wannabebarista

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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Not a tech project, but I've been writing about research in economics, philosophy, and math/logic from 100, 150, and 200 years ago. It's been a rewarding experience and helps build context around the typical canon in various
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Ask HN: New Resources for Learning Complexity Theory
13 points by wannabebarista 2y ago|1 comments
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A Look at Research from 1874(bcmullins.github.io)
1 points by wannabebarista 2y ago|0 comments
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Logic puzzles and taking notes. The several comments suggesting mathematics and logic from scratch are spot on. This can be a bit overwhelming and dispiriting though. An alternative (or really a supplement) to an elementary proofs text is R
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
If you're looking for something simple, GoatCounter is a good option. I've used it for several years now and have been happy. https://www.goatcounter.com/
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
A History of Western Philosophy by Bertrand Russell While this book has its problems, it is a wide-ranging, engaging, and readable history of ideas from antiquity to about the turn of the 20th century. I'm finding it difficult to put a
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I've been reading the first few years of Popular Science for a project [0]. In the 1870s, the magazine is an interesting slice of science and philosophy. It really shows the breadth and power of Edward Youmans' network. Here'
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Much of it has been done: https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Popular_Science_Monthly
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Here are books I recommend to everyone and got me interested in economics and philosophy: - The Worldly Philosophers by Robert Heilbroner - The Cost of Rights: Why Liberty Depends on Taxes by Stephen Holmes and Cass Sunstein - Wittgenstein&
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I find the "Why?" question amusing. It's usually coupled with a disapproving tone.
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
One thing I've tried to combat the chaos of blog structures is to include links to other posts in series as a header (when it makes sense). The biggest hurdle of moving away from a blog to a static format is that blog posts are timesta
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I have a blog that's connected to my academic website. While my homepage gets some traffic from people googling papers, my blog gets much less. I post a few times each year, mostly about stuff I've been reading. I did have one pos
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Jekyll is easy to use and you can write posts using markdown. There are several themes available out there, but it's also easy to work with the back end to customize. I've used Jekyll with Gitub pages for several years with no iss
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
This series looks at research from years past. I survey a handful of books and articles in a particular year from math, economics, philosophy, international relations, and other interesting topics.
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A Look at Research from 1924(bcmullins.github.io)
2 points by wannabebarista 2y ago|1 comments
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I've had my current chair since 2020 but luckily haven't had that issue. I tend to lean to one side a bit more than the other and the armrest on the favored side is slightly looser. It can likely be fixed by tightening some screws
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
+1 for the Steelcase Leap. It's an underrated chair.
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I didn't even think about the KVM switch. That can be a huge time saver!
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Logitech M500S corded mouse. I've been using some version of this mouse since 2002, and it fits better than any other I've tired. Plus it's around $30. Steelcase Think chair. I used this chair in my work office and couldn&#x2
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
Here's some more specific recommendations from the books people have mentioned: * Part 3 of Sipser’s Introduction to the Theory of Computation * The first half of Arora and Barak's Computational Complexity No one had mentioned thi
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I use Obsidian to take notes with extensive cross-referencing. I mostly keep track of papers/books I read. I used Trello for years but it eventually because too slow and clunky.
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by wannabebarista 2y ago
I write reading recommendations for books and articles at the end of each year and have some overlap in interests. Here's my books list from last year (with links to others therein): https://bcmullins.github.io/interest
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
"deep neural networking"
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
I've been reading and writing about research from 100, 150, and 200 years ago roughly covering math, economics, and philosophy. It's cool because it can help people find interesting things to read or give an idea of what was going
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
Agreed, I've had great interactions with folks from HN. If people have a website/blog, I recommend including a link in the bio. It's a great way to discover new stuff and for others to discover yours.
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
"Lost Continents" by L. Sprague de Camp (1954). Looks at Atlantis and other lost continents as rhetorical devices in ancient history and philosophy, 20th century pseudoscience/pseudohistory, and science fiction
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
Here's my list from 2023 (mostly history with some mythology): * Lost Continents by L. Sprague de Camp (1954) * Slouching Towards Utopia by J. Bradford DeLong (2022) * The Rise of Universities by Charles Homer Haskins (1923) * Colonial
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Interesting Articles I've Read in 2023(bcmullins.github.io)
3 points by wannabebarista 3y ago|2 comments
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
Each year, I put together lists of the books and articles that I found most interesting. This started out as a way to motivate myself to take better notes when I read. Now, I occasionally also get a nice message from someone who stumbled on
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by wannabebarista 3y ago
Here is basically the consensus take: "Almost all those who reviewed Russell's now famous History of Western Philosophy when it first appeared in 1945 were agreed about two things: first, that it is beautifully written, witty, cle

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