Would raising the minimum wage by $4 lead to greater unemployment? Milton, a Chicago economist, has a theory (supply and demand) that says so. Milton believes the causal effect is anywhere between 1% and 10%. After the minimum wage increase … Read more
Recently there was a thread about a “breakthrough” in battery technology at Toyota. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=36585327 Toyota has been putting out PR puff pieces about their “solid-state” (solid-electrolyte) batteries for years, but this story was unique in that it had a quote … Read more
2023-06-30 (This is a section of the lilos intro guide that people seemed to like, so to increase its visibility, I’m lifting it up into its own post and expanding it a bit. I hope this is a useful companion … Read more
Something that makes Zig harder to learn up front, but easier in the long run is lack of undefined behavior. While C presents itself as a compact language, learning how to avoid undefined behavior takes time to master because the … Read more
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Think Python 2nd Edition by Allen B. Downey This is the second edition of Think Python, which uses Python 3. If you are using Python 2, you might want to use the first edition, which is here. You can buy the … Read more
I’ve wanted to write a compiler for a while, about 5 years at this point. I struggled with it for a while because I didn’t know how to even approach the problems involved in writing a compiler. I mean, how … Read more
[embedded content] Background I know it is very un-YouTube like to make a response video 4 years later, but I’ve only had the channel for a year so fight me. However, I do have a very distinct memory of watching … Read more
Parseable is an efficient and scalable log storage and management platform. Cloud native by design, Parseable ensures ease of deployment and use. It is compatible with standard logging agents like FluentBit, LogStash etc. Parseable also offers a builtin, intuitive GUI … Read more
This is hopefully the first in a “series” of posts about estimation. Each post will be reasonably standalone, and I’m not building to any specific conclusion, but it will be an ongoing theme for a while. “How long will this … Read more