person is right in one area, they will be right in another unrelated area. I try to temper my tendency to believe the Halo effect with Warren Buffett's
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
Yes, there is hope to fully own a self driving vehicle as a consumer. One example is comma.ai, inc.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
You are correct that those concepts are interrelated. It works well not to get caught up in precise definitions. Instead, reflect on your current level and take the next best step.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
The Lindy effect can be a useful heuristic. Something invented 30 months probably has less long-term value something that was invented 10 years ago and is being used.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
Given the current rate of development, it probably won't be an issue for a while.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
In Japan, houses are presumed to have a limited lifespan and depreciate in value over time.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
Try David Allen’s Getting Things Done (GTD), part of which is the Natural Planning Model.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
One heuristic is to choose foods without nutrition labels.
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by brian_spiering 1y ago
The Real Book is an excellent resource for what it is. However since it is the primary book of jazz, it can have too much of an influence. The Real Book has a limited number of songs and entire subgenres of jazz are not represented. The str
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by brian_spiering 2y ago
There is the nearby Yuba Gap.
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by brian_spiering 2y ago
I use the "launch ramp" technique. Ask a series of prompts (instead of a single prompt with a long answer). Explain the prompts that will get progressively more complex, aka the ramp will gradually get steeper and get very steep l
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by brian_spiering 2y ago
I was working with a non-profit that taught people around the world how to teach tech skills in their local communities. There was a shift to focusing on recent political events which was a major reason for my leaving. My take was if you pe
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
The continued evolution of war. “Hurdling trenches, crawling over shell craters, and walking through forests unhalted by intense gunfire, the tanks cannot be stopped by anything less than a direct hit from shells of considerable caliber,” r
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
My mathematics anki cards are here: https://ankiweb.net/shared/info/1715995729?cb=1697579387129 They are organized by category with a focus on fundamentals.
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
I teach tech of all kind, mostly Python programming and advanced data skills. I get deep satisfaction in helping learners on their journey. I also enjoy connecting with them as people. Teaching has made a fulfilling career for the last 20 y
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
Sam Harris is contributing to modern philosophy. He wrote a book entitled "Lying" about on why we should not lie. His talk "Science can answer moral questions" is worth waching https://www.ted.com/talks&#
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
I have at least three different kinds of journals: 1. Workout journal - I write down want I did and what was the effect. Often trends physical trends emerge after weeks, months, or years. 2. Summary of the day journal - Whenever I can, I wr
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
There are skateboard coaches. I hired one after skating for 10+ years, and it made a qualitative leap in my abilities.
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
Accreditation (and funding) in the United States often times requires grades.
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
I taught in a system that tried to implement "equitable grading" with unlimited attempts until the end of the term. In practice, this idea was untenable for instructors. Many students would turn in low-quality work to get feedback
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
Reinforcement Learning (most likely)
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by brian_spiering 3y ago
Parts of NLP have made great progress. There are still parts of NLP that could still be improved, such as the truthiness of generated answers.
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Show HN: Cursor – IDE built for coding with GPT-4(cursor.so)
9 points by brian_spiering 3y ago|3 comments

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