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Ars longa, vita brevis. I don't have time to do justice to the top three things I'm trying to do.
> the top three things I'm trying to do they being?
See above for one of them.
Alan Kay's reading list
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That would be a very interesting opinion. Where could this discussion be arranged?
Up to you
If you could send me an email (in my profile) I'd love to get a comment on my ideas about the relationship between functional and OO.
Or you can post your own email and I will write you.
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That would be a very interesting opinion. Where could this discussion be arranged?
You could start a topic on HN for example.
Posted here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11808551 with a comment of mine soon to follow.
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#125Earlier quoted context omitted.
Up to you
If you could send me an email (in my profile) I'd love to get a comment on my ideas about the relationship between functional and OO. Or you can post your own email and I will write you.
Please be sure to post what Alan says. Would be VERY interesting.
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
If you could send me an email (in my profile) I'd love to get a comment on my ideas about the relationship between functional and OO. Or you can post your own email and I will write you.
Please be sure to post what Alan says. Would be VERY interesting.
Of course I intended to do so but his idea of opening an HN thread (see above) is much better :)
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#128Do you read on paper, tablet, phone, or all of the above? What do you think about the respective merits of these?
Digital Media May Be Changing How You Think. "Using digital platforms such as tablets and laptops for reading may make you more inclined to focus on concrete details rather than interpreting information more abstractly,"
https://www.dartmouth.edu/press-releases/digital-media-chang...
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#129It's an interesting selection overall, however I couldn't help but notice that the "Politics & Economy" section looks like neither politics nor economy have ever existed anywhere but in the US : )
Have you read Drucker?
Drucker's books are listed under "Technology & Media", not "Politics & Economy", so I can't see how it relates to my comment
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Alan, have you actually read all those books cover-to-cover ? In general how do you read ? Do you finish a book even if you don't like the style or subject matter ? Do you read sequentially - one book at a time cover to cover - or do you read several books in parallel ? Any tips/tricks on how to choose the next book ? Do you continue going deeper into the subject matter of the last book or do you jump to a completely…
Somewhat by accident I wound up a fluent reader before going to school, and read voraciously from then on. I'm not sure how many books I've read, but probably no more than 20,000 (I have some friends -- and have knowledge of some -- who have read quite a bit more). Fluency really helps because there are fewer really worthwhile books than other kinds (this is similar to "most ideas are mediocre down to bad", in no sma…
> "... In third grade I started to put a lot more effort into really remembering what I read ..."
Do you have any tips, tricks, hacks that you would like to share that you may have developed in helping you to remember content. Did any techniques evolve over the years?