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by stakkur 6y ago
1. Hacker News, Reddit 2. Recommendations from public figures I trust (e.g., Tim Ferriss, Derek Sivers, others) 3. References in books I've read 4. Random references in conversation
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Rewire Your Anxious Brain , by Pittman and Karle. This little book changed my life in several important ways, and I can't recommend it highly enough to anyone who's dealing with anxiety, panic, and related issues.
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It's all done for appearances and fundraising. Most of the machinations you're seeing lately by Republicans are; there's no sincere attempt to change the election, or belief that it can be changed.
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'If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human be
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I suggest not wasting your time reading surveys of general philosophy or taking some sort of 'intro' course in comparative philosophy. That's an academic route, and probably won't lead you anywhere. Unfortunately, it&#x2
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You get good at what you repeatedly practice. But I don't think that's what you're really asking--it sounds like you want a career focus, which is different (and might be entirely unrelated to what you're good at). What
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by stakkur 6y ago
1. Check if they're already available digitally online. 2. See if they're worth anything on eBay (my guess is no). 3. Offer them to archive.org 4. Recycle and let go.
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by stakkur 6y ago
Ah yes, the 'Nixon Shock', and all that came after. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixon_shock
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I was booting Commodore Vic-20 games from an audio tape drive in the mid-80s. The record is a fun novelty, but it's the same idea. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Commodore_Datasette#Encoding
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What's missing in 'hacks' like these is the core purpose of note taking in learning contexts: to increase retention and understanding through mentally summarizing and connecting ideas . You do this first when encountering a
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Overcoming the Einstellung Effect(medium.com)
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Before you dive into the inevitable recommendations of websites and YouTube channels, I strongly recommend A Mind for Numbers by Barbara Oakley. I can almost guarantee you'll find it worthwhile. Don't dive into doing hours of
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That's a good point--the exception here is 'no reviews'.
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I published my first book on Amazon in 2012. It's sold roughly 15,000 copies since then. Along the way, I've learned that there are not only multiple ways to easily buy reviews (and in bulk), but that a significant portion of Amaz
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I don't think the writer who won the award was speaking about Stoicism, but rather stoicism. 'stoic' is part of our popular vocabuluary, but I doubt that most people saying it are referring to the set of principles and writin
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The notebook is fascinating. The guy's hand-writing code in a small notebook.
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Based on my own work experience with such firms, the revenue model is the same as any other contractor/specialist hired to do work--make a margin on every project you can, and keep searching and optimizing for projects that allow a com
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I think I finally woke up to the realization that nobody differentiates between the 'Web' and the 'Internet' anymore. The Web is the Internet to most people now.
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First, make your health (not a job) your top priority. You only have one life. Jobs come and go. Also, investigate these today: * Short-term and long-term disability benefits you may have. * Unpaid FMLA leave you can take. * Ask therapist a
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A beautiful breakdown of this idea is in ' One Small Step Can Change Your Life: The Kaizen Way' by Robert Maurer. What Maurer does, however, is explain the biological reasons this works. When we are stressed/anxious/afra
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Credit where credit is due: Jocko Willink (whom the speaker is really just paraphrasing): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ljqra3BcqWM
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"Study finds over 80 percent of 200 COVID-19 patients in a single hospital in Spain have Vitamin D deficiency" is the accurate title. And behold: "most studies in Spain show a high prevalence of vitamin D deficiency" ht
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>"A non-peer-reviewed study" >"analysed results from 84,285 people who completed a study called the Great British Intelligence Test [online]" >"The findings, which have yet to be reviewed by other experts&q
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1. Practice relaxation breathing and progressive muscle relaxation(as often as needed). 2. Work in short time increments (~20 min). Use a timer. Take breaks. 3. Spend time up front defining the problem you're working on. Iterating on t
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Emacs + Org Mode + org-publish.
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The least interesting 'feature' to me for note taking is a third party cloud-based tool storing and organizing them for me. I'm likely an outlier, because I (a)take notes in text files, (b)maintain complete control over them,
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I highly recommend http://schoolyourself.org/ over just about anything else (Khan Academy, etc.) It's free, and has a great interactive user experience. Algebra through Calculus.
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A great look at coffee house culture at the time is in Tom Standage's A History of the World In 6 Glasses . At this time, coffee houses were the place to be. https://www.amazon.com/History-World-6-Glasses/dp&#x2
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Much of public school curriculum is politically determined, thanks to changes in the past 30 years or so--No Child Left Behind, Common Core, and other crud has left public ed a mess. So, 'core' classes are all tied to state and fe
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Surprising how few of the items in the stack are open source.

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