In the middle of the desert you can say anything you want
A Ballade of Suicide by ACS The gallows in my garden, people say, Is new and neat and adequately tall; I tie the noose on in a knowing way As one that knots his necktie for a ball; But just as all the neighbours–on the wall– Are drawing a long breath to shout “Hurray!” The strangest whim has seized me. . . . After all I think I will not hang myself to-day. To-morrow is the time I get my pay– My uncle’s sword is hanging in the hall– I see a little cloud all pink and grey– Perhaps the rector’s mother will not call– I fancy that I heard from Mr. Gall That mushrooms could be cooked another way– I never read the works of Juvenal– I think I will not hang myself to-day. The world will have another washing-day; The decadents decay; the pedants pall; And H.G. Wells has found that children play, And Bernard Shaw discovered that they squall, Rationalists are growing rational– And through thick woods one finds a stream astray So secret that the very sky seems small– I think I will not hang myself to-day. ENVOI Prince, I can hear the trumpet of Germinal, The tumbrils toiling up the terrible way; Even to-day your royal head may fall, I think I will not hang myself to-day.
Fascinating. Written from the other side of the barricade «Two of the most important things I learned during my third year were “Tell me more” and “[awkward silence]”. “Tell me more,” works for every situation. Part of the problem with psychotherapy is that you’re always expected to have something to say. As a last resort, that thing is “Tell me more”. It sounds like you’re interested. It sounds like you care. And if you’re very lucky, maybe the patient will actually tell you something more, as opposed to their usual plan to stonewall you and hide all possibly useful information.» Really really interesting on multiple levels
I’m getting tired of the “Learn X they hard way” scheme. Otherwise looks pretty interesting.
Seems relevant to a couple of my projects.
For something to be interesting it has to be not /too/ new but not already known (optimal gap); Trading rewards for information; Creativity is a signal from brain that you’re not using it enough; bored/curious are not opposites of a continuum
“Every time you compare two values, ask yourself: what could someone do if they knew either of these values? If the answer is at all meaningful, use a constant-time algorithm to compare them.”
Excellently written. Site contains also other similar articles, for example:
A Visual, Intuitive Guide to Imaginary Numbers
Intuitive Arithmetic With Complex Numbers
Understanding Why Complex Multiplication Works
Intuitive Guide to Angles, Degrees and Radians
Intuitive Understanding Of Euler's Formula
An Interactive Guide To The Fourier Transform
Intuitive Understanding of Sine Waves
An Intuitive Guide to Linear Algebra
A Programmer's Intuition for Matrix Multiplication“to show who’s boss”, “because I have ADHD”, or “because I was provoked”. + Hacking is not concerned with which description best suits the act, but rather, how the descriptions under which people act depend on the descriptions available to them.
Optimal eating/drinking habit is: T-2 hours get coffee and food. + Study very intensely RIGHT before the test.
" In that spirit, we send along this year’s edition of the UC Berkeley Summer Reading List for New Students, which includes some fantastic reading recommendations, centered on the theme of “Firsts,” that have been selected for you by Berkeley faculty, staff, and your fellow students."
The more expressive a teacher is, the better he is rated, despite not making sense
“Floaters + tiny bright dots moving rapidly + phosphene (when pressure is applied)” My favourite way to reach a decision quickly after the coin
“Fitts’s law is used to model the act of pointing, either by physically touching an object with a hand or finger, or virtually, by pointing to an object on a computer monitor using a pointing device.”