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by sn9 3y ago
Ezra Klein interviewed Zeynep Tufeckci about basically this because she's had an unusually good track record for a non-specialist on lots of topics, and it really comes down to being statistically literate and putting in the work: htt
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by sn9 3y ago
For those interested in working through all three, the order to do so would be HTDP -> SICP -> CTMCP.
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by sn9 3y ago
Apps like Macrofactor do this for you. You just track your weight and your caloric intake and it tells you how much you're burning and how much more or less you need to hit a particular rate of weight change.
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by sn9 3y ago
Not sure if this is precisely what you were looking for, but you can check the table of contents of this recent book on writing compilers in Racket: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262047760/essentials-of-compila...
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by sn9 3y ago
Partner dancing, rock climbing, joining a running club, judo/bjj, volunteering, yoga, woodworking/making, etc.
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by sn9 3y ago
His last two movies were also phenomenal. Just watch them in order of release!
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by sn9 3y ago
I have to wonder if anyone who doesn't like Mirai knows anyone with kids.
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by sn9 3y ago
Yeah I understand the constraints. I just wish there was an official version that was targeted for people like me instead of scanlators getting lawyered into submission and we end up with less.
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by sn9 3y ago
I still prefer scans when I can find them. Official translations often (1) censor a ton in both the text and the art to satisfy Western Puritanical sensibilities and (2) have drastically less cultural context than scans do --- scans often w
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by sn9 3y ago
> I fashionably decried premature optimisation in college without really understanding it until I once committed an act of premature opt so horrific that I can now tell when it is going to rain by the twinges I get in the residual scar t
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by sn9 3y ago
Rust has strong functional influences [0] to the point of often being described as an ML with a C-like syntax and manual memory management instead of GC. Like Haskell [1], writing in a higher level style can give the compiler enough informa
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by sn9 3y ago
Where are you interviewing? Like geographically? What's your the range of TC you're willing to accept?
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by sn9 3y ago
Rust in Action also has a networking chapter [0] and the author has training services [1]. [0] https://www.manning.com/books/rust-in-action [1] https://learning.accelerant.dev/
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by sn9 3y ago
There's a bit of network programming in Programming Rust. You can check the table of contents to see if it's what you're looking for. https://www.amazon.com/Programming-Rust-Fast-Systems-Develop...
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by sn9 3y ago
Offer top pay.
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by sn9 3y ago
http://augmentingcognition.com/ltm.html
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by sn9 3y ago
If you want to get dramatically better at math (which will make the other things you listed easier), you could work through all the aops books: https://artofproblemsolving.com/store/list/aops-curriculum Use Anki t
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by sn9 3y ago
This is a common Western misunderstanding of karma. Karma isn't about guaranteeing consequences/rewards. It's about actions increasing the odds of one or the other. While it certainly has been used as a part of cosmological f
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by sn9 3y ago
As far as I can tell, Amazon got a 40% share in LT when they bought AbeBooks. I don't know that a minority stake in a company counts as "that's Amazon" in any meaningful sense. https://en.wikipedia.org/wi
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by sn9 3y ago
I think you're confusing consciousness with conscience.
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by sn9 3y ago
I'd argue that you should still prioritize investing in the fundamentals if you have room to grow. AI tools that I've played with only get more useful the more you already know. You need the traditional sorta experience to know wh
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by sn9 3y ago
Talk link: https://youtu.be/k6rY5Mvx84E
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by sn9 3y ago
And a whole textbook was recently published as well: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546232/program-proofs/
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by sn9 3y ago
There's actually a brand new textbook on using Dafny at the level of an early undergraduate course: https://mitpress.mit.edu/9780262546232/program-proofs/
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by sn9 3y ago
That still implies 20% of their training is moderate-high intensity. You end up doing both.
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by sn9 3y ago
You should check out scalene: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vVUnCXKuNOg
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by sn9 3y ago
> Being self-taught at math introduces so many painful problems. If I were to do this seriously I would start ALLLL the way back at algrebra in 5th grade and work forwards ALLL the way up to linear algebra/calculus etc. If you want
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by sn9 3y ago
Just write it and share it and see if anyone finds it useful. The people who need it most probably won't know what to ask for.
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by sn9 3y ago
Just go see a psychiatrist and tell them about what you're feeling. As MDs, they know what tests to run to screen you for low-hanging physiological fruit like anemia or hypothyroidism. There's probably over a 50% chance you have a
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by sn9 3y ago
I think if you've literally never seen the material before, you might be right. But for anyone who's graduated high school, a lot of it would be at least a second encounter so you'll be reviving forgotten knowledge which is m

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