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Quoting Wolf Tivy: The key implication is that while you have not yet found the unique opportunity that will be the engine and purpose of your empire, you have to adjust your sense of value.

Quoting benkuhn.net: Light-tailed distributions most often occur because the outcome is the result of many independent contributions, while heavy-tailed distributions often arise from the result of processes that are multiplicative or self-reinforcing. in…

Quoting Zvi Mowshowitz: With O3 costing (potentially) $2,000 per task on “high compute,” the app layer is needed more than ever.For example, giving the wrong context to it and you just burned $1,000.Likely, we have a mix of models based on their pricing/i…

Quoting benkuhn.net: The real world is the polar opposite.

Quoting Adam Mastroianni: Being stuck is the psychological equivalent of standing knee-deep in a fetid bog, bog in every direction, bog as far as the eye can see.

Quoting John Collison: As you become an adult, you realize that things around you weren’t just always there; people made them happen.

This isn’t a sponsored post.

Quoting Derren Brown on Tim Ferriss #776.

I’ve had unprecedented flexibility over my time since I quit my job to take some time off.

Quoting Andrej Karpathy from No Priors #80.

tl;dr I used OpenAI’s o1-preview model to code a web app that uses gpt-4o-mini to generate simple mental maths rules for converting between currencies.

Quoting Grant Sanderson: One of the best pieces of advice I remember receiving from a friend many years ago is that action precedes motivation.

A while back I wrote about using TouchID to authenticate sudo.

I’ve long desired to have a practice of periodically reviewing the information I’ve consumed so I’m going to dip my toes in the water with (hopefully) regular short posts of the best things I’ve read.

###Problem Today I saw a failing CI builds due to an HTTP 403 error.

A picture is worth a thousand words.

##Prerequisites A Raspberry Pi An micro/SD card reader Admin access to router ##Steps Download and install the Raspberry Pi Imager Insert the SD card into your computer Run the imager Select the OS and SD card in the Imager, and Run.

I really enjoy good coffee, and over time have accumulated tools and techniques to improve my home brew.

A curated list of links related to the Covid19 outbreak.

These times are tough for all.

TouchID is great - a seamless way to authenticate on the new Macbooks.

Whilst I was stranded in Madrid after having my passport stolen in Barcelona, I wrote a Magnum Opus of my experiences so that anyone going through the same harrowing situation would have a clear and empathetic guide to follow.

The COVID-19 pandemic has, among other things, made me aware of how effective not being on social media is at keeping one insulated from what is going on around the world.

I received a notification from Google that I was nearly out of storage, so I started to clean up my Google Drive to free space so my Gmail wouldn’t stop working.

The end of the year is a good time for reflection.