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by ncfausti 7y ago
Thank you for this. It's something I try to explain to my younger brother (who can't understand why I prefer life in Europe to the Northeast US). Interestingly, here's a photo I took of a park at sunset, in Kiev, with people
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by ncfausti 7y ago
A few years ago I would have agreed with you, however not anymore. Memorization is an integral part of internalizing some concepts and subjects. Check out this thread from Michael Nielsen on the topic: https://twitter.com/mi
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by ncfausti 7y ago
I just stumbled upon Infinite Powers in B&N, and after reading a bit, decided to buy it. Loving it so far. I’ve been curious about calculus for a long time now, since I’ve never taken a formal class on it and am now in a graduate CS pro
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by ncfausti 7y ago
When China Rules the World by Jaqcues and AI Superpowers by Kai-Fu Lee are both very good.
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by ncfausti 7y ago
This sounds a lot like the main idea behind the book "The Untethered Soul". Highly recommend to anyone interested in meditation, mindfulness, or letting go of everyday stress.
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by ncfausti 7y ago
Fantastic talk. I have been meaning to learn more about Elixr for a while now, and this video was perfect. Thank you!
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by ncfausti 8y ago
I have the same issue. I’ve installed a browser extension that allows me to set redirects for any url. I’ve setup Facebook to go to khanacademy.org (I’m trying to learn more about linear algebra/calc) and reddit to go to wikiroulette.c
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by ncfausti 8y ago
Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind by Yuval Noah Harari
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by ncfausti 8y ago
For those curious about Julia, I just found this: https://www.infoworld.com/article/3284380/data-science/what-... Close to C speed in a dynamic language? Seems pretty great on paper. Is this generally the cas
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by ncfausti 8y ago
Brave (with default search engine Qwant) has been a nice replacement. Of course, there is always Firefox/DuckDuckGo
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by ncfausti 8y ago
Natural language processing and how it can be used to research health/well-being Getting people to click on ads Biochemistry MD/PhDs Geologist for a lithium mining company
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by ncfausti 9y ago
I think so, and iirc there are s lot of studies that have actually shown a negative relationship with conscientiousness.
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by ncfausti 9y ago
Have you tried mindfulness? I have had the same experience as you have (it sounds like) in that I am able to speed listen more effectively at 2-2.5x than at 1x. Since I've started trying to be more mindful and meditate regularly, the i
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by ncfausti 9y ago
Check out How To Read A Book by Mortimer Adler. Great resource for techniques for understanding many different kinds of books.
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by ncfausti 9y ago
If you haven't seen Colaboratory from Google check it out. This, but for jupyter notebooks. https://research.google.com/colaboratory/faq.html
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by ncfausti 9y ago
This. I learned that it's ok to feel dumb when learning difficult ideas, and to take a break, let your mind do some diffuse thinking, and come back to it.
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by ncfausti 9y ago
Reading this book (A Mind for Numbers) and taking the mooc changed my life. The main thing that stuck with me above all else was the idea that it's okay to feel dumb when learning new things and to push through instead of giving up. I
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by ncfausti 9y ago
Glad this was posted. I was admitted to Penn's MSE in CIS as well as OMSCS for the Fall. No funding for either. Penn is roughly $60k. I currently live in Philly. I'm curious to see what HN thinks would be the better option.
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by ncfausti 10y ago
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Six_nines_in_pi
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The Mathematics of Web Search(math.cornell.edu)
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