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kalid
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About kalid
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Comment #42809140
Congrats Paras, really happy for you!
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Comment #36993945
Not a full spreadsheet, but I have a passion project that can support units: https://instacalc.com/56734 I wanted a quick, shareable "back of the envelope" tool.
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Comment #36978669
Happy to help! To give some context: there was a GPT prompt which was something like "Act as a language tutor. I'll have a conversation with you, and you reply back. If I make a gr…
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Comment #36976318
I've been meaning to brush up on Spanish and the app worked great to just hop in! The best part about using GPT is being able to talk about whatever is on your mind. I noticed the …
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Comment #36690114
You probably understand logs intuitively. Don’t worry about notation, here’s the idea: sometimes we count digits, not values. When we say someone has a 6 figure salary, we are coun…
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Comment #32522521
Congrats on the prototype! Signed up and looking forward to checking it out once it's launched =).
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Comment #32259649
y(t) = bank balance y'(t) = income y''(t) = raises
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Comment #25107097
Glad the site was helpful! Helping spread the word with people it could help (educators, students, curious autodidacts) is great. There are BetterExplained books/courses you can ge…
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Comment #25107080
Hey Chris, thanks for the support! =)
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Comment #23478589
Appreciate it Paras! I remember our exchanges fondly as well :).
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Comment #23469764
Congrats Paras, it's great seeing far VWO has come!
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Comment #20813177
That's awesome to hear, thanks for helping share it :).
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Comment #20806561
Wow, that's awesome to hear! One of my fears is having to keep blogging continuously, but luckily math is pretty evergreen, so my intermittent writing schedule doesn't punish me to…
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Comment #20806557
Thanks, one of my favorite aha! moments :).
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Comment #20806542
Thanks, appreciate it!
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Comment #20804864
Plug, but I have a blog for exactly this. As an EE/physics student you may appreciate this one on Euler's Formula: https://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-understanding...
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Comment #20405072
Shameless plug, I made https://instacalc.com (pastebin for calcs) for back-of-the-envelope number crunching. Fast, free, gets out of your way.
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Comment #19789919
Have you checked archive.org for a backup? It's saved me a few times.
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Comment #19014718
That's a great point. I think you could train a network on what clicks were meaningful or not by looking at whether the future game state was changed by the presence of the click. …
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Comment #17938131
Is it necessary for the realization you've torn a muscle to be unpleasant? (It's that realization you're reacting to, not the pain.) Ultimately, we're making a prediction: my life …
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Comment #17936737
Here’s the best analogy I’ve heard. Imagine you wake up and your back is sore. Getting out of bed is a struggle, everything aches and you must move slowly. Without other knowledge,…
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Comment #17751813
Thanks for the pointer -- I have an article here. https://betterexplained.com/articles/colorized-math-equation... If you hover any diagram, there are options for a colorblind-frien…
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Comment #16880853
As a side project, I made "pastebin for calculators" for these back of the envelope questions. Here's one for your scenario: https://instacalc.com/51462
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Comment #16660533
Congrats Drew and Arash, amazing job! I still remember meeting you at Startup school and wear account #27 with pride :).
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Comment #15915363
I appreciate it, thank you! I have a similar wish, hoping more people would share math in the way that truly helps them.