gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Ask HN: Serious mathematics books that can replace a good teacher?
Mathematics is very broad. You might try something like "Mathematics and its history" by John Stillwell to get some perspective on the subject.
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gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: I'm quitting my PhD
From my experience with graduate school I would add two points:
1. It helps to have a clear goal. Most of the people I knew viewed a PhD as a job qualification like an undergrad degree or a professional degree and they now work in tech. Others became professors, which had been their goal probably from before undergrad.
2. Social skills are really important for learning, working, getting help with problems, staying motivated, etc. This is still true for highly technical subjects, but isn't really taught explicitly.
gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Felienne Hermans: How patterns in variable names can make code easier to read
My only rule for variable names is to never use abbreviations.
gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Learning Chess at 40 (2016)
How about learning 4D chess at 40?
gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Picasso's self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90
I guess what I'm trying to say is that art and science aren't really comparable like this. If science us a synonym for precision, you need skill to do things precisely and logically. As for modern art, I wouldn't mind having a few Picassos ;)
gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Picasso's self portrait evolution from age 15 to age 90
They say skill without creativity is craftsmanship and creativity without skill is modern art. I wonder what creativity without skill would be in science...
gfaregan | 3 years ago | on: Noto emoji, a new black and white emoji font with less color
Wouldn't making the emojis more font-like be less confusing to someone who has difficulties with computers?
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