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by j7ake 3y ago
The bible is a hugely influential book. It is probably the most referenced book in western literature, art, and history. Reading a book is not the same as agreeing with its premises. One must also judge a book by their historical context.
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by j7ake 3y ago
I love fitting models. I always say in my profession I will fit models for free, it’s having to clean data and “finish” a project that I demand payment.
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I think one approach is to complement tech with its analog/mechanical equivalent. Have people play on a real piano but also complement with garage band. Use mechanical type writers alongside Microsoft word. Get kids to understand the o
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by j7ake 3y ago
This is excellent and applies to being a distinguished authority on a topic in general, not just writing.
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Nice article, can be applied to the scientific enterprise. A scientist should have a strong enough about a paradigm so they can work with it, but loosely held enough to see the cracks in the theory and find the right problem that will chang
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by j7ake 3y ago
“What I wasn’t told was that we had 70,000 hard-coded references to Sacramento”. Except they had many people tell him it was a bad idea. In the end, it was indeed a bad idea. Unfortunately, his loyal lieutenants get rewarded for “kicking as
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by j7ake 3y ago
Can these trackers be used to encourage other activities? Like do more math exercises?
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by j7ake 3y ago
If there was a way to adjust volume based on force that would be a game changer.
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by j7ake 3y ago
I found actively walking (even indoors) prevents me from opening a tab to an addictive website.
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by j7ake 3y ago
This is like the piano version of hacker typer. https://hackertyper.com/
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I had a similar teacher, but it was no fur elise
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If you’re having kids, you would want them to be born in a poor family in modern day Germany than to aristocrats 300 years ago. The infant mortality back then was brutal, even for the aristocrats.
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Are the English translations as good as the original French?
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Maybe the best time to buy something at the right price is when the market thinks it is just niche and static.
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by j7ake 3y ago
Who are the competitors right now for good classical music app? I feel apple is the only player in the game. They also know what matters is the content, and they’re obviously growing that content.
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by j7ake 3y ago
The art of a scientist is knowing which problems to pick. Too easy and you won’t find anything new, too hard and you won’t make any progress.
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by j7ake 3y ago
A broader definition of blue vs red that generalises to other western counties would be pro globalisation (eg pro immigration, free trade) vs pro national/local focus (eg pro self reliance).
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by j7ake 3y ago
Crazy how having kids is lumped in with esoteric personal hobbies.
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by j7ake 3y ago
Maybe for French. But I doubt this is the case for more distant languages like Japanese and Russian. Are American undergrads studying Tolstoy in Russian in the Russian department?
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by j7ake 3y ago
One thing I never understood were people who paid money to go to an American university to major in a language like French, German, or Japanese. Why don’t they just take their 60k a year tuition and spend it living in the country that actua
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by j7ake 3y ago
At ikeas price point you don’t even need to move the fueniture, just give it away and buy the exact same one in the new location.
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by j7ake 3y ago
Boring is maybe a term for outsiders, but those experts would call it “nuance” or “technical”.
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by j7ake 3y ago
These LLMs have a huge potential for ML-guided home schooling or small classroom schools. The knowledge resource is no longer centered around the teacher, but rather on the student. The key is to have a teacher that is keen on noticing what
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by j7ake 3y ago
This is one step closer for me to type more prose in vim!
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I think the quantity to look for is the fraction of time you spend working on your own projects. You want it to be about 40 hours a week. Too little means you’re probably spending too much time on client or admin work. Too much could mean y
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by j7ake 3y ago
My experience has been opposite of Hubermans tips. I find dopamine spiking activities, or putting a body in a state of discomfort (eg intense work out, cold showers) make me procrastinate more. Doing an intense work out makes me think “I’m
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by j7ake 3y ago
Sorry didn’t mean buy, I meant rent your own one bedroom apartment, rather than have roommates which is the norm in usa. In terms of cities it would be all except maybe London and Paris. Also in most European countries renting is just as go
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Because these benefits don’t necessary result in growth of real gdp per capita, but increase the stability and livability of a city. A PhD student in many places in Europe can afford to have their own apartment and have kids. Where is that
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by j7ake 3y ago
Another aspect of return to office culture is that I feel the need to wear noise cancelling headphones for long periods of time. Has there been studies of how this habit of wearing headphones all day over a career affects hearing?
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by j7ake 3y ago
You can certainly do mathematics and publish your work while in prison. See Christopher Havens https://www.christopherhavensmath.com/

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