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Posts on tech and spurious thoughts.

 
Don’t trust a cloud provider
Never trust a cloud provider to do compute for you, like AmazonForecast. (Or LLM tuning?)
Mon Aug 19, 2024
 
U.S. Political System
Winning the presidential nomination is all about delegates. But how does the process work? | PBS News
Sun Aug 18, 2024
 
Chicken Nugget A B testing
Why cutting chicken nuggets for my 2y old is an optimization problem, and how social media companies use these principles:
Sat Aug 17, 2024
 
Scientific method
I use these seven steps to the scientific method every single day:
Tue Aug 6, 2024
 
This is an A/B test
Dude. You’re being experimented on. Aren’t you a little bit curious how it works?
Mon Aug 5, 2024
 
Data science structure
Over my career I’ve thought a lot about “where should a data scientist sit in an org?” 👇 5 lessons from what I’ve learned after working in 6 very different companies.
Sun Aug 4, 2024
 
Forget Pythonic. Write code that works
For the Python nerds: I’ve seen data scientists bashing notebooks for years. I was one of them.
Thu Aug 1, 2024
 
10 steps to optimize anything
I love-hate goal setting. Here are 10 steps I often fail at in how I try to breakdown and achieve goals, but hey, this is LinkedIn so I’ll share…
Sun Jul 28, 2024
 
Hungry Judge
The irrational hungry judge effect revisited (2023) | Hacker News
Sun Jul 28, 2024

Reading this Daily
#SundayThoughts Six weeks ago I stopped listening to podcasts in the morning and started listening to The Book of Mormon.
Sun Jul 14, 2024
 
Schema Markup video
https://youtu.be/8z_KQv2vBpM?si=vjVztfIe5RCx3M-c
Wed Jul 3, 2024
 
Productivity
Solid read: https://markmanson.net/attention-diet Over the last year I had read a few things similar to the points here and went on an “low information” diet (Tim Ferriss…
Tue Jun 25, 2024
 
Mojo programming language
Someone decided to create Python syntax but with type checking built in.
Fri May 17, 2024
 
A Treatise on Agency and Goals
I may have ADHD to some degree, I’m not sure. These thoughts came to me today when considering my side business.
Wed May 15, 2024
 
Machine Learninf Resources
ML
Wed May 15, 2024
 
New business Checklist
Getting paid is easy. Getting paid the right way is harder.
Wed May 8, 2024
 
Failure and Countermeasures - Robert Rogers
Robert rogers.
Thu May 2, 2024

Pinball Loss
I just learned about Pinball Loss: How I made peace with quantile regression
Wed May 1, 2024
 
News Notes for 2024-04-19
RAG using Llama 3 by Meta AI - a Lightning Studio by akshay
Fri Apr 19, 2024
 
Quivr App, Reader API, Zed
Every day I learn something new about the AI space. Today it’s quivr and reader and zed.
Wed Apr 17, 2024

My Advice for New Career People
The keys for me for job satisfaction are now pretty basic:
Thu Apr 11, 2024

Microsoft Copilot notes
Three copilots:
Fri Apr 5, 2024

LLMs need to call Functions
Andrew Ng on LinkedIn: Microsoft Absorbs Inflection, Nvidia’s New GPUs, Managing AI Bio Risk, and… | 38 comments
Thu Apr 4, 2024
 
How to Sign in with iCloud Calendar on Outlook for iOS
How do I add an iCloud account to iOS Outlook without it being a public calendar?
Wed Apr 3, 2024
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Reading

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The One Thing
2024-07-22 - counterbalanxinf. Go to the extremes to get things roughly in shape. → I feel like this is what I’ve been doing.
Gary Keller
Tue Jul 16, 2024

Dotcom Secrets
Activities - Write out your ideal customer. Their dreams. Aspirations. Characteristics. Get an image of them. Put them on your wall. -
Russell Brunson
Tue Jul 9, 2024

SEO Work Book
2024-07-09 jmlinks.com/seo2024abc passcode is the same slash seo2024abc - core key words - Micro key words - Long tail key words
Jason McDonald
Sat Jun 29, 2024

How to Get to the Top of Google
Thankyouninjas.com
Tim Cameron-Kitchen
Mon Jun 24, 2024

This is Marketing
2024-06-13
Seth Godin
Mon Jun 10, 2024

The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King
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J.R.R Tolkein
Fri May 31, 2024

Designing Machine Learning Systems
2024-05-30
Chip Huyen
Thu May 30, 2024

The Lord of the Rings - The Two Towers
See also The Lord of the Rings the Return of the King
J.R.R Tolkein
Wed May 29, 2024

The Lord of the Rings - The Fellowship of the Ring
2024-05-22
J.R.R Tolkein
Mon May 20, 2024

$100M Leads
2024-06-08
Alex Hormozi
Fri May 17, 2024

Get Anyone to do Anything
My takeaways:
David J. Lieberman
Fri May 17, 2024

$100M Offers
2024-05-14
Alex Hormozi
Thu May 9, 2024

The Undoing Project
2024-05-01
Michael Lewis
Wed May 1, 2024

The Road
Thoughts:
Cormac McCarthy
Wed May 1, 2024

Tools of Titans
2024-05-01
Timothy Ferriss
Tue Apr 30, 2024

Emotional Intelligence for Sales Success
Connections - rewire your brain
Colleen Stanley
Tue Apr 30, 2024

Thinking in Bets
Follow-ups - Kluge by Gary marcus - stumbling upon happiness -
Annie Duke
Mon Apr 29, 2024

Saints Volume 2: No Unhallowed Hand
2024-05-26
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
Sun Apr 21, 2024

Black Hearts
2024-04-19
Jim Frederick
Sat Apr 20, 2024

The Energy Bus
2024-04-20
Jim Gordon
Sat Apr 20, 2024

Machine Learning Q and AI
2024-05-16
Sebastian Raschka
Tue Apr 16, 2024

Power and Prediction
Takeaways:
Joshua Gans, Jay Agrawal, Avi Goldfarb
Fri Apr 12, 2024

The Coming Wave
2024-04-09
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Mon Apr 8, 2024

A Gentleman in Moscow
2024-04-06
Amor Towles
Fri Apr 5, 2024
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Gratitude

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I’m Grateful for A change in perspective
Tonight there was a moment in my day where I wanted to change my perspective. For me, prayer is a helpful tool in changing my perspective. I believe God helps those who seek…
Sun Apr 28, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for The Temple
Tonight I went to the temple.
Fri Apr 26, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Baseball Season
Kids out in the field playing. Half of them picking their nose. Half the parents too. The grass is green. The hills are somehow greener. The sun peeking through the clouds.…
Tue Apr 23, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for A small, insignificant corner of the internet
As I’m perusing LinkedIn today, I see comments from past colleagues. It’s quite incredible to be able to connect in this way.
Sun Apr 21, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Tee Ball
The first thing I saw was 10 kids piling onto a loose ball. It was exactly the chaos I’d hope for.
Wed Apr 17, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for The SEC Filings
Today I took a look at good old Edgar. I looked up some investor relations material for a company I was curious about.
Sat Apr 13, 2024

I’m Grateful for In Awe of AI
Today I’m grateful to be in awe of AI.
Fri Apr 12, 2024

I’m Grateful for My work team
Joining my current company has been pretty great. Here are the things I’ve liked about it so far:
Thu Apr 11, 2024

I’m Grateful for The Peak of a Hike
It’s that moment where you stop walking because you walked to the destination you can no longer approximate.
Wed Apr 10, 2024

I’m Grateful for Warm naps on the couch
Today the family was watching General Conference on TV. I joined them and hopped under a cozy blanket. Suddenly, I felt off. Like I didn’t belong in the room. Like I didn’t…
Sat Apr 6, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Customer Service Agents
Today I reached out to a customer support agent.
Sat Apr 6, 2024

I’m Grateful for Mentors
I’ve had a lifelong mentor, Daron Shepard, for nearly two decades now. We first met when I was a sophomore in high school and he just joined the high school coaching staff.
Thu Apr 4, 2024

I’m Grateful for Wet Suits
I’ve been going to the beach for four years and have never gotten deep into the water. It’s frigid. I’ll skimboard along the surface or the little crash but never felt a…
Wed Apr 3, 2024

I’m Grateful for Easter
I’m grateful for Easter. I’m grateful for the knowledge of a Savior. That He died, and rose from the dead. That He lives.
Sun Mar 31, 2024

I’m Grateful for Green Oasis
It’s hard to fathom how pretty these hills are. I see them every morning as I drive from my house. I see them in the distance. But their full beauty isn’t appreciated until…
Sat Mar 30, 2024

I’m Grateful for Bodyfulness
Mindfulness is a state of mind. But being present with one’s body is another matter.
Thu Mar 28, 2024

I’m Grateful for Fairy Houses
This is a fairy house:
Wed Mar 27, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Ever Shifting Tides
The tech industry is pretty crazy. I was just watching some keynote talks from Nvidia and if they actually land half of the stuff they’re talking about, they’re going to…
Mon Mar 25, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Better Health
Having the flu stinks. I realized quickly this week how a life revolves around health. My ability to do my job, to be there for my family, and even enjoy sitting on the…
Sat Mar 23, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for CS Lewis
Probably and odd thing to be thankful for, but I’m grateful for this guy’s legacy. Having read The Inklings and The Oxford Inklings: Lewis, Tolkien and Their Circle I…
Mon Mar 18, 2024

I’m Grateful for the feeling of Skimboarding
It’s the energizing feeling that keeps me going.
Sat Mar 16, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Freedom of Religion

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Thu Mar 14, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for Kids jumping on me

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Wed Mar 13, 2024
 
I’m Grateful for A sleeping baby
That I can
Mon Mar 11, 2024
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Christianity

A Life worth following. Read more.

 
Our Eyes track Red
Our eyes focus more on red wavelengths than any other color. It’s easier to spot.
Tue May 21, 2024
 
What’s my Foundation Model?
Thinking on A foundation on Christ, I wondered: what is my “foundation model?”
Sun Apr 28, 2024
 
A foundation on Christ
Today in Sunday school we studied Helaman 5:12:
Sun Apr 28, 2024
 
Jacob 1 - Viewing Christ
Wherefore, we would to God that we could persuade all men not to rebel against God, to provoke him to anger, but that all men would believe in Christ, and view his death, and…
Fri Apr 5, 2024
 
Jacob 2 - Give Freely
Think of your brethren like unto yourselves, and be familiar with all and free with your substance, that they may be rich like unto you. Jacob 2.17
Wed Apr 3, 2024
 
Easter, the most important holiday
Today is #Easter, the most important holiday of the year for Christians, and perhaps the most radical and profound holiday for the world. It shows the most #inclusive
Sun Mar 31, 2024
 
Easter Study: Seek Miracles
In the same way, the Lord will bless you with miracles if you believe in Him, “doubting nothing.” Do the spiritual work to seek miracles. Prayerfully ask God to help you…
Wed Mar 27, 2024
 
2 Nephi 31 -
Wherefore, ye must press forward with a steadfastness in Christ, having a perfect brightness of hope, and a love of God and of all men. Wherefore, if ye shall press forward…
Sat Mar 23, 2024
 
2 Nephi 31.3
Selected quotes.
Mon Mar 18, 2024
 
2024-03-17 Come Follow Me CTR 7 - 2 Nephi 26-30 - Apostasy
I want these young men to come away with an appreciation for the restoration of the gospel and how the Book of Mormon plays a role in their lives.
Sat Mar 16, 2024
 
2 Nephi 27 The Purpose of the Book of Mormon
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Thu Mar 14, 2024
 
2 Nephi 26 - pride
Those with pride in their hearts seek power over others
Wed Mar 13, 2024
 
2 Nephi 26

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Mon Mar 11, 2024
 
2 Nephi 21.6
Selected quotes.
Sun Mar 10, 2024
 
2 Nephi 20-25 Lesson Plan

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Sat Mar 9, 2024
 
2 Nephi 25 - We Talk of Christ
The law is dead. The focus is on Chrisf
Fri Mar 8, 2024
 
2 Nephi 22.2
Selected quotes.
Thu Mar 7, 2024
 
2 Nephi 20.3–4
Selected quotes.
Mon Mar 4, 2024

My Testimony 2023-03-03
I’m grateful for the story and reality of Christ
Sun Mar 3, 2024
 
2 Nephi 18.19
Selected quotes.
Sun Mar 3, 2024
 
2 Nephi 14 - Personalized Guidance
Personalized guidanve
Fri Mar 1, 2024
 
2 Nephi 13 - Enduring Beauty
True beauty
Thu Feb 29, 2024

Seeing the Savior

2 Nephi 11 - Seeing My Redeemer
Seeing the Savior isn’t as mysterious as it sounds. Many who seek Him can experience this blessing
Tue Feb 27, 2024
 
2 Nephi 9 - Familial Covenants
He’s a God of personal promises
Sun Feb 25, 2024
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