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Re: Coolest Things I Learned in 2018

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Post by twodave »

ergothus wrote: post #48
twodave wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think part of this is just highlighting the differences between our language center and the analytic part of our brains. And I also think this differs greatly between individuals (a huge reason why our family home-schools). For instance, I have never had trouble with things like English grammar and spelling. For grammar, the rules have just always made sense, and, for spelling, usually just seeing the word written…

I must have expressed myself poorly: When I try to pick up a new skill, I would start by asking "what are the higher-level rules?" or some variation. Generally speaking, I've had a very, VERY low success rate at getting answers. When I did get answers, they always relied on a context I didn't have, because I was brand new. Some areas I pick up intuitively, others take work, and others I completely suck at, but in non…

Sure, that makes sense. I think whether we pick something up intuitively or not has a lot to do with our past experience and level of pure intellect. To me, being able to quickly internalize new things and cut to the complexities/challenges of those subjects is the basis of genius.

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Post by eugenekolo2 »

The photo for "There is a restaurant in Los Angeles called Brunch Near Me, presumably to trick Googlers." is showing Brooklyn, not Los Angeles. I don't know if this restaurant is in LA or in Brooklyn.

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/55576406e4b02e4679105... That's Sheepshead Bay near Coney Island in Brooklyn.

Re: Coolest Things I Learned in 2018

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Post by ryanmercer »

jmhobbs wrote: post #76
twtw wrote: post #63

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What would "from whole cloth" even mean for this?

Honestly, I'm not even sure. After watching the nvidia youtube video, I retract the statement. This is pretty amazing.

And it's basically just the beginning too.

Deepmind has also been creating landscapes, portraits and animals (the tennis ball, the horror of the tennis ball!!!) https://venturebeat.com/2018/10/02/deepmind-ai-can-generate-...

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Post by hinkley »

andrepd wrote: post #55
purephase wrote: post #51

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Yeah, I thought that was odd/funny. Like he just put it there for the picture or something.

Nah, I'm sure a ruthless mogul is very concerned about "making the world a better place" :^)

When someone posts a quote or motto that sounds hypocritical it’s a good bet that it’s an aspirational quote.

I think it says something that he felt the need to put a quote like this on his fridge at 50 years old. But maybe he’s becoming self aware. Next Bill Gates transformation perhaps?

(It’s also pretty common in this age group for people to seek community and worry about their legacy)

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Post by deeg »

weliketocode wrote: post #4

Old Status Symbols: Luxury goods Position of authority Busy-ness Endorsed by establishment New Status Symbols: Fitness Position of influence Flexible schedule Creative Output Self-actualization Independent --> First time I've read this, but great incite that I've certainly seen as well.

I like the list although I disagree with it some. I think luxury goods are still a status symbol (iPhone X?) and I think she/he left out experiences. People want to look they're always having a good time and living life to the fullest.

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Post by hinkley »

adontz wrote: post #5

Whenever there is a market fad/phenomena with low or no barriers and a flood of entrants—the best strategy is often: Be the arms dealer. The lowest profile players in high-profile, low-barrier industries are almost always the most profitable. Don't sell wine, sell barrels. Don't make movies, create animation software. Don't own restaurants, build the restaurant supply company. I ALWAYS KNEW IT!

This aphorism is older than dirt. Often formulated in terms of the California Gold Rush: the only people who made money were the ones selling shovels and wheelbarrows.

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Post by mrlala »

crimsonalucard wrote: post #45
weliketocode wrote: post #4

Old Status Symbols: Luxury goods Position of authority Busy-ness Endorsed by establishment New Status Symbols: Fitness Position of influence Flexible schedule Creative Output Self-actualization Independent --> First time I've read this, but great incite that I've certainly seen as well.

What? This sounds profound but it's not true. Luxury goods are still status symbols, positions of authority are still status symbols. The universal status symbol is your net worth and anything that can display a high net worth is a status symbol. A Flexible schedule is not a status symbol. Let's be real. The people with the highest status in our world today aren't high status because of a flexible schedule. They are…

You are missing the point of that list, I think..

I believe it's a new way or thinking- people are realizing more and more that this old "american dream" where you somehow have millions and millions of dollars and 'power' is just silly. That's not the reality for almost all people. And it shouldn't be the goal!

Maybe you work hard and get lucky? Ok great. But most people can work as hard as they want and still be just "ok".

So.. instead of going after wealth or being in authority, how about we just live happy lives and try to do awesome things?

We have so much more (cheap) technology these days, that it makes it even easier to accomplish.

People are realizing that if they have the flexibility to work from home, work on somewhat their own schedule, get to be creative while doing it and not bugged by annoying bosses/shit.. how can you get much more happy than that? Yeah, you don't have infinite money, but you probably have enough to buy a 70" TV, gaming computer, virtual reality etc.

I have a lot of this, actually.. more responsibility than I would like with young kids; but aside from that.. for me working at home and being able to be a creative developer is my dream life. I could be making a ton more money, but then I have to commute.. be away from family.. not work on my own schedule etc.

I know plenty of people who have a lot more money. And they are miserable as fuck. Money and power doesn't give you as much happiness as you would like to believe.

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Post by dwags »

stronglikedan wrote: post #23

Is it normal for professional soccer players to be so blatantly afraid of the ball?

what an odd question. Ping pong is the only sport I can think of off the top of my head that I wouldn't be absolutely terrified of a professional athlete blasting a ball/puck/thing at me and even then just because i'm not terrified, that ball would still hurt pretty good

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Post by dragonwriter »

twodave wrote: post #3

> Instead of arbitrarily memorizing things, look for the explanation that makes it obvious. This is a higher learning method that I’ve always found most natural. I don’t memorize stuff, I try to understand it instead. That said, there is still great value in the classical learning model—if you don’t know the terminology of the subject it’s difficult to reason about that subject.

Also, a lot of time finding the explanation that makes things obvious requires getting a lot of specific things into memory, where you can make the connections and see the common threads.

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Post by icebraining »

yellowstuff wrote: post #49
n4r9 wrote: post #13

> In a Big Craze, Be the Arms Dealer This is clearly true but I wonder how much it's an artefact of the Western economic model. I came to a similar insight in the last couple of years, which was "the companies skimming the most cream off the top, are often the most abstracted away from providing a concrete benefit to society". It's like there's this inherent recursive aspect to shareholder capitalism. The profitable…

All of FANG seems like a counterexample. But in general it is probably true that the most profitable activities are very scalable, which is the opposite of concrete, hands-on interaction with the public.

> All of FANG seems like a counterexample.

Not really; both Facebook and Google basically only make money by providing a service to businesses, and even for Amazon, the most profitable area (AWS) is B2B.

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