The hottest Training Substack posts right now

And their main takeaways
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Believe In Yourself - Ironman Italia

Venture Prose • 798 implied HN points • 17 Sep 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Believing in yourself and pushing past your limits can lead to achieving great personal goals like completing a challenging race.
  2. Having a supportive coach with the right mindset, attitude, and expertise can make a significant difference in training and performance.
  3. Setting clear goals, following a structured training plan, and staying focused on the process can help in conquering difficult challenges and reaching new heights.

Preparing for Microsoft Security Copilot

Rod’s Blog • 496 implied HN points • 03 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Training
  1. Before adopting Microsoft Security Copilot, assess your current security situation by understanding assets, risks, vulnerabilities, and compliance requirements.
  2. Plan your integration strategy by deciding on which features to use, aligning with prerequisites such as licenses, and identifying user roles.
  3. Train your staff and stakeholders on how to use Microsoft Security Copilot, educate them about its benefits and challenges, and equip them with skills to operate and troubleshoot the service.

Twirl Action

Hoop Vision • 393 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Coaches use twirl action with other actions to create misdirection in basketball plays.
  2. Twirl action involves an off-ball player curling the first of two staggered screens.
  3. Offenses commonly use twirl action to confuse defense and generate misdirection.

AI Certifications to Pursue in 2024

Rod’s Blog • 436 implied HN points • 29 Dec 23
🚌 Education Training
  1. AI certifications can boost career prospects and earning potential in a fast-growing field like Artificial Intelligence.
  2. When choosing an AI certification, consider whether you want a formal certification from a professional body or an educational institution, the specific topics and domains that interest you, and the features and benefits of the program.
  3. Some recommended AI certification programs for 2024 include Microsoft Certified: Azure AI Engineer Associate, Certified Artificial Intelligence Scientist by ARTIBA, and Jetson AI Courses and Certifications by NVIDIA.

Unveiling the Revolutionary Architecture behind LLMs - "Attention is all you need"

Mindful Matrix • 219 implied HN points • 17 Mar 24
🕹 Technology Training
  1. The Transformer model, introduced in the groundbreaking paper 'Attention Is All You Need,' has revolutionized the world of language AI by enabling Large Language Models (LLMs) and facilitating advanced Natural Language Processing (NLP) tasks.
  2. Before the Transformer model, recurrent neural networks (RNNs) were commonly used for language models, but they struggled with modeling relationships between distant words due to their sequential processing nature and short-term memory limitations.
  3. The Transformer architecture leverages self-attention to analyze word relationships in a sentence simultaneously, allowing it to capture semantic, grammatical, and contextual connections effectively. Multi-headed attention and scaled dot product mechanisms enable the Transformer to learn complex relationships, making it well-suited for tasks like text summarization.
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Education of a Typing Man

Register Spill • 294 implied HN points • 04 Feb 24
🚌 Education Training
  1. Experimenting with different keyboard layouts can improve typing skills.
  2. Learning to touch-type with all 10 fingers can boost typing speed and accuracy.
  3. Consistent practice and use of typing tools can lead to significant improvement over time.

the double life of brian

Dan Davies - "Back of Mind" • 314 implied HN points • 24 Jan 24
💼 Business Training
  1. Consultants working independently may impact the productivity and training investment within companies.
  2. Substituting consultants for employees can create communication challenges and hinder information flow.
  3. The trend of specialists leaving to start consultancies may reflect underlying issues in British industry and government.

ByteDance's new fine-tuning technique boost LLMs for reasoning tasks

TechTalks • 314 implied HN points • 22 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Training
  1. A new fine-tuning technique called Reinforced Fine-Tuning improves large language models for reasoning tasks.
  2. Reinforced Fine-Tuning combines supervised fine-tuning with reinforcement learning to enhance reasoning capabilities.
  3. ReFT helps models discover new reasoning paths without needing extra training data and outperforms traditional fine-tuning methods on reasoning benchmarks.

Creativity in Training

Zwischenzug • 530 implied HN points • 03 Jun 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Training
  1. Taking ownership of your learning process is crucial for improvement.
  2. Being creative in your training methods can lead to effective results.
  3. Being comfortable with mistakes is necessary for growth and development.

MAIL TIME!!!!⏱

The Lap Count • 530 implied HN points • 29 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Next Best Run is a coaching service for runners launched by elite athletes.
  2. The Lap Count newsletter features a segment with questions from readers about various running topics.
  3. There is discussion about potential candidates for sponsored contracts in the running world.

Zanzibar Training Camp

Splattern • 59 implied HN points • 21 Jun 24
🏝 Travel Training
  1. Zanzibar has a dark history as a major slave trading hub in the 1800s, where people of all backgrounds were involved in slavery.
  2. There is a strong sense of community and hospitality in Africa, which can make traveling without a support vehicle safer than expected.
  3. Charity work can have different approaches, and it's fulfilling to support organizations that have a direct impact, like one that operates a children's hospital in East Africa.

Positional optionality

Mets Fix • 235 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Baseball season is starting, with Mets players already practicing in Port St. Lucie.
  2. Pitchers and catchers are reporting in 4 days.
  3. Access Mets Fix posts with a 7-day free trial subscription.

The Secret Behind Norway's Olympic Dominance

The Healthtech Initiative • 4 implied HN points • 27 Feb 26
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Norway dominated the 2026 Winter Olympics with a record 41 medals and an outsized per‑capita performance.
  2. People in Norway favor outdoor, nature‑based activities like walking, hiking, and cross‑country skiing and tend to train more at sustainable tempo and threshold intensities (Z3–Z4) with less time spent at maximum effort.
  3. These activity patterns appear across the whole population, suggesting Norway’s success comes from a broad, inclusive sports culture that emphasizes fun and steady training rather than early specialization.

Is Chess a Game of Luck?

Zwischenzug • 471 implied HN points • 14 May 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Chess is a game of skill, not luck. Players have full control over their moves.
  2. There is still some luck involved in chess, such as external distractions or unexplained variations in performance.
  3. To improve in chess, focus on the process, consider long-term results, and seek outside perspectives for feedback.

What's The Point Of Studying The Endgame?

Zwischenzug • 432 implied HN points • 15 Apr 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. The importance of studying endgames is debated in the chess community.
  2. Practical endgames are underrated compared to theoretical endgames.
  3. Playing blitz can be beneficial for improving your chess skills, but it's important to maintain focus and avoid developing bad habits.

Policymakers in several African countries are on the wrong side of the medical professionals "brain drain" debate

An Africanist Perspective • 415 implied HN points • 21 Apr 23
🌍 World Politics Training
  1. The shortage of medical professionals in several African countries is a real concern, with low physician-to-patient ratios impacting healthcare accessibility.
  2. Banning the emigration of medical professionals may not address the root causes of the shortage. Instead, investing in expanding training, wages, and incentives locally could be a more effective solution.
  3. Emigration of high-skilled professionals, like doctors, can be viewed as exporting high-skilled services and can potentially benefit both the sending and receiving countries through remittances and skill development.

Adventures in Zone 2 Cardio Training | Part 1

Harnessing the Power of Nutrients • 1118 implied HN points • 29 Sep 22
🏥 Health & Wellness Training
  1. Zone 2 cardio training is essential for metabolic health and involves moderate intensity fat-burning exercise that can be sustained for an hour.
  2. Training in Zone 2 can improve endurance, fat oxidation, and lactate clearance in slow-twitch muscle fibers, benefiting overall fitness and potentially impacting fasting tolerance.
  3. Measuring lactate levels using a meter provides precise feedback for optimal training intensity in Zone 2, leading to rapid progress and efficient workouts.

The 4-3-2-1 Lap Step-Down

Beck of the Pack • 196 implied HN points • 08 Feb 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. The 4-3-2-1 Lap Step-Down is a workout that helps improve race endurance.
  2. The workout involves running 4K in intervals with varying paces.
  3. Maintaining rhythm and form during the session is crucial to its effectiveness.

MLOps Basics - For Data Engineers.

Data Engineering Central • 393 implied HN points • 15 May 23
🕹 Technology Training
  1. Working on Machine Learning as a Data Engineer is not as hard as it seems - it falls somewhere in the middle of difficulty.
  2. Machine Learning work for Data Engineers focuses on MLOps like feature stores, model prediction, automation, and metadata storage.
  3. The key aspects of MLOps include automating tasks, using tools like Apache Airflow, and managing metadata for a stable ML environment.

Import AI 330: Palantir's AI-War future; BLOOMChat; and more money for distributed AI training

Import AI • 399 implied HN points • 22 May 23
🕹 Technology Training
  1. Palantir is making a big bet on AI for defense and intelligence, integrating it with large language models to enhance capabilities for conflict-based scenarios.
  2. SambaNova introduces BLOOMChat as a competitor to chatGPT, showcasing the ongoing race between open source models and proprietary ones in the field of AI development.
  3. Startup Together.xyz secures $20m in funding to promote open source and decentralized AI development, aiming to make AI training more accessible and widespread.

✍️ Journalism Awards, Events, Fellowships and Trainings ✍️ — January 12

Inside The Newsroom • 216 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🚌 Education Training
  1. The post highlights various journalism awards, events, fellowships, and trainings available, including details on the programs, deadlines, and organizations offering them.
  2. There is a focus on opportunities for journalists to improve their skills, such as through leadership training, investigative reporting fellowships, and workshops on topics like newsroom safety and campaign finance reporting.
  3. Employers and recruiters can access promotion opportunities for job openings, while journalists can earn free paid subscriptions through a referral program.

OMG, I registered for an OTB tournament

Zwischenzug • 353 implied HN points • 01 Jul 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. The author registered for an OTB tournament after a long break due to COVID and personal commitments.
  2. Chose a shorter tournament for their comeback to OTB chess to ease back into the competitive environment.
  3. Preparing for the tournament involves focusing on openings, calculation, and getting used to a physical chess board.

Wait a second!⏱

The Lap Count • 255 implied HN points • 22 Mar 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Crazy Running offers franchise opportunities focused on youth running programs
  2. The article covers results from the New York City Half Marathon and Kejelcha's near world record attempt
  3. The newsletter also explores the Barkley Marathons and reflects on athletes facing bans

Democratizing AI: MosaicML's Impact on the Open-Source LLM Movement

Deep (Learning) Focus • 255 implied HN points • 03 Jul 23
🕹 Technology Training
  1. Creating a more powerful base model is crucial for improving downstream applications of Large Language Models (LLMs).
  2. MosaicML's release of MPT-7B and MPT-30B has revolutionized the open-source LLM community by offering high-performing, commercially-usable models for practitioners in AI.
  3. MPT-7B and MPT-30B showcase innovations like ALiBi, FlashAttention, and low precision layer norm, leading to faster training, better performance, and support for longer context lengths.

Guess who’s running a marathon?

Running Probably • 139 implied HN points • 09 Feb 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. The author's coach focuses on speed workouts during the offseason, emphasizing long tempos and shorter threshold work for marathon training without big volume.
  2. Focusing on speed in running can be enjoyable as it leads to improved fitness and faster pace if done properly.
  3. Despite a negative experience in the past, the author's perspective on running a marathon has changed, showing that people's views and goals can evolve over time.

Ohio is buying mobile shoot houses to train armed teachers

School Shooting Data Analysis and Reports • 39 implied HN points • 29 May 24
🇺🇸 U.S. Politics Training
  1. Ohio is purchasing mobile shoot houses to train armed teachers. These structures don't align with real-world school shooting scenarios.
  2. The mobile shoot houses may not effectively train teachers for school shooting situations. The cost and logistics of training teachers to use these facilities can add up to millions of dollars.
  3. The purchase of shoot houses raises questions about budget priorities and effectiveness in enhancing school safety. Prioritizing such equipment over addressing budget deficits may be considered 'security theater.'

How to train ChatGPT on your own text (train a text AI to generate content about your docs, book, website, etc)

Mythical AI • 235 implied HN points • 19 Feb 23
🕹 Technology Training
  1. Large language models like ChatGPT can summarize articles, write stories, and engage in conversations.
  2. To train ChatGPT on your own text, you can use methods like giving the AI data in the prompt, fine-tuning a GPT3 model, using a paid service, or using an embedding database.
  3. Interesting use cases for training GPT3 on your own data include personalized email generators, chatting in the style of famous authors, creating blog posts, chatting with an author or book, and customer service applications.

The Easier You Train The Faster You Finish

The Healthtech Initiative • 5 implied HN points • 09 Feb 26
🎾 Sports Training
  1. More total mileage in the six-month build-up leads to faster marathon times — about 4.4 minutes quicker per extra 100 km.
  2. Spending lots of time at or above race pace can backfire — extra race-pace minutes were linked to slower finish times.
  3. A large amount of easy, low-intensity running pays off — roughly 1,000 more minutes of easy training was associated with about 7 minutes faster.

My First Ironman 70.3

Venture Prose • 219 implied HN points • 21 May 23
🎾 Sports Training
  1. The struggle in a challenge helps you grow and reach new levels of achievement.
  2. Facing constraints can actually push you to achieve more than you thought possible.
  3. It's important for entrepreneurs to spend wisely and maintain a high rhythm, even when they have a large budget.

Learning from KC Chiefs Parade: Free virtual exercise for shootings at school events

School Shooting Data Analysis and Reports • 99 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Training
  1. Emergency management exercises help test preparedness for various emergencies, like shootings at school events.
  2. Most school shootings stem from escalated disputes, not deliberate attacks targeting students.
  3. School officials need comprehensive planning beyond 'active shooter' strategies to effectively respond to emergencies.

Volume control

Beck of the Pack • 117 implied HN points • 23 Jan 24
🏥 Health & Wellness Training
  1. Training volume needs to be tailored to individual runners, even with similar abilities and goals.
  2. Training volume can increase over time as the body adapts, but recovery is key to avoid overtraining.
  3. Be cautious of running high mileage just for the sake of it, balance volume with quality workouts for optimal performance.

Town Square #2: Kipchoge training partner caught blood doping

Honest Sport • 39 implied HN points • 18 May 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Rodgers Kwemoi received a six-year ban for blood doping, marking him as the first Kenyan athlete to be disqualified from the Olympics due to doping.
  2. He was coached by Patrick Sang, who has had multiple athletes caught doping, raising questions about coaches' awareness of their athletes' actions.
  3. Doping continues to be a serious issue in athletics, damaging the sport's credibility and the reputation of Kenyan athletes.

What’s The Real Story With Altitude Training?

Beck of the Pack • 117 implied HN points • 12 Jan 24
🎾 Sports Training
  1. Altitude training can improve performance by increasing red blood cell production.
  2. Training at high altitude may not be enough on its own; 'live high/train low' might be the key to performance gains.
  3. Shorter recovery time, iron supplements, and acclimatization time are important considerations for high-altitude training.