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What books would you recommend on the Scientific Method, Epistemology and scientific thinking in general? Books like this that I liked: - The Selfish Gene - Rationality: From AI to Zombies - The Scout Mindset - Asking…

A friend of mine shared the following code snippet with me and asked me to guess how many times the loop will run on average: for(int i = 0; i < Random(1, 100); i++); I tried to guess the answer analytically and gussed…

Hey HN, I was wondering if there is a book on building databases that's written in a similar fashion to "Crafting Interpreters". A book that would teach you about databases while having you build one yourself.

Hey folks, I am interested in learning more about Ruby's internals and it's runtime, topics such as: garbage collection, concurrency, memory management ... etc. What would be a good place to read on these before jumping…

What are your favorite parenting podcasts and why? I am looking for recommendations but also looking to explore things I may not come across.

Could someone explain the COVID-19 vaccine in layman terms? I don't quite understand how mRNA/RNA vaccines work and what their side effects are.

Is there a book that introduces probability and/or stats through means of story telling and puzzles? I love math books such as "To Mock A Mocking Bird" and "Calculus Made Easy" and even though they're very different in…

Hello HN, What would be a good alternative text to the "Probability, Random Variables, and Stochastic Processes" book? I couldn't find it for a cheap price in Europe (~90 eur). Link: https://www.amazon.de/dp/0071226613/

Hello folks, Recently, I developed a genuine interest in information theory and communication systems, I gave "An Introduction to Information Theory: Symbols, Signals and Noise" a try…

How do you use Kanban? How do you prioritise items on a Kanban board? What is the criteria for items to make it to the board? How do you release finished tickets? How does your Kanban process fit with the team's…

How do you apply Boyd's decision making strategy in your life? Do you apply it to one, or more, dimension(s) of your life? How do you make day-to-day decisions? How does your personal security look like?

When interviewing a Tech Lead or an Engineering Manager for a team in your company, what practices do you employ? What are the themes of your interview? What characteristics do you look for? How do you know if the…

I picked up Golang recently and I am curious about how people use it to develop web applications. How does your tech stack look like?

Hello everyone, I have learned about the idea of P.I. (passive-income) side projects only recently and I've been wondering how do people search, look for and find the niches they've built side projects for? Any ideas?

Hi there, I am looking for ideas on how to invest €10k in Europe, it would be great if the answers were tailored for Germany, but ideas recommending options in all other European countries are welcome.

For those who make €100K+ annually in Europe, where are you based? Where do you work? What is your position? And what is your job like?

Hi there, I am implementing an API backend for a mobile app and I want to know how can I secure it. Users won't have usernames and passwords, they will signup on the mobile app using Facebook/Twitter. Is passing OAuth…

Hi there, I am looking for resources to study dynamic programming, not only theoretical ones, but very practical and example-oriented ones are good as well, actually much better than pure theory. My focus is to be able…

Hello, I am researching how to automate the development environment setup for a team of 15+ developers that is currently manual and requires a lot of repetitive work. In addition to that I am researching how to automate…

Hi there, I was reading lately the EPFL papers on Array Mapped Tries and HAMTs (Hash Array Mapped Tries), and I become really curious to know more about new researches in the topics of Data Structures and Algorithms.…