Some programming idioms explained
As a perpetually novice programmer, it was nice to see the reasons behind some popular idioms explained.
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Simple status games
Who Wants to Play the Status Game? by Agnes Callard
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Pitfalls of our simplistic moral evaluation system
In The Trouble With “Good” Scott Alexander describes some problems that stem from our evolutionary-induced simplistic good-bad evaluation system (emotivism), that meshes moral beliefs with facts and personal preferences.
I’ll only paste one quote as the post itself has just the right composition to be clear enough while not being too long.
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Rent downtown to reduce your commute time — conquering a frugal mindset
Daily living and commuting conditions have an immense impact on your wellbeing. This post is for people who live in a metropolitan area, have enough income to rent a place for themselves (with flatmates if needed), don’t have commitments that prohibit them from moving and, most importantly, are not satisfied with their commute time.
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