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by andymatuschak 6y ago
It’s a strange thing... in my experience, it’s mostly a cultural phenomenon. By induction: everyone around you takes secrecy incredibly seriously, so you do too. When I was working on new hardware, for instance, to access it I would: enter
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by andymatuschak 6y ago
It seems like a case of “commoditize your complement” to me. https://www.gwern.net/Complement They offer a variety of enterprises services and can now capture more of the marginal consumer value relative to competitors stil
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by andymatuschak 6y ago
It was moved to a later course, thankfully. I’m a big SICP fan! (Hi Chris!)
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by andymatuschak 6y ago
Ah, sorry; some of them are indeed restricted, but that was just a broken link. Here's a correct link for that note: https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z4AX7pHAu5uUfmrq4K4zig9x8jmm...
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Supine Computing (2019)(mgsloan.com)
2 points by andymatuschak 6y ago|0 comments
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by andymatuschak 6y ago
(for those following the thread, I replied on Twitter: Yes, that’d be great! I want to spend some more time working with authors before formalizing as a spec, but certainly will reach out when things feel less molten. https://twi
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by andymatuschak 6y ago
Agreed. I'm working on a set of specs like this[1] to expand on the mnemonic medium[2][3] work Michael Nielsen and I started last year. I'll be interested to see how the ecosystem evolves… [1] https://www.patreon.com&#x
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How to Not Be Sad(ldeming.posthaven.com)
3 points by andymatuschak 6y ago|1 comments
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
That's kind; thank you. Perhaps someday, but for now, I mostly want to understand what "notes" actually are / should be.
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Ah, but what I like about React Native for desktop is that I can render native AppKit controls and create an application which looks truly at home on macOS. Flutter, as I understand it, doesn't aim to provide access to native controls.
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
An unannounced project. Certainly this thread would be more interesting if I could point you to an app or even a codebase!
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
What are you finding weak? There are certainly quirks, but I'm enjoying it relative to the alternatives!
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
I can't suggest anything, I'm afraid—I haven't worked with Windows and Linux targets using React Native. But it appears that there are React Native rendering targets for Windows and Linux ( https://github.com/M
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
You can already use React Native to deploy to macOS, via Catalyst. I'm doing it now.
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
There's a lot of discussion in the comments here about Electron vs. native apps. But last year's Catalyst project, which allows you to ship iOS-based projects on the Mac, opens an important new path. I've been surprised not t
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
FWIW: I'm one of the co-authors of the article, and I worked at Apple during the early App Store years, but I saw no evidence of this. Based on my experiences, I believe the current situation is more a function of neglect and distracti
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Hi there. I'm one of the article co-authors, and I was definitely one of the Photoshop-anchored designers agitating for Adobe to add UI-centric design features. I think you're right that it was enormous mistake to leave this marke
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Capstone, a Tablet for Thinking(inkandswitch.com)
254 points by andymatuschak 7y ago|41 comments
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Indeed, that's a nice way to frame my thesis. Or maybe even more directly: what if books were shaped such that "reading a book" meant "doing SQ3R to a book"?
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Yep, I think we're aligned on all this! One lens on my aspirations is to create a "stable" of "moves" like "including figures" which can be applied contextually to better align with the way readers think a
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Gotcha. Yep, I'm sympathetic to this view. Research stemming from Piaget suggests the need to introduce information not authoritatively but rather in response to "disequilibria"—authentic intellectual needs in the listener&#
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
(Author here) You're right that the piece would have been better if I'd done this. But if it helps, my co-author and I did it here: https://quantum.country .
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
(Author here) You might be amused to learn that I actually have looked into prospects for technologies around learning in one's sleep. Unfortunately, things don't look great. But you might enjoy this paper, on learning smell–sound
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
> There might be a fundamentally novel and strictly superior way of learning, but it's hard for me to see which cognitive bases aren't covered by combining these two methods. (Author here) I agree that methods like the ones you
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Thank you for that kind synthesis, Ivan. Speaking of learning APIs: I'm a fan of your use of concept maps in your books!
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
Author here; this is a great point and I’m grateful for it. Maybe we shouldn’t expect to absorb such knowledge! That said, if the theory is that books’ knowledge is absorbed through concrete use, why is the book so uninvolved with facilitat
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
You’re right that I don’t treat motivation seriously enough in this piece. It’s very true that you will absorb nothing from a book which you do not read. The framing which drove me was: isn’t it odd that even readers who are quite motivat
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
It’s true! I tried to evoke that paradox with the Sagan quote. On a relative basis, it’s remarkable what they’ve achieved. On an absolute basis, thought, it’s surprising how unreliable the medium is (and hence all the more spectacular that
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
This Shopenhauer quote is quite apt; thank you for the thoughtful response. One wondering: to what extent is information a prerequisite for insight?
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by andymatuschak 7y ago
That’s very kind; thank you.

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