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IAS physicist discusses research program to unify sciences of mind and matter [video](youtube.com)
1 points by matiasz 1y ago|0 comments
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by matiasz 6y ago
https://practicaltypography.com/one-space-between-sentences....
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by matiasz 7y ago
I find Frederick Eberhardt’s writing on causality to be particularly clear and instructive.
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by matiasz 7y ago
Two physicists and a philosopher recently published a similar article that makes this point even more cogently, in my opinion. “The blind spot of science is the neglect of lived experience” https://aeon.co/essays/the-bl
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by matiasz 8y ago
Chomsky discusses this here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aydw2neS1W8&feature=youtu.be...
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by matiasz 8y ago
I think Chomsky is referring to gravity’s action at a distance, which Newton regarded to be absurd. I’ve heard Chomsky say that, after Newton, “physical” has come to mean “what we more or less understand” — that is, the physical is no longe
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by matiasz 8y ago
I find it interesting that Noam Chomsky rejects the mind–body problem as it’s often presented, given that Newton demolished the concept of body, not mind. Below is a relevant passage from the book Optimism Over Despair , in which Chomsky e
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by matiasz 8y ago
Judea Pearl sees a way out of the winter. https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/05/machi...
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by matiasz 9y ago
Yes [1]. [1] https://arxiv.org/abs/1801.04016
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by matiasz 9y ago
Matthew Butterick made this argument years ago: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=9063177
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by matiasz 9y ago
I recommend Stephen LaBerge’s work.
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by matiasz 9y ago
In my experience, the best way to improve my attention is by practicing śamatha meditation. The śamatha practices that entail mindfulness of breathing are thought to be ideal for those living in modernity. The best introduction to śamatha t
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by matiasz 9y ago
I completely agree! Doumont often gives talks at universities that are open to the public. http://www.principiae.be/X0200.php
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Ligatures in programming fonts(tinyletter.com)
108 points by matiasz 9y ago|82 comments
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by matiasz 9y ago
Matthew Butterick’s font Triplicate has true italics and a Code version with programming alternates. www.triplicatefont.com
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Human-Level Intelligence or Animal-Like Abilities?(arxiv.org)
3 points by matiasz 9y ago|1 comments
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On model-based vs. model-blind approaches to artificial intelligence(youtube.com)
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by matiasz 9y ago
The typographer Matthew Butterick was so bothered by the use of Verdana in “Mission: Impossible — Ghost Protocol” that he wrote a letter to Brad Bird, the film’s director. PDF: http://mbtype.com/pdf/bird-verdana.pdf
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by matiasz 9y ago
You may also enjoy Matthew Butterick’s Triplicate, which has true italics. http://practicaltypography.com/triplicate.html
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Building the brain of a robot scientist(matiasz.com)
1 points by matiasz 9y ago|0 comments
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by matiasz 9y ago
Butterick’s Practical Typography recommends a body-text size of 15–25 pixels. http://practicaltypography.com/point-size.html
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by matiasz 10y ago
I highly recommend “Style: Toward Clarity and Grace,” by Joseph Williams. It’s by far the best advice on writing I’ve ever read. I learned about it from Norman Ramsey’s website [1], which has many other good resources. Another good book is
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by matiasz 10y ago
It’s amazing that there aren’t many articles like this one. I wrote something very similar [1] last year because I simply couldn’t find a complete, step-by-step guide that addressed the details of forking, branching, etc. [1] http:/&#
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by matiasz 10y ago
http://practicaltypography.com/
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by matiasz 10y ago
On the home page, the apostrophe in "World's" should be a curly apostrophe, not a straight single quote.
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Personal efficiency: desirable and achievable – Jean-Luc Doumont – TEDxGhent(youtube.com)
2 points by matiasz 11y ago|0 comments
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by matiasz 11y ago
I hope someone follows this up with Doumont CSS. http://www.treesmapsandtheorems.com/
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A workflow for Git and GitHub(matiasz.com)
1 points by matiasz 11y ago|0 comments
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by matiasz 11y ago
Jean-luc Doumont gives excellent advice on how to avoid making slides like the ones mentioned in this article. http://www.principiae.be/X0800.php
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How to contribute to an open-source repository on GitHub(matiasz.com)
1 points by matiasz 11y ago|0 comments

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