You can be strategic about it. But the outcome of 'getting a partner' is not within anyone's control. You can only present the best version of yourself, but you can't control who will and won't like you.
Thanks for sharing this video with Bryan Cranston.
Funnily enough, I started my career as an actor before moving into entrepreneurship and eventually tech.
What rings true for me in this, is keeping your eye on what's most important to you, in my case, giving and receiving love, giving and receiving support and letting go of the outcome.
One of the benefits of dating a lot of people is you really do stop caring if the people like you or not, and let go of the outcome.
I've found that since I've adopted that approach, 90-95% of men asking me on a second date.
I'm not looking to them to validate me or fill a whole on my heart.
But dating a lot of people really helps with this.
You learn some people like you and you don't feel it's a fit.
You like some people and they don't feel it's a fit.
Every now and then you get the magic combination.
It's rare, but it can happen.
Assuming you have been lifting/ exercise, you just gotta eat more whole grain carbohydates. Rolled or steel cut oats, brown rice, pasta 2-3 times a day and you can exceed your daily calories requirement pretty easily.
I like this, simple and applies to other tech as well. E.g. Should I upgrade to the latest Macbook?
Don't believe the hype, try it for yourself - Try how the Macbook works at the local Apple Store.
Does it solve a problem I actually have? - I want to play games while having a portable and long-lasting laptop. How does the Macbook handle games that I play often?
Find the missing features - Does the notch bother me?
To shape the roadmap - Anything that I don't like about the Macbook? How will Apple play the chip game? How will they improve the next iterations of the Macbook? No matter how powerful the M1 Pro Chip, it is still only the second version of the M1.
Do I need to pay $2000 for this now or can I pay $200 for it in a year or two from now?
E.g. I just bought a new phone. It's two generations behind by now but actually has better features for what I care about than the generation after it. I.e. I wouldn't but its successor if that was the only phone available to buy. I would stick with my 6 year old phone instead. I didn't even bother checking the current generation because that's always too expensive for what you get.
After a couple of months my motherboard got fried while using the power adapter and left power delivery slot simultaneously - which apparently was an issue other people experienced as well last year.
But this got fixed pretty quickly by the official repair partner and I haven't experienced that since then (around a year of usage since the incident), even though I still use both ports at the same time. ASUS probably solved this problem with a BIOS update.
Other than that I'm more than happy with this device and it works much better than expected - especially the Linux support. I'm running arch as my main distro and never had any issues. Power consumption runs at around 7-11 W in regular use using my energy efficient profile (dGPU off). CPU temp during normale use sits at around 35-40 degrees celsius but can bump up during heavy gaming.
Looking back I'd definitely buy this laptop again.
This. And https://ml-cheatsheet.readthedocs.io/en/latest/backpropagati... . I am currently doing MIT Micromasters in Data Science, specifically the Machine Learning & Deep learning course. Last week's assignment was to build a neural network from scratch and these two resources have been a lifesaver.
I have written a similar blogpost on writing here [0], which was received well by HN community. I'd also recommend the book "Style: Toward Clarity and Grace" and this document [1]. These resources tremendously helped me to improve my writing.
The link to [1] appears to be a subset of a larger document/program from University of Chicago (but this appears to be source from OSU). Do you have a link to all the book/materials? Thanks
As a non-native English speaker, your blog post and your interactions and feedback to replies and suggestions to fix some "mistakes" on your blog post is an inspiration for me, because I've always struggled to start writing fearing that I'll make "banal" and "obvious" mistakes that will decrease my credibility on the subject I'm writing about.
Hi everyone, OP here. Writing has always been a struggle for me. I just started to post consistently on this blog two weeks ago. Didn't expect this to get to the front page of HN. I hope you guys find it helpful. I'd appreciate any feedback or comment on the post!
P.S: Fixed all the grammatical errors in the post.
Hey Adam, the content itself is great and the tips are bang on. However, I think you should proof read the article again. An article on 'Improving Your Writing' loses a lot of credibility when it has sentences like:
> The character, 'hotel' has does an action 'wanted'.
which should be:
> The character, 'hotel', has an action, 'wanted'.
It also seems like you rely on a single source, Williams and Colomb (1990). Is this your personal summary of that book? Do you recommend reading it, or do you believe your post captures the most important points?
1. Fixed the mistake :)
2. Yes, totally recommend it. I've read a few books on writing and I think this is the best so far. The way the authors discuss the mechanics of writing is refreshing. It'll give you a good framework not just to write, but also to think.
3. This post encapsulates what I learned from the book and my experience to improve my writing skill.
Thanks for making the post. Focusing on creating a clear thesis at the start of your blog will help your readers understand the purpose of your post.
The first paragraph communicates you've struggled with writing in the past, the second para says writing advice is often low quality, and the third paragraph explains the characteristics of good writing (hints at the thesis).
You could make a single thesis like this: "This post explains the characteristics of good writing and how I was able to improve my writing skills."
You could continue with "learning to write well was a great personal struggle, especially because writing training materials didn't help". That could also be considered a separate thesis for a different post.
Paragraphs like these can be made more concise:
> Most writers struggle to write well when the subjects use technical terms. Technical terms are confusing when they are not introduced properly. This technique is helpful when communicating complex information that requires technical terms. When you introduce complex information, design the sentence that it appears in, so that you can locate that term at the end.
Here's how you could reword it:
Technical writing is difficult, especially when the terminology is not properly introduced. It's best to introduce technical terms at the end of sentences.
