> ## Content Index
> Fetch the complete content index at: https://www.autodidacts.io/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further.

# Autodidacts Newsletter #20
- URL: https://www.autodidacts.io/autodidacts-newsletter-20/
- Published: 2023-10-24T20:31:34.000Z
- Updated: 2023-10-24T20:31:34.000Z
- Author: Curiositry
- Tags: Newsletter

*Six months since our last newsletter, we’re back with four new posts.*

**Wise counsel from someone who everyone wants to hire:**

[The Art of Resisting PromotionThe default course is: as soon as you’re doing a job well, you get encouraged to switch to a different job. This new job will likely be similar to what you’ve just been doing, but slightly larger, more complex, higher status, more flashy, and higher pay. And higher![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsImmanuel![](https://cdn.autodidacts.io/img/autodidacts/author/immanuel-500px.jpg)](https://www.autodidacts.io/resisting-promotion/)

**Free advice on learning Spanish in the laziest possible way:**

[80/20 Spanish leaning tipsI have tried several methods of learning Spanish that didn’t work: \* Spanish in 30 days (book & CD combo) \* Duolingo \* Memorizing vocabulary with Anki \* Listening to Language Transfer Complete Spanish \* Listening to Spanish music & watching Spanish films \* “Spanish days” with fellow learners…![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsCuriositry![](https://cdn.autodidacts.io/img/autodidacts/author/afroman.png)](https://www.autodidacts.io/80-20-spanish-learning-tips/)

**And two more intensely-boring tech tutorials:**

[Link to segment of a YouTube video with a set stop time using “end” URL query parameterSometimes, you just want to link to a specific segment of a YouTube video. Deep-linking to a specific start time in a YouTube video is fairly common — but sometimes specifying an end-time is as (or more!) important. After much fruitless Googling, I’ve found a way to do this: 1.![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsCuriositry![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/2023/02/maxresdefault.jpg)](https://www.autodidacts.io/link-to-segment-of-youtube-video-with-set-stop-time-using-end-url-query-parameter/)

[Using Rsync to Copy Files Off Your Fly.io VM’s Persistent VolumeThis is yet another small companion piece to my Ghost on Fly tutorials. In my last tutorial in the series, I showed how to back up your Ghost blog hosted on Fly.io over SFTP. SFTP does the job, but transferring all those images and files every time is a![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsCuriositry![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/2023/08/ghost-rsync-fly-backup-cover-image.png)](https://www.autodidacts.io/backup-ghost-on-fly-with-rsync/)

*In case you missed it, these two posts were sent as stand-alone newsletters:*

[Useful keyboard shortcuts I learned too lateI’ve been using computers for a long time, and for most of that time, I’ve considered myself a power user — the kind of person who bothers to use keyboard shortcuts in the first place, runs Linux, and knows a bit about programming and the command line. Of course![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsCuriositry![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-21-59-10-The-Autodidacts.png)](https://www.autodidacts.io/useful-keyboard-shortcuts/)

[How to reduce smartphone screentimeYesterday evening I was laying by the fire and reading a book. It was my first evening off in a while; I had shut down my computer before heading for dinner, and I was thoroughly enjoying myself. At one point, after finishing the section I was reading, I remembered about![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/size/w256h256/2022/10/autodidacts-logo-small.png)The AutodidactsImmanuel![](https://www.autodidacts.io/content/images/2022/10/Screenshot-2022-10-21-at-21-59-10-The-Autodidacts.png)](https://www.autodidacts.io/how-to-make-your-smartphone-boring/)