How to Teach Yourself Hard Things

February 6, 2019February 5, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

Identify what you don’t understand (maybe the most important one) Have confidence in your knowledge Ask questions Do research ...Taking a bit of extra time to take a piece of knowledge that you’re pretty sure of (“there are 65535 ports, Wikipedia said so”) and make it totally ironclad (“that’s because the port field in the … Continue reading How to Teach Yourself Hard Things

Why I Use Old Hardware

February 2, 2019February 1, 2019 ~ cafebedouin

"My 11-year-old laptop can compile the Linux kernel from scratch in 20 minutes, and it can play 1080p video in real-time. That’s all I need! Many users cannot afford high-end computer hardware, and most have better things to spend their money on. And you know, I work hard for my money, too - if I … Continue reading Why I Use Old Hardware