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I think my problem is that I'm not using the system as intended. I learn new vocabulary mainly by reading texts or watching videos in the target language and use spaced repetition …

Interesting. I was never really happy with any spaced repetition algorithm, so I recently implemented my own dumb system which simply asks you for the number of days after which th…

Yes, you can write Python code that runs with missing or wrong type hints. Not ideal, but you can add a static type checker (mypy) as a step in your CI pipeline and reject commits …

Seems like a lot of effort went into typesetting this, wow! I can recommend "Calculus: Basic Concepts for High Schools" by the same author (L.V. Tarasov) to anybody unfamiliar with…

Just some test feedback: On my phone I have to scroll horizontally to read the text on the website. A part is always cut off. (Same problem on the linked example sites.)

The author gets the whole system backwards. Medicine is the most expensive thing you can study at a German university (~30K € per student per year). That's why the number of slots …

You sound like the banker in "The Bet" by Chekhov. I hope nobody makes a bet in this thread. :D

Thanks for the feedback! I agree, manipulating the social environment sounds evil and may lead down a dangerous path. I was mainly thinking about what Skinner describes as bringing…

I can't read the whole article because it's behind a paywall. From what I see, it's about the inaccessibility of primary data from mRNA-vaccine trials by Biontech/Pfizer and Modern…

It's a charming idea, kind of whimsical. I like that. But the screen really seems too small, even for writing. I recently bought a used ThinkPad X220 for 180€ (typing on it right n…

I agree. It also seems wildly inefficient to ask every student to read all those originals instead of systematic modern introductions. History is accumulating, so this becomes an i…

Real minimalists use a USB telegraph key and type with their fist. ;)

Actually out of the three cities mentioned, only one (Dresden) is in Thuringia or Saxony, none is in Thuringia. ;)

You are overgeneralizing. The "valley of the clueless" referred to places like Dresden and Greifswald that were not able to receive broadcasts from West Germany and hence were some…

I prefer the Python code here. The import is explicit, so if you want to know where "date" comes from, that's easy. In a modern IDE I don't write imports manually anyway. You could…