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Churchill also took a 2 hour nap daily. The man would change into his damn pajamas to do it. Night time sleep is not total sleep. Let's stop glorifying folks who supposedly need so…

I wrote a technical book for Wiley. 12.5% royalties for paper sales. 25% for book. Negotiate the ebook rate. The main thing that surprised me (which shouldn't have) was the complet…

Can it play "drugwars"? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drugwars

All I know is that I spent two years deep in abstract algebra and other proof-heavy classes, and it was some of the best training in rigor and thoughtfulness I've ever had. Wouldn'…

I used to have a breadfruit tree in my yard in Tennessee. We would take the fruit as it fell and line it up in the street and watch cars run over them. Seeing them crushed was pret…

This has not improved. However, instead of using screen in a terminal to do a long create table query, I'll now just kick it off in pgAdmin and yank my ethernet. This causes the qu…

Yeah. Autism is diagnosed by symptoms and the symptoms have changed over time. It used to be that an individual had to actively avoid social contact. Now they just need to be socia…

A semester of linear algebra (or just a willingness to Wikipedia a few things) plus Excel experience is all you need. That said, the book does require a lot of effort, because the …

If you've got a college semester of linear algebra under your belt (or equivalent) and are pretty good with Excel, then the book is a good fit. Even the algebra can be optional if …

Hey, author here. It does sound kinda bigoted, doesn't it? Lemme clarify. I would really love for more people to learn this stuff. Truly. That's why I wrote a book to teach it to f…