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04/11/2021
22/09/2021
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83iZ68s-9YE
- Farm Laws India 2020 - Documentary
- https://dev.to/codesphere/should-i-use-sqlite-postgresql-or-mysql-1o4b
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=83iZ68s-9YE
20/09/2021
- https://moontowermeta.com/the-most-important-solutions-are-simple-just-not-easy/
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmbSpTJXozk
- we hire products to do the job for us
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ07g2NtOiY
- decomplication: the art of first principles thinking
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmbSpTJXozk
- www.paulgraham.com/mean.html
- meanness and success are inversely correlated (PG admits there might be selection bias here)
- for most of history success meant control of scarce resources
- this is changing, increasingly the games that matter are not zero-sum
- being mean makes you stupid, makes you fight, and in turn drains your energy
- mean founders struggle with hiring best people (since best people have better options and mean founders cant convince to join them)
- meanness and success are inversely correlated (PG admits there might be selection bias here)
- https://moontowermeta.com/the-most-important-solutions-are-simple-just-not-easy/
03/09/2021
02/09/2021
30/08/2021
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5_8Q4X05ME
- Sewer problem in Dubai
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5_8Q4X05ME
23/08/2021
05/08/2021
30/06/2021
- Debatable matters such as emergency of 1975 is seldom discussed in history classes. Later people forge their narratives to project one side as the “anti hero”, Good insights:
29/05/2021
- Afghanistan
- Soviet Afghan War: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet%E2%80%93Afghan_War
- Mujahideen: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mujahideen
- Taliban: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taliban
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buddhas_of_Bamiyan
- Al Qaeda supported, Osama Bin Laden: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bin_Laden_family
- Saud Family
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Saud
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_of_Saudi_Arabia#Kings_of_Saudi_Arabia_(1932%E2%80%93present)
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crown_Prince_of_Saudi_Arabia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abdulaziz_of_Saudi_Arabia
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salman_of_Saudi_Arabia
- Afghanistan
15/05/2021
- Israel
- Israel Vs Arab Nations
- French and British Mandates
- Israel Borders
- 6 days War
- Arab League
- Mossad’s operations
- Elie Cohen
- TV Series based on this spy - “The Spy” on Netflix
- Operation Wrath of God
- 11 Israel’s athletes were killed by Palestine terrorists in Olympics 1972
- Olympics were happening in Germany (Munich), where Jews were massacred 3 decades back.
- Film “Munich” is based on this operation
- 11 Israel’s athletes were killed by Palestine terrorists in Olympics 1972
- Operation Entebbe
- In charge of this operation (1976) was elder brother of current Prime Minister of Israel.
- Elie Cohen
- Mandatory military service
- Jewish state
- History of Jews
- Israel Vs Arab Nations
- Israel
24/04/2021
- https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8327/map-of-the-silk-road-routes/
- Silk Road, also called Silk Route, ancient trade route, linking China with the West, that carried goods and ideas between the two great civilizations of Rome and China. Silk went westward, and wools, gold, and silver went east. China also received Nestorian Christianity and Buddhism (from India) via the Silk Road.
- https://www.worldhistory.org/image/8327/map-of-the-silk-road-routes/
17/04/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76u1LJ_WUJg
- West Bengal Politics Explained & Its Geostrategic importance
- West Bengal Leftist Rule (communism + socialism)
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H2rG4Dg6xyI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EhyyrqAPNNM
- History of Vietnam
16/04/2021
- Definition comes from the latin word: definite which means to set the limits of something. When we say something cannot be defined, it means we can’t set its limits.
04/04/2021
- https://www.netmeister.org/blog/email.html
- Examples of why your E-Mail validation logic is wrong
- https://www.netmeister.org/blog/email.html
02/04/2021
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAVy8wY0mgw
- How to defeat Justice League
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JQR6rkT1guo
- Hidden messages in the music
- Hedwig’s Theme, Lily’s Theme etc.
- Hidden messages in the music
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c8PsVQDIYd0
- India;s best animated movie that noone talks about
- Arjun: The Warrior Prince (2012)
- Recognised by good animator professionals of Hollywood, failed in India
- India;s best animated movie that noone talks about
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PAVy8wY0mgw
21/03/2021
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYFYK6-OPy4
- Analysing Kedarnath temple stability and construction
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oYFYK6-OPy4
20/03/2021
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3odScka55A
- COVID Vaccines shouldn’t be compared basis efficacy
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K3odScka55A
18/03/2021
- https://www.corefactors.in/blog/what-is-dlt-registration/
- DLT, blockchain based registration system, introduced by TRAI to control the SMS spam
- https://www.corefactors.in/blog/what-is-dlt-registration/
01/03/2021
https://nee.lv/2021/02/28/How-I-cut-GTA-Online-loading-times-by-70/
- Culprit: badly written json parser
28/02/2021
26/02/2021
Ego Vs Spirit
Esther Wojcicki - Farnam Street Podcast
- Journalism - Moat important skill in 21st century
- Curriculum of 21st century, subject of future.
- Many mediums: radio, magazines, podcasts, graphic design etc.
- Why important? Collect information from multiple sources, observing and figure out what is most important
- Write about it in most engaging way
- Work with other people
- Learn how to use social media, tech
- Journalism - Moat important skill in 21st century
The Dark Knight: Nolan’s Republic
OKRs By Bhavin Turakhia: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlA5bPpHabnpCTtGFGNtv9wJIhijqd3c1
https://www.quora.com/What-are-some-psychological-hacks-about-love/answer/Flavian-Mwasi
Too DRY: The Grep Test http://jamie-wong.com/2013/07/12/grep-test/
Seven Surprising Bash Variables https://zwischenzugs.com/2019/05/11/seven-surprising-bash-variables/amp
A horrifying globalThis polyfill in universal JavaScript https://mathiasbynens.be/notes/globalthis
Image optimisation https://dev.to/yashints/image-optimisation-3ic9
Virtual DOM is pure overhead https://svelte.dev/blog/virtual-dom-is-pure-overhead
How does a database work https://cstack.github.io/db_tutorial/
Why Developers Never Use State Machines https://skorks.com/2011/09/why-developers-never-use-state-machines/
24/02/2021
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5-QejUTDCWw
- About St. Helena Island, story of building the airport, and the importance of the airport for the locals (weekly one flight)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6RlxySFrkIM
- Food Waste
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rKhfFBbVtFg
- Death of Socrates: How to read a painting
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLZHxR5U658
- LIGO India
- https://www.ligo-india.in/
- Indian initiative in Gravitational Waves Observation
- LIGO India
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X0zYbFiAZk
- Ghosting is done to avoid awkwardness
- No drama people are zero people
- TIL:
- platonic: intimate relationship without sex
26/01/2021
Nikola Tesla Vs Thomas Edison
https://theoatmeal.com/comics/tesla
Reply to Reply: https://theoatmeal.com/blog/tesla_response
TIL:
- aggrandizement: to increase the power or reputation of something (some exaggeration)
- hyperbole: exaggerated statements or claims not meant to be taken literally
- dichotomy: a division into two especially mutually exclusive or contradictory groups or entities