a blog about nothing
think hard
Other day while putting Ayden to sleep, he looked like as if he was intensely thinking. I asked him, “Are you thinking something?”
“Yes” he replied.
“What are you thinking?” I asked
“I don’t know what car to play with in the morning, baba!”
…Simple Man – Lynyrd Skynyrd
Lyrics
Mama told me when I was young Come sit beside me my only son And listen closely to what I say And if you do this it’ll help you Some sunny day oh yeah
Oh take your time don’t live too fast Troubles will come and they will pass Go find a woman yeah and you’ll find love And don’t forget son there is someone up above
And be a simple kind of man Oh be something you love and understand Baby be a simple kind of man Oh won’t you do this for me son if you can
…Fast Car
Lyrics
You got a fast car
I want a ticket to anywhere
Maybe we make a deal
Maybe together we can get somewhere
Any place is better
Starting from zero, got nothing to lose
Maybe we'll make something
Me, myself, I got nothing to prove
You got a fast car
I got a plan to get us out of here
I been working at the convenience store
Managed to save just a little bit of money
Won't have to drive too far
Just 'cross the border and into the city
You and I can both get jobs
And finally see what it means to be living
See, my old man's got a problem
He lives with the bottle, that's the way it is
He says his body's too old for working
His body's too young to look like his
My mama went off and left him
She wanted more from life than he could give
I said, somebody's got to take care of him
So I quit school and that's what I did
You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so we can fly away?
We gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
So I remember we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I-I, had a feeling that I belonged
I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
We go cruising to entertain ourselves
You still ain't got a job
And I work in a market as a checkout girl
I know things will get better
You'll find work and I'll get promoted
We'll move out of the shelter
Buy a bigger house and live in the suburbs
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I-I, had a feeling that I belonged
I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someoneYou got a fast car
I got a job that pays all our bills
You stay out drinking late at the bar
See more of your friends than you do of your kids
I'd always hoped for better
Thought maybe together you and me would find it
I got no plans, I ain't going nowhere
So take your fast car and keep on driving
So I remember when we were driving, driving in your car
Speed so fast, I felt like I was drunk
City lights lay out before us
And your arm felt nice wrapped 'round my shoulder
And I-I, had a feeling that I belonged
I-I had a feeling I could be someone, be someone, be someone
You got a fast car
Is it fast enough so you can fly away?
You gotta make a decision
Leave tonight or live and die this way
Wealth Lab Pro Earning Play Screener
This is a quick script that I use to find options to buy or sell.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Text;
using System.Drawing;
using WealthLab;
using WealthLab.Indicators;
using Community.Components;
namespace WealthLab.Strategies
{
public class MyStrategy : WealthScript
{
protected override void Execute()
{
DataSeries maFast = EMAModern.Series(Close, 50 );
DataSeries maSlow = EMAModern.Series(Close, 200 );
DataSeries maFast_1 = EMAModern.Series(Close, 10 );
DataSeries maSlow_2 = EMAModern.Series(Close, 50 );
DataSeries ma = EMAModern.Series(Close, 10 );
DataSeries maFast_3 = EMAModern.Series(Close, 10 );
DataSeries maSlow_4 = EMAModern.Series(Close, 50 );
PlotSeries(PricePane,EMAModern.Series(Close, 50 ),Color.Red,LineStyle.Solid, 2 );
PlotSeries(PricePane,EMAModern.Series(Close, 200 ),Color.Green,LineStyle.Solid, 2 );
PlotSeries(PricePane,EMAModern.Series(Close, 10 ),Color.Blue,LineStyle.Solid, 2 );
PlotSeries(PricePane,EMAModern.Series(Close, 50 ),Color.Red,LineStyle.Solid, 2 );
PlotSeries(PricePane,EMAModern.Series(Close, 10 ),Color.Blue,LineStyle.Solid, 2 );
//for(int bar = GetTradingLoopStartBar(201); bar < Bars.Count; bar++)
int bar = Bars.Count - 1 ;
{
if (IsLastPositionActive)
{
Position p = LastPosition;
if (p.EntrySignal.Contains("Group1|" ))
{
if (CrossUnder(bar, maFast_3, maSlow_4))
{
SellAtMarket(bar + 1 , p, "Group1" );
}
}
}
else
{
if (maFast[bar] > maSlow[bar])
{
if (maFast_1[bar] > maSlow_2[bar])
{
if (Close[bar] < ma[bar])
{
if (EarningsDate.InWindow( this , bar, "earnings per share" , 7 , 0 ))
{
BuyAtMarket(bar + 1 , "Group1|" );
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
Old bookmarks
This is slightly a mess, basically various links my bookmarks are here.
- http://nautil.us/issue/45/power/against-willpower
- https://ubiquity.acm.org/article.cfm?id=3310318
- https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/style/phones-children-silicon-valley.html
- Ask HN: Developers with kids, how do you skill up? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=13816627
- Ask HN: How can I learn how to paint? - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19375624
- Children aren’t born smart. They’re made smart by conversation. - https://slate.com/technology/2013/09/childrens-language-development-talk-and-listen-to-them-from-birth.html
- Maker Faire and Science Education: American kids should be building rockets and robots, not taking standardized tests. - https://slate.com/technology/2012/06/maker-faire-and-science-education-american-kids-should-be-building-rockets-and-robots-not-taking-standardized-tests.html
- https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/06/21/621752789/a-lost-secret-how-to-get-kids-to-pay-attention
- On Parenthood - https://blog.codinghorror.com/on-parenthood/
- reddit: parenting reading list - https://www.reddit.com/r/Parenting/wiki/reading
- Resistance Training May Lower Type 2 Diabetes Risk: Study - https://www.menshealth.com/fitness/a26799275/moderate-strength-training-diabetes-risk-study/
- Everything You Wanted to Know About STEM for Toddlers - https://preschoolsteam.com/stem-activities-toddlers/
- Plano Is the Happiest Place in America - https://www.dmagazine.com/frontburner/2019/03/plano-is-the-happiest-place-in-america/
- Good Vibes Are Contagious - https://www.outsideonline.com/2391572/send-good-vibes
- Teens and Young Adults Are More Depressed Now Than in the Mid-2000s - https://gizmodo.com/teens-and-young-adults-are-more-depressed-now-than-in-t-1833295562
- How Inuit Parents Raise Kids Without Yelling — And Teach Them To Control Anger - https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2019/03/13/685533353/a-playful-way-to-teach-kids-to-control-their-anger
- Expert Says Don’t Teach Kids to Code - https://hackaday.com/2019/03/14/expert-says-dont-teach-kids-to-code/
- The Longevity Research Institute - https://thelri.org/blog-and-news/melatonin-s-effect-on-skin-and-hair/
- https://yourkidstable.com/about/
- When Ancient Societies Hit a Million People, Vengeful Gods Appeared - https://www.livescience.com/65039-punishing-gods-rise-with-complex-societies.html
- A morning fitness routine that’s good for your brain, too - https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/21/health/fitness-routine-brain-morning-exercise-mansour/index.html
- Teaching Children to Walk Independently! - One of the first reassurances I can give families is that Motor Milestones exist on a continuum. Each child achieves these skills at their own time, in their own way. Though we learn motor development from textbooks positing neurodevelopment theory to explain skill acquisition and motor patterning, the manifestation of this progression takes on distinct characteristics when we look at each child as a unique creation. - http://blog.dinopt.com/independent-walking-kids/
- Posture Power: How To Correct Your Body’s Alignment - https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/posture-power-how-to-correct-your-body-alignment.html
- Best Camping Near Me | Hipcamp’s Interactive Map of Private and Public Land - https://www.hipcamp.com/discover/texas/cedar-hill?lat=33.0304&lng=-96.8777
- How to increase serotonin in the human brain without drugs (2007) | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19482241
- Scientists have also administered cognitive tests right after exercise—for example, measuring the flicker fusion threshold (the rate at which a flashing light begins to look like it’s steadily glowing) and found the same thing: After exercise, one’s senses are heightened and thus can detect the flashing at a higher frequency than before exercise.Taken together, these findings indicate that “people see more clearly and immediately after exercise,” Maddock says. “They can make finer visual distinctions; their perceptions are sharper.” - https://www.outsideonline.com/2186146/your-brain-exercise
- https://theweek.com/articles/830490/rise-snowplow-parenting
- How do I ensure my only child isn’t socially isolated? - https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/on-parenting/as-my-only-child-grows-what-is-my-role/2019/03/25/12b18e26-4a57-11e9-b79a-961983b7e0cd_story.html
- https://www.wellandgood.com/bodyweight-vs-weights-workouts/
- Atomic ML | Resources to help you learn data science and machine learning. - https://www.atomicml.com/
- https://metroplexsocial.com/2019/03/16/best-playgrounds-in-dfw-to-take-your-kids/
- https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/04/magazine/how-asmr-videos-became-a-sensation-youtube.html
- A five-minute workout called Inspiratory Muscle Strength Training (IMST) lowers blood pressure in middle-aged to older adults; it also improves artery function and scores on memory tests, according to new research. - http://www.sci-news.com/medicine/inspiratory-muscle-strength-training-blood-pressure-brain-07077.html
- https://aeon.co/essays/how-to-live-a-values-driven-life-in-the-face-of-dark-emotions
- Notably, most improvements in GI symptoms were maintained, and autism-related symptoms improved even more after the end of treatment. Important changes in gut microbiota at the end of treatment remained at follow-up, including significant increases in bacterial diversity and relative abundances of Bifidobacteria and Prevotella. Our observations demonstrate the long-term safety and efficacy of MTT as a potential therapy to treat children with ASD who have GI problems, and warrant a double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in the future. - https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-019-42183-0
- Anything you can do to keep from packing up your shit and leaving is called love. - http://a.co/7cPPwc2
- It is hard sometimes to keep in mind the growth-promoting potential of the mismatches between parent and child goals because the parents’ empathy for the child can make them feel as if it is their fault that they cannot fulfill the child’s wishes. - http://a.co/cbhTMiO
- The basic premise of attachment theory is that toddlers can grow into happy and competent children if they can rely on at least one adult who makes them feel safe and protected. From this basic feeling of security in relationships grows the impetus to explore how things work in the world and to try out new skills. - http://a.co/1QjXVtb
- Toddlers walk through life like we all wish we could: confident, demanding, and 100 percent positive that they are the center of the universe. - http://a.co/7nddWp3
- http://www.optionstrading.org/strategies/a-z-list/
- Ask HN: What is your money-making side project outside programming? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19712057
- https://www.cbc.ca/parents/learning/view/parenting-isnt-that-hard
- https://discover.dc.nihr.ac.uk/content/signal-000711/aerobic-exercise-is-an-effective-treatment-for-depression
- https://www.wellandgood.com/good-sweat/power-in-fitness/
- It has been said that children need to take 3,000 steps or cover 24 foot ball fields before they can learn to walk by themselves. Lets just say they need to do 100’s of steps/day -best if it is in a condensed period of time- to learn to walk. - https://maryevanspt.wordpress.com/2016/12/14/how-to-get-your-baby-and-toddler-to-walk/
- https://blog.usejournal.com/things-you-learn-after-1-year-of-day-trading-for-a-living-a97bbc8d19fa
- Trading and Data Science - http://www.algonell.com/blog
- https://algodaily.com/lessons/solving-the-health-problems-of-software-engineers
- https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/why_attachment_parenting_is_not_the_same_as_secure_attachment
- The dangers of over-parenting - https://www.valleynewslive.com/content/news/The-dangers-of-over-parenting-509683601.html
- Evidence-based parenting: how to deal with aggression, tantrums and defiance - https://theconversation.com/evidence-based-parenting-how-to-deal-with-aggression-tantrums-and-defiance-95439
- No matter what you accomplish, achieve or do, somebody is always up to something far more epic than you are if you live your life through the lens of your Facebook news feed. - https://medium.com/the-mission/why-excessive-consumption-limits-your-creativity-6e925dd66daa
- https://www.macstories.net/stories/beyond-the-tablet/
- https://www.optionsprofitcalculator.com/
- https://seekingalpha.com/article/4254004-rentals-vs-reits-best-way-invest-real-estate-practical-case-study
- Ask HN: Should I quit my job? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20024943
- https://www.learning-mind.com/only-child-syndrome-signs-effects/
- Ask HN: What is the real Value of Real Estate Agent? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14301230
- Do you ever get that feeling when listening to a great song that makes all the hairs on your arm stand on end? - https://www.indy100.com/article/music-goosebumps-some-people-science-research-emotions-psychology-study-harvard-7926781
- The key to physical fitness isn’t exercise, it’s movement — Quartzy - https://qz.com/quartzy/1641863/the-key-to-physical-fitness-isnt-exercise-its-movement/
- https://www.aaii.com/journal/article/a-comparison-of-backtesting-tools
- How to Automatically Backup a Linux VPS to a Separate Cloud Storage Service | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20146648
- How to parent more predictably (2018) | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20173675
- It also appears that belonging to the London cluster made writers substantially more productive. Mitchell finds that the average writer in London saw their productivity go up by 12 percent. By comparison, writers in smaller clusters, in Dublin, Edinburgh, Oxford, and Cambridge, saw no such gains. Furthermore, being part of the London cluster increased the likelihood of an author having their work published in any given year by 24 percent. - https://www.citylab.com/life/2019/06/british-irish-writers-london-clustering-dickens-woolf/590884/
- Research led by the University of Exeter, published in Scientific Reports and funded by NIHR, found that people who spend at least 120 minutes in nature a week are significantly more likely to report good health and higher psychological wellbeing than those who don’t visit nature at all during an average week. However, no such benefits were found for people who visited natural settings such as town parks, woodlands, country parks and beaches for less than 120 minutes a week. - https://medicalxpress.com/news/2019-06-hours-week-key-dose-nature.html
- The difference a dad can make - https://www.evoke.org/articles/june-2019/Data-Driven/Fresh_Takes/the-difference-a-dad-can-make
- Ask HN: Has anybody successfully changed their career to become a writer? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16495718
- Ask HN: Have any former developers successfully changed careers? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20318965
- Ask HN: How do I get into electronics from scratch? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20300037
- Ask HN: If you were a coder who successfully changed careers, what do you do now? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=14847646
- Ask HN: What do I tell my students about starting Freelancing? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20304980
- so you want to be a writer? by Charles Bukowski: https://poets.org/poem/so-you-want-be-writer
- The 10 books that changed my career as a software engineer: https://storyforj.com/s/dk79PY
- In May 2012 I made a commitment that changed my career: A simple task, completed every day, that skyrocketed my blog and allowed me to make over $30,000 in 6 weeks: https://nathanbarry.com/commitment-changed-career/
- What is the Average Profit on a House Flip? - https://investfourmore.com/average-house-flip-profit/
- How This Real Estate Agent Made $100,000 In One Month From His YouTube Channel - https://www.forbes.com/sites/jrose/2019/07/15/how-this-real-estate-agent-made-100000-in-one-month-from-his-youtube-channel/
- Vonnegut: Can you believe this guy? He makes more money in a single day than we’ll make in our entire lives. And you wrote Catch-22! > Heller: Sure, but I have something he’ll never have. > Vonnegut: Yeah, Joe? What’s that? > Heller: Enough: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20436934
- Books for Quants – Towards Data Science - https://towardsdatascience.com/books-for-quants-1b0f51dd7745
- The deliberate dog body language of curving is used in polite greetings, negotiation, or as a calming signal. A head-on, frontal approach can be seen as confrontational. The curving could be the curving of the dog’s body (which makes a slight c-shape), or a directional curve in the path the dog walks on approach. Some have described it as a ‘banana walk’, an easy descriptive way to imagine the direction of walk, due to the shape of the path taken by the dog. — https://www.silentconversations.com/dog-body-language-curving-silent-conversations/
- These writers got their start after age 35—there’s still hope for you: https://theamericanscholar.org/35-over-35/
- 6 Alternatives To Freelancing For Engineers – https://medium.com/@AndrewPierno/6-alternatives-to-freelancing-for-engineers-f6e56d20f793
- How Long It’s Safe to Leave Food Unrefrigerated - https://www.thekitchn.com/how-long-can-you-leave-cooked-foods-unrefrigerated-kitchen-facts-218225
- Anxiety Looks Different in Men – https://www.wsj.com/articles/anxiety-looks-different-in-men-11564494352
- The $61,392 Book Launch That Let Me Quit My Job: https://adamwathan.me/the-book-launch-that-let-me-quit-my-job/
- “The most important emotional accomplishment of the toddler years is reconciling the urge to become competent and self-reliant with the simultaneous and sometimes contradictory longing for parental love and protection.” — The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman - http://a.co/ahiuBee
- The Essential 6 Month Calisthenics Workout Plan - http://www.barbrothersgroningen.com/calisthenics-workout-plan/
- Pop culture lionizes the dazzling brilliance of money managers on the autism spectrum. Reality rarely measures up: https://www.institutionalinvestor.com/article/b1gq9tqwk8z108/They-Get-Fired-All-the-Time-And-They-Have-No-Idea-Why
- “It is neither possible nor desirable to be always attuned and responsive to the moods and wishes of children.” — The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman - http://a.co/fwr0A4E
- Most knowledge worth having comes from practice. It comes from doing. It comes from creating. Reading about the trade war with China doesn’t make you smarter—it gives you something to say at dinner parties. It gives you the illusion that you have the vaguest idea what is happening in our enormously complex world: https://tjcx.me/posts/consumption-distraction/
- “but the often observed increased involvement of fathers in the toddler years may be linked to findings that fathers as a group are more likely than mothers to promote the adventurous exploration and challenging play that toddlers are now ready to join.” — The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman - http://a.co/89HPMXr
- “One study, for example, found that children who showed a secure attachment to their fathers by seeking them out for comfort when feeling stressed had fewer behavior problems and showed more competence in school and peer groups than did those who had an insecure relationship with their fathers.” — The Emotional Life of the Toddler by Alicia F. Lieberman - http://a.co/5KTWPMl
- Living cells in the human body experience forces of various frequencies (for example breathing, heartbeats, walking, running, jumping and singing), typically ranging from 0.2 hertz to hundreds of hertz," the researchers wrote. At the highest frequencies, cells became stiffer and the enzymes that guide gene transcription could not bind to the DNA, the team found.Cells’ immediate responsiveness to force makes sense from an evolutionary perspective, Wang said.“Cells must be able to respond quickly to things in their environment so they can survive,” he said. - https://phys.org/news/2020-04-physical-spurs-gene-reveals.html
- Senate Stock Watcher - See What Senators are Trading: https://senatestockwatcher.com/
- Analyzing HN readers’ personal blogs | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22822401>
- Six super-short sci-fi stories that explore the post-COVID-19 world. - https://sudowriters.com/anthology/fever-dreams/
- How A Goat Farmer Built A Doomsday Machine That Just Booked A 4,144% Return: https://www.forbes.com/sites/antoinegara/2020/04/13/how-a-goat-farmer-built-a-doomsday-machine-that-just-booked-a-4144-return/
- How long does it take to beat your favorite games? - https://howlongtobeat.com/#search1
- Find out how to entertain a two-year-old here! 40+ best activities for two-year-olds. Inside you will find indoor play ideas, sensory play prompts, and painting play activities. - https://www.dayswithgrey.com/blog/top-activities-two-year-olds
- An important point to note here is that automated trading does not mean it is free from human intervention. Automated trading has caused the focus of human intervention to shift from the process of trading to a more behind-the-scenes role, which involves devising newer alpha-seeking strategies on a regular basis: https://blog.quantinsti.com/learn-algorithmic-trading/
- In this article we’ll look into a real options trading strategy, like the strategies that we code for clients. This one however is based on a system from a trading book. As mentioned before, options trading books often contain systems that really work – which can not be said about day trading or forex trading books. The system examined here is indeed able to produce profits. Which is not surprising, since it apparently never loses. But it is also obvious that its author has never backtested it: https://financial-hacker.com/algorithmic-options-trading-part-3/
- Algorithmic Trading at home – how should I get started? | QuantNet Community: https://quantnet.com/threads/algorithmic-trading-at-home-how-should-i-get-started.3611/
- This is the fourth part of a series of articles on backtesting trading strategies in Python. The previous ones described the following topics:introducing the zipline framework and presenting how to test basic strategies: https://towardsdatascience.com/algorithmic-trading-based-on-technical-analysis-in-python-80d445dc6943
- Algorithmic Trading Bot: Python - Towards Data Science: https://towardsdatascience.com/algorithmic-trading-bot-python-ab8f42c37145
- If you’re considering algo trading as a career then be sure to talk to a lot of people doing it. I spent several years trying to break in to the industry at a few prop firms with only middling success. Here are my observations:1. The vast majority of firms only hire people with CS or math degrees from top 10 schools, with an MS being the minimum. There are few exceptions.2. Nobody is making as much money as they used to.3. Depending on what firm you end up at you will probably spend a lot less time building cool strategies and a lot more time trying to shave off a few microseconds here and there.4. Be prepared for a pretty rough work environment. Swearing, violent outbursts, people being secretive and not sharing ideas.5. If you’re lucky, management will be STEM people. If you’re not, they will be former floor traders who have managed to stay alive this long. - Ask HN: How do I get started with Algo trading? | Hacker News - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11332960
- Ask HN: How to launch an algo trading side project? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=16376015
- I write (program, paint, animate, market, and so on) computer games like this one1. The recent economic troubles haven’t effected me negatively that much, instead it’s been a positive thing as more people are home and playing more games. I don’t necessarily want to ‘profit’ from all the hardship around, but I’m glad to provide products that entertain and hopefully make the current situation a bit more bearable – that feels good.I got started over 10 years ago now, making Flash-based games and licensing them to various web portal and publishers, which was good money for a student back then! A little indie game developer golden age where you’d get a lot of players and also a few thousand dollars per game without too much trouble. I went on from there doing self-published games that anyone can buy on Steam or the Mac Store, both of which provide about 90% of my revenue, and the remaining 10% are from smaller stores and game distributors.1 https://store.steampowered.com/app/654960/The_Eldritch_Zooke… <- My current project. - Ask HN: Successful one-person online businesses? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22858035
- Ask HN: Those making $500/month on side projects in 2019 – Show and tell | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20899863
- Ask HN: What is your passive income 2019? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21389776
- Build a Day-Trading Algorithm and Run it in the Cloud Using Only Free Services - https://medium.com/automation-generation/build-a-day-trading-algorithm-and-run-it-in-the-cloud-for-free-805450150668
- How To Be A Professional Author And Not Die Screaming And Starving In A Lightless Abyss – Chuck Wendig: http://terribleminds.com/ramble/2019/09/17/how-to-be-a-professional-author-and-not-die-screaming-and-starving-in-a-lightless-abyss/
- How to Find Consulting Clients: https://chrisachard.com/how-to-find-consulting-clients
- Introduction to Algotrading (2011) [pdf] | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19215026
- Questions to ask a company during a job interview | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20916749
- Toddler Development: What Every Parent Needs to Know: https://theeverymom.com/toddler-development-what-every-parent-needs-to-know/
- What’s good career advice you wouldn’t want to have your name on? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=21150930
- Ask HN: Why did you leave tech industry? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22876241
- Ask HN: What did you do to get extra streams of income for yourself? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23010294
- Using Reinforcement Learning in the Algorithmic Trading Problem | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23022864
- Analysis of 41k dev agencies with hourly rates, team size and tech stack | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23115364
- Ask HN: Mind bending books to read and never be the same as before? | Hacker News: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23151144
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I Took a Pill in Ibiza
Lyrics
I took a pill in Ibiza
To show Avicii I was cool
And when I finally got sober, felt ten years older
But fuck it, it was something to do
I'm living out in LA
I drive a sports car just to prove
I'm a real big baller 'cause I made a million dollars
And I spend it on girls and shoes
But you don't wanna be high like me
Never really knowing why like me
You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone
You don't wanna ride the bus like this
Never knowing who to trust like this
You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing
Stuck up on that stage singing
All I know are sad songs, sad songs
Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs
I'm just a singer who already blew his shot
I get along with old timers
'Cause my name's a reminder of a pop song people forgot
And I can't keep a girl, no
'Cause as soon as the sun comes up
I cut 'em all loose and work's my excuse
But the truth is I can't open up
Now you don't wanna be high like me
Never really knowing why like me
You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone
You don't wanna ride the bus like this
Never knowing who to trust like this
You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing
Stuck up on that stage singing
All I know are sad songs, sad songs
Darling, all I know are sad songs, sad songs (hey)
I took a plane to my hometown
I brought my pride and my guitar
All my friends are all gone but there's manicured lawns
And the people still think I'm a star
I walked around downtown
I met some fans on Lafayette
They said tell us how to make it 'cause we're getting real impatient
So I looked 'em in the eye and said
You don't wanna be high like me
Never really knowing why like me
You don't ever wanna step off that roller coaster and be all alone
You don't wanna ride the bus like this
Never knowing who to trust like this
You don't wanna be stuck up on that stage singing
Stuck up on that stage singing
All that I know are sad songs, sad songs
Darling, all that I know are sad songs, sad songs
Be As You Are
Lyrics
Virginia Woolf and poetry
No one seemed to notice me
Being young was getting so old
Cheap beer and cigarettes
Life was like a movie set
And I seemed to be given no role
But in times of trouble
I can turn to my mother
And I know that she gon' understand
So at age 18
I cried to my mother
And she told me, "young man"
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
Just be as you are
Life is not always a comfortable ride
Everybody's got scars that they hide
And everybody plays the fool sometimes, yeah
Just be as you are"
They played me on the radio
And everything was changing, so
I thought I was all the way grown
But I can still remember in that cold November
When I realized I'm all alone
But in times of trouble
I can turn to my mother
And I know that she gon' understand
So at age 22
I cried to my mother
And she told me, "young man"
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
Just be as you are
It doesn't matter if you become some star
Life is better when you open your heart
You don't always have to act so hard, no
Just be as you are"
"There are moments when you fall to the ground
But you are stronger than you feel you are now
You don't always have to speak so loud, no
Just be as you are
It doesn't matter if you become some star
Life is better when you open your heart
You don't always have to act so hard, no
Just be as you are"
Oculus Quest 2 Review
I was debating between PS5 and Quest 2 (Affiliate link), and yes it is like comparing apples and oranges, but in the end Quest 2 won. I will likely buy PS5 at some point though. But before I buy PS5, I need a new TV with 4K and HDR. It seems pointless to play PS5 on 1080p TV from early 2010s.
Quest 2 is not my first experience with Virtual Reality. I tried PSVR about 2-3 years ago but the mess of wires really turned me off with the idea of VR. When I found out that Quest 2 is completely wireless, I got interested in it again. I was not very excited about needing Facebook account to use it though.
…To Sufi by Allama Iqbal
I translated this poem in my freshman year for my English class.
This is a world of miracles for you.
But for me, this is the world of randomness.
The world of fantasies is poor,
But poorer is the world of births and deaths.
It is no wonder that your gaze will change it all,
The world of possibilities is calling you.
Bulla ki jaana main kaun
Lyrics with Translations
Bulla ki jaana main kaun Bulla ki jaana main kaun
Na main moman vich maseetan Na main vich kufar dian reetan Na main pakan vich paleetan Na main andar bed kitaban Na main rehnda phaang sharaban Na main rehnda mast kharaban Na main shadi na ghamnaki Na main vich paleetan pakeen Na main aaabi na main khaki Na main aatish na main paun
Bulla ki jaana main kaun
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