Daily Log Digest – Week 43, 2024
2024-10-27
Colin From Accounts
Finished Season 2 finally. It's a highly underrated TV show. #tv #comedy
2024-10-28
High fever 🤒. Couldn't do much all day 🤷🏽.
However, I do need to deliver on a tight deadline. So I decided to tackle it in a feverish frenzy. Made good progress through it, better than I expected in my state.
2024-10-29
The fever continues to persist. I think I feel a bit better than yesterday. But it might be just the effect of the paracetamol. Once it starts wearing off the wooziness and discomfort returns.
Cursor
How I write code using Cursor: A review #ai #coding
This article makes some good relevant points. Also read the HN discussion.
Whether I'll be using Cursor in a few years or have moved on to another tool, I can't really tell. I am confident that at the time of writing this, Cursor is the best example of the potential of LLM coding assistants, and if you want to explore how this type of tool might be of value I suggest you give it a spin.
I found that I don't use the tab completion as much as the Cmd-K inline editing and Cmd-L chat features. However, on the rare occasion I did use it, it was pretty helpful to avoid a lot of manual typing. The other thing I believe folks are overlooking is prompt engineering. The precision and clarity of your prompts can make a difference in the output you are getting.
Matt Levine
Why So Few Matt Levines? · Gwern.net
Many people owe most of what they know about stock trading, bonds, arcane but controversial matters like naked shorts, meme stocks etc to Levine; and I would be embarrassed to admit how much of my economics knowledge comes through Levine rather than some more rigorous source like my old economics textbooks. This is because Levine provides 3 key ingredients which foster learning…
This is the reason I recommend Matt Levine's newsletter to everybody. Reading his newsletter for a decent period of time is the equivalent of getting a minor in finance and economics.
Shopify vs Salesforce
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2024-10-29/shopify-is-winning-salesforce-clients-stoking-e-commerce-rivalryTIL Shopify and Salesforce are competitors in the ecommerce space.
For years, Salesforce and Shopify peacefully co-existed. Better known for its customer management software, Salesforce entered e-commerce in 2016 with the $2.8 billion acquisition of Demandware. Now called “Commerce Cloud,” Salesforce says its clients include most top retailers, such as Saks Fifth Avenue. Customers also typically use other Salesforce products, meaning they can integrate the e-commerce tools with marketing and other functions, Ball said.
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Today, the company’s commerce and marketing business is its slowest growing segment, and Shopify revenue eclipsed the business back in 2021. “They’re certainly a noticeable competitor in the space,” Ball said. “I think one would be head-in-the-sand to not see it.” Salesforce says it has been attracting Shopify customers, including Black Rifle Coffee Co., ReserveBar and Hasbro Inc.
2024-10-30
Another day of fever 🤒. Subjectively, I feel much better. But the temperature on the thermometer keeps swinging between 99 and 97. FML.
Jasmine Green Tea w/ Himalayan Pink Salt
Since I couldn't taste anything with the fever, I decided to try some jasmine green tea with himalayan salt. It's actually quite nice!
Special Ops: Lioness
I don't believe this show went mainstream, but it had good reviews in the first season. I loved the action, the drama, the defence/espionage mumbo jumbo and Zoe Saldana in a badass avatar. The second season just released and I watched the first couple of episodes. #tv
Lioness (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb
Call Me Bae
I normally ignore TV shows coming from the Bollywood mafia because it's usually the same old cliched shit. This was why I was sleeping on Call Me Bae. But as I started watching, I actually got into it and binged the entire thing. It has its limitations and awkward moments, but overall it was executed quite well. Very bingeable. Ananya Pandey may not be a top actress, but she is a very underrated one for sure. #tv #india
Call Me Bae (TV Series 2024– ) - IMDb
Illuminate by Google
- Illuminate creates formal AI-generated discussions about research papers to help make knowledge more accessible and digestible.
From this article: Pushing the frontiers of audio generation - Google DeepMind
2024-10-31
Finally went to the doctor today, even though I was reluctant. As expected they prescribed an antibiotic and something to counteract the side-effects of the antibiotic. All this was before they received the blood test results. The blood test was another major ripoff. Apart from the standard CBC test, they included additional tests for Dengue and Typhoid which were super expensive and absolutely unnecessary. I wasn't paying attention, so I only realized later what I ended up paying for.
The blood test came back normal. So basically it's likely some viral infection which is taking its time to get out of my system. The antibiotics are useless against a viral infection, so there is no use taking them (but the doctor asked me to complete my three day dosage anyway).
I have decided to learn to interpret my own blood test results and do my own research on common diagnosis for viral and bacterial fevers and infections. Nearly every established brand that operates a clinic cares only about their bottomline. Sigh 😔!
What makes it worse is that today is Diwali 🪔!
2024-11-01
Gonna stop with the fever updates. Will log once my fever has completely gone.
Started watching The Diplomat S2, and realised I need to go back and do a full recap of S1 because I have forgotten everything: The Diplomat (TV Series 2023– ) - IMDb #tv
2024-11-02
Finished bingewatching The Diplomat S2. The ending was just so silly, but at least it sets up the third season really nicely.