methusala8

47 karma · joined July 12, 2018

methusala8··on Ask HN: What niche, lesser known blog you keep reading frequently?

Of Dollars and Data, Nick Maggiulli, and the.blog of Morgan Housel. Both are finance blogs Both are quite mainstream though.

methusala8··on Ask HN: What are your predictions for the next 50 years?

-Large parts of India and the Middle East become uninhabitable

Any particular data/research to support this particular assertion?

methusala8··on Ask HN: Is ML/AI a good long-term career path?

Can you please elaborate on the skills needed to be in the top 10 percent in this field? Thanks

methusala8··on Ask HN: Qualities of a Great Teacher

Photon_lines,

Thanks a lot for your helpful suggestions and words of encouragement. I will keep this in mind when trying to improve my skill level.

Regards,

methusala8··on Ask HN: Qualities of a Great Teacher

Thanks. I looked up Mastery learning and will delve deeper into it. Here is the link if anyone else is interested: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mastery_learning

methusala8··on Ask HN: What reflection questions do you find most valuable?

Three questions for daily review:

a) What went well today?

b) What did not go well?

c) What can be improved?

Three more from Naikan:

a) What have I received from (person x)?

b)What have I given to (person x)?

c) What troubles and difficulties have I caused to (person x)?

methusala8··on Ask HN: Is psychotherapy useful? How to find a good therapist?

I would suggest looking at a Morita therapist from TODO institute.

Among all the various theories that I have read, this one sounded the most useful. The gist of it being that we cannot control our feelings and thoughts, but we should concentrate on performing actions, irrespective of what we are feeling or thinking.

methusala8··on Ask HN: Which is the best spiritual book you have read?

All these books (apart from the second one) offer a peak into Advaita Vedanta (Non Duality).

a) Talks with Sri Ramana Maharshi b) Tao te ching, Lao Tzu c) I am That, Nisargadatta Maharaj d) Power of Now, Eckhart Tolle e) Silence of the heart, Robert Adams

methusala8··on Ask HN: What have the past 12 months taught you?

All valid points. Can you please elaborate on the final loopholes part?

methusala8··on Ask HN: How do you make your blog posts last forever after your death?

https://posthaven.com/

Sam Altman uses this.

methusala8··on Ask HN: Data Science portfolio projects ideas

+1 . This post was really useful and detailed. Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN:Skills/Tools to Stand Out as a Data Scientist

Thanks for the detailed reply. I will try and understand the connection between all the various algos. As of now, I am only looking at the frequentist approach and the general linear models umbrella.

methusala8··on Ask HN:Skills/Tools to Stand Out as a Data Scientist

Can you elaborate on the third point with any resources for Best practices and Design patterns? I looked into Amazon and came across a few books for both. Many people have commented that Data Science should move towards Software best practices, etc. As I am a statistics major, This is a gap that I would have to bridge. Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN:Skills/Tools to Stand Out as a Data Scientist

Any particular resources that you would recommend for Optimisation techniques? Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN:Skills/Tools to Stand Out as a Data Scientist

I will look into this book. With the recent threads on HN commenting on whether Data Science is over-hyped, I think this knowledge would help in adding value.Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN:Skills/Tools to Stand Out as a Data Scientist

I am yet to encounter projects that require this skill, hence not well-versed in this. I will look this up.Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN: What are your other favorite communities other than Hacker News?

Hi ,

It would be great if you could provide me an invite as well. I do not know anybody there hence unable to join the community. My email id is methusala8 at gmail dot com

methusala8··on Ask HN: What are good resources for life advice?

Naval is an Indian Born Self-made guy. Sure, it is hard. If it were easy, everyone would be doing it.

methusala8··on I Improve Myself

Most of these hueristics are things I picked up by reading Serge Fauget and Sam Hinkie.

I use HabitsTracker to keep track of goals that I want to achieve:

a) Meditation b)Exercise c) Intermittent fasting d)Reading e) Daily review. f) No Social Media g) Check mails once a day. H) Gratitude

I track these goals and use Habit tracker to tick the ones that I have met.

methusala8··on Hacker News Meetups?

+1 for Bangalore

methusala8··on Ask HN: How do you plan to improve your financial situation in 2019?

I plan to increase my income through business/consulting as I am savivng nearly 50% of my Salary and cannot save more than that.

methusala8··on Ask HN: Where would you invest 30K EUR?

Nice, thorough answer. You mentioned that : "of those at least 3 types of assets, never have 10% of more than any"

Could you please elaborate on this? Suppose, I have x as my savings, should I invest only 30% of that in each of these and hold the rest in cash? Is that what you meant? Thanks.

methusala8··on Ask HN: Looking for books about raising kids

I am not sure if this is what you are looking for, but 'Mindset' by Carol Dweck is a good book. It talks about 'Growth Mindset' and how parents can inculcate this in their kids as opposed to the "fixed " mindset approach.

Another book that I would suggest is called 'Constructive living' by David Reynolds. Although that book is not about Raising kids per se, I am sure you can tweak some aspects of the book's teachings (for ex: Not allowing how we 'feel' determine our actions/lack of it) can be helpful when the toddler grows up.

methusala8··on Ask HN: As a programmer, how do you know if you're a good one or not?

Can you add anything specific to Data Scientists in particular? I am in this field and would like to improve further. Any pointers would be helpful. BTW, Nice post. +1

methusala8··on Ask HN: What are you thankful for?

I was dead-broke four years ago, when I was just completing my Education at the age of Thirty. Four years later, I am doing OK (by my Country's standards) and I can count on many people as good friends.

I am thankful towards life for giving me a second chance to undo the mistakes that I committed the first time over.

methusala8··on Ask HN: Imagine you were set for life. How would you spend the next ten years?

It would involve teaching (probably Statistics) and a lot of Meditation.

methusala8··on Ask HN: What is your 2019 book reading list?

a) Crucial Conversations, Kerry Patterson

b) Way of the Wolf, Jordan Belfort

c) Never Split the difference, Chris Voss

d) Radical Honesty, Brad Blanton

e) Outthink the competition, Krippendorff

methusala8··on Ask HN: Is there any open news platform?

This particular news platform is notorious for publishing fake news and goes out of its way to push its leftist ideology.One can read the litany of lies published by this platform in the link below.

[1]https://www.opindia.com/page/2/?s=wire

methusala8··on Ask HN: What did you learn the hard way?

Always have a exit plan before you begin.

This sounds like commonsense for most people. But I learnt this the hard way while drifting through my 20's in a mediocre career. Still rebuilding after going back to college.

methusala8··on What would happen if Twitter were to shut down over night?

All the political parties in India would lack an avenue to vent against each other and also lose a wonderful avenue for mass-propaganda.

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