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On Joining OpenAI

Artificial Ignorance • 138 implied HN points • 09 Jan 26
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Joined OpenAI to work on Developer Experience, helping developers learn and build with OpenAI’s technology.
  2. Public news roundups are ending, and the newsletter will shift toward longer deep dives with more engineering-specific, practical content for builders.
  3. Experimenting with Substack Chat for paid subscribers (office hours and topic threads) while explicitly avoiding confidential or leaked information and keeping the writing practical and grounded.

Canva's New AI-Magic for Writers🪄 — Here's What You Need To Know (With Video)

Kristina God's Online Writing Club • 419 implied HN points • 27 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Canva has launched new AI tools that help writers create and manage content more easily. They offer features like text-to-image and text-to-video generators, making creative tasks simpler.
  2. The tutorial includes a step-by-step guide to using these new features, which can help improve online writing and design skills. It’s a great resource for anyone looking to elevate their creative projects.
  3. There's an opportunity to win a coaching session by commenting on the YouTube video, adding an interactive element for users to engage with the content. It's a fun way to connect and learn more.

Dashing Data Viz - Issue 227

Dashing Data Viz • 216 implied HN points • 01 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Dashing Data Viz provides curated news, articles, and jobs related to Data Visualization.
  2. The newsletter features a variety of data visualization articles, courses, and tools for professionals and enthusiasts.
  3. Readers can engage with the content, share their thoughts, and learn about the latest trends in data visualization.

one year in

button mash • 176 implied HN points • 12 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Starting to learn something new can be challenging but rewarding.
  2. Choosing the right tools, like game engines and coding approaches, is important for beginners in game development.
  3. Seeking out tutorials, teachers, and communities can help in the learning process and provide valuable support.
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GM Shaders Mini: Imagination

GM Shaders Mini Tuts • 157 implied HN points • 02 Sep 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. When working with shaders, think in terms of vector fields to direct the flow and create gradients.
  2. Consider the acceptable input domains and the output ranges of your functions to prevent errors and unexpected results.
  3. Utilize periodic functions for repetition, sine and cosine for waves and rotations, dot product as a ruler, and exponentiation for adjusting brightness levels.

Why is the Golden Ratio Hiding in the Fibonacci Sequence?

The Palindrome • 4 implied HN points • 30 Jan 26
🚌 Education Tutorials
  1. The Fibonacci sequence has a simple closed-form (Binet's) formula that uses the golden ratio phi (φ) and its conjugate psi (ψ) to compute Fn directly. It yields exact integers even though φ and ψ are irrational.
  2. Generating functions turn the recurrence into the rational function F(x)=x/(1-x-x^2), and partial fraction decomposition expresses F(x) as a sum of two geometric series, which leads to Binet's formula.
  3. The recurrence can also be encoded by a 2×2 Fibonacci matrix whose eigenvalues are φ and ψ; diagonalizing that matrix and raising it to the nth power gives the same closed-form result, and computing matrix powers is often numerically more stable than directly evaluating Binet's formula.

What should I write about

Data Science Weekly Newsletter • 39 implied HN points • 24 Feb 24
🚌 Education Tutorials
  1. The writer plans to start creating tutorials again. It's a chance for people to learn more about various topics.
  2. They want feedback from subscribers about what specific topics they are interested in. This shows they value readers' opinions.
  3. There's a wide range of tools in data science, and the writer is keen to help navigate that complexity with useful content.

Friday Finds - Bonus Links

Data Science Weekly Newsletter • 19 implied HN points • 16 Feb 24
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. There are new tutorials available for those interested in AI and humanities. These tutorials aim to help people learn how to use AI tools effectively.
  2. The Leverhulme Programme is offering opportunities in ecological data science. This program is designed for doctoral training and focuses on important ecological research.
  3. A team is looking to hire a remote R programmer. They want someone to create an easy-to-use package for analyzing complex models in R.

GM Shaders Mini: Vector Spaces

GM Shaders Mini Tuts • 39 implied HN points • 07 Oct 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Different vector spaces like texture space, screen space, object space, world space, view space, and projection space serve specific purposes in graphics programming.
  2. Understanding these spaces helps in manipulating orientation, scales, positioning, and skewing of vectors for advanced effects like fog, SSAO, and shadow mapping.
  3. Each space has unique characteristics, such as how texture space is measured in texel units and world space represents position in the room.

Power Function in logarithmic time [Technique Tuesdays]

Technology Made Simple • 39 implied HN points • 09 Aug 22
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Optimizing the power function using logarithmic time can be a game-changer, making computations quicker and efficient.
  2. Understanding and applying mathematical tricks like leveraging even and odd numbers can significantly reduce the number of instructions needed to solve a problem.
  3. Learning to optimize algorithms using divide and conquer techniques, such as in the power function example, can enhance problem-solving skills and overall coding proficiency.

Topological Sort: Hint for this week's question

Technology Made Simple • 39 implied HN points • 15 Feb 22
🚌 Education Tutorials
  1. Topological sort is an important concept for solving interview questions and can help with understanding various problems.
  2. Focusing on quality over quantity in coding practice and targeted improvement is key for successful Leetcode preparation.
  3. Engaging with a community, following quality resources, and practicing mock interviews can greatly enhance your coding and interview skills.

🌸 Newsletter #30: A new HTTP status, manage difficult colleagues, finally understand the DNS...

Women On Rails Newsletter - International Version • 19 implied HN points • 26 Apr 22
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. The newsletter covers a new HTTP status code and updates on frameworks like Astro and Redwood.
  2. Tips on building relationships with difficult colleagues, recruiting juniors effectively, and balancing coding as a manager.
  3. Exploring resources for better coding practices like semantic HTML and a DNS playground.

$500,000+ in New Prizes!

Vesuvius Challenge • 21 implied HN points • 27 Feb 24
💼 Business Tutorials
  1. Over $500,000 in new prizes announced for 2024, including a $100,000 Grand Prize.
  2. Various prizes like the First Automated Segmentation Prize, First Letters Prizes, and Monthly Progress Prizes aim to drive progress towards community goals.
  3. Opportunities for second place prizes add to the total prize pool, providing even more chances for participants to win.

Episode 25: Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems

burkhardstubert • 19 implied HN points • 03 Jan 22
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. The author received a significant award, becoming a Qt Champion in the Ambassador category for promoting Qt Embedded Systems. It's quite a recognition for their contributions!
  2. In 2022, the author plans to write more, give talks, and create video tutorials on Qt Embedded Systems, with over 50 ideas lined up. It sounds like they are excited to share more knowledge!
  3. The author encourages readers to engage and provide feedback, hoping to keep them as loyal readers and critics as they grow their content.

Issue #41

Infra Weekly Newsletter • 18 implied HN points • 29 Mar 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Fauna launches serverless database for AWS customers.
  2. Global Linux Operating System market projected to reach $38.6 billion by 2030.
  3. NVIDIA selects Oracle Cloud Infrastructure for AI services.

Why API Tutorials Matter

The API Changelog • 4 HN points • 19 Jan 24
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Tutorials help readers learn about the topic being presented.
  2. Good API tutorials should provide a safe learning environment, list prerequisites, offer technology choices, and have clear goals.
  3. Investing in offering quality API tutorials can help consumers get the most out of what your API offers.

November Update

Maker News • 2 HN points • 30 Nov 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Exciting projects and thought-provoking reads in November roundup.
  2. Featured projects include turning prototypes into products and custom PCB creation.
  3. Join the maker community to explore technology and imagination fusion.

Working with Skin tones using Blending Ranges

Erik Explores • 0 implied HN points • 08 Apr 23
🎨 Art & Illustration Tutorials
  1. In Affinity Photo, skin tones can be adjusted using blend modes and blending ranges.
  2. Understanding blend modes categories like Darken, Lighten, Color, and Contrast helps in practical applications.
  3. Blending ranges in Affinity Photo are useful for altering skin tones by using techniques like color burn, multiply, and adjusting opacity for different tone ranges.

Why now?

Miguel’s Substack • 0 implied HN points • 01 May 23
🕹 Technology Tutorials
  1. Realize that you are not defined by your job.
  2. It's important to pursue what truly interests you.
  3. Building a supportive community is crucial for growth and learning.

Pre-Course Refreshers & Live Lectures

Quantum Formalism • 0 implied HN points • 18 Aug 20
🚌 Education Tutorials
  1. The upcoming quantum formalism course will officially start on Friday, September 18 at around 6 pm BST | 1 pm ET | 10 am PT with live lectures capped at 50 attendees.
  2. If you wish to participate in the live lectures, ensure you fill out the form provided in advance; failing to attend a registered live lecture might affect your future invites.
  3. Pre-course refresher materials and guidance are available on GitHub for the basics of number systems, particularly real and complex numbers.