Ethan's Wiki Update #8
Hi! I have been pretty busy. I wasn’t able to find much time reading, and didn’t discover anything new in the past two weeks. But there are a few links for this week!
What’s New
Write-up Page: How to Bike Across the Country (HN)
Bike across America from San Francisco, California to the eastern coast of Virginia
The preparation, route, fitness, food, and gear required
Details on safety, the joy along the way, resources, tips and notes
More tips in the HN link from others
If a dog starts running at you, it probably wants to bite you more than it wants to play with you.
Side Project Page: The blissful zen of a good side project
A small motivation to start the first step
Sometimes fear of failure, burnout, lack of interest can slow down creation
But humans seems to exist to create, to bring new things to existence
Privacy Page: Why I Support Privacy | Vitalik
Argument for privacy, by the co-founder of Etherium
Why government backdoor is unreliable
Privacy provides order, like secret ballot, to prevent coercion
And more on how privacy related to society, AI, transparency, etc.
Programming Page: The Best Programmers I Know
Many points but can be categorized to keep learning, drill down to error messages and documentations
Know the tools, help others, write and build reputation
Be patience, be honest, don't guess and keep things simple
Random
I have been spending more time in learning about game development. I should create a page to share more resources.
Usually, I tried to not add news to the Wiki because they will be outdated soon, but I found some concerning news worth sharing this week:
CVE program averts swift end after CISA executes 11-month contract extension
A whistleblower's disclosure details how DOGE may have taken sensitive labor data
Major budget cuts proposed for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
But on the other hand, to lighten the mood, here is a funny video on Reddit. Hope you like it!