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by 0kl 6y ago
Another format that I find instructive: http://tractatus-online.appspot.com/Tractatus/jonathan/index...
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by 0kl 7y ago
If anyone else is interested in research on note taking, this is a survey of the research with citations: https://www.cultofpedagogy.com/note-taking Unfortunately it doesn’t look like there’s been as much research on specif
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by 0kl 7y ago
> the accomplishment of an aim or purpose Not trying to be cheeky, but that you understand immediately that I’m not talking about happiness here tells you that success =/= happiness. We can argue over what we should consider success
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by 0kl 7y ago
“How to be successful” always struck me as the wrong phrasing. It suggests a guarantee, the way “how to make a pie,” suggests if you follow these steps perfectly, then you will have the pie they were trying to tell you how to make. Maybe a
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by 0kl 7y ago
I like to think of all the things he said as stacking luck as much as you can. It will always come down to luck, but you have to be prepared to grab luck when it comes.
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by 0kl 7y ago
Some of them are very happy. Some of them are very unhappy. Success =/= happiness - I don’t see Sam saying it does.
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by 0kl 7y ago
I will try to refrain from being anecdotal here, but some of it will leak in, I’m sure. Boot camps usually strap in their students for about 3-6 months and make them learn extremely basic coding in some modern stack with html/css. Depe
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by 0kl 7y ago
I’m just assuming the above is not in good faith, but for anyone else that might be persuaded: You being killed by a criminal over an iPhone or laptop is not going to change anything. Fund your police, vote to change laws enough that they’r
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by 0kl 7y ago
Better opsec would have saved him some grief as well. Before even touching on his habitual use of coffee shops near his residence to run the Silk Road... > The connection was made by linking the username "altoid", used during S
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by 0kl 7y ago
> extra PSA: if you’re worried about this but somehow haven’t already required 2FA... I’m aware - I’m pointing out that it’s extremely likely you already have a physical device you can attach to a cord/chain/braided-steel-cab
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by 0kl 7y ago
> You could just have a usb thumb drive on a retractable lanyard (think RFID badges or DoD Common Access Cards), but what if that thin retractable cord just snaps–leaving the USB drive snugly in-place in the laptop? You could also just u
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by 0kl 7y ago
I definitely not trying to say that. I’m trying to say that when someone like me (general public) is looking at art _for entertainment_ my wants are different than when I’m looking at something as art. If I’m enjoying something as art, that
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by 0kl 7y ago
> Problems arise when it comes time to convey to a non-artist what constitutes quality art. The first mistake is selling art to non-artists. The general population buys games for entertainment, and similar to any art (music, movies, pain
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by 0kl 7y ago
#define PROGRAMMER A friend of mine works only with html and client-side js. Another only with Java. I currently work product but have worked with a whole host of languages. Another friend of mine is an infrastructure engineer. Another is a
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by 0kl 7y ago
Everything you saved is “OBE” or “overcome by events.” That email about a product launch you’ve forgotten? OBE That article about how to write a node.js app in es5? OBE and probably a 404 That song you wanted to listen to but never got arou
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by 0kl 7y ago
I disagree that “enmeshment” is always bad. What we do, especially when we are fortunate enough to choose and enjoy our careers, are fundamental to who we are and the narrative that work is solely there to provide income is not always true.
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by 0kl 7y ago
I don’t know if this is fair to say. The trope exists, certainly, but I don’t know if we can pass judgement on a way someone has chosen to live their life just because it would not fulfill us. It’s absolutely true that many people regret pr
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by 0kl 7y ago
What is your takeaway? What did you mine from really thinking about the meaning and direction you want to take with your life? *clarification: I mean it earnestly, as I have not done anything that you have.
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by 0kl 7y ago
+1 on the “Fuzzy thinking” bit I’d caution reading philosophy as all about hair splitting. Hairs are split because language is the tool and precision is necessary, but splitting hairs is not what it’s _about_. What is it about? That depends
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by 0kl 7y ago
It may just be this creeping understanding that all you’re going to get is a frustrating surface treatment of any of the concepts contained. As someone well versed in all three, the book gives a light treatment to philosophy, zen, and ridin
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by 0kl 7y ago
Every person has a very small set of books that may be deserving of our time for a second, third, or fourth read. Without reference to the specific work: pick it up and see if it speaks to you still, if it doesn’t - life is short, move on.
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by 0kl 7y ago
CS is one more tool in your box; you can make it your only tool and even build a good career with that one tool, but I’d recommend looking at your education as a quest for more tools, context, and mental models for building your career, and
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by 0kl 7y ago
Read though the first section thoroughly (I recommend attempting all the strategies presented in it on the book itself), and then skim through the "how to read this type of book" section - it's really not necessary and much l
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by 0kl 7y ago
It is a very good summary; matches a lot of my own notes on it. One thing to note though... > Adler’s main point in the first section of his work about how to read a book is that it’s best to gain knowledge straight from the source. Inst
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by 0kl 7y ago
That does sound very similar. I know that in my interpretation Camus is one of the possible outcomes of Nietzsche's thoughts, and that his thoughts afford for many... I think that is something that resonated with me - that _my_ philoso
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by 0kl 7y ago
I heavily recommend the Euthyphro, Apology, Crito, Republic, and Phaedrus (in particular) - it’s said all of philosophy is a footnote on Plato until Nietzsche. I think only a summary of Schopenhauer (like a penguin selection or something) i
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by 0kl 7y ago
Best read for me - most powerful and readable imo. I’m sure there is a better academic/true-to-source read. I’ve read about 4 different translations and Hammond always stick with me - possibly because I read it first. Thank you - in th
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by 0kl 7y ago
When I studied Nietzsche it was more or less “Read Zarathustra, then read all the ‘Viking Portable Nietzsche’ then read all of the ‘Basic Writings of Nietzche’” all translates by Hollingdale or, preferably, Kauffman. Among the jewels you’ll
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by 0kl 7y ago
I plan to reread a couple core works for myself. Of that list the ones that I’d recommend for others are: Aurelius (trans. Martin Hammond) Fear and Trembling Man’s Search for Meaning Tolstoy’s Confessions Kundera’s The Art of the Novel Afte
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by 0kl 7y ago
Re Aurelius: preview a couple different translations if you can - I have found there to be significant differences. If you have the time/inclination and haven’t already I’d also suggest reading Epictetus and Seneca first. NB: My favori

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