vijayshankarv

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by vijayshankarv 3y ago
It does seem like quite a lot of the original area has been lost > Five hundred years ago, the Atlantic Forest of Brazil covered approximately 330 million acres (about twice the size of Texas), but today more than 85% of this forest has
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by vijayshankarv 5y ago
Has the name of the field changed to acoustic ecology now? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Acoustic_ecology I've been listening to this interview of Gordon Hempton and the whole field is quite fascinating - https:
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by vijayshankarv 6y ago
I really liked Andy Matuschak's article “Better note-taking” misses the point; what matters is “better thinking” - https://notes.andymatuschak.org/z7kEFe6NfUSgtaDuUjST1oczKKzQ... Over the years, I have also moved from
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by vijayshankarv 6y ago
Don't worry too much about prioritization if your goal from reading is to learn. Set aside some time and then pick whatever article/book you most feel like reading and just get going. If it bores you, then stop and move on to the
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by vijayshankarv 6y ago
https://hash.ai/ Hash is a platform for simulation and I think this kind of stuff will become increasingly important.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
I would love to join a reading group (on slack or another messaging platform) on this book.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
Thanks! This looks like what I will start with. Can't find your email in your profile, though.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
That's great! I did not know that the exercises appeared in book form until I found it a used book store. Read through most of the lectures in undergrad/grad school but needs a revisit.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
I know a few people who have stayed in academia and done this. In my case, my partner is not in academia which makes it a bit easier.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
Condensed matter physics PhD (2016) now working in the software industry as a data scientist. Focused on modelling/simulating materials during my thesis and realized that I loved the software aspect of things and did not love working o
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
Oh wow! This looks like the physics book that I always wanted to read. Phd 2016 in condensed matter physics - now working in a mid-size (~600 people) software company as a data scientist.
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
If you found Peter Senge's book practical you would probably like Thinking in Systems. It takes a few systems archetypes and explores them in reasonable detail and has charts of simulations. I browse through my copy every once in a whi
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by vijayshankarv 8y ago
While your comment about people picking on education does hold true, I don't think the way the child learns from her parents is similar to what is done at school. Here, the child tries to speak on her own and gets a lots of feedback fr
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by vijayshankarv 9y ago
Are there any women in this thread? As a male, would love to know more about the female perspective.