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jackallis··on The paradox is that when I accept myself just as I am, I change
i have wrestled with this a lot and have come to conclusion that only when you accept who you are that is when change happens, otherwise you are just fighiting a denial-tsunami
jackallis··on What happens when even college students can't do math anymore?
".....In 2020, system leaders voted to phase standardized-test scores out of admissions decisions. They argued that the tests worsened racial divides and unfairly privileged wealthy students. But SAT and ACT scores are the most reliable predictors of a student’s math ability, the report found...."
jackallis··on Trailer for the No Bullshit Guide to Statistics [video]
i have not not looked at any of the the video, chapter or the links. this is off-the-cuff question, why another statistics book? what so "no-bullshit" about it?
jackallis··on Learn Prolog Now (2006)
is prolog a use-case language or is it as versatile as python?
jackallis··on Eating stinging nettles
Not to alarm anyone; SN was used to discipline kids who misbehaved while growing up

dip the the plant in water and that whip the back kids with it. yeah, horrible i know.

jackallis··on Mesh2Motion – Open-source web application to animate 3D models
yes, kind stranger. i need to design tree house, was not sure if this can be used. not so fond of sketch up.
jackallis··on Mesh2Motion – Open-source web application to animate 3D models
i need to map out tree house plans - can this be used?
jackallis··on Basic Math Textbook: The Napkin Project
i will sequeze in real Analysis between complex analysis and measure theory.
jackallis··on Structured Procrastination (1995)
if this article resonates with you, please go talk to a therapist to see if there is/are any underlying "issues" that is leading you to procrastinate; you might have ADHD. i am really tired of reading numerous artciles on how procrastination is matter of lack-of-will, not disciplined, time-waters to gets things done.
jackallis··on Recession Probability Surges to 93%: UBS
based on this https://fred.stlouisfed.org/series/SAHMREALTIME we are nowhere close.
jackallis··on Robert Redford has died
this gets me everytime: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OsDnrFBpsBk

RIP RR

jackallis··on Rao Reading Algorithm (2024)
dont people just read for fun; grab a book and streach out in the lawn, deck or beach and just read? why does it have to optimized, algorithmized, systamized?
jackallis··on Sam Altman Slams Meta’s AI Talent Poaching: 'Missionaries Will Beat Mercenaries'
I don't know which pedastal Sam is standing on to point finger at others? Who are the missionaries and who are the mercenaries? What part of OpenAI is Open?
jackallis··on Visual Explanations of Mathematics (2020)
link to the book in the website takes you here https://lacathospital.com/ ?
jackallis··on My favourite colour is Chuck Norris red
could not help my self: Chuck Norris doesn’t see red; red sees Chuck Norris. Sorry another one, The color red was invented to match Chuck Norris's intensity.
jackallis··on The Private Life: On James Baldwin
"I picked the cotton, I carried it to the market, and I built the railroads under someone else’s whip for nothing. For nothing." this has burned in my brain.
jackallis··on Extracting concepts from GPT-4
"We currently don't understand how to make sense of the neural activity within language models" this is why peopl are up-in-arms.
jackallis··on To make a fortune, target bored young men who want to make a fortune
emden the title to say ... who want to make a fortune, quickly.
jackallis··on Procrastination can be caused by anxiety
it IS. Procrastination is one of the symptom of underlying emotional irregularities. It's a coping mechanism for people who avoid task on hand becuase the task causes them anxiety, pain, discomfor what-have-you. Deal and heal the underlying issue/s and you will be better able to resolve procrastination.
jackallis··on Two nights of broken sleep can make people feel years older, finds study
that's why it is imperative that you squeeze in some amount/level of workout. does not have to at the gym, even 5 mintues of jumping jack at your home helps. Granted if you have are exhuasted from lack of sleep, workout is the last thing you want to do; but through out your weekly routine -- to quote immortal bard Eddie -- go ahead jump <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SwYN7mTi6HM>.
jackallis··on Home Lab Beginners guide
how/where can a complete noob learn all these skills to set something like this at home?
jackallis··on Dune: Part Two – Official Trailer 3 [video]
absolutely not watching the trailer; will watch the movie w/out knowing single thing that is about to happen, visually, in movie.

book series is must read if you want richer experience.

jackallis··on You have a right to know why a health insurer denied your claim
you might be interested in whole series

https://www.propublica.org/series/uncovered

jackallis··on Ask HN: Any alternatives to Duolingo without gamification?
https://www.livelingua.com/fsi/
jackallis··on We are beginning to roll out new voice and image capabilities in ChatGPT
i am terrified now. at the rate this is going, i am sure it will plateau at somepoint, only thing that will stop/slow down progress is computation power.
jackallis··on New bioinspired robot flies, rolls, walks, and more
well, now all it needs is capability to swim and there goes humanity.
jackallis··on Hoarding
Curioulsy, what about digital hoarding? endlessly bookmarking things to never visit them again.
jackallis··on Deep Learning Foundations to Stable Diffusion
my nephew who is going to college this fall at east coast said, "what's the point of CS major anymore" and i asked "what do you mean" and he goes " ChatGPT". This is very cynical coming from 16 year old; however, got me thinking about impact of Chatgpt on peoples' mind about learning ML/AI if chatgpt can do it all!
jackallis··on Andrej Karpathy is joining OpenAI again
Are you going to continue your youtube experience?
jackallis··on How to find your blind spots
as good as this advice is, there in lies crux of human nature. Once one succeds in a task, it provides validation of the method followed, hence no need to "go back" and move on to next taks. At least this is what i have seen ohter people do and so have i. i guess this is what seperates good performer vs mediocore ones.
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