The problem of sleeping without sleeping

I'm not usually one to complain about this… but wow, this site is incredibly hard to read on mobile, at least on an iPhone. Zooming out is disabled, too.

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by degenerate » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 4:38 PM UTC

klodolph wrote: post #4

I'm not usually one to complain about this… but wow, this site is incredibly hard to read on mobile, at least on an iPhone. Zooming out is disabled, too.

You probably didn't notice this on mobile, but this is google books. The poorly rendered text is due to it being an actual scan of some book. What exactly is being linked to here is unclear though. The passage isn't too concrete on getting a point across...

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by dan_blanchard » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 5:06 PM UTC

e0 wrote: post #3

Barbara Oakley talks about this in her talk at Google, "Learning How to Learn". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2dtkMINIw&feature=youtu.be... She says Edison did the same thing too, but had a handful of ball bearings instead of a key.

Thanks for posting that. It's way more informative that this scanned book passage.

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by tertius » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 5:18 PM UTC

e0 wrote: post #3

Barbara Oakley talks about this in her talk at Google, "Learning How to Learn". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2dtkMINIw&feature=youtu.be... She says Edison did the same thing too, but had a handful of ball bearings instead of a key.

She also has a coursera course (that I'm going through right now) - https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by mkaziz » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 5:19 PM UTC

tertius wrote: post #7

e0 wrote: post #3

Barbara Oakley talks about this in her talk at Google, "Learning How to Learn". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2dtkMINIw&feature=youtu.be... She says Edison did the same thing too, but had a handful of ball bearings instead of a key.

She also has a coursera course (that I'm going through right now) - https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

How do you like that course? I was thinking about taking it.

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by Estragon » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 5:27 PM UTC

e0 wrote: post #3

Barbara Oakley talks about this in her talk at Google, "Learning How to Learn". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vd2dtkMINIw&feature=youtu.be... She says Edison did the same thing too, but had a handful of ball bearings instead of a key.

Thanks for linking this. Much better source than the OP.

Re: The problem of sleeping without sleeping

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Post by ashark » Mon, Nov 30, 2015, 5:45 PM UTC

cba9 wrote: post #2

As so often with Dali - /not sure if serious or trolling

Same. If I'd read this with no context whatsoever, I'd have guessed it was written by Italo Calvino and was entirely tongue in cheek.