a_tartaruga

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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
My opinion is that it's good not to have a vision for your career yet. The world is rapidly changing and this is an online learning problem. Keeping trying things and seeing what you like. Continue learning things. On the practical
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
^^ This book is the best I heard about it from the same HN post
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Children and their circumstances are so different that it's kind of easy to find yourself in a situation where no one knows what to do. Like everything that matters experience is the only real teacher. Keep trying. If you can talk to
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Have you thought about taking one class a semester for the next year without quitting your job? How important is this really to you? Have you been channeling your interest into building things for fun? Are you tearing through The Art of
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Since you know the ads surveillance Borg so well you are uniquely positioned to understand how to solve the problems it has created for everyone. Spend a lot of time thinking about why your past work doesn't sit right with you and the
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Maybe there is a lot more value to be created by fundamentally rethinking coding but anecdotally the absolute value provided by cursor is significant. Prototyping things in a new language or framework for the slow and lazy is now ~5x faste
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
One good example is moving industrial processes to solar power.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
https://www.reddit.com/r/DIYbio/ and other places focused on this sort of thing are full of ideas. In my limited experience the ratio of problems/ideas to people working on them is very high.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Since you linked that nice biology article I'm guessing you already know about "The Machinery of Life," that book seems like it would be good. The Kurzgesagt Immune System book is probably even better as it's intentiona
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
> I don't think the whole Blockchain web3 thing is really doing that I would argue most of whatever fraction of web3 projects are in good faith are trying to do exactly this. One reason to miss this is that most of the digital good
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Both internet and web are themselves examples of what you are talking about. Maybe you're too young to have lived through it but for entertainment everyone used to watch TV decided by a few corporations. You'll hear little positi
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Idk if this email is a scam but Fluence is a legit project.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Sipser is one of the best textbooks of all time from any field
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
This class was so fun. I remember a lot of people did find it difficult too.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Baba is you is similarly a good introduction to the mindset needed to write exploits.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
It's not esoteric to biologists but genetic engineering. Everything is written in assembly and the execution environment is non deterministic and 3 dimensional.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
The Genesis of Technoscientific Revolutions by Narayanamurti and Tsao is worth reading for a better understanding of how research works and how to nurture it. It has a very clear explanation of how engineering and technology mirror science
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
Funny enough sewerAI is legit and predates the chatgpt moment
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
This isn't specified well enough to get detailed criticism. I don't know what you're hashing exactly but I think it includes purchase time. Depending on resolution of {Time of purchase of lottery} it might be very easy to m
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
It is probably the most hopeful thing I've ever read and more or less believed. Internalizing parts of it has made almost everything easier to think about. I love the idea that flowers are objectively beautifully.
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by a_tartaruga 2y ago
The answer is yes and it's the only way. You need to develop fluency to understand "Math B". It's only ungraspable right now because you haven't had enough of the right kind of practice. The right kind of practice
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by a_tartaruga 3y ago
General overview of biotech industry look at Stat magazine and subscribe if you can afford it. Listen to their weekly "Readout Loud" podcast. For actual projects if you live in USA: Seattle, NYC, SF, Baltimore then visit community
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by a_tartaruga 3y ago
Start by learning quantum mechanics for dogs: https://www.goodreads.com/en/book/show/8243716 Then go here: https://qubit.guide/index
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by a_tartaruga 3y ago
What you are pointing out is real and I think unavoidable. Math is just denser than most other things. A few high level things I've come up with while self studying for the past few months - Focus on what is achievable. Learning dif
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by a_tartaruga 4y ago
Ousterhout had a tradition like this on Fridays in CS 140. Looking up his name and scars seems to be what you are talking about https://gist.github.com/gtallen1187/27a585fcf36d6e657db2 .
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by a_tartaruga 4y ago
Yes. Also networks that perform simple versions of useful work exist today. I work on a network which uses zk proofs to check storage of user input data and pays out blockchain consensus rewards accordingly.