Jaynes Notes 1
This is an opinionated and incomplete book. These are sloppy notes.
Memories True to Roads Anew: Skewers
Beijing does 1 thing better than anywhere else I’ve been to: skewers.
Mental Models and Tetris
Knowing lots of facts without anything to unite them is like having a crappy Tetris board.
Solving a Problem, According to John Baez
The ladder of abstraction is more a jungle gym.
Honoring Carluccio with Carbonara
I never thought I’d like carbonara.
Notes for Sun, Nov 12 2017
It bugs me how I’ve read stories where a character comes to a major realization, often about life in general, says they’re changed, and then goes on to live their life in essentially the same way, with only minor tweaks.
Notes for Sat, Nov 11 2017
I got sick of writing organized blog posts, so I’m going to compromise on clean blog posts and just dump thoughts.
Appreciating the Randomness in the World, According to Bradley Efron
Better known as the inventor of the bootstrap.
Teaching vs. Coaching
A teacher makes implicit knowledge explicit. Specifically, they make knowledge implicit in the teacher explicit.
Disambiguating the Equals Sign
Depending on context, \(x = y\) can mean any of:
Stupidity Without The Value Judgment
Stupidity
Vim `:Options`
Check out :options
, especially if you’re new to configuring Vim (and
want to).
Vimscript Comparisons Suck
Vim has a built-in scripting language. It’s what you write your vimrc
in, and it’s really convenient for short one-off tasks.