17:[[46415911,{"by":"yresting","descendants":109,"id":46415911,"kids":[46425636,46417179,46419445,46416744,46436642,46466767,46418821,46430647,46417169,46416638,46417195,46434001,46416772,46442259,46430410,46431451,46429772,46425177,46416822,46434095,46417051,46417192,46446051,46426434,46417171,46416993,46443212,46427596,46416868,46417001,46440116,46428086,46417843,46428977,46421677,46417232,46423043,46417177,46436801,46416414,46416867,46416658,46419834,46442335,46469267,46442445,46430011,46428778,46435847,46435210,46417612,46416925,46417235,46432544,46417452,46417366,46424665,46416133,46427641,46417019,46445382,46444499,46417020,46431316,46485637,46434061,46430274,46417248,46417358,46427605,46417420,46417210,46418429,46417679,46417086,46416703],"score":63,"text":"$18","time":1766967220,"title":"Ask HN: Loneliness at 19, how to cope?","type":"story"}],[42218828,{"by":"vintageclothldn","descendants":57,"id":42218828,"kids":[42218874,42218898,42218907,42220933,42218912,42218890,42218892,42224890,42220081,42219103,42219077,42219064,42219010,42219098,42219271,42218938,42219072,42218873,42218969,42236018,42225569,42221120,42218888,42219449,42218839,42222063,42222681,42221226,42220535,42218880,42220961,42218918,42219433,42218917],"score":63,"text":"Tyler Cowen just published his best non-fiction books of 2024 list on Marginal Revolution: https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2024/11/best-non-fiction-of-2024.html

The best non-fiction books I have read this year are:

"Six Pillars of Self-Esteem" by Nathaniel Branden - Interesting insights into the concept of self-esteem and how it is influenced by the wider world

"The Code Book" by Simon Singh - An oldie but saw it recommended last year on HN and found it to be a fascinating look at the history of cryptography, written in an engaging and approachable way

"Poor Charlie's Almanack: The Essential Wit and Wisdom of Charles T. Munger" by Charles T. Munger - After Charlie's unfortunate passing, I read this again. So much life wisdom on every page

What's the best non-fiction book you read in 2024?","time":1732329574,"title":"Ask HN: Best non-fiction book you read in 2024?","type":"story"}],[41756438,{"by":"sssilver","descendants":56,"id":41756438,"kids":[41756544,41756760,41756583,41756666,41758798,41757967,41758837,41760689,41758037,41756851,41756765,41756865,41765844,41759918,41756806,41757202,41762867,41757788,41756956,41787588,41757767,41780016,41756926,41757408,41756819,41762532,41757531,41764880,41756780,41756873,41764241,41758651,41762025,41822271,41756817,41809434,41757044,41757101,41757608,41761281],"score":50,"text":"I would love for my great grandchildren to be able to read the things I write today, and see the photos I’ve taken.

Where should I publish them?

Dedicated hosting and domain are a missed payment away from being purged.

So is iCloud.

Facebook and Tumblr are a bankruptcy away to join Geocities and MySpace.

Own physical bedroom server requires maintenance which can’t be done when you’re dead.

The average dead person’s content isn’t easy to monetize.

Buy a lifetime sdf.org membership for $36 and publish everything there is the best I can come up with. But that’s predicated on trust.

How would you solve this?","time":1728215041,"title":"Ask HN: Where would you publish content that should outlive you?","type":"story"}],[41756432,{"by":"simonebrunozzi","descendants":940,"id":41756432,"kids":[41768861,41768759,41758056,41760345,41758351,41768201,41766587,41767507,41768268,41767913,41757983,41763385,41769348,41758714,41756753,41758539,41758706,41767822,41770203,41758491,41758136,41769790,41758507,41767437,41768142,41758435,41768502,41769162,41768145,41769647,41758060,41777194,41768008,41756667,41769140,41761505,41765444,41769429,41758490,41760041,41758421,41767772,41761526,41762049,41770230,41757886,41768655,41768850,41758596,41767844,41769052,41769949,41769263,41764437,41768188,41772308,41758183,41770712,41770242,41768461,41770266,41770577,41767957,41771166,41758454,41771292,41768296,41759937,41768343,41767878,41771608,41773516,41767633,41769215,41768134,41770082,41770097,41767595,41767892,41767660,41769383,41767967,41769476,41775144,41769191,41758885,41759638,41769414,41770471,41769905,41763595,41768029,41768796,41757926,41781196,41773958,41767707,41772896,41773490,41757747,41772549,41758473,41795431,41758414,41768973,41757847,41767794,41764244,41772798,41757968,41767468,41770263,41761128,41759319,41758090,41767964,41769576,41775736,41769685,41769912,41767471,41761205,41781099,41814234,41769220,41769727,41771959,41768823,41769605,41773849,41835228,41758448,41769238,41758551,41768712,41768204,41769936,41802421,41769627,41806395,41758484,41760881,41758581,41771746,41769918,41767528,41767937,41769791,41758598,41767946,41770957,41770274,41768224,41768179,41770178,41787438,41783200,41767645,41772511,41773015,41761262,41767758,41807801,41775340,41759293,41772377,41813749,41768321,41803055,41773152,41773477,41768936,41768263,41762192,41769794,41769551,41756768,41768288,41768569,41758385,41763184,41767836,41761378,41780746,41797061,41768556,41796172,41771087,41796583,41770029,41791112,41767432,41795295,41768068,41767400,41756848,41759014,41814192,41768909,41768021,41759219,41769743,41789985,41768320,41767512,41771585,41769810,41768115,41779031,41758460,41778861,41769296,41762119,41768364,41775133,41781088,41767408,41758434,41768982,41767664,41758169,41768393,41768652,41768306,41773243,41772475,41767634,41758057,41770394,41758229,41759502,41773555,41758575,41769120,41767328,41772790,41768817,41778705,41768418,41768557,41767444,41773044,41772841,41758933,41768793,41767931,41772240,41771688,41768217,41768043,41768126,41768340,41774253,41771247,41769390,41781327,41772478,41767600,41781486,41767499,41769397,41767605,41768549,41767458,41762674,41774095,41769980,41772768,41763039,41758429,41760247,41768931,41770565,41806679,41758068,41768669,41758380],"score":376,"text":"I got asked recently, and I think it's an excellent question.

What's the "best" book you've ever read? By "best", in means whatever you mean.","time":1728214953,"title":"Ask HN: What's the \"best\" book you've ever read?","type":"story"}],[41545633,{"by":"dmazin","descendants":74,"id":41545633,"kids":[41545926,41545928,41547404,41546328,41546903,41546657,41546447,41546939,41546057,41547521,41545895,41547305,41547201,41550215,41546471,41547335,41547264,41547864,41546283,41546668,41546228,41545956,41591186,41607923,41556745,41558722,41545930,41546775,41547143,41546042,41547097,41546991,41546181,41562390,41545866,41546817,41547100,41546090,41546031,41546842],"score":126,"text":"I recently read The Mom Test, and I learned something critical: before investing in your idea, talk to potential customers to see if anyone wants it or not.

While this might seem obvious, it wasn’t to me. The first time I started something in my 20s, I was so enamored with the idea and its potential that I didn’t validate it!

So, The Mom Test is obviously crucial reading.

There are so many other books and resources out there. Which of them would you consider crucial? Which contain crucial lessons?","time":1726381540,"title":"Ask HN: Must-Read Books for Startups?","type":"story"}],[40974768,{"by":"yungporko","descendants":102,"id":40974768,"kids":[40975311,40977645,40974813,40976750,40975250,40975215,40975193,40975105,40975830,40975099,40975448,40975428,40975466,40975146,40975264,40975149,40975032,40975041,40976688,40975065,40984152,40975332,40976646,40975421,40975349,40975478,40976861,40975409,40975714,40976857,40975344,40975296,40980773,40981781,40975977,40981955,40975877,40975229,40976981,40979608,40975216,40975370,41019698,40975252,40980363,40976879,40977339,40977346,40975171,40975217,40975247,40975661,40975831,40975489,40975043,40986085,40981777,40988806,40980892,40976095,40975234,40975133,40975165,40989297,40978861,40987760,40983396,40979900,40983049,40975640],"score":108,"text":"I've been a decent mid-level dev professionally for a long time now but been in a sort of rut for about as long as I can remember. Outside of work (which is going fine), I just don't have anything programming related to do. I keep myself busy playing with new tools and languages when I can be bothered but if I really think about it, I just don't have any problems to solve with these tools.

I could lock myself in an empty room for days and come up with nothing. I've been waiting for an "idea" to hit me for nearly 10 years, I don't use any open source software that I could contribute to at all, and I lack the creativity to come up with "just for fun" projects. I feel very stagnant and I just don't know how to move forward anymore. Am I just hard-wired to be mediocre?","time":1721120884,"title":"Ask HN: How can I find something worthwhile to do?","type":"story"}],[40840658,{"by":"pkrzysiek","descendants":44,"id":40840658,"kids":[40850155,40872344,40840920,40872616,40872434,40935630,40872707,40875860,40872709,40872186,40840939,40874005,40872308,40864439,40873139,40877150,40847897,40874951,40857335,40872514,40872328],"score":49,"text":"Hello,I want to start learning fullstack but I’m afraid of getting too confused with so many languages and frameworks.I’m looking forward to find some ordered set of books that would introduce me to this topic","time":1719784091,"title":"Books to Dive in into Fullstack Development","type":"story"}],[40330570,{"by":"geox","descendants":40,"id":40330570,"kids":[40330646,40330665,40330693,40330728,40330729,40336048,40330750,40330842,40330678,40330833],"score":20,"time":1715460724,"title":"Scotland suddenly has a lot of mosquitoes","type":"story","url":"https://www.popsci.com/science/mosquitoes-scotland/"}],[40062263,{"by":"newswasboring","descendants":103,"id":40062263,"kids":[40062689,40067222,40062564,40062635,40062468,40062522,40067493,40066515,40062484,40062449,40062499,40062541,40073760,40062497,40062574,40062455,40067373,40062566,40062470,40062581,40062976,40062465,40063827,40062996,40062519,40062586,40062735,40062730,40062796,40081972,40062527,40062654,40112271,40062520,40062991,40067631,40078790,40066228,40062588,40074205,40062531,40062617,40062374,40062524,40062601,40062615,40062457,40072157,40062630,40069913,40081024,40062618,40062459,40062523,40070499,40062711,40062558,40062423,40062489,40064011,40071719,40062643,40062550,40063355,40062528,40062518,40062435,40062760,40062493,40083859,40062808,40062918,40062833,40062515,40062691,40062478,40062706],"score":39,"text":"I've spent my last few hours working with Jira-Align. I am beginning to hate computers at this point. To up lift my mood I'd like to use something which sparks joy. Does anyone have any suggestions?","time":1713346007,"title":"Ask HN: What software sparks joy when using?","type":"story"}],[38825051,{"by":"pl922","descendants":45,"id":38825051,"kids":[38825907,38825414,38825487,38826985,38825849,38829591,38825646,38825878,38827638,38828552,38831122,38825670,38825795,38825529,38825833,38826051,38826329,38825807],"score":15,"text":"As a control theorist, I'm privileged to have received rigorous training in applied mathematics. In my experience, most real life systems, organizations, and even psychological patterns can be effectively and practically understood in terms of dynamical systems, feedback loops, optimization, etc., to the extent that I strongly feel all people could benefit dramatically from receiving training in applied mathematics, control, and systems theory.

Unfortunately, truly grokking these topics requires significant mathematical maturity (which is often the byproduct of graduate-level mathematics courses). My question is this: \nCan you imagine a hypothetical education system where students leave secondary school with an advanced-undergraduate level of mathematical maturity? Why or why not? What would such a system have to look like?","time":1704039309,"title":"Ask HN: Why are mathematical standards so low? (And what should they be?)","type":"story"}],[38822973,{"by":"ColinWright","descendants":117,"id":38822973,"kids":[38823102,38824872,38824912,38823838,38823790,38824978,38840763,38823824,38823890,38824128,38824921,38823839,38836488,38824602,38826274,38829773,38826008],"score":109,"time":1704017474,"title":"You're Supposed to Be Glad Your Tesla Is a Brittle Heap of Junk","type":"story","url":"https://defector.com/youre-supposed-to-be-glad-your-tesla-is-a-brittle-heap-of-junk"}],[38824852,{"by":"edward","descendants":137,"id":38824852,"kids":[38825015,38825270,38825089,38825068,38825269,38825288,38827439,38825327,38825134,38825235,38825016,38825092,38825160,38825181,38825885,38825083,38836021,38825263,38826327,38825011,38825057],"score":88,"time":1704037846,"title":"Tracking and technology in cars is being weaponized by abusive partners","type":"story","url":"https://www.nytimes.com/2023/12/31/technology/car-trackers-gps-abuse.html"}],[38825418,{"by":"jabriel","descendants":3,"id":38825418,"kids":[38825656,38825862],"score":16,"time":1704041798,"title":"Women scientists at famed oceanography institute have half the lab space of men","type":"story","url":"https://www.science.org/content/article/women-scientists-famed-oceanography-institute-have-half-lab-space-men"}],[38760491,{"by":"atleastoptimal","descendants":87,"id":38760491,"kids":[38761085,38761389,38761554,38762043,38761778,38761220,38760617,38761777,38765260,38760703,38761468,38760741,38761750,38762583,38762340,38761520,38760779,38761201,38761886,38762157,38761813,38762304,38761649,38762071,38762069,38761542,38762070,38761419,38764844,38762967,38762386,38761562,38761483,38762057,38762026,38776378,38765758,38761842,38762006,38760579,38765036,38766965,38762047,38763090,38760738,38762720,38764083,38762030,38761879,38761685,38761937,38761413,38766274,38761670,38764598,38762413,38762045,38762931,38764949,38762049,38768142,38762103,38762032,38761580,38762192,38764155,38762041,38762039,38762037,38763745,38761933,38763261,38760737,38760531,38761575],"score":43,"text":"From a book, movie, blog post, etc., or even irl.

And it doesn't have to be a fundamental shift in your worldview, just something consequential enough that you think back to it often and it affects your view/behavior with respect to a domain.","time":1703487819,"title":"Ask HN: What is a quote that permanently changed the way you think?","type":"story"}],[37634713,{"by":"apsec112","descendants":296,"id":37634713,"kids":[37634962,37635373,37635217,37635099,37635372,37635145,37635189,37634948,37635208,37634912,37634980,37635200,37634917,37634991,37635096,37634942,37635157,37635932,37637802,37635940,37635190,37634953,37635184,37635153,37635757,37634857,37635451,37634918,37635474,37635173,37635481,37635590,37635979,37635882,37634932,37635304,37637007,37634963,37635750,37637677,37636929,37635946,37642099,37634902,37635621,37636177,37635425,37635427,37635626,37636359,37635428,37635553,37634892,37634984],"score":416,"time":1695573896,"title":"Gene-Engineered Mouth Bacteria","type":"story","url":"https://www.lanternbioworks.com"}],[36364182,{"by":"cjohnson318","descendants":139,"id":36364182,"kids":[36367825,36367300,36367397,36366141,36368172,36368453,36365411,36367894,36366910,36368041,36366579,36365059,36367851,36368867,36367509,36367379,36364588,36367381,36369339,36369794,36366393,36367466,36367558,36367503,36369254,36365847,36370158,36365958,36365504,36365473,36384237,36366691,36365152,36367995,36364859,36368355,36368356,36368781,36370010,36367337,36367402,36365867,36367844,36368971,36369108,36367793,36364778],"score":234,"text":"I recall seeing a guide on what to put in a text file so that surviving family have an easier time dealing with all of your loose ends, e.g., digital accounts, safe deposit boxes, utilities, etc. Do any of you have thoughts on what to put in a file like this? Here is a rough list of things:

  - Will\n  - Living trust\n  - Power of attorney\n  - Life insurance policy\n  - Birth certificate\n  - Marriage license\n  - Bank and credit card accounts\n  - Loan documents\n  - Automobile titles\n  - Property deeds\n  - Copies of keys to automobiles, safe deposit boxes, etc.\n  - Account and device passwords

","time":1686951027,"title":"Ask HN: What do you put in a “in case of death” file?","type":"story"}],[35979692,{"by":"travisgriggs","descendants":70,"id":35979692,"kids":[35979987,35980466,35980918,35980582,35980534,35980089,35980647,35980843,35980400,35980311,35980462,35982613,35980720,35980719,35980172,35980987,35981621,35980639,35980793,35980957,35980059,35980572,35980061,35979916,35980258,35980710,35980760,35980705,35980480,35981654,35980420,35980489,35980436,35988835,35983796,35979988,35979789,35980331,35980465,35985441,35983507,35981254,35979762,35980265],"score":39,"text":"I've been reading HN for a while. I made my first comment May 31, 2018. And have gone through cycles of engagement during that time. But for the last few weeks, even months, I still scan the top articles daily, but something has changed for me. Historically, there's almost always been at least one thing in the top 30 I would be interested in. Sometimes many. But of late, none of it interests me near as much anymore.

My guess is that this is just pretty much burnout/age me changing.

But I was curious if maybe it was a wider spread effect that others are experiencing. Perhaps the downturn in the tech industry has just led to less of a "this is the place to be and things to know!" experience in general.","time":1684350051,"title":"Has HN Changed? I assume it's just me","type":"story"}],[34989418,{"by":"lcordier","descendants":9,"id":34989418,"kids":[34991152,34992341,34989814,34989433,34989501,34989591,34989524,34989660,34989420],"score":3,"time":1677710895,"title":"Who is the best engineer of all time?","type":"story","url":"https://www.louiscordier.com/the_2_book_of_louis/"}],[34518343,{"by":"ajr0","descendants":54,"id":34518343,"kids":[34522029,34523389,34518443,34519501,34518500,34522072,34522995,34522238,34521153,34520385,34522622,34528860,34524671,34521461,34519239,34519866,34525248,34522948,34523578,34518888,34522652,34531994,34523264,34520176,34526818,34518650,34522535,34520100,34519715,34520178,34525673,34522046,34524197,34526496,34522910,34522494,34524315,34520941,34523213,34520383,34522098,34521145],"score":40,"text":"Looking for strategies and tips for dealing with eye strain.

i.e. \n- Types of contrast (i.e. solarized) \n- Types of eye drops \n- Smaller/Larger font/refresh rate/etc\n- extra sleep? (my eyes are red)","time":1674655515,"title":"Ask HN: Please share tips and strategies for dealing with eye strain","type":"story"}],[34128258,{"by":"ta_u","descendants":35,"id":34128258,"kids":[34128503,34133969,34129649,34129991,34129655,34130780,34129692,34128622,34148107,34131728,34128625,34129740,34137035,34129484,34129197],"score":29,"text":"Additionaly, is there a safer alternative to password managers?","time":1671983879,"title":"Ask HN: Which password manager is the most secure and why?","type":"story"}]]

1.	Freedom of Critical Knowledge Act(lcordier.github.io) 1 points by lcordier 2 years ago \| 0 comments
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