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+description: "Transclusion in Obsidian should help me view everything. Birding, financial literacy course from Khan Academy, Altman reflecting on ChatGPT, and complexity vs. complication."
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+heroImageAlt: Unsplash image from Jazmin Quaynor showing a weekly calendar
+pubDate: "2025-01-18T01:00:00.000Z"
+tags: ["weeknote", "AI", "finance"]
+title: "2025 Week 02 - Weekly Notes"
+---
+
+### Summary
+
+Mostly a return to work this week. We ended the week going to a vinyl night at our local coffeehouse. And doing yard work during the weekend, leading up to the housewarming.
+
+### Notes
+
+I've discovered a way in Obsidian to make it possible to create these notes much easier using a feature called transclusion. That's where you can [link the contents of one note to another](https://help.obsidian.md/Plugins/Search#Embed+search+results+in+a+note).
+
+I found a redditor who did this for their monthly review reviewing the summaries. I'm hoping this weekly review process helps me out.
+
+Birding! I loved Ed Yong's XOXO talk that I wanted to read through this article and get started with birding.
+
+- [Opinion | When I Became a Birder, Almost Everything Else Fell Into Place - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/30/opinion/birding-spring-merlin-ebird.html?unlocked_article_code=1.kk4.anFG.3BhelL2DS2-6&smid=url-share)
+- Yong talks about how to be a public persona both online and off-line. How do you behave and act around people who are trying to reach out to you? How do you mute them all because it can always feel like a floodgate?
+
+Khan Academy now has a financial literacy course that I want to take!
+
+- [Financial Literacy | Life skills | Khan Academy](https://www.khanacademy.org/college-careers-more/financial-literacy)
+
+This comedian reflects on how much focus time is spent on social media work like reels, shorts, and TikTok. That's a full time job instead of working on the art (comedy in this case)
+
+- [Social Media is Depriving Artists. - by Isabel Hagen](https://isabelhagen.substack.com/p/social-media-is-depriving-artists)
+
+Two from Sam Altman on reflecting about the year, and a Bloomberg focus on interviewing him. The reflection is about 2 years of ChatGPT.
+
+- [Reflections - Sam Altman](https://blog.samaltman.com/reflections)
+- [Sam Altman Interview: OpenAI CEO’s Plans for ChatGPT, Fusion and Trump](https://www.bloomberg.com/features/2025-sam-altman-interview/?accessToken=eyJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiIsInR5cCI6IkpXVCJ9.eyJzb3VyY2UiOiJTdWJzY3JpYmVyR2lmdGVkQXJ0aWNsZSIsImlhdCI6MTczNjEzMjE3OCwiZXhwIjoxNzM2NzM2OTc4LCJhcnRpY2xlSWQiOiJTUE1ZR0FUMEFGQjQwMCIsImJjb25uZWN0SWQiOiJFQTExNDNDNTM4NEE0RUY5QTg5RjJEN0IxMTg2MzcwOSJ9.AxnZ8mZEzuuWIZD_IgfdbApBlhfGVh-OSFhySrbbTV8&utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+
+I took a slow dive into RISC-V, which use an architecture that Framework is spearheading. If true, this could be huge in making modifications in the future where we only need to upgrade a little bit at a time. And can still be performant for a work machine. More to come.
+
+- [RISC-V Laptops Really Arrive in 2025 - IEEE Spectrum](https://spectrum.ieee.org/risc-v-laptops?utm_source=tldrnewsletter)
+
+Add this to the Zuckerberg Czar comment, and we're right on track. I've heard it before and I'll echo it again. Facebook doesn't care about our privacy or trying to do good. That's a fact. They are in the profits business.
+
+- [Meta to End Fact-Checking Program on Facebook Ahead of Trump Term: Live Updates - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/business/meta-fact-checking?nl=from-the-times&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=187510#meta-fact-checking-facebook)
+
+The emerging wedges are: content generation, voice, verticalized search, and unstructured data parsing
+
+- [Emerging Wedges in Vertical AI Startups - by Tanay Jaipuria](https://www.tanayj.com/p/emerging-wedges-in-vertical-ai-startups?utm_source=tldrai)
+
+This was a NYTimes article that goes through Jessica Harper's acting career and the twists and turns it took
+
+- [The Unpredictable Jessica Harper Is Back in ‘Nightbitch’ - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/20/movies/jessica-harper-nightbitch-suspiria.html?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250104&instance_id=143868&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=187325&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)
+
+[Casual Viewing | Issue 49 | n+1 | Will Tavlin](https://www.nplusonemag.com/issue-49/essays/casual-viewing/) - an article about Netflix
+
+- Netflix has disrupted the traditional film industry by prioritizing scale and subscriber growth over quality filmmaking.
+- Netflix has abandoned traditional film marketing, instead relying on its algorithm to recommend films to viewers.
+
+Egghead released a new video about using Cursor. It's been a roll with these
+
+- [AI YOLO - Sit Back and Watch Cursor Automatically Run Terminal Commands | egghead.io](https://egghead.io/ai-yolo-sit-back-and-watch-cursor-automatically-run-terminal-commands~4fg1i)
+- [Generate Charts from Current Events with Gemini's Structured Output and Code Execution | egghead.io](https://egghead.io/generate-charts-from-current-events-with-geminis-structured-output-and-code-execution~hebgc)
+
+CES kicked off this week!
+
+- [Live Updates CES 2025: Nvidia, Samsung, Sony, Toyota reveals, plus more | TechCrunch](https://techcrunch.com/storyline/live-updates-ces-2025-nvidia-samsung-sony-toyota-reveals-plus-more/page/5/)
+
+ValTown has a retro about competitor analysis and what they want to include in their own code editor
+
+- [What we learned copying all the best code assistants](https://blog.val.town/blog/fast-follow/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+"How I program with LLMs" - which helps me with understanding how I could be using LLMs as well. Really, there's three ways this developer does it: autocomplete, search, and chat-driven programming. I already do all of these, and it's nice to see someone else break them down. Authored by David Crawshaw, co-founder of Tailscale
+
+- [crawshaw - 2025-01-06](https://crawshaw.io/blog/programming-with-llms?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+This is to remain no need features in 2025. I love the attitude. [htmx](app://obsidian.md/htmx) doesn't work for all use cases, but it sure has made it easier for prototype development
+
+- [htmx ~ The future of htmx](https://htmx.org/essays/future/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+This is an easy test for PRs. "How do you like the new behavior?" This can help snuff out anything that I need to fix before releasing to production
+
+- [How Do You Like What You’ve Built? — Morris Brodersen](https://morrisbrodersen.de/how-do-you-like-what-you-built/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+The Palisades fires rage on, and have spread to Altadena
+
+- [Palisades Fire Live Updates: 30,000 Ordered to Evacuate in Southern California - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/07/us/palisades-brush-fires-california?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250107&instance_id=144106&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=187567&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)
+
+Martin Fowler talks at length about codemods
+
+- [Refactoring with Codemods to Automate API Changes](https://martinfowler.com/articles/codemods-api-refactoring.html#RefactoringAnAvatarComponent)
+
+Slack talks about using puppeteer for accessibility testing
+
+- [Automated Accessibility Testing at Slack - Engineering at Slack](https://slack.engineering/automated-accessibility-testing-at-slack/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+Dillon Shook, a developer, talks about getting laid off twice in one year. There’s some job resources here too.
+
+- [Laid Off for the First Time In My Career, and Twice In One Year - Dillon Shook](https://dillonshook.com/laid-off/?utm_source=tldrwebdev)
+
+The DJI store has this camera, the Osmo Pocket 3, which focuses on you. Costs around $868, might be good to save up for in the future. Looks really cool
+
+- [DJI Store - Official Store for DJI Drones, Gimbals and Accessories (United States)](https://store.dji.com/?_gl=1*40nilq*_up*MQ..*_gs*MQ..&gclid=Cj0KCQiA4fi7BhC5ARIsAEV1YiaRI_ocaOZmjm7RlY28jrdlkaYrLTUQSQTvl4psrr--P0Ry1ZJrpL0aAkXbEALw_wcB&gbraid=0AAAAADO_H_fDdyVu5h8nCr0IVWyx9ZFhO)
+
+I'm not sure how this pairs with my current read of the biography of Judith Jones, but this is worrisome if true.
+
+- [Opinion | The Disappearance of Literary Men Should Worry Everyone - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/2024/12/07/opinion/men-fiction-novels.html/)
+
+I submitted mine last year. Diving in, it looks like vitest is worth taking a look at.
+
+- [State of JavaScript 2024](https://2024.stateofjs.com/en-US/)
+
+Justice isn't served.
+
+- [Trump Is Sentenced in N.Y. Hush-Money Case and Will Avoid Jail: Live Updates - The New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/01/10/nyregion/trump-hush-money-sentencing?campaign_id=190&emc=edit_ufn_20250110&instance_id=144393&nl=from-the-times&regi_id=197092347&segment_id=187912&user_id=53888c42b17ce2b613ad43a8e73d64ef)
+
+James Altucher writes about writing down 10 ideas a day. I think I used this for Idea Generation in the past. I don't think generating ideas has been my shortfall. It's the necessary follow-up required.
+
+- [The Ultimate Guide for Becoming an Idea Machine - James Altucher](https://archive.jamesaltucher.com/blog/the-ultimate-guide-for-becoming-an-idea-machine/)
+
+Flexoki is this color palette generator of sorts that fits with the Tailwind scheme of 50 step increments. The output is specific to prose and code, so the colors are simply put for those aspects.
+
+- [Flexoki — Steph Ango](https://stephango.com/flexoki)
+
+Nick Milo's failed year of sustainability
+
+- [2024: Year of the Decalcified Heart - by Nick Milo](https://nickmilo.substack.com/p/2024-year-of-the-decalcified-heart?r=1i56ox&sh_kit=5c7fe32bb8e2ee6c4a1e2d851eedb0864538daec53fcf4f4c87e734908375dcb&triedRedirect=true)
+
+Work in terms of complexity versus complicated.
+
+- ==Complexity refers to something that is hard to control and predict, while complicated refers to something that is difficult to understand==.
+- Complicated might require a lot of parts, but it is knowable. Complex is not knowable.
+
+### Recommendations
+
+Book recommendation: [Learn More Faster: How to find your bullseye customer and their perfect product](https://www.learnmorefaster.com/)
+
+Recommended blog: [Human, being | Erin Nystrom | Substack](https://erinnystrom.substack.com/)
+
+> Human, Being is all about exploring and celebrating what it means to be human. I (hi 🙋🏻‍♀️, I’m Erin) share musings and reflections, grounded by over a decade in the health and wellness space and guided by my insatiable curiosity about the human experience, on how we might be able to make the most out of our time here on Earth.
+
+Movie: [Flow (2024)](https://www.themoviedb.org/movie/823219-straume?language=en-US) - no dialogue animation that follows a cat that has to survive a flood. Along the way, the cat meets some other unexpected animals to face the flood. Warning: some sadness with animals (mostly no deaths, if you are worried about cats or dogs dying)
+
+Podcast: [The Random Show — 2025 Predictions (AI, Aliens, BTC, and More), New Year’s Resolutions and Strategies, Smart Fitness, The Spinal Engine, New Apps, and Much More (#785) - The Blog of Author Tim Ferriss](https://tim.blog/2025/01/03/the-random-show-2025-predictions/?utm_campaign=weekly-roundup&utm_medium=convertkit&utm_source=convertkit#content)
+
+Podcast: [Road Journal #3: Midnight in Provo - by Lea Thau](https://lthau.substack.com/p/road-journal-3-midnight-in-provo?publication_id=3615243&post_id=154488173&r=1b1w&triedRedirect=true)
+
+Newsletter: [Escape to the Bookshop | Sarah Bringhurst Familia | Substack](https://escapetothebookshop.substack.com/)
+
+> I’m documenting my quest to start a tiny bookshop on a cobblestone street in a quaint hill-town in Umbria. Narni is a place of long, light-filled days, birds crying overhead, cats napping on warm stone. It’s a magical city where dreams feel like they might just come true.