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   by ncfausti 2mo ago

   Probably more Socrates or Plato, but I feel like Emerson needs to be mentioned in this thread somewhere.
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   by ncfausti 4mo ago

   What do you like most about it?
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   by ncfausti 7mo ago

   This is exactly what's needed to get general users off of Windows. Anecdotal, but whenever my friends/family are looking for a basic laptop I almost always suggest a Lenovo for the price/performance/quality they're
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   by ncfausti 7mo ago

   What would you like to see improved?
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   by ncfausti 10mo ago

   That’s kind of how I understand it as well.
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   by ncfausti 10mo ago

   I think that’s why the author put “vector” in quotes. I kind of imagine it as an ephemeral, infinite list where for some real, when we use that real value as an index into our “vector”/function, we get the output value as the item in t
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   by ncfausti 1y ago

   This. When an alarming number of friends (all under 40 years old) from the same small neighborhood in my hometown were diagnosed with leukemia I started to look into the superfund site nearby. The pond that is connected to the stream that s
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   by ncfausti 2y ago

   Thank you for your work on this, truly.
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   by ncfausti 2y ago

   This is one of the most impressive demos I've ever seen. Truly incredible. I have been dreaming about working on something like this for a while. Open to help?
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    by ncfausti 3y ago

    re: DuoLingo, I always hear the same thing and feel the same reaction :) If you are looking for another team member I'd love to help.
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    by ncfausti 3y ago

    I've been building https://heylangley.com as a solo side project for a little while now. The initial MVP took about 2 months, though I have not had much time to market it. It's pretty much identical to this. I also app
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    by ncfausti 3y ago

    This reminds me of a time when I was meditating in my dimly lit office after work some years ago. For context, I had been meditating daily for 20-30 minutes quite consistently at the time. During this session, about 15 minutes in I had the
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    by ncfausti 3y ago

    This is very similar to what I've been building at heylangley.com, for use in language learning/speaking practice.
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    by ncfausti 3y ago

    Blame Hollywood. The mythos of a lone, brilliant genius doing feats unimaginable to “normal people” is everywhere, unfortunately.
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    Show HN: Heylangley.com – AI language learning partner(heylangley.com)

    1 points by ncfausti 3y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Heylangley.com – AI Language Learning Partner(heylangley.com)

    1 points by ncfausti 3y ago|0 comments
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    Show HN: Langley AI – Personalized AI Language Learning Partner(heylangley.com)

    1 points by ncfausti 3y ago|1 comments
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    Financial Markets – Yale (Coursera)(coursera.org)

    1 points by ncfausti 3y ago|0 comments
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    Just bootstrap a second fusion power plant with the first, then continue on, similar to how compilers for a language can be written in the language itself.
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    Interesting – I was just looking into visiting/living in Svalbard for a couple of months for the unique experience of it. Unfortunately, I could only find one apartment building [1] and the price for an apartment was $6,000 USD. I&#x27
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    I have ADHD-I and I'm feeling almost exactly the same way, right up to a falling out with a company I had significant ownership in/was part of the founding team. How are your daily routines? Are you taking breaks and pursuing the
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    To me, it means understanding the basics of data structures and algorithms, and knowing when and how to apply them to solve problems. A couple of examples: Seeing a sorted list of items and knowing how to find an item in that list most effi
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    This article just kind of did that for me. Loved that they likened Lisp to Lego blocks a few paragraphs after I had the exact same thought (when they mention that "everything is an expression"). Even after having read Hackers and
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    I learned from Mehran as well. His course was absolutely life-changing for me. So thankful to have had the opportunity to learn from him, for free.
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    Thanks for mentioning Strogatz! I'm watching the first few lectures of his nonlinear dynamics course[1] and love how clear and approachable he makes the subject. [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycJEoqmQvwg&list=
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    In the posted video he's talking about the existential threats of nuclear war and climate change. Do you have anything to say regarding the substance of those claims or are you content with textbook ad hominem?
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    by ncfausti 4y ago

    I agree. Hooks are an awful hack / offer poor user (developer) experience imho. Whenever you need to have warnings and rules for using things (that require linter verification to make sure developers aren't shooting themselves in
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    by ncfausti 5y ago

    I’ve been liking Grokking Simplicity so far. It starts out by separating code into three parts: data, computations, side-effects. You want to minimize side-effects, preferring computations over them, and data over computations. I’m still ea
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    by ncfausti 5y ago

    Have you ever been to an asian city? I can assure you, there are (100s of millions of) people that rely on vehicles/driving for their livelihood. To equate the necessity of drinking alcohol with that of mobility is absurd.
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    by ncfausti 5y ago

    If this post resonated with anyone, you might want to check out Deep Work by Cal Newport. Similar idea—in our distracted world, the ability to sit and focus on one thing is becoming increasingly important, and rare. I enjoyed it a lot.