Spanish Pronunciations for Hindi speakers

Every resource that I came across tries to teach Spanish to English speakers. Those who already know Hindi/Devanagari have certain advantages. Both in terms of producing the correct Spanish pronunciation as well as being able to read/speak the Spanish language. Like Hindi, Spanish is much more phonetic and rule-based than English.

Cruise

Dominican Republic in 5 days

The Dominican Republic is probably the most touristy Spanish-speaking Caribbean island. In my experience, it can be aptly called the tout capital of the Caribbean. We went there in the shadows of COVID-19. The island has pretty good intra-city and inter-city public transport. The local currency DOP, Dominican Peso, is about 1/60th of the US dollar.

Jupiter Cave

Cave Exploration at Lava Beds National Monument

There are several caves at Lava Beds National Monument of varying levels of challenges. I would recommend starting with a few easy ones first before taking it to a higher level. The caves do get really shallow at times, sometimes, less than a foot in height, so, don鈥檛 go in if you get claustrophobic. Gears to carry HeadLamp Helmet - even a bike helmet would work Knee Pads Good hiking boots A small chart summarizing which caves to do Detailed report with maps of the caves

Go Language concurrency and an easy pitfall

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Test changes to CircleCI config locally

Rather than pushing the code to a remote branch and then testing via Circle CI servers, it is best to run the tests locally first and make them work. Here鈥檚 how you can do that.

Book Summary: Red Notice by Bill Browder

The story of the rise and fall of the biggest foreign investor in Russia.

Book summary: The Psychology of Money by Morgan Housel

The book is a great read about how money and wealth are acquired, preserved, and lost. And that too not because of the market but because of the individual鈥檚 psychology.

Book summary: Antifragile by Nassim Nicolas Taleb

Another great read in the Incerto series by Taleb. The core idea is that certain systems benefit from uncertainty. And our goal should be to make all systems antifragile, so that, they can benefit from uncertainty.

Public Transport

When can you count on public transport while traveling?

I love taking public transport while traveling. One, not only, gets a chance to see the lifestyles of the locals but also becomes more familiar with the new area. So, when can one count on public transport while traveling? Peru and Ecuador had great public transport, both short and long-distance. Dominica had mediocre, Aruba had just one bus going around the island鈥檚 outer road. Hawai鈥檌 has mediocre. The Dominican Republic has great public transport for both short and long-distance. So, why is this the case? Here鈥檚 my general rule of thumb:

Digital Minimalism by Cal Newport

Digital Minimalism is a philosophy of technology in which you focus your online time on a few carefully selected activities that support the things you value.