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Ask HN: Where to find developer mentorship outside of dev space?https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43042419I've been dabbling in tech and development for over 20 years. I am a self-taught programmer, that eventually completed by BS:CS, that has always studied development books on craftsmanship, data structures, specifics of different languages, and the works.I've had spouts of freelancing here and there on small projects, but my career took me in a different direction with a whole assortment of different job titles: military, avionics, managing contracts, facilities management, stationary engineering, CAD work, project management, and IT services management. I have been in leadership roles on an acting basis as needed, but have never really felt a calling to go down that path.By metric of performance reviews and promotions, I have excelled in all of my positions, mostly in part of my ability to leverage software development and my technical skills as whole. I have always leveraged programming to streamline processes and make my organization more efficient. However, my job titles have never Feb 13, 2025 10:43 PM
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The Next Full Moon is the Snow Moonhttps://science.nasa.gov/solar-system/skywatching/the-next-full-moon-is-the-snow-moon/The next full moon will be Wednesday morning, Feb. 12, 2025, appearing opposite the Sun (in Earth longitude) at 8:53 a.m. EST. The Moon will appear full for about three days around this time, from Monday night into early Thursday evening. The bright star Regulus will appear near the full moon. The Maine Farmers’ Almanac […]Feb 13, 2025 9:41 PM
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Kurdish group in Saitama files suit to prohibit ‘hate speech’ rallieshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d37e1d03548cba6f5fcb8811ff3f7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.asahi.com%2Fajw%2Farticles%2F15624131&c=10777479202952832474&mkt=en-usSAITAMA—A group of Kurdish residents has sued an organizer of anti-Kurd demonstrations, demanding he cease such “hate speech” activities around its office and pay compensation for damaging its ...Feb 13, 2025 6:11 AM
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Second Take: Minimalism endorses simplicity but mutes cultural, personal vibrancyhttps://news.google.com/rss/articles/CBMiswFBVV95cUxPQ04wR1hZZjBsZnhFcmk1a1RDRXlJOHpEdXBGR3lJVzVCVTZpYVNNY2JqYTN1bG1OanhKczA2ZEdrX21XTE00NUp0UHhEdWxISERhYmNaYm5JZVljSzdSbVFqbEFCSlBpWVNQX3NGRXk5WkxKb2dSNHlIOHQ4NERUOTR3ajdUcWdvVUxPRURvTDA3SlNSREJ6NUMtUU5nbmFXZ3RpT3h5ZXdCTzU1TERlbHRYNA?oc=5Second Take: Minimalism endorses simplicity but mutes cultural, personal vibrancy Daily BruinFeb 12, 2025 8:00 AM
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Mohammed El-Kurd on the Dehumanization of Palestinians, the Legacy of Refaat Alareer & Morehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d37e1d03548cba6f5fcb8811ff3f7&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.democracynow.org%2F2025%2F2%2F11%2Fmohammed_el_kurd_on_the_dehumanization&c=195917298551738503&mkt=en-usThis is viewer supported news. Please do your part today. In Part 2 of our interview with the acclaimed Palestinian writer Mohammed El-Kurd, he talks in depth about stories from his new book, Perfect ...Feb 11, 2025 2:27 PM
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Is Eliminating The Penny Equitable? It Cost Taxpayers $250,000,000 Over The Past Two Yearshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d4a4122344309bb10f554776fc4eb&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fdougmelville%2F2025%2F02%2F11%2Fis-eliminating-the-penny-equitable-its-cost-taxpayers-250000000-over-the-past-two-years%2F&c=1384642771394423090&mkt=en-usForbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I cover the intersection of leadership, culture & equity in business. This Saturday, President Donald Trump announced that he’d ...Feb 11, 2025 2:19 PM
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Steve Bannon Pleads Guilty in Scheme to Steal $15 Million From Border Wall Donorshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cebfaa48643bda69921e74631421f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fsteve-bannon-pleads-guilty-scheme-203903045.html&c=14303404422354003905&mkt=en-usSteve Bannon, long time Trump ally and former chief strategist, avoided jail time by pleading guilty Tuesday to defrauding donors who thought their money was being used to help build a wall at the ...Feb 11, 2025 12:39 PM
notably.news
Show HN: A News Service That Almost Never Emails You (By Design)https://www.notably.news/Hi HN,I’ve been working on Notably News – a short-form news service that delivers micro updates by email. Instead of constant notifications or daily digests, you get just a few key updates per year on a subject, covering only the most important events.I follow a lot of different topics but don’t want to rely on social media, Google Alerts, or traditional news sites that flood me with updates, clickbait, or opinions. I just want concise, neutral updates on the most significant events.I first tried to build something similar ten years ago, leveraging my (very minimal!) academic experience in text summarization. But at the time, I couldn’t get it to work well. Now, modern LLMs make doing this feasible.HOW IT WORKS:1. Pick a public figure (or several) to follow2. We use (mostly!) Wikipedia to watch for updates, then summarize them.3. Receive short, neutral updates via email – just a couple of sentences when something big happensWHAT NEXT?Right now, I’m focusing on tracking famous people. WFeb 11, 2025 10:36 AM
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Best tax software deals: Score a discount, rack up deductions, and file earlyhttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d209466204152a3b713538997b327&url=https%3A%2F%2Fmashable.com%2Farticle%2Ffeb-11-best-tax-software-deals-2025&c=16454400476471956874&mkt=en-usWe haven't quite yet broken out the Valentine's Day candy yet, but that means spring is right on our heels. Sure, warmer temps, flowers, and the allure of summer all come with spring, but it also ...Feb 11, 2025 8:25 AM
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Trump ally Stephen Bannon pleads guilty and avoids jail time in border wall fraud casehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cebfaa48643bda69921e74631421f&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.latimes.com%2Fworld-nation%2Fstory%2F2025-02-11%2Ftrump-ally-steve-bannon-pleads-guilty-and-avoids-jail-time-in-border-wall-fraud-case&c=14243267023195354304&mkt=en-usNEW YORK — Stephen K. Bannon pleaded guilty Tuesday to a New York fraud charge related to duping donors who gave money to a private effort to build a wall along the southern U.S. border — a case the ...Feb 11, 2025 8:04 AM
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All-In-One Vs. Integrated Solutions: Decoding The Dilemma For IT Execshttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8d454c39e342ecb75223f2f2aad5ca&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fcouncils%2Fforbestechcouncil%2F2025%2F02%2F11%2Fall-in-one-vs-integrated-solutions-decoding-the-dilemma-for-it-execs%2F&c=6179659384790853898&mkt=en-usIn today’s hyper-connected business landscape, the technology choices you make can either streamline your operations or create endless complexity. As executives are faced with investing in technology ...Feb 11, 2025 5:45 AM
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Blockade am Pissoir: Was tun, wenn es beim Mann nicht läuft?http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb43f48f2494eb4a4af72d1c5dc9a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.apotheken-umschau.de%2Fnews%2Fblockade-am-pissoir-was-tun-wenn-es-beim-mann-nicht-laeuft-1235071.html&c=12763771477086853107&mkt=en-usLaufenlassen, wenn es drückt: Pinkeln ist vermeintlich eine der einfachsten Sachen der Welt. Doch am Pissoir läuft es bei manchen Männern gar nicht, sobald sie nicht allein sind. Die Gründe dafür ...Feb 11, 2025 3:26 AM
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Blockade am Pissoir: Wenn es bei Männern nicht «läuft»http://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb43f48f2494eb4a4af72d1c5dc9a&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.augsburger-allgemeine.de%2Fpanorama%2Fpsychologie-blockade-am-pissoir-wenn-es-bei-maennern-nicht-laeuft-105945779&c=5522738123962410317&mkt=en-usLaufenlassen, wenn es drückt: Pinkeln ist vermeintlich eine der einfachsten Sachen der Welt. Doch am Pissoir läuft es bei manchen Männern gar nicht, sobald sie nicht allein sind. Die Gründe dafür ...Feb 11, 2025 3:02 AM
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Station Science Top News: Feb. 7, 2025https://www.nasa.gov/general/station-science-top-news-feb-7-2025/Measuring water loss from space This study showed that the International Space Station’s ECOSTRESS instrument estimates of evapotranspiration (transfer of water to the atmosphere from Earth’s surface and plants) are comparable to ground-based reference values. This finding suggests space measurements could provide guidance for improved water management on large scales. Worsening droughts due to climate […]Feb 10, 2025 9:33 PM
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Elizabeth Tammi Gives Hubble a Voicehttps://www.nasa.gov/people-of-nasa/elizabeth-tammi-gives-hubble-a-voice/Name: Elizabeth Tammi Title: Hubble Space Telescope Social Media Lead Formal Job Classification: Communications Specialist Organization: Hubble Space Telescope Operations (Code 441) What do you do and what is most interesting about your role here at Goddard? How do you help support Goddard’s mission? I am the social media lead for the Hubble Space Telescope […]Feb 10, 2025 7:22 PM
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Gordon Chin Explores the Universe Through Physics and Arthttps://www.nasa.gov/universe/gordon-chin-explores-the-universe-through-physics-and-art/A planetary scientist, Gordon Chin also dabbles in watercolors, drawings and mix media artworks in his spare time while surrounded by a ceramic and studio art glass collection.Feb 10, 2025 5:48 PM
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Newly Minted Ph.D. Studies Phytoplankton with NASA’s FjordPhyto Projecthttps://science.nasa.gov/get-involved/citizen-science/newly-minted-ph-d-studies-phytoplankton-with-nasas-fjordphyto-project/FjordPhyto is a collective effort where travelers on tour expedition vessels in Antarctica help scientists at Scripps Institution of Oceanography and Universidad Nacional de La Plata study phytoplankton. Now project leader Dr. Allison Cusick has a Ph.D.! . Dr. Cusick studies how melting glaciers influence phytoplankton in the coastal regions. She wrote her doctoral dissertation […]Feb 10, 2025 2:00 PM
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Boom Supersonic Announces Boomless Cruisehttp://www.bing.com/news/apiclick.aspx?ref=FexRss&aid=&tid=6a8cb18176704ead8f099454760f4fc6&url=https%3A%2F%2Ffinance.yahoo.com%2Fnews%2Fboom-supersonic-announces-boomless-cruise-130100533.html&c=5979225587096987479&mkt=en-usMOJAVE, Calif. and DENVER, Feb. 10, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Boom Supersonic, the company building the world's fastest airliner, Overture, today announced Boomless Cruise for its supersonic airliner, ...Feb 10, 2025 5:01 AM
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Learned to code, built a SaaS, now have paid customers from 40 countrieshttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=429750146 months ago I first had the idea for my latest project.I wanted to create a platform where founders get everything they need to build their products. The core of it would be an AI that learns about their project as they build.Now I’m proud to say that we have 4000+ founders on our platform.But let’s back up a bit so you can see how I got here.Here’s a high level overview of my story:- Ran a successful SaaS with two friends but had serious issues scaling it further than $30k/month- I had 0 coding skills at this point and got tired of the whole project being so dependent on our developer. Things weren’t moving fast enough- July of 2023 I finally decided to take things into my own hands and learned to code- Spent 5 months going through the App Academy course- December of 2023 I had a decent foundation and I started building the first project on my own as practice. Was super exciting.- February of 2024 the project was done. I felt it had some commercial potential but I wasn’t sure how to Feb 7, 2025 5:11 PM
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Space weather stationhttps://www.esa.int/ESA_Multimedia/Videos/2025/02/Space_weather_stationOver the course of a whole day, Norway’s plasma sampler, the multi-Needle Langmuir Probe (m-NLP), is seen being slowly moved around by a robotic arm to be slotted into place on the outside porch of Bartolomeo – the Airbus-operated platform attached to the Columbus laboratory of the International Space Station (ISS).Feb 7, 2025 2:20 PM
