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Related. Others? Do not remain nameless to yourself (1966) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23808400 - July 2020 (122 comments) What Problems to Solve - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=8030010 - July 2014 (45 comments)
Do not remain nameless to yourself (1966) - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23808400 - July 2020 (123 comments)
This echoes what I have thought about my career. What to work on. I've been blessed to have a good paying career in software engineering, but I've never really felt passionate about the products I work on. At the end of the day, my job is a paycheck. I do feel joy solving problems for others, improve society, be able to answer colleagues questions when they "come to my office". My family is happy that I can provide a…
I was surprised that after “closer to god” comes the “build the next kubernetes”. How do you connect these two things? E.g. I’ve found the “closer to god” in my yoga practice. And how I now realize that through words I can’t connect that much as through practice (e.g. just eating my lunch being fully present). I still think I can help through my software product building skills, but also know that if I can help peopl…
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She seems to have missed the real reason why Feynman became so "popular": his series of textbooks. Maybe his name is not associated with such historical discoveries as those of Newton, Boltzmann or Einstein are, but writing one of the best textbook series is also a good reason to be famous, at least for as long as the content will remain relevant. Feynman, to me, is the American Landau: A mathematical and scientific…
What a baffling comment. Feynman won a Nobel prize for his work on quantum electrodynamics, and yet he's not known for theory work? Also, Feynman never wrote any books. His "textbooks" are lecture notes, mostly compiled by other people.
I am well aware that he did not publish his lecture notes himself, yet I believe he had written some notes and was not improvising in front of the amphiteater every day. Let's not argue about such trivia though.