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irajdeep

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About irajdeep

A struggling writer

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    you'll definitely find this video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rhgwIhB58PA interesting. Here they discuss the (lack of)efficacy of "visual learning"

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    Comment #38778086

    Not surprised at all, maybe mildly disappointed.

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    Comment #38778034

    In the end, we all just re-invented good old TV!

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    Comment #38186398

    This is exactly what I was thinking :(. Well put.

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    Comment #36785686

    Tangential - totally enjoyed this talk https://youtu.be/Ic_5gRVTQ_k by one of the creators of Bookwyrm.

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    Comment #35802792

    > Even using recursion is rarely a good idea as you loose control with your memory layout. Used recursion at tons of Codeforces / ICPC problems with some caching(commonly known as …

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    Comment #35802408

    To name a few concepts: "Permutation & Combination", "Proofs with induction", "Probability". I did learn some of them from university courses, but writing code for them(in terms of…

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    Comment #35802275

    I used to do some "competitive programming" back in university - which I think helped me grasp quite a few Mathematics concepts.

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    Comment #35466450

    tangentially similar idea: http://www.paulgraham.com/makersschedule.html

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    Comment #34398177

    This is a very wholesome content. Thanks for sharing :)

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    Thanks for sharing. Hope you’re doing well now. Wondering where do you write daily, is it like a physical diary or digitally? I’ve started writing of late, but I like writing on a …

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    > A few years ago I was excited every time I saw such concepts. Now it makes me tired. Spot on. Except for me I got tired of them after a few months.

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    Comment #34076034

    A bit tangential question. > I read it once and took some notes. Curious to know how you go about taking notes for the books you read.

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    Comment #32808744

    Last last 2 times * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32749820 * https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32735734

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    Comment #32750691

    This joke is more beaten than Github at this point.

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    Comment #32750382

    > Repost: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32735734 LOL, this clearly shows how grave the situation is. Guess it's time to listen again to: https://youtu.be/XimyEvDJWzA

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    Comment #32746923

    We've got the wrong theory about how minds work and it's ruining our lives

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    > Those GitHub badges... they are as ugly as it gets. Bingo. Not everything in this world needs to be gamified.