Daily Productive Sharing 658 - Everything You Can't Have
Morgan Housel 指出,人的欲望有四种:
• 如果你不想要什么东西,又没有它,你就不会去想它。
• 如果你想要某样东西并拥有它,你可能会感觉很好。
• 如果你想要的东西但还没得到,你可能会感到有动力。
• 如果你想要的东西却得不到,你就会把自己逼疯。
Daily Productive Sharing 658 - Everything You Can't Have
Morgan Housel 指出,人的欲望有四种:
• 如果你不想要什么东西,又没有它,你就不会去想它。
• 如果你想要某样东西并拥有它,你可能会感觉很好。
• 如果你想要的东西但还没得到,你可能会感到有动力。
• 如果你想要的东西却得不到,你就会把自己逼疯。
One helpful tip per day:) Morgan Housel points out that the desire has a hierarchy: * If you don’t want something and don’t have it, you don’t think about it. * If you want something and have it, you might feel OK. * If you want something and don’t
Daily Productive Sharing 659 - No Layoff From Apple
尽管科技公司近来纷纷裁员,Apple 却是一个例外。Gergely Orosz 分析了近20年的数据指出:
1 Apple 经历了两轮科技业的低谷,都没有大规模裁员;
2 其他诸多公司的招聘/裁员基本都和他们的盈利能力相关,而 Apple 一直保持缓慢的节奏招聘;
3 Apple 内部有诸多部门都缺人。
One helpful tip per day:) Despite recent layoffs at technology companies, Apple is an exception, and Gergely Orosz analyzed nearly 20 years of data to show that: 1. Apple has weathered two tech downturns without massive layoffs. 2. Many other companies have hired/layoffs that are largely related to their
Daily Productive Sharing 660 - How Should AI Systems Behave?
OpenAI 解释了为什么 ChatGPT 的输出有偏见,以及如何修者这些结果。这是一篇非常棒的公开产品路线图:
1 ChatGPT 是基于一个巨大的神经网络构成的,开发/迭代这一产品更像是训练一只刚出生的小狗;
2 因为 ChatGPT 是基于 pre-training dataset 和 fine-funing dataset 两个数据集进行训练,对于后者,他们使用认为干预来保证质量。
3 OpenAI 有明确的指导文件,用于规范 fine-funing dataset 的人为干预。未来,他们会不断地细化这些文件,以期让模型的偏见更少;
4 同时他们认为 ChatGPT 只是一个基础模型,而用户可以更具自己需求来定制,所以他们也会在这方面下功夫。
One helpful tip per day:) OpenAI explains why ChatGPT's output is biased and how to fix it. This is an excellent public product roadmap: 1. ChatGPT is based on a huge neural network, and developing/iterating this product is more like training a newborn puppy. 2. Because ChatGPT is trained
Daily Productive Sharing 661 - Zero Time Habits
Shawn Blanc 指出有一些习惯是不需要花费时间就能养成的,所以他将这些称之为 zero time habits,典型的的 zero time habits 有不酗酒,按照预算消费,准时睡觉,以及不碰手机。
One helpful tip per day:) Shawn Blanc points out that there are some habits that don't take time to develop, so he calls them zero time habits. Typical zero time habits include not drinking, spending within a budget, going to bed on time, and not touching your phone. If you
Daily Productive Sharing 662 - Books That Will Help You Grow
Mark Manson 推荐了六本自我帮助的书籍,它们有共同特点 -- 与我们通常的认知相反。
1 The Wisdom of Insecurity
2 The Upside of Stress
3 The Road Less Traveled
4 Feeding Your Demons
5 The Obstacle Is The Way
6 What Doesn't Kill Us
One helpful tip per day:) Mark Manson shared six self-help books, which share a common characteristic -- contrary to what we understand: 1. The Wisdom of Insecurity 2. The Upside of Stress 3. The Road Less Traveled 4. Feeding Your Demons 5. The Obstacle Is The Way 6. What Doesn't
Daily Productive Sharing 663 - Purpose Anxiety
Anne-Laure Le Cunff 认为追寻人生的目的和焦虑紧密相关,而我们可以一步步化解这些焦虑:
1 人生目的和人生意义并不相同,前者针对未来,后者针对过去。
2 社会的发展提供了更多的可能性,这也让我们追寻人生目的旅程更加困难;
3 要想找到自己人生目的,首先要停止攀比;
4 追寻人生目的本身也是一场探索之旅,你可以探索不同的可能性,同时享受这样的探索;
5 即使你不知道自己的人生目的是什么,你也可以从现在开始就探索。
One helpful tip per day:) Anne-Laure Le Cunff believes that the pursuit of life's purpose is closely associated to anxiety, and we can gradually resolve these anxieties: 1. Purpose in life and meaning of life are not the same. The former focuses on the future, while the latter focuses on
Daily Productive Sharing 664 - Most Valuable Season of Ted Lamade
Ted Lamade 年轻的时候,曾经加入一只橄榄球队。他加入的第一天就选择了四分卫 -- 橄榄球里最吃香的位置,尽管他从来没有打过橄榄球。教练也点头同意,因为这只球队里没人想打四分卫。后来的比赛里,整只球队一直输球,但这些经历却教给他重要的一课:
1 要能输得起。只有在失败中,才能看到人的真面目;
2 千禧一代和 Gen Z 都没有经过大的经济危机,目前科技业的大裁员可能是对他们最大的考验。也许经历了之后,他们会成长不少。
One helpful tip per day:) When Ted Lamade was a young man, he joined an American football team. He chose quarterback -- the most sought-after position in football -- the first day he joined, even though he had never played football. The coach agreed, because no one on the team
Daily Productive Sharing 665 - NBA Scoring Record
天钩“ 贾巴尔在退役前创造了 NBA 的得分纪录,这一纪录在过去的三十多年里都没有人能打破。詹姆斯最近才打破了这一纪录。贾巴尔写下了自己谦逊的感想:
1 能够打破这一纪录需要非常的毅力和坚持;
2 能够打破这一纪录说明詹姆斯终于把 NBA 的进程往前推进了一步;
3 对他而言,他早已不在乎自己的得分纪录,毕竟那是几十年前的事了。现如今,他更关心自己的家庭,和公益事业;
4 詹姆斯打破这一纪录,吸引了更多的人关注这项运动,也已吸引着更多孩子投身其中;
5 詹姆斯让他重新热爱这项运动。
One helpful tip per day:) Before he retired, "The Tower from Power" Jabbar set an NBA scoring record that has not been broken in over thirty years. LeBron James only recently broke that record. Jabbar wrote his humble reflections. 1. it took a lot of perseverance and persistence to break
Daily Productive Sharing 666 - Improve Your Focus
Mark Manson 发现自己越来越难集中注意力:
1 这个时代吸引我们注意力的事物太多,客观上让我们集中注意力变得更难;
2 他尝试了注意力节食,把有限的注意力只放在重要的事情上;
3 注意力节食分为三步:识别什么是真正重要的事物;把不重要的事物都去除;把前面这两步培养成习惯;
4 尝试阅读长文/书籍,尝试听长的 podcast,看完整的电影。这样有助于培养我们的注意力。
5 取消所有新闻订阅,只从 wikipedia 来阅读新闻。
我们的 DPS 其实也是一种培养注意力的实践。之前我订阅了很多 RSS 源,但很多只是扫一眼,丢到 Read It Later 类的服务里就再也不读了。现在为了准备每期的 DPS 日刊,我都需要认真阅读筛选出来的文章,做好摘要,并总结要点。目前这些都在 Readwise 和 Obsidian 里完成。
One helpful tip per day:) Mark Manson found it increasingly difficult to concentrate: 1. In this era, there are too many things that attract our attention, which objectively makes it harder for us to concentrate. 2. He tried attentional diet, focusing his limited attention on important things only. 3. Attentional
Daily Productive Sharing 667 - AGI and beyond
作为 OpenAI 的 CEO,Sam Altman 对未来的通用人工智能 (AGI) 表达了乐观而审慎的态度:
1 AGI 将极大地加速人类的发展,与此同时,人类也将明白如何与 AGI 相处;
2 AGI 的到来既有极大的好处,也有极大的风险,所以我们尽早准备;
3 OpenAI 致力于构建更能驾驭的模型,从 GPT3 到 InstructGPT 和 ChatGPT 的转变就是这样一个例子;
4 我们也需要更多的对话,包括如何驾驭这些 AGI 系统,如何合理分配他们产生的利益,以及如何公平地使用它们。
One helpful tip per day:) As the CEO of OpenAI, Sam Altman expressed an optimistic yet cautious attitude towards the future of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI): 1. AGI will greatly accelerate human development, while humans will also understand how to coexist with AGI; 2. The arrival of AGI has both
Daily Productive Sharing 668 - How to Write Online?
Arun Venketesan 分享了自己创建 blog 文章的经验:
1 他有一个 Notion notebook 用以随时记录自己的点子,想到什么就记录什么;
2 当准备比较复杂的文章时,他会大量阅读,通过 Instapaper 和 Kindle 做摘要,然后汇总到草稿里;
3 写作第一稿时,他最在意的是速度,他尽可能地把自己的想法记录下来;
4 写完第一稿之后,他会参考 Grammarly 的建议进行修改;
5 有时他也会用语音转写服务 otter.ai 来记录自己的想法;
6 最后发布的环节也是最重要的一环,他通过 Twitter/Reddit 等诸多渠道进行发布。
One helpful tip per day:) Arun Venketesan shared his experience of creating blog posts: 1. He has a Notion notebook to record his ideas whenever they come to mind. 2. When preparing for more complex articles, he reads extensively and summarizes using Instapaper and Kindle, then compiles the information in
Daily Productive Sharing 669 - History of Imposter Syndrome
Hunter Walk 详细介绍了替代者综合症的历史,并且给出了自己的两个小诀窍:
1 18岁的你认为自己现在的处境如何?
2 你这么出色以至于骗过了所有人吗?
One helpful tip per day:) Hunter Walk detailed the history of imposter syndrome and gave his two small tips: 1. What Would 18 Year Old Hunter Think About Where You Are? 2. Are You So Good That You’re Fooling All These People? If you enjoy today's sharing, why not
Daily Productive Sharing 670 - The Four Horsemen of the Tech Recession
Ben Thompson 分析了近来科技业大裁员的原因:
1 COVID 极速扩张的红利已经消耗殆尽;
2 以 AWS / Zoom 等为代表的 SaaS 行业收到其他科技公司衰退的影响,表现也很差劲;
3 硬件的耐用性使得消费者在经济下行周期内不再更新,这样对硬件行业也是很大的冲击;
4 利率的影响。
Daily Productive Sharing 671 - Using Slack Minimally
Arun Venketesan 介绍了自己如何最小限度地使用 Slack:
1 Slack 可以灵活地接入各种服务,让用户自己定义如何使用它,这是它最大的优点,也是它最大的缺点;
2 很多会议邀请都在 Slack 上发起,要想提高效率,需要使用单独的日程管理工具,而不是依赖 Slack;
3 他每天只打开两次 Slack,集中回复消息;
4 他只在电脑上使用 Slack;
5 每月定期清理无关的消息频道;
6 使用 pull 的策略来消化 Slack 的消息,而不是 push。
One helpful tip per day:) Arun Venketesan shared how he minimizes his usage of Slack: 1. Slack can be flexibly integrated with various services, allowing users to define how to use it, which is its biggest advantage as well as its biggest drawback. 2. Many meeting invitations are initiated on
Daily Productive Sharing 673 - Essays That Spread
Nathan Baschez 分享了他多年来的网络写作经验:
1 每一篇文章都有 thrust 和 drag: thrust 是让文章吸引读者的地方,比如创意,道理等等;而 drag 是文章不吸引人的地方,比如各种拼写错误,各种事实错误等等。
2 要想一篇文章被广泛传播,就要让 thurst 尽可能超过 drag。
3 什么是读者想知道的?这是一篇文章最难的地方,如果能解决这一问题,就不怕文章不被传播。
4 如果你想让读者坚持读你的文章,那么你的文章就要尽可能的深刻。
5 与其找到符合读者期望的点子,不如找到让你自己好奇的问题,这样更容易坚持。
6 为了让文章更加深刻,在打草稿阶段,我们就要问自己,这篇文章要回答一个什么样的中心问题?
7 写作中最常见的错误就是突然转折,而没有任何承接。
8 获得读者的反馈也非常重要,Nathan 设置了 ABCD 四个选项让读者选择:1. Awesome 2. Boring 3. Confusing 4. Disagree/don’t believe
9 设置写作死线是一个很好的动力来源,而创建一个定期发布的邮件列表就是一个很好的选择。
One helpful tip per day:) Nathan Baschez shared his experience in online writing over the years: 1. Each article has thrust and drag: thrust is what attracts readers, such as creativity, reasoning, and so on; drag is what makes an article unattractive, such as spelling errors and factual errors. 2.
Daily Productive Sharing 674 - How OpenAI Built GPT Models?
OpenAI 在这篇文章中用通俗易懂的语言介绍了他们如何构建 ChatGPT 的底层模型:
1 首先他们让标注者回答一些问题,把这些问题和回答拿去迭代 GPT-3 模型;
2 然后他们让模型给一个问题生成若干答案,让标注者给这些答案打分。利用这些数据, 他们训练了一个 reward 模型;
3 然后他们让第一步迭代后的模型根据问题生成新的答案,然后利用第二步中的 reward 模型进行打分。也就是两个模型形成了对抗,用强化学习进一步迭代第一步中的模型。
One helpful tip per day:) In this article, OpenAI introduces in plain language how they built the underlying model for ChatGPT: 1. First, they asked the annotators to answer some questions and used these questions and answers to iterate the GPT-3 model. 2. Then, they had the model generate several
Daily Productive Sharing 675 - Traveling for the people
Derek Sivers 年轻的时候,一位朋友跑到纽约拜访他。Derek 问他要不要去拜访那些名胜,得到的回答是,他就是来看 Derek 的,并不是来看名胜的。Derek 不敢相信这些,直到多年后他去印度,离开前的一天,他问当地的一位艺术家要不要见个面,于是这成为印度之旅的亮点。
这让我深有同感,最近一次回国也是,回到了之前呆了七年的城市,约了各种老朋友见面。这些朋友也带了一些新朋友让我认识,这些都让我非常满足。要知道,刚刚经历完各种隔离的我,当时差点买最近的一班航班离开。正是这些聚会让我觉得,这座城市还有各种惊喜,于是呆了一个多月才走。
One helpful tip per day:) When Derek Sivers was a young man, a friend came to visit him in New York and asked him if he wanted to visit the sights, and the answer was that he was there to see Derek, not the sights. Derek couldn't believe this until
Daily Productive Sharing 676 - When Self-Discipline Is Difficult
Mark Manson 指出依靠意志力的自律是难以维系的:
1 我们通常将自律与自我责备联系在一起,这样一旦失败就会让我们更加难过;
2 如果我们换一个角度,承认失败是必然陪伴我们的,而成功才是偶然的,那我们就可以坦然接受失败;
3 这样一来,我们也就没有理由因为失败而惩罚自己了;
4 从自我责备转变为自我认可才是长久自律的秘诀。
One helpful tip per day:) Mark Manson points out that relying on willpower to be disciplined is difficult to sustain: 1. We often associate self-discipline with self-denial, which makes us feel even worse when we fail; 2. If we shift our perspective and recognize that failure is an inevitable part
Daily Productive Sharing 677 - What Is Humor?
Eric Barker 详细介绍了什么是幽默,以及如何提高幽默的技巧。
One helpful tip per day:) Eric Barker introduced what is humor, and how to improve our humor skills. If you enjoy today's sharing, why not subscribe Need a superb CV, please try our CV Consultation Eric Barker 详细介绍了什么是幽默,以及如何提高幽默的技巧。 如果你喜欢我们的内容,不如支持我们 :) 需要更棒的简历,不妨试试我们的 CV Consultation
Daily Productive Sharing 678 - How to Create Luck
swyx 认为运气是可以被创造的:
1 他将运气按照主动/被动分为四种:偶然的运气,主动的运气,有所准备的运气和磁力版的运气;
2 他将运气按照习惯/策略分为另四种角度:探索而获得的运气,勘探而获得的运气,享有特权的运气和观察而获得的运气。
3 他鼓励像勘探石油一般地获得运气:朝着运气较多的地方前进,有策略地捕获运气。
One helpful tip per day:) Swyx believes that luck can be created: 1. He categorizes luck into four types based on active/passive criteria: coincidence luck, active luck, prepared luck, and magnetic luck; 2. He also categorizes luck into four types based on habitual/strategic criteria: exploring luck, prospecting luck,
Daily Productive Sharing 679 - Lessons from founding to Series C
Arun Venketesan 总结了在五年创业生涯中学到的:
1 很多创业公司在早期通过朋友找人,所以很多好机会根本不会在市场上发布;
2 很多时候,决策没有办法基于100%的事实,这就需要我们根据合理推测作出决策;
3 当项目开始时,最好解决所有的不同意见,否则可能会造成更大的麻烦;
4 在实践中,最好的设计,是根据实际情况,根据反馈,不断地调整而形成的;
5 很多优秀的工程师并不是科班出身,他们往往转行而来,有着极强的自学能力。
One helpful tip per day:) Arun Venketesan summarizes what he has learned in his five years of entrepreneurial career: 1. Many start-ups find people through their friends in the early stages, so many good opportunities will not be posted on the market. 2. Sometime, decisions cannot be based on 100%
Daily Productive Sharing 680 - Profile of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati
当下,最火爆的科技产品莫非 OpenAI 的 ChatGPT,而领导这一切的是他们的 CTO -- Mira Murati。关于她的报道并不多,Fast Company 最近发布了一篇她的侧写:
1 作为阿尔巴尼亚移民的后代,她于16岁前往加拿大求学;
2 毕业后,她先加入了 Tesla,然后跳槽到 Leap Motion,最后于2018年加入 OpenAI。
3 加入 OpenAI 后,她作为负责 applied AI and partnerships 的 VP,带领了团队沿着于大量外部团队合作,包括并不限于,开放 API,搜集用户反馈等等。
4 2022年5月,上任 CTO 之后,Mira 又带领团队发布了一系列产品,包括利用文字生成图像的 Dall-E,将语音转写为文字的 Whisper,以及后来大火的 ChatGPT。
One helpful tip per day:) Currently, the hottest technology product is undoubtedly OpenAI's ChatGPT, led by their CTO - Mira Murati. There aren't many reports about her, and Fast Company recently published a profile about her: 1. As a descendant of Albanian immigrants, she went to study in Canada at
Daily Productive Sharing 681 - Focus
Andrew Bosworth 回顾了自己在 Meta 的经历,指出专注是很多维度的:
1 做事需要专注;
2 产品需要专注;
3 价值观需要专注。
One helpful tip per day:) Andrew Bosworth reviews his experience at Meta and points out that focus is multi-dimensional: 1. Focus is necessary for getting things done; 2. Products need focus; 3. Values need focus as well. If you enjoy today's sharing, why not subscribe Need a superb CV, please
Daily Productive Sharing 682 - Be A Less Horrible Person
Mark Manson 推荐了六本书,能让我们变成更好的自己:
1 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed
2 Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates
3 Fooled By Randomness by Nassim Taleb
4 Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday
5 Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman
6 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson
One helpful tip per day:) Mark Manson recommended six books, hoping to help us become a better self: 1. Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed 2. Between the World and Me by Ta-Nehisi Coates 3. Fooled By Randomness by Nassim Taleb 4. Ego is the Enemy by Ryan Holiday 5.
Daily Productive Sharing 683 - Why Write?
Shane Parrish 指出,尽管当下 AI 辅助写作越来越流行,但是写作这一过程本身无法被取代:
1 写作是让我们了解自己的过程;
2 写作是让我们思考的过程;
3 写作不仅可以分享,也可以更好地了解他人。
One helpful tip per day:) Shane Parrish pointed out that even though AI-assisted writing is becoming increasingly popular, the process of writing itself cannot be replaced. 1. Writing is a process that allows us to understand ourselves. 2. Writing is a process that allows us to think. 3. Writing not
Daily Productive Sharing 684 - Widgetsmith Downloaded 100,000,000 Times
David Smith 创建的 Widgetsmith 突破了一亿下载大关,他回顾了这一历程:
1 他坚持了十二年,创建了59个 app,经历了无数次失败,才有今天的成功;
2 Widgetsmith 于2020年9月发布,两年半就达成了一亿下载量。可能是独立开发者创建的最成功的产品;
3 他感谢了 iOS 团队开发的 SDK ,也感谢了所有的用户,当然还有 indie dev 这个社区。
4 他鼓励大家勇于尝试,敢于失败,因为这样才有可能成功。
One helpful tip per day:) David Smith's Widgetsmith has surpassed one billion downloads, and he reviewed his journey: 1. After sticking with it for twelve years, creating 59 apps and experiencing countless failures along the way, he has finally achieved this success; 2. Widgetsmith was released in September 2020, reaching
Daily Productive Sharing 685 - A $500K Acquisition Offer
来自越南的独立开发者 Tony Dinh 最近收到了一个产品收购邀约,他分享了整个历程以及所学到的经验:
1 收购方两次报价分别为30万美金和50万美金,都低于 Tony 的预期;
2 对于 Tony 而言,他认为自己会卖掉这一产品的情形要满足三个条件:不再对这一产品感兴趣,不再相信它会增长,而且急需现金;
3 从收购方而言,他们的资金来自于各种借款和投资,所以他们不会先行支付大量现金;
4 因为不熟悉这一产品,所以收购方的接手成本很高,所以首付越低,他们的压力就越小。
One helpful tip per day:) Tony Dinh, an independent developer from Vietnam, recently received a product acquisition invitation and shared the entire process and what he learned: 1. The acquisition party made two offers of 300,000 USD and 500,000 USD respectively, both of which were below Tony’s
Daily Productive Sharing 686 - One Hour Per Day On Yourself
Jonny Thomson 指出,很多成功人士都遵循五小时原则,即每天花一小时在自己身上,可以学习,反思或者思考。一周下来,就是至少五小时的累积。要实践这个五小时原则也很简单,只要做到这三步:
1 学习,无论什么时候;
2 尝试
3 反思
One helpful tip per day:) Jonny Thomson points out that many successful people follow the "Five Hour Rule", which means spending one hour each day on yourself to learn, reflect, or think. This adds up to at least five hours a week. To practice this rule is also very simple,
Daily Productive Sharing 687 - Turning a Bad Day Around
面对糟糕的一天,Shanna B. Tiayon 给出了四个步骤,帮助我们走出这样难过的情绪:
1 激活神经系统来打断应激反应
2 让身体充满一些激素,以抵消应激反应期间释放的肾上腺素和皮质醇的影响。
3 当我们的大脑回归正常之后,我们能更好地管理压力源。
4 经常被忽视的一步是为下一天的成功做好准备。
One helpful tip per day:) Facing a bad day, Shanna B. Tiayon suggests that we can we use four steps to recover: 1. The first step in resetting your day is to interrupt the stress response by activating your parasympathetic nervous system. 2. The next step is to flood our
Daily Productive Sharing 688 - Least Resistant Mind
Morgan Housel 指出了七种常见的心理偷懒。大多数情况下,这么做没什么问题,但是有些时候有可能会产生消极影响:
1 快速消除不确定性和疑问;
2 使用单一原因来解释所有的复杂事件
3 使用双重标准来衡量他人和自我
4 将自己的世界观/价值观套用在他人身上
5 忽略概率的影响
6 将难以处理的决定外包给其他人
7 倾向用故事取代数据
One helpful tip per day:) Morgan Housel identified seven psychological paths of least resistance. In most cases, this is not a problem, but sometimes it can have negative consequences: 1. Quickly eliminate uncertainty and doubt; 2. Use a single cause to explain all complex events 3. Use double standards to
Daily Productive Sharing 689 - The Best Moment
尽管 Hunter Walk 已经是一位成功的投资家,他回顾过往的经历,觉得二十一世纪初的 dot.com 危机是最有帮助的人生经历:
1 当他从斯坦福毕业时,经历了 dot.com,找工作极其不容易。但是六个月后,他与著名的 Philip Rosedale 和 Linden Lab 建立了联系;
2 他认为在牛市下,人们做的很多决策都是冲动的;而在熊市之下,会更理性。
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我最近也处于类似的境况中,决定搬到新的国家去之后,就要找到合适的工作。陆陆续续看了大半年都还没找到合适的机会。但是我还是决定先搬过去,再慢慢看。最差的境况就是搬去六个月之后,还是找不到工作,那就索性专心做 AwesomeVisa 了。
说来也巧,要搬去的那个地方,房租奇高。朋友们都劝我早点开始找房,但我觉得没有实地看房,也不敢贸然签合同。于是问了几个当地的朋友有没有短租的机会,其中两位都说有。一位说可以短租一个月,另一个说可以租到年底。过了一阵,前面这位朋友问我要不要索性和他们合租,因为之前和他们一起合租的一个小伙伴跑了,正好缺一个人。我想了想,觉得也不错,于是答应了。自从工作以来就没有合租过,所以这会是一段很有趣的经历吧?
现在想来很奇妙,本来要花很大力气找房子,结果就这么办妥了。这位朋友呢,认识了很久,也都还没见过面。
One helpful tip per day:) Although Hunter Walk is already a successful investor, he reflects on his past experiences and believes that the dot-com crisis at the beginning of the 21st century was his most helpful life experience: When he graduated from Stanford, he experienced the dot-com crisis, and finding
Daily Productive Sharing 690 - Prompt Engineering
Lilian Weng 回顾了近几年大语言模型 (LLM) 所使用的 prompts,给出了详细的介绍:
1 zero shot prompt:直接给出指令 -- 这是最基本的指令
2 few shot prompt: 给出示例e,并给出指令 -- 效果比前面这种好,但是会消耗更多的 tokens
3 chain of thoughts (CoT): 给出一定的推理步骤,或者推理指令 -- 针对复杂问题,在较大的 LLM 下,这种效果最好。
One helpful tip per day:) Lilian Weng reviewed the prompts used by large language models (LLMs) in recent years and provided detailed explanations: 1. Zero shot prompt: Directly giving instructions -- this is the most basic instruction. 2. Few shot prompt: Providing example(s) and giving instructions -- this is
Daily Productive Sharing 691 - Grind as Magic
Jacob Kaplan-Moss 解释道,很多时候,苦差看起来像是魔术:
1 有些魔术看起来很光鲜,但是前期的准备要花费大量的时间和精力;
2 在软件开发中也是如此,虽然我们一直在追求自动化,但是有些时候,只有不厌其烦的手工活才能解决问题。
最近大火的 ChatGPT 是在基础的 GPT 模型上,加入了 reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) 才成功的。GPT 的训练不是新鲜事,强化学习 (reinforcement learning) 也不是新鲜事,新鲜的是,要把 human feedback 加入到强化学习里。这里的 human feedback 就是需要大量人力来标注数据,来给模型生成的数据打分。所以本质上也是苦差出奇迹。
One helpful tip per day:) Jacob Kaplan-Moss explained that often, hard work seems like magic: 1. Some magic tricks may look glamorous, but they require a lot of time and effort for preparation; 2. The same applies to software development. Although we have been pursuing automation, sometimes only tedious manual
Daily Productive Sharing 692 - Self-help Books by Mark Manson
又到了 Mark Manson 的荐书时间,这回他带来了很多高质量的自我帮助书籍。
1 Meditations by Marcus Aurelius
2 Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - 坚持做就对了
3 The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck by Mark Manson - 关你屁事,关我屁事
4 The Road Less Traveled by Scott Peck
5 The Four Agreements by Don Miguel Ruiz
6 Atomic Habits by James Clear - 一点点微小的习惯积攒起来就会有质的改变
7 Stillness is the Key by Ryan Holiday
8 Indistractable by Nir Eyal - 当初写 Hooked 也是这位,现在又教大家怎么脱瘾
9 Tiny Beautiful Things by Cheryl Strayed - Cheryl Strayed 专栏文章合集,很多美好的小事
10 Daring Greatly by Brene Brown
11 7 Habits of Highly Effective People by Stephen Covey
One helpful tip per day:) It's time for Mark Manson's book recommendations again, and this time he brings a lot of high-quality self-help books: 1. Meditations by Marcus Aurelius 2. Man’s Search for Meaning by Viktor Frankl - Keep going and you'll get there. 3. The Subtle Art of
Daily Productive Sharing 693 - Lessons About Life, Money, and Success
David Elikwu 回顾了自己在律所的工作经历,总结了一些人生建议:
1 你的满意度是由你自己定义的,而不是被外界定义的;
2 与人合作时,多考虑对方的处境,这样既能节省对方的时间精力,也能节省我们的时间精力;
3 如果你想加速自己的升职,就需要承担一定的风险;
4 让失败的代价变低,快速迭代;
5 我们需要一直做出权衡,重点是,我们需要尽早做出权衡,重新安排优先度,避免被迫做出权衡。
One helpful tip per day:) David Elikwu reviewed his work experience at the law firm and summarized some life advice: 1. Your satisfaction is defined by yourself, not by external factors; 2. When working with others, consider their situation to save both their time and energy and ours; 3. To
Daily Productive Sharing 694 - Nat Friedman
Nat Friedman 是 Github 的前 CEO,他的个人网站上展示了他信奉的道理:
1 我们应该努力提高天花板的高度,而不是提高门槛的高度;
2 更快的工作可以让我们更频繁地接触现实;
3 一周是一年的 2%;
4 我们的不少认知可能都是错的。
One helpful tip per day:) Nat Friedman, former CEO of Github, showcases his beliefs on his personal website: 1. We should strive to raise the ceiling, not the floor. 2. Faster work enables us to interact with reality more frequently. 3. A week is 2% of a year. 4. Many
Daily Productive Sharing 695 - Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF)
Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) 是 ChatGPT 大获成功的一项关键技术,HuggingFace 非常详细地介绍了整个 RLHF 的流程,其中有不少非常巧妙的做法:
1 RLHF 是一个非常复杂的训练过程,需要多个模型训练和大量的工程实践;
2 针对 LLM 的奖励模型,需要基于文本给出一个打分,但是直接让人去打分会非常主观。比如同一条数据,第一个和第二个标注者会给出完全不同的分数,这样会对后续的训练造成很大影响。目前比较好的实践,是让两个模型基于同样的输入产生输出,然后标注者只要在两个里面进行比较即可。最后将这些数据汇总起来得到一个总分。
3 RLHF 的质量取决于两个因素,一是最初人工标注的文本质量,二是人工打分的质量。
One helpful tip per day:) Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback (RLHF) is a key technology that has been a key point of the success of ChatGPT. HuggingFace provides a detailed description of the entire RLHF process, which includes serveral genius thoughts: 1. RLHF is a very complex training process that
Daily Productive Sharing 696 - Motivations
关于动机,人们总有各种迷思,Mark Manson 分析了其中一些迷思,并给出了针对性的建议:
1 行动既是动机的成因,也是动机的结果:只有行动起来,动机才会越来越显著;
2 动机和我们的情绪有关:如果我们能保持良好的心态,那么动机会更加激励我们前进;
3 长久的动机需要我们直面生命中的挣扎,只有我们愿意为了某些事牺牲,才会找到长久的动机;
4 拖延当然和保持动机相对立,但拖延的本质并不仅仅是糟糕的时间管理,而是自我身份认知的偏差。与其苦苦挣扎于自我批判,不如重新解读自我认知。
One helpful tip per day:) Regarding motivation, people often have various misconceptions. Mark Manson analyzes some of these misconceptions and provides targeted advice: 1. Action is both the cause and the result of motivation: motivation will only become more significant once action is taken. 2. Motivation is related to our
Daily Productive Sharing 697 - Old Books
Ted Lamade 回顾了很多经典书籍,指出,这些书中的很多道理至今有用:
1 不能从别人的错误中学习是最大的谜团之一。
2 当整个行业出现危机,有两三家主要公司破产或濒临破产时,整个行业都准备好反弹了。
3 每次出现新产品或投资方式时,投资者(和华尔街)的早期回报通常非常强劲。
4 商业中最大的问题是自负。
5 每当你发现有人在销售研究或提供会产生佣金的服务时,你应该想到这句话。
6 激烈的竞争会破坏回报。这就是为什么最强大和最持久的回报通常在无趣、不起眼的行业中。
7 有多少人拥有自己股票,却无法在两分钟内向十一岁的孩子解释为什么持有这一股票。
One helpful tip per day:) Ted Lamade read some classical books, and pointed out: 1. Failing to learn from others’ mistakes is one of life’s greatest mysteries. 2. When an entire industry is in a crisis, with two or three major companies bankrupt or on the verge of it,
Daily Productive Sharing 698 -- Inner Voice
自我同情是自我接纳的重要组成部分,Kevin Dickinson 引用 Ethan Kross 的观点,建议我们分为两步来练习自我同情:
1 用对待朋友的方式对待自己;
2 使用第三人称与自己交谈
One helpful tip per day:) Self-compassion is an important part of self-acceptance. Kevin Dickinson quotes Ethan Kross's view, suggesting we practice self-compassion in two steps: 1. Treat yourself the way you would treat a friend; 2. Use the third-person language to talk to yourself. If you enjoy today's sharing, why
Daily Productive Sharing 699 - $22K in 7 days
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Tony Dinh 在三月初开始开发了一个 ChatGPT 的 UI 页面:typingmind.com,然后迅速推广,在很短的时间内获得了超过两万美金的收入。回顾这一段经历,他有不少感慨:
1 因为不擅长营销,他花了很大的力气建立了 Twitter 和邮件列表两个社群;
2 每更新一个功能,他就发布一条 tweet;
3 typingmind 并不是他的第一个 AI 产品,前两个都不幸夭折;
4 尽管他坦诚自己不一定能解决 LeetCode 上的中级难题,但是他可以很迅速地写出能够解决问题的代码;
5 因为是独立开发,他可以节省大量沟通和会议的时间。
One helpful tip per day:) Tony Dinh started developing a UI page for ChatGPT, typingmind.com, in early March and quickly gained over $20,000 in revenue. Reflecting on this experience, he has several insights: 1. Because he is not good at marketing, he had to put in a lot
Daily Productive Sharing 700 - How to Love Mindfully?
Ian Chew 指出有意识的爱包括以下几方面:
1 接受自己的不安全感
2 接受双方的不一致
3 接受和尊重对方的选择
4 接受分手的可能性
One helpful tip per day:) Ian Chew pointed out that conscious love includes the following aspects: 1. Accepting one's own insecurities 2. Accepting disagreements between both parties 3. Accepting and respecting the other's choices 4. Accepting the possibility of breaking up If you enjoy today's sharing, why not subscribe Need
Daily Productive Sharing 701 - If You Feel Burned Out at Work
Christina Maslach 教授最近出版了 The Burnout Challenge 一书,详细介绍了职场倦怠的成因和解决方式:
1 职场倦怠包含三个相互关联的部分。第一个是疲惫,第二个是消极情绪,第三个部分是对自己产生负面情绪,而不仅仅是对他们的工作场所。
2 有六种最常见的员工与工作场所之间的不匹配:工作量、权力、奖励、社群、公平和价值观。这构成了一个不匹配的光谱。而且他们之间可能相关联。
3 要想减轻职场倦态,第一步可以做的是,从自己的关系网中寻求支持。
One helpful tip per day:) Christina Maslach recently published a book titled The Burnout Challenge, which details the causes and solutions of workplace burnout: 1. The experience has three interrelated components. One is exhaustion, which is the stress response. A second is feeling negative, cynical, hostile. And then the third
Daily Productive Sharing 702 - 3 Procrastination Tips
Nick Wignall 问道:是因为我懒惰所以拖延,还是因为没有确定工作的意义,所以拖延呢?就此,他提出了三个解决方式:
1 将拖延视为价值观问题,而非生产力问题
2 不要用自我批评作为动力
3 走出自己的思维陷阱(并改变环境)
One helpful tip per day:) Nick Wignall asked, do I procrastinate because I’m lazy, or do I procrastinate because I’m not being totally honest or clear with myself? Therefore, he proposed three ways to solve procrastination: 1. Reframe procrastination as values problem, not a productivity problem 2. Stop
Daily Productive Sharing 703 - Lessons from 35 Years of Publishing
CJ 写了35年的邮件列表,他总结了一些体会:
1 邮件列表的核心是建立关系,这是其他社交媒体不具备的特质;
2 衡量邮件列表最好的指标是回复数量;
3 没有人关心你的列表,所以你要给他们一个理由去关心;
4 你的写作对象是一个个单独的读者,而不是一个群体;
5 将你的邮件列表链接加到所有可以展示的渠道上。
One helpful tip per day:) CJ has been writing email lists for 35 years and he has summarized some experiences: 1. The core of the email list is to establish relationships, which is a unique aspect that other social media do not have; 2. The best indicator of measuring an
Daily Productive Sharing 704 - An $800M Side Project
Louie Chen 介绍了编程教育平台 Replit 的成长过程:
1. Replit 是由约旦人 Amjad Masad 在工作之余创建的项目。当时还有全职工作的他,陆陆续续在这个业余项目上花了六年时间;
2. 全力投入 Replit,并不是 Amjad 的首选项,他曾经多次向其他人兜售这一项目,都被拒绝。最后在妻子 Haya 的支持下,他决定全职投入这一项目;
3. 最初的 Replit 发展并不顺利,直到他们向计算机老师开放入口,请他们在上面制作课程。这样一来,只要有一个老师在上面授课,就有 ta 的学生蜂拥而至;
4. 慢慢的,Replit 越做越大,之前不看好他们的 YC 也给出了邀请。而且 Replit 的用户增长率非常惊人,其中一半以上的用户都小于18岁。
One helpful tip per day:) Louie Chen introduced the growth process of the programming education platform Replit: 1. Replit was created by Jordanian Amjad Masad as a side project while he was still working full-time, for six years working on the project intermittently. 2. Dedicating himself fully to Replit wasn't
Daily Productive Sharing 705 - 5 Years of Indie Hacking
Allison Seboldt 五年前开始独立创业,她最近回顾了这些年来学到的经验:
1 拥有激情是不错的开端,但是要长久地维系,需要外部的反馈;
2 独立创业并不意味着完全的自由,有更多的关系需要维系;
3 浸润在独立创业者的社区里,能够让你更快地学到他人的经验,避免他人的错误;
4 如果你还没有在网上赚到一分钱,就不要急着跳出来独立创业。
One helpful tip per day:) Allison Seboldt started her own business five years ago, and she recently reflected on the lessons she learned over the years: 1. Having passion is a good start, but to maintain it long-term, external feedback is needed. 2. Being self-employed doesn't mean complete freedom; there
Daily Productive Sharing 706 - Psychology of Happiness
Anne-Laure Le Cunff 回顾了心理学界对于快乐的定义,并且鼓励道,尽管快乐本身不能被教授,但是让我们变快乐的技能是可以的。
从时间维度上,快乐可以被划为三类:
1 短期:当前的感受和情绪
2 中期:主观的生活满意度
3 长期:作为一个人在意识层面上的成长。
如何定义快乐,学界也有三种理论:
1 选择自由理论:当人们的基本需求得到满足时,他们的幸福程度取决于生活中拥有多少自由选择的权利。
2 自我决定理论:在没有外部影响的情况下作出选择的能力也是过上幸福生活的重要因素。
3 积极心理学理论:我们应该更积极主动地提高我们的心理健康,而不是在事情出问题时试图修复它们。
Dr. Carol Diane Ryff 将快乐细分成六大类:
1 自我接纳
2 自主
3 环境掌控
4 个人成长
5 与他人的积极关系
6 人生目标
One helpful tip per day:) Anne-Laure Le Cunff reviewed the definitions of happiness in the field of psychology and encouraged that: although happiness itself cannot be taught, the skills that make us happier can be. From a time perspective, happiness can be divided into three categories: 1. Short-term: your current
Daily Productive Sharing 707 - Reading Writing by Humans
Jay Caspian Kang 在 NewYorker 的专栏上表达了自己对于 AI 生成文本的看法:
1 就像运动员持续地练习一样,人们持续地写作,是为了有一天写出更好的文字;
2 写作是阅读的延伸,很多作品是前人作品的衍生;
3 很多时候,我们阅读,只是为了从作品中寻找自我,或者看看那个作者是否还能继续创作。
One helpful tip per day:) Jay Caspian Kang expressed his views on AI-generated text in his column for The New Yorker: 1. Just as athletes continually practice, people constantly write in order to one day produce better text; 2. Writing is an extension of reading, and many works are derivatives
Daily Productive Sharing 708 - Consistency
CJ Chilvers 写了二十多年的邮件列表,从这一经历中,他认识到,坚持才是最重要的:
1 人们的注意力稍纵即逝,只有坚持发布才能一直抓住人们的注意力;
2 尽管发布的质量会决定人们的注意力,但是不发布就不会吸引任何注意力;
3 生活中很多事物也是如此,即便是天大的挑战也可以通过一点点坚持来克服。
One helpful tip per day:) CJ Chilvers wrote a newsletter for more than 20 years, and from this experience, he realized that persistence is the most important aspect: 1. People's attention is fleeting, and only by consistently publishing can you continuously capture their attention. 2. Although the quality of what
Daily Productive Sharing 709 - Discord Improved Their Marriage
Nena Farrell 认为 Discord 大大促进了他们的亲密关系:
1 Discord 的分类频道有助于他们将信息归类;
2 他们会把新产生的话题都放在一个叫 random 的频道里,如果这一话题频繁出现,他们就会单独创建一个频道。
3 这样一来,所有的沟通都在一个 app 就能完成。
One helpful tip per day:) Nena Farrell believes that Discord has greatly contributed to their close relationships: 1. Discord's categorized channels help them organize information; 2. They place newly generated topics in a channel called "random," and if a topic frequently appears, they will create a separate channel for it.
Daily Productive Sharing 710 - What Makes You Happy
Morgan Housel 读了 Endurance 一书,发现变得快乐既简单又困难:
1 获救之后的船员们享用了沐浴,剃须,食物和睡眠。即使水是温的,食物是半变质的,那也是他们经历过的最愉快、最充实的夜晚之一;
2 每个人都在努力过上好生活,因为他们认为这会让他们快乐。但这一过程并不让人感到快乐;
3 实际上真正的快乐是你现在拥有的和你之前努力的对比;
4 从无到有的快乐比从多到超多的快乐要多得多。
5 快乐是一种短暂的情感,因为它是由环境的对比揭示的,但你很快就会适应你所处的新环境。
6 当你意识到期望有多强大时,你会在降低期望和改善环境两方面投入相同的努力。
One helpful tip per day:) Morgan Housel read the book Endurance and discovered that becoming happy is both simple and difficult: 1. After being rescued, the crew members enjoyed bathing, shaving, eating, and sleeping. Even if the water was lukewarm and the food was half stale, it was one of
Daily Productive Sharing 711 - Discipline is Destiny
Ryan Holiday 最近出版了一本新书 Discipline is Destiny,探讨了自律与成功的关系。在他看来,自律本身就是一种成功:
1 自律是一种独特的品质,既具有预测性又具有决定性;
2 自律就是胜利。当你对自己自律时……你就赢了;
3 自律并不涉及自责;
4 严于律己,是为了避免让他人对我们严格。
One helpful tip per day:) Ryan Holiday recently published a new book, Discipline is Destiny, which explores the relationship between self-discipline and success. In his view, self-discipline is a success in itself: 1. Self-discipline is a unique quality that is both predictive and deterministic; 2. Discipline is the win. When
Daily Productive Sharing 712 - Reading Changes your Brain
Jack Close 分析了为什么阅读小说能够改变我们的大脑:
1 书籍的长度能够让我们沉浸其中,挖掘其中的奥妙;
2 置身小说之中,我们可以通过主人公的视角来看待世界,这一角度往往和我们自己的不同;
3 阅读小说还能提高我们的视觉和听觉。
One helpful tip per day:) Jack Close analyzed why reading novels can change our brains: 1. The length of books allows us to immerse ourselves in them and explore their intricacies; 2. When we are in a novel, we can see the world through the character's perspective, which is often
Daily Productive Sharing 713 - How to Finish?
Mayo Oshin 发现,我们经常创建很多任务,但是不知道如何完成他们。就此,他给出了以下建议:
1 自我创建截止日期:列出任务及所需时间,然后将每个任务的时间限制减半。努力在这些截止日期前完成每个任务。
2 使用 80/20 规则。
3 相信你的直觉。
4 养成完成任务的习惯。
5 学会放弃。
One helpful tip per day:) Mayo Oshin found out that, we may created a number of tasks, but rarely finish all of them. Hence, he suggests: 1. Create mini-deadlines: Create a list of tasks and time needed. Then, cut the time limit of each task in half. Aim to finish
Daily Productive Sharing 714 - Mistakes as A New Manager
Ben Kuhn 回顾了自己任职技术经理的经历,总结了一些经验:
1 他当上经理并非一帆风顺,中间反复在管理岗与开发岗之间横跳;
2 当上管理岗之后,他一直在自我质疑,自己做得十分有用;
3 当询问下属的反馈时,如果提出更详细的问题——“那次会议有用吗?”——我通常会从中学到很多。
4 我决定只允许自己在没有人在意完成时间的情况下才写代码;
5 新人在一定程度上会感激 micro management(如果他们有自知之明,并且你对待他们很友善);
One helpful tip per day:) Ben Kuhn reflected on his experience as a technical manager and summarized some lessons: 1. His path to becoming a manager was not smooth sailing, as he repeatedly switched between management and development positions. 2. After becoming a manager, he constantly questioned whether he was
Daily Productive Sharing 715 - Shepherding ChatGPT
之前的分享中有一篇是 OpenAI CTO – Mira Murati 的人物侧写,今天的分享则是美联社对她的专访。这篇主要介绍了 OpenAI 对于当下 GPT 这类技术的看法:
1 所有的大语言模型都应该被监管,政府机构应该及时介入;
2 OpenAI 在大语言模型的安全性中做出了大量努力,比如在训练阶段,就抹除了敏感数据,调整图片数据的男女比例等等。同时在发布 GPT-4 之前,有六个月的时间专门开发各种安全措施;
3 在 chatGPT 发布之前,OpenAI 做了大量产品迭代,比如增加了聊天页面,增加数据,所以 chatGPT 的成功也不是一蹴而就的。
One helpful tip per day:) In a previous share, there was a profile of OpenAI CTO Mira Murati. Today's share is an interview with her by the Associated Press. This article mainly introduces OpenAI's view on the current GPT-like technologies: 1. All large language models should be regulated, and government
Daily Productive Sharing 716 - Circular Growth
Anne-Laure Le Cunff 指出,人们通常局限于线性成长,而更好的成长方式是循环式成长:
1 在循环式成长模型中,每个人都处在自己独特的成长循环的某个点上。
2 在循环式成长模型中,你需要爱上这个过程,因为成功是学习旅程的副产品。
3 与简单的单循环学习不同,双循环学习需要考虑到外部因素,并调整决策所依赖的心智模型。
One helpful tip per day:) Anne-Laure Le Cunff points out that people usually limit themselves to linear growth, while a better approach to growth is circular growth: 1. In the circular growth model, everyone is at a particular point in their own unique growth loop. 2. In the circular growth
Daily Productive Sharing 717 - Is Critical Thinking Still Important?
Gergely Orosz 观察到科技业有两种不好的风气:充斥着行话,充斥着意见领袖。要想改变这些,我们需要更主动地批判性思考:
1 如果一个人无法不用行话来解释某一个概念,那么 ta 很可能并不真正理解这一概念;
2 当我们听到意见领袖的推荐,不要基于相信他们,要自己去查证;
3 当下的 AI 很多时候会表现得像意见领袖一样,会捏造事实,需要我们自己去查证;
4 直到我们真正了解一件事物之前,我们要不停地查证,不停地询问。
One helpful tip per day:) Gergely Orosz observed that there are two undesirable trends in the tech industry: using jargons and thought leaders. To change these, we need to engage in more active critical thinking: 1. If someone cannot explain a concept without using jargons, they may not truly understand
Daily Productive Sharing 718 - Four Psychological Theories
Mark Manson 介绍了四种理论, 帮助我们更好地理解人生。简而言之,这四种理论都有一个相似之处 -- 我们需要直面自己:
1 Terror Management Theory
2 Post-Traumatic Growth Theory
3 Life History Theory
4 Attachment Theory
One helpful tip per day:) Mark Manson introduces four theories to help us better understand life. In short, these four theories have one thing in common -- we need to face ourselves: 1. Terror Management Theory 2. Post-Traumatic Growth Theory 3. Life History Theory 4. Attachment Theory If you enjoy