What I learned this week 06-06-2026

What I learned this week Software Probably going to be hot garbage Business/Finance Interesting Links Conformal coating Diode Balsamic vinegar background Miner’s Breakfast Math/Stat Travel Other
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What I learned this week 05-30-2026

What I learned this week Software Redshift with Graviton based instances, no spectrum scan cost any more Probably a DC2 -> RA3 situation based on price and performance… will need to elastic resize once > 4xl iss available Business/Finance Uh Oh more insider trading in markets that are based on… insider trading…. Interesting Links Love the way this is shot GLP-1 sustained weightloss At 24 months post-cessation, 56% of semaglutide, 52% of liraglutide, and 55% of tirzepatide patients kept the weight off or lost additional weight.
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What I learned this week 05-23-2026

What I learned this week Software Git clone off a custom port: git clone ssh://git@mydomain.example:[port]/home/whatever git branch -a for remote branches Git tagging $0 is a way to invoke bash FFUF fast web fuzzer HTTP referer was misspelled in the original RFC and then kept hahaha WAT types Business/Finance Who’s on the other side of your NVDA trade? This google x gentle monster collab is hilarious Why do large companies continue to try and do this shit?
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What I learned this week 05-16-2026

What I learned this week Software Mock data/api calls Slopsquatting the new bucket sniping Business/Finance “the de-rating from a premium multiple to a normal one eats every cent” Interesting Links On Bear spray’s effectiveness Japan bear problems solved? SA Search and rescue Being someone who does things Math/Stats Travel Other Each good intention of unification creates another variation Korean artist that I liked: kim gwang suk - 바람이 불어오는 곳
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What I learned this week 05-09-2026

What I learned this week Software Jevons paradox “when technological improvements that increase the efficiency of a resource’s use lead to a rise, rather than a fall, in total consumption of that resource” “It is better to have a system omit certain anomalous features and improvements, but to reflect one set of design ideas, than to have one that contains many good but independent and uncoordinated ideas." Business/Finance Interesting Links Why power in Spain is so cheap
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What I learned this week 05-02-2026

What I learned this week Software I like what Manus are trying to do here. It feels like they’ve got some good tooling/steering to have the LLM traverse the surface of the human internet. It’s a bit rough but I didn’t use the pro models. I think this hammers home in my mind how critical tooling/harness/testing is, it takes usefulness to another level. Also RIP Facebook acquisition. Business/Finance American Mushrooms
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What I learned this week 04-25-2026

What I learned this week Software ps -p <PID> -o comm= Looks up a specific process by its ID and prints the executable path Laws of Software Engineering ggsql looks pretty cool Exe dev from tailscale’s founder Remotion looks like a fun way to generate videos Flipbook… kind of cool, idk about increasing the nondeterminism of websites though, but maybe it works for some stuff https://flipbook.page/n/d2e274458fba498ab57f59b39f11796a https://flipbook.page/n/826db532ec2e441ba4891ffc02c4a7b9 Business/Finance Interesting Links How decaf works
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What I learned this week 04-18-2026

What I learned this week Software Business/Finance Interesting Links Gas tax by state Wood powered car Cat5e Cable Math/Stats Travel Other Juggling machetes
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What I learned this week 04-11-2026

What I learned this week Software Ngrok looks cool Debug your LLM Cloud flare tunnels are dope. python3 -m http.server 8080 & cloudflared tunnel –url http://localhost:8080 On profiling a git repo before reading it Business/Finance Interesting Links They’re made out of meat!? Brainstorming is about making yourself look good, not the THING actually good Math/Stats Travel Other recalcitrant Focaccia recipe
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What I learned this week 04-04-2026

What I learned this week Software Python cad library Build a GPU Business/Finance Interesting Links Pallet camper Rescue fraud Fun fusion overview Poker lecture at Harvard Math/Stats Travel Other
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