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gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: On Writing Well

I thought the same. Zinsser’s classic changed the way I perceived writing.

gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: Show HN: Simple Science – The Newest Science Explained Simply

The idea is good, but the real difficulty is that recent publications do not yet represent established knowledge but are rather part of an ongoing scientific discussion. Now without being part of the respective community it is therefore very difficult to correctly judge the publications. If you look at semantic scholar, they're trying to classify publications as "influential" or "background", based on how often they're cited.

gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: I built a second brain tool for college students

True, but I may be in their group of champions, because I have a lot of contact with students.

gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: ASCII 3D Renderer for JavaScript

My younger self cries out in joy. So 1980s when you could print an ASCII picture of yourself on mugs and Ts

gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: I built a second brain tool for college students

When I take notes, in particular by hand, I already start learning or at least forming some notions in my mind about the things that I man need to review. Note taking is already part of learning. So I am not sure that this tool is actually doing me a favor.

gewaltig | 1 year ago | on: Anduril Raises $1.5B to Produce AI-Powered Weapons

Looks like LOTR names become a warrant for evil companies...