Jimmy Cerone
@jrcii
Software Dev who loves to write, read, and hang with doggos.
Jimmy Cerone
The advice to avoid here is to “give it your all” as a rule. Only give your all to what really matters
We need very large (multi-gigawatt-hour) storage for big cities and megacities, but so far the only viable option to serve them is pumped hydro storage (PHS): it uses cheaper nighttime electricity to pump water from a low-lying reservoir to high-lying storage, and its discharge provides instantly available generation.[76] With renewably generated e
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
I rarely hear about this solution.
Czech president and writer Vaclav Havel:
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we ... See more
“Hope (...) is not the same as joy that things are going well, or willingness to invest in enterprises that are obviously headed for early success, but, rather, an ability to work for something because it is good, not just because it stands a chance to succeed. The more unpropitious the situation in which we ... See more
Query Operators Mean Something’s Broken More advanced users use modifiers like site: filetype: intitle: because adding “reddit” isn’t strict enough, as spammy websites often manipulate content to win SEO.
Daniel • A New Google | Daniel Gross
.2022-10-15 This is our problem! I really great way of looking at it
If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing real emotion at the center of your work. Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Risk being unliked. Tell the truth as you understand it. If you’re a writer you have a moral ob... See more
In large, populous nations, the complete reliance on these renewables would require what we are still missing: either mass-scale, long-term (days to weeks) electricity storage that would back up intermittent electricity generation, or extensive grids of high-voltage lines to transmit electricity across time zones and from sunny and windy regions to
... See moreVaclav Smil • How the World Really Works: The Science Behind How We Got Here and Where We're Going
Is storage or transmission harder? I suspect transmission…
Most of us fall into one of two camps regarding our money: We either ignore it and feel guilty, or we obsess over financial details by arguing interest rates and geopolitical risks without taking action.
Ramit Sethi • I Will Teach You to Be Rich: No Guilt. No Excuses. Just a 6-Week Program That Works (Second Edition)
“The secret to change is to focus all your energy not on fighting the old, but on building the new.” Dan Millman
Thomas Klaffke • How To Think About Change
Might need to get this tattooed.
Of course, the reality is more complex, and it’s better to think in terms of automation and autocomplete than vertical software and replacing designers, but whole layers of grunt work will be removed, just as they were with GUIs and SQL.
Benedict Evans • Benedict's Newsletter: No. 547
Not sure if this is positive, but the most coherent take on AI I’ve seen so far. Realistic but not panicked.