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Sending an AI response communicates more than just the response itself: 1. "I'm not entirely sure, but this is what it says to save you some time." 2. "You didn't ask the question …

If severity is a low cardinality enum, it still seems acceptable

What does a Spiel game refer to? If you want the ultimate depth:ruleset ratio, come learn Go :) Every game is so different and exciting

One of the values of doing your own research is it forces you to speak the "language" of what you're trying to do. It's like the struggle that we've all had when learning our first…

Plus, in-game clocks didn't exist until Remastered came out

Inconvenient truths about the big bad wolf disaster of 2027

I keep comments committed in a separate branch. The lack of syncing doesn't bother me, because the purpose of taking notes always falls into one of these categories: 1. I read the …

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Genuine question: does anyone here actually want to query their database with natural language?

Someone made a puzzle about 404 pages once: https://2020.teammatehunt.com/puzzles/puzzle-not-found For those who aren't sure how to get started (ROT13): Svaq gur sbhe bu sbhe cntr …

> What’s deeply frustrating is that for more than a decade Sal Khan similarly said that the videos on his “Khan Academy” would revolutionize education, and they utterly failed to d…

I recently heard someone say their favorite cure to writer's block is to read more and do research. I found something profound about that. Writing is hard when you don't have anyth…

As a fellow overthinker who also struggles to articulate my goals, I find it easier to think about incremental improvements than overarching goals. For example, I want to become a …

Not exactly "engineering", but I might add an adjacent category of puzzle games that hurt your brain: - Baba Is You - Stephen's Sausage Roll - Jelly no puzzle + Yugo puzzle (sequel…

> He refuses to engage earnestly with the “doomer” arguments. The same type of motivated reasoning could also be attributed to himself and Meta’s financial goals - it’s not a persu…

Though not quite as short, the Watson and Crick paper is another famously short paper: https://dosequis.colorado.edu/Courses/MethodsLogic/papers/Wa...

It could be obvious, but no need to be condescending about it. There are many statements that fit into the category of "obvious once stated, but not obvious if you didn't consider …

As another data point, I've taken about 1.5 months for Part 1 of the book, chipping away at it for 1-2 hours on weekday mornings.

I read the beginning sections of each chapter until I understand conceptually what the chapter implements by the end. (I needed more assistance for the initial chapters not knowing…

Regardless of which text you choose, I recommend writing proofs (full sentences and all) for the solutions that were harder to come by, or you feel difficulty expressing clearly. A…

For anyone interested in a more technical summary of the some of the main ideas: Problem Statement The Erdos conjecture that all primitive sets S satisfy f(S) Definitions Define A_…

Interesting, could you give some examples of concepts from relational algebra that have helped inform your understanding of schema design? Asking as a practioner interested in lear…

For me, I think I could tell myself to be more productive for 1 week and succeed at it, but I'd feel a lot more stressed or cynical about work as a result. I feel I'ma lazy person …

One piece of advice I hear a lot is "review your games", but how do you actually do that without a stronger player? I'd sometimes use an engine and it'll point out moves I hadn't c…

There ought to be a rule that any "curated" list of N books should also include N books not to read in the same category