You are what you can risk

How you can grow using the asymmetries of riskContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 22 days ago

Pratham Gupta: GSOC 2023 Final Report

This is the final report for my project. Here i will be explaining about the method we took to find anagrams.GNOME Crosswords EditorAlthough still under development, Editor is a important part of Crosswords application for GNOME. It allows us to create basic crosswords with grids … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 2 months ago

Pratham Gupta: GUADEC 2023 in Riga, Latvia

My experience atGNOME Intern Lightning TalksThis summer I traveled to Riga to attend my first international conference, Gnome Users And Developers European Conference (GUADEC) 2023 and true to its promise, the experience that unfolded was nothing short of amazing.Well, it began w … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 2 months ago

Tanmay Patil: Acrostic support added to GNOME Crosswords

It has been quite a while since the last update, and we’ve accomplished a lot since then. I’ve also completed finish my GSoC project, which adds Acrostic puzzles support to GNOME Crosswords.After implementing cell selection for ClueGrid, I added other signals ie. guess and other … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 3 months ago

The State of Seed Stage Funding to Underrepresented Founders

“White women founded companies comprise 79% of reported early-stage VC dollars going to underrepresented founders and 64% of investments made into companies with underrepresented founders by deal count. Ecosystem-wide, we need to up our game by investing seed money into a broader … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 3 months ago

A Spin Around the Globe, Software vs Hardware, and a Crisis of FLOSS

Dictator Book Club: Putin — I just find this quote incredible. I learned so much about the late USSR and early modern Russian regime…Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 3 months ago

How to Read Well, Deep Dive into SEO & Oaks Plus a Funny Platypus

Plus why Japan does not have nuclear weapons…Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 3 months ago

The Future of Programming: AI and Interface-Oriented Languages

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@medium.com | 4 months ago

The Power of Place, Optimistic Nihilism, and a Calm Way to Task Manage

Plus a dash of AI and how to forage in Los AngelesContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 months ago

Why Not to Buy a House, The Newest Social Media Wins, and Rediscovering Craft

1. Netflix’s New Chapter — I am nursing a growing obsession with Netflix. First, their offices out here are just stunning. Anyone that can…Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 months ago

Tanmay Patil: GSoC Update: P̶l̶a̶y̶A̶n̶s̶w̶e̶r ClueGrid (almost done)

This will be a short one but it took significant time to get things done right.Renaming PlayAnswer to ClueGridI made an initial change by renaming “PlayAnswer” to “ClueGrid” since we utilize a similar grid (image below) in the crossword editor and it sounds more appropriate. The … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 months ago

Threads: A Great New Social Home for Developers

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@medium.com | 4 months ago

The Twins of Rest and Play, Global Standards Diets, and Layoffs

Plus being yourself in your art and why we need filesContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 4 months ago

Tanmay Patil: GSoC Update: PlayAnswer widget (wip)

After dedicating first two weeks of work to libipuz, it was time to shift our focus to the UI part of the Application.DiscussionTo create the PlayAnswer widget, we had two choices: either inherit from the PlayGrid or design a container that includes a PlayGrid as its child. Ultim … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 months ago

Tanmay Patil: GSoC 2023: Week 1 & 2 Report

ProjectAdding Acrostic support to GNOME CrosswordsMentorJonathan BlandfordWeek 1The first thing I did was fix libipuz #22. Earlier across/down clues were hardcoded in the ipuz-cell. Due to this, we would do an if-else check on across/down clues based on their direction in other p … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 months ago

AI Programming for Absolute Beginners

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@medium.com | 5 months ago

Gotam Gorabh: GSoC 2023 [Week 2 Report]: Add “Remote Desktop” page into the system panel

Project Title: Create a New “System” panel in GNOME SettingsMentor : Felipe BorgesContributor : Gotam GorabhIntroductionImplementing Remote Desktop page will allow users to access and control a computer or a desktop environment remotely from another location. It enables users to … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 5 months ago

Demystifying AI, Quora Kills Personal Moats and Compounding Crazy

Plus more self help books from my breakup era and a note about the venerable WebAssemblyContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

What the Age of Extinction Means... For You. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

Gotam Gorabh: GSoC 2023 [Week 1 Report]: Create a New “System” panel in GNOME Settings

Project Title: Create a New “System” panel in GNOME SettingsMentor : Felipe BorgesContributor : Gotam GorabhIntroductionThis summer I’m working on a project titled Create a New “System” panel in GNOME Settings, which aims to create a New System panel. This blog summarizes my prog … | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

Preparing for the Unpreparable: A Step Away from Predicting the Future

I’m learning about responsibility, 20 some years to lateContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

The Dangers of Google’s .zip TLD

related: badidea.zip links to a ZIP file called badidea.zip containing a QR code that points to badidea.zip # | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

Pratham Gupta: Test story

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@medium.com | 6 months ago

Last Month I Learned: A Recap of the 17 Articles, 4 Books, and 1 Product I Found

What I learned in a month of wandering the US trying to find myselfContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

The UX Research Reckoning is Here

“It’s not just the economic crisis. The UX Research discipline of the last 15 years is dying. The reckoning is here. The discipline can still survive and thrive, but we’d better adapt, and quick.” #Technology [Link] | Continue reading


@medium.com | 6 months ago

Anatomy of a SudoLang Program: Prompt Engineering by Example

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@medium.com | 7 months ago

This is why it's such a crime that the NYT got rid of Donald MacNeil. This piece belongs in the NYT, not on a Medium site that almost no one sees. | Continue reading


@donaldgmcneiljr1954.medium.com | 7 months ago

The Mother of All Pivots

The name of the podcast I co-host with Kara Swisher is “Pivot.” I don’t like the name, but I’ve had my hands on the wheel for so long at my… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 7 months ago

The Art of Effortless Programming

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@medium.com | 7 months ago

Guardrails

What won’t work is fake regulation | Continue reading


@medium.com | 7 months ago

In solidarity with NPR, I am pausing my use of Twitter. On April 12, 2023, NPR announced that they are suspending their Twitter accounts in… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 7 months ago

Scarcity

Scarcity is key to irrational prices. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 7 months ago

Office Hours

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@medium.com | 7 months ago

Unit Testing ChatGPT Prompts: Introducing Riteway for SudoLang

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@medium.com | 7 months ago

My Fledgeling Thoughts on AI and Disloyal Depositors at SVB

Plus what if your OS was a calendar? And how big of a team do you really need?Continue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 7 months ago

SudoLang: A Powerful Pseudocode Programming Language for LLMs

Pseudocode is a fantastic way to sketch programs using informal, natural language, without worrying about specific syntax. It’s like… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Fame

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@medium.com | 8 months ago

Some Thoughts on Diet and A Trip on Mr. Golangs Wild Ride

Plus a retrospective on Silicon Valley bank and my thoughts on imagined fears vs real risksContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Quitters

Sixty years ago, Ayn Rand wrote Atlas Shrugged. The book is set in a dystopian United States on the brink of economic collapse. Exhausted… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

A Guide to Navigating Economic Storms (Hint: Zig When Others Zag)

Plus a new way to think about systems and a funny story to lighten life upContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Learning JavaScript from ChatGPT

TL;DR — Great, but Can’t Replace Expert Mentors, Yet! | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Venture Catastrophists

In 1907, amidst rising interest rates and a declining stock market, two New York bankers attempted to corner the stock of a copper company… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Emissions

Carbon emissions are believed to be the mother of all negative byproducts. But there’s something worse: Converting attention into profit. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

DAP — New App Success Metrics for Web3

The only metric that matters is that users love your software. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Hidden Winners and the Dangers of Bad Incentives: BetterHelp, The Culture Wars, and Productive…

Plus a call to mend the fast disappearing unique bits of the worldContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Taking Affection Back

Affection, both emotional and physical, is what it means to be a mammal, to be human. | Continue reading


@medium.com | 8 months ago

Exploring AI beyond the Hype: Perspectives on Google, Chatbots, Blockchain, and Infrastructure

Plus how to handle the intersection between business and personal life and underrated career adviceContinue reading on Jimmy the Curious » | Continue reading


@medium.com | 9 months ago

Post Post Corona

Three years ago today there were 53 known cases of Covid-19 in the United States. The first U.S. death was recorded five days later at the… | Continue reading


@medium.com | 9 months ago