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A Primer on Pontryagin's Principle in Optimal Control: Second Edition by I.M. Ross. https://www.amazon.com/Primer-Pontryagins-Principle-Optimal-... Explains optimal control theory and the pontryagin minimum principle from a geometrical perspective rather than the confusing derivation from calculus of variations that is more typical. Also explains it at an "Engineering" or applied math level rather than at a mathemati…
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same, i've been trying to do proactive / productive work in this field I think I'd do anything with a friendly team
Interested as well! But the future is not so dark, things like e.g. https://github.com/lh3/minimap2 are a breath of fresh air.
Mental health. I recently passed out in public and had to finally admit to myself that I’m severely burnt out. I had ignored the signs and mentally written off the concept of burnout as a bit of a wishy-washy mostly “emotional” concept and not as the very real psychological AND physiological condition that doesn’t just go away if you get a good nights sleep and a day off. It was emotional to actually read up on it an…
Try to sleep (or at least stay in bed) 10+ hours a day, consistently for a few weeks.
There is a new show on HBO called Scavengers Reign, and it's become my favorite scifi story ever. https://www.imdb.com/title/tt21056886/ It's kinda like watching Planet Earth about another ecosystem, with a strong focus on judgment-free ecology (ie there isn't good and evil, just different flora and fauna and otherwise interacting both with their normal food webs and with human outsiders). It really tickles the envir…
I'm really enjoying Scavengers Reign, but I can't help but feel like the local biology is a bit too absurdist. Or the amount of consistently lucky moves some of the characters would had to make to discover some weird quirk of that alien life. They had been there for maybe weeks or months, but somehow discovered that if you climb inside of the belly of this particular creature and twist some of his internal organs tha…
Games. I've been forcing myself into productivity for too long because that is the thing to do. I recently built a gaming pc, picked some jrpgs, and I'm having a blast. There are entire franchises and worlds for the exploring. There are amazing rich stories and history and beautiful soundtracks that I'm living through right now. My wishlist grows by the day as I discover new tales.
As I've gotten older its rare for me to enjoy games, I can't seem to play for more than 15 minutes before wanting to turn it off/feel like I'm bored.
- Health & Fitness (lose your health and you have nothing)
- Electric scooters (so fun!)
- Hiking
- Reading more books
- Playing more Chess
- Keyboard layouts
- Baking
- Penny whistle
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What are your favorite RPGs at the moment? New or old? I feel like RPGs have been holding strong since the Super Nintendo and there so many hours of incredible gameplay to be had.
An old one: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vampire:_The_Masquerade_%E2%80... There were many technical issues with the release version, but GOG sells the game with unofficial patches integrated, which worked great for me.
Games. I've been forcing myself into productivity for too long because that is the thing to do. I recently built a gaming pc, picked some jrpgs, and I'm having a blast. There are entire franchises and worlds for the exploring. There are amazing rich stories and history and beautiful soundtracks that I'm living through right now. My wishlist grows by the day as I discover new tales.
What are your favorite RPGs at the moment? New or old? I feel like RPGs have been holding strong since the Super Nintendo and there so many hours of incredible gameplay to be had.