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Homework

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This is a part of the homework feature of my blog, which is an ongoing conversation with my mate S.F.

Hey mate. Lovely to see you again, as always. Can’t wait to do it all again soon!

We spoke about Live on Brighton Beach by Fatboy Slim.

I mentioned I’ve been watching videos from Rabbi Simon Jacobson at Meaningful Life Center.

Band name: Healthy Advice for Living.

Band name: Threaten to Fall.

I mentioned about Speed Racer by the The Wachowskis.

You mentioned about the Safe Space in Katoomba.

I mentioned about Elle Cordova. She’s super creative and has made some great videos, particularly her Errorist series, starting here: Grammarian vs Errorist – a supervillain showdown. I’ve mentioned about her before.

I mentioned about Mindform which is a sort of self-improvement community I participate in. It’s run by Ryan Bush who has written a few books including Designing the Mind: The Principles of Psychitecture.

I mentioned about my bullet journal. It is now an instrumental part of my whole day and I can barely imagine how I used to live without it. I got myself one of the official bullet journals too, it’s great; well made and full of thoughtful and practical features.

I mentioned about this SMBC comic: your ethical system is nuts, man!

You mentioned about Information is Beautiful.

You mentioned about Alain de Botton on The Diary of a CEO: The Love Expert: The REAL Reason We’re Lonely, Loveless, Depressed – Alain De Botton, School Of Life.

We listened to Careless Whisper by George Michael.

I mentioned about Iron Sky which is a silly film but a bit of fun.

You mentioned about the Frame problem which is also taken up by Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: The Frame Problem.

You suggested intermittent fasting.

The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP)

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Today I purchased the following ebooks for The Art of Computer Programming (TAOCP) by the venerable Donald Knuth:

Learning Software Architecture

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Today via Lobsters: Learning Software Architecture. Of particular interest were some of the references at the bottom:

Homework

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This is a part of the homework feature of my blog, which is an ongoing conversation with my mate S.F.

Hey mate. Lovely to see you again, as always. Can’t wait to do it all again soon!

A film to check out is Materialists, it’s a bit of fun. Another interesting film is Conclave. And also The Green Knight.

The video where I explain my maths homework is here: Channel News #10: Happy New Year! | Learning Electronics In The Lab With Jay Jay.

This song by the Sex Pistols from back in 1978 is Friggin’ in the Riggin’. Everyone should know this one!

You mentioned Blue Velvet by David Lynch.

I thought it was Cars that was by The Wachowskis but the film I was thinking of was Speed Racer.

You explained lens speed to me.

You mentioned about the film Pirates of Silicon Valley.

I created a bunch of applets to help me practice my arithmetic:

I mentioned about Chase Hughes. He has a bunch of interesting videos. I particularly enjoyed this one: How to WIN the Game of Earth. If you have more time this one is also good: How They Broke us All.

I mentioned I am reading the “classics”. In this case classic open source software, the details are here: Classics.

I mentioned about Ryan Bush who is the person behind Designing the Mind.

The word superordinate means both “of higher rank, status, or value” and “of or being the relation of a broader category to a narrower category that it encompasses, such as metal in relation to iron.”

I mentioned this comic about David Hume: David Hume on Creativity. The idea is that all ideas are combinations and relations of antecedent ideas and there isn’t any genuine “creativity”. Of course that would imply some type of axiomatic ideas or else you could never break into the system…