theLotusGambit

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by theLotusGambit 6y ago
Saying his ideas are well-supported by history is a bit generous considering his historical arguments always seem to boil down to a barrage of anecdotal evidence of dubious factual value. To be fair, I've only read the Underground Hist
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by theLotusGambit 6y ago
So as someone who doesn't have a good grasp on copyright law, I'm not sure how 1984 is on this list. All the other books here appear to be over a hundred years old, making them public domain (I think), but 1984 was published in 19
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by theLotusGambit 6y ago
Students attend school for 13 years. Let's say they miss out on 5/8 of a year because of this (I think the number is closer to 1/3, but it's not a big difference). So, instead of getting 100% of a "dismally low&quot
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
I feel like this page really nails down the key feature that makes great STEM notes: lots and lots of examples. And they're fully worked out too, showing all steps from formula to result. So much technical documentation and tutorials a
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
It's wrong to treat the brain like any other muscle. It's more comparable to a neural network (pardon the tautology). You feed in data (knowledge) in hope that some of it sticks and forms new connections that you can use to better
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
> If you don't find yourself studying 6 hours a day, you're not getting an elite education. Seems like an unhealthy attitude to me. I really dislike the perspective that education is at its best when the learning is most diffic
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
> Assuming there are at least some things that require a minimum effort that is uncomfortable before allowing you to see their benefits, you will discover more guided by qualified people and well-designed curricula than on your own. Perh
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
> Why do the teens of today think this? Because simply, they don’t care. All they want is a computer that works, and that runs their text messaging, anti-privacy and social media apps. Wanting technology to just work without having to de
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
Funnily enough, The Case Against Education made me more comfortable with my place in the education system, because it gave me a better idea of what I'm actually accomplishing as a student. Definitely cleared up a fair bit of angst and
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
Not only are the results good, but the music is generated decently rapidly. The implications are clear: whoever wants to make a quick fortune on YouTube should start converting and uploading truckloads of songs as fast as possible. The dema
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
Trying to figure out how a single compressed/encrypted buffer works given only it and its resulting image is certainly an unwinnable task, but increase the sample size to a few million or billion and I don't see why the algorithm
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
Yep, and I think it's easier than ever right now. School IT systems will often whitelist browsers including Chromium and its derivatives for installation without admin privileges. That means any student can download Brave, access Tor,
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
Awesome site! This is infinitely more useful than any other pronunciation site I've seen. Two questions: I'm guessing the site uses the YouTube API to build a database from video captions, but which videos does it pull from? All o
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by theLotusGambit 7y ago
>Consider the "Tyranny of Rockets" problem: if you want to send a rocket up 1 km, you need X fuel. But to get to 2 km, you need way more than 2X fuel- because you first have to carry all that extra fuel up 1 km, which takes mor
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
Interesting. This proposal would for the first time allow any javascript to be written in just 5 characters: []+|> Down from the 6 that jsfuck requires: []+!()
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
This article has no substance. Its primary idea is that teens are moving away from social media, but lets look at how it actually backs that idea: So there's 5 anecdotes from 5 teenagers, all describing their dislike/disuse of soc
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
OP here: You're on the right track in that I go to boarding school. Definitely not super-affluent (it's Louisiana after all!), but not an average high school either. We've got very good teachers and a wide selection of advanc
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
Louisiana
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
I'll be honest, I have no idea! I can't remember the topic of trade schools ever being brought up in class or otherwise. I think you could probably do it, but it would be very unconventional.
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
Perspective (anecdote) from a high school student: There is a real push for college. It's an unstated assumption that you're going to go, and the topic of debt seems to be passively avoided ("Don't worry, it'll all
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by theLotusGambit 8y ago
I'm a big Cal Newport fan. Compared to other authors I've read, his books seem to have a good mix of practical, technical, and high-level advice. "So Good They Can't Ignore You" in particular is absolutely worth the