Today I learned about Meno’s Paradox which is a fallacy of equivocation. It was mentioned on page 26 of a Kindle book I’m reading: How to Take Smart Notes.
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How Did Things Ever Get This Good?
I read How Did Things Ever Get This Good? today. Nice, short, optimistic piece.
Catalogue of threats & vulnerabilities
Today I was referred to this catalogue of threats & vulnerabilities.
What Is A Paradigm?
I found this great video What Is A Paradigm? It talks about agent/victim paradigms and abundance/scarcity thinking.
10 Tips for Ramping Up as a Senior Engineer
I enjoyed reading 10 Tips for Ramping Up as a Senior Engineer which turned up on r/programming today.
jj5 2020
I got this awesome present from my brother Tim for my 40th birthday:
It’s a figurine of Tychus Findlay from StarCraft II.
On your Pat Malone
So I knew there was an expression that sounded like “on your pattern alone” and I knew the word “pattern” was wrong; turns out there’s an Australian slang idiom “you’re on your Pat Malone” which is rhyming slang to say that you are “alone”.
How to Write Technical Posts (so people will read them)
Today I read How to Write Technical Posts (so people will read them). Good read!
The Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant
Some light reading before bed: The Critique of Pure Reason. I’ll be lucky if I get through the preface!
Mathematics
So I found my way to the a Mathematics article on Wikipedia. Good reading!