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Today's Ultra/Magic and Technological Event Horizons
During WWII there was information the allies had that they couldn't act upon. People died in air raids even when someone already knew it was coming. It was the legendary program of code breaking that let the allies read axis encrypted messages without their knowledge. Its level of secrecy was called Ultra in Europe and Magic in the Pacific.
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Programming for Newbs: An Existential Crisis
At a recently a family gathering a relative of mine mentioned how they were legitimately interested in learning how to program. I was extremely excited to indulge in this and teach what I usually explain in broken metaphors (e.g., "it's like very complicated dominos").
I wanted to provide the simplest introduction that would motivate someone to learn…
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Focusing on the Positives: Why I Have My Own Website
This post title may seem obvious to readers here, but the data shows that the vast majority of US Internet users do not have their own website or understand why they would want one. Why is that?
Fundamentally, I find that people aren't motivated by not having negative things (e.g., "don't lose your data"). People are motivated by directly pos…
Brett Slatkin
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