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Re: Ask HN: I am busy with too many things at once

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Post by Jugurtha » Sat, Jul 11, 2015, 12:45 AM UTC

eru wrote: post #72

d-equivalence wrote: post #55

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Doing ten pages of mathematics a day is not realistic. Unless you already have been doing mathematics for years and are still relatively young. How about a paragraph per day ?

Depends on how dense your source material is. No matter your level of sophistication, if you are making it through ten pages a day, you should probably switch to harder material. The specific number doesn't matter too much, though. If you get through one page of dense math an hour, you are doing well.

I agree, with a caveat (see my answer to d-equivalence): In Undergraduate level for example, I think it would be useless to look for harder material for no other reason than the very fact it is hard. The person still has to learn the basics and that's the most important thing. Challenges are yet to come.

But, I agree that the material can be boring and too basic. This is why I have always preferred Soviet books (they get directly to the point and don't address stuff you should know) vs. US books (that will go back to high-school level to bring you up to speed, after which you want to sleep). Generalisation, of course.

Re: Ask HN: I am busy with too many things at once

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Post by eru » Sat, Jul 11, 2015, 11:23 AM UTC

Jugurtha wrote: post #121

eru wrote: post #72

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Depends on how dense your source material is. No matter your level of sophistication, if you are making it through ten pages a day, you should probably switch to harder material. The specific number doesn't matter too much, though. If you get through one page of dense math an hour, you are doing well.

I agree, with a caveat (see my answer to d-equivalence): In Undergraduate level for example, I think it would be useless to look for harder material for no other reason than the very fact it is hard. The person still has to learn the basics and that's the most important thing. Challenges are yet to come. But , I agree that the material can be boring and too basic. This is why I have always preferred Soviet books (the…

Tried any classic French books?

Re: Ask HN: I am busy with too many things at once

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Post by eru » Mon, Jul 13, 2015, 9:47 AM UTC

jrenouard wrote: post #118

eru wrote: post #116

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For $1000 you can get tailored in eg Hong Kong.

or for half that price online http://www.knotstandard.com/ (yes I work for them)

I just went for tailored shirts and trousers, and didn't bother with a tailored jacket since they come off in an interview most of the time anyway.

Was much cheaper than 1000 USD in Hong Kong.

I looked into online tailoring services, but didn't trust doing the measurements myself.