Why Sleep Is For The Weak - Astukari Newsletter #87
šØWhat Iāve Been Making
New writing:Ā Itās been a long time coming, but itās finallyā¦ coming. Iām happy to announce BOYS & GIRLS: PART I, my newest book! Youāll be hearing a lot more details about it soon (as well as some chances to get the book for free), but for now Iām just glad Iām done with the first draft. Before editing, this thing clocked in at 385 pages ā letās see where it ends up!
New video/audio:Ā Not much on the video/audio front since Iāve been working on B&G and JBR, but hereās the newest podcast episode: If I Could Do My Education Over Again
Other projects:Ā Weāre finishing up the first JBR Consulting course, āHow to start a business as an artistā. Weāve also finished the move from Apalla Docs to the new Astukari Guides page. Notice the new free guides!
šWhat Iāve Been Reading
The Mirrortable - As much as I am skeptical, keeping up with new blockchain theory and technology is pretty fun. This new one from the infamous Balaji S. explores a potential way to approach decentralized equity fundraising.
Theses on SleepĀ - Out of all the controversial, debatable, subjective topics out there, āGetting a good nightās sleepā isnāt very high up on the list. Iāve seen complaints about sleep before, but theyāve mostly been performed by edgy contrarians. This one, howeverā¦ is different. To be fair Guzey does not outright say something like āsleep is badā, but rather that a lot of the things we take for granted as facts arenāt as straightforward as we think.
The Factorio MindsetĀ - Those who have been around for a while know I once shared Functorio, and this article is (for the most part) about the same. Videogames have the unique ability to teach a lot if they set their mind to it, and Factorioās relationship with the programming community is unmatched due to this.
Fake Windows 11 Installers - This is somewhat old news now (I grabbed this article back when 11 was just coming out) but it does give some good insight as to how hackers and other nefarious individuals work. Big thing coming out that everyone wants? Why not put out a fake version to trick people into giving you some quick cash?
Language Homogenization at HarvardĀ - An interesting (though perhaps meaningless) historical trend: the words used in Harvard papers are becoming more basic and standardized. Why is this? Well, who knows ā thereās no official decree or event which has caused this to happen. Is this part of a bigger trend?