Cratermaker

joined 1 year ago

I got pulled over and the cop found a 1/2 gram of pot in my car (a very small amount), which ended up with me having to do community service and take regular drug tests. I was working as a line cook at the time, but being forced to stop smoking weed gave me the push to finally apply for an entry level manufacturing position at a local company who does drug tests. Years later I still work there, but as a software engineer, and attending online college. I wouldn't quite say I'm grateful about the ass backwards drug laws and invasive drug screening, but I really can't argue that my current situation is a lot better than it was back then. Without that event, I might still be working random entry level jobs.

The Navidson Record from House of Leaves, although it's questionable whether it is supposed to actually exist within the narrative.

3Blue1Brown on youtube has amazingly good visual explanations for various math concepts. Helped me out a lot when I was having trouble with calculus. It doesn't help specifically with memorizing theorems or anything, but provides a good conceptual framework to start with. https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 4 months ago

You can read without using your inner voice if you practice. It supposedly lets you read a lot faster, though I have my doubts about how well you retain the information. One way to do it is to think "lalalala" while reading something!

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 6 months ago

The problem with modern UI design in a nutshell...

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I'm surprised the CPU cooler is so small when they went to all that effort adding all those Noctuas.

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 9 months ago

I use Vscode with markdown preview, with a git repo. The only downside is that Windows incessantly wants to group instances of an application, so it's hard to keep my notes separate from my coding stuff.

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Just ordered a copy!

[–] Cratermaker@discuss.tchncs.de 6 points 10 months ago

This is the book that started it all for me 5 years ago. Now I'm a software engineer!

It's my birthday too! Happy bday!