cpsempek

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by cpsempek 9mo ago
> if it doesn't hurt then you're not making optimal development this is almost certainly wrong - 100% balls to wall training will surely be suboptimal (on avg) to achieving most fitness goals - eg within a running training bloc
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by cpsempek 1y ago
i really enjoyed this book as a kid, it approaches math from a less formal and more fun puzzle-based approach: https://www.amazon.com/Big-Book-Brain-Games-Mathematics/dp/0...
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by cpsempek 2y ago
on first glance it seems like an interesting take, but then you realize (as someone else already pointed out) that the fastest thing in the universe is not fast, and therefore nothing is fast? a little more thought should make you realize t
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by cpsempek 3y ago
I also hate Tableau for this reason. However, it's a bad pattern to be storing custom SQL in a BI tool IMO. Better to create tables or views which hold your report logic and are stored in git. That way you're decoupling defining m
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by cpsempek 3y ago
current state - this easily generalizes to settings with multiple options.
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by cpsempek 3y ago
Weird, not my experience. The Trader Joes version has no added sugars (see here https://traderjoesrants.com/2021/09/19/trader-joes-muesli-ce... ) and the Whole Foods brand I see is Bob's Red Mill Muesli w
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by cpsempek 3y ago
Most of my mornings involve runs, anywhere from 8-20 mi. I need breakfast, generally oats, fruit and peanut butter.
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by cpsempek 3y ago
Yum. Interesting, wonder where you are that there is no muesli? I'm in CA and can get muesli at my local Trader Joe's and Whole Foods.
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by cpsempek 3y ago
Possibly - but I could just claim that for me déja vu is exactly when two experiences are not differentiable from one another. And if someone claims to have experienced this moment before, identically, how would I refute their claim. It&#x2
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by cpsempek 3y ago
How does déja vu, that is the re-experiencing an experience, fit into this theory? It appears that the Information axioms fails to be Essential when one considers déja vu.
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by cpsempek 3y ago
Who are the trained professionals prescribing and dosing out smartphones and social media? Like, I get your analogy, but they are so dissimilar in practice that it just ends up reading naive.
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by cpsempek 3y ago
I commented this elsewhere, but it's worth repeating because actually reading the author's arguments (granted, in other writings, not OP) will allow you to see he's considered this point and is will to accept that causation w
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by cpsempek 3y ago
It's a fair point. But what explains the uptick in depression and mental health issues starting around 2012, disproportionately impacting pre-teen girls and not contained to any geo. The author's entire point is that social media
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by cpsempek 3y ago
The author, Jonathan Haidt, has considered the global financial crisis but doesn't believe it explains the data [1], he writes "It’s not because of the Global Financial Crisis. Why would that hit younger teen girls hardest? Why wo
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by cpsempek 4y ago
I do like this type of reminder, it's a good and clearly communicated message. It's interesting to me because at some level what the author is communicating is metrics 101 - when comparing performance across products/features
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by cpsempek 4y ago
Agreed. It also reminded me of the book Illness as Metaphor by Susan Sontag. In the essay she talks about the social perception and behaviors around illness and how those create real barriers to overcoming and curing disease. Specifically
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by cpsempek 5y ago
Frankenstein is such a great story, jam packed with philosophical inquiry. Not having read the book since HS, this[1] episode of In Our Time was both nostalgic and interesting. [1] https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m00051
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by cpsempek 6y ago
Love the style already. Here's a footnote from Chapter 1, and a reason while I'll continue to (very leisurely) read this book. > When I was an undergraduate, I attributed recursion to “elves” instead of the Recursion Fairy, ref
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by cpsempek 6y ago
Fair point, but this isn't a cheap bike, so maybe at least make the option available? I also am not certain on the exact reasons why internal gear hubs and belt drives are more expensive. I imagine manufacturing those hubs are more cos
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by cpsempek 6y ago
Haha wasn't aware of this, but making note now.
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by cpsempek 6y ago
Beautiful bike, but very disappointed to see a standard drivetrain. For a commuter I'm only interested in one with a belt drive and internal gearing. I'm not sure why these drivetrains are not becoming more common, especially for
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by cpsempek 6y ago
I remapped escape to caps lock to overcome this, it might work for others who don't use caps lock.
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by cpsempek 6y ago
If you are looking for more of magical realism Murakami has become known for, I highly recommend Hard-Boiled Wonderland, The Wind-Up Bird Chronicle. But really anything 1Q84 and earlier is good IMO.
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by cpsempek 6y ago
I'm skeptical of this person's ability to "know" what they don't want to read. E.g., they are recommended Shoe Dog and a King novel, which they claim they don't want to read. However, if other people have read
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by cpsempek 6y ago
The inability to simply import jupyter notebooks as python files has always been a point of friction for me, I’m glad to see this is a main feature for Pluto.
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by cpsempek 6y ago
I actually don’t know if 8% is a good or bad conversion rate for free trial to month 1 paid subscriber for streaming services, or even just subscription services. In online marketing world, yes 8% is terrific, since just CTRs stand around 1
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by cpsempek 6y ago
I'm ignorant to CC companies' financials. But I would have thought their revenues are driven by transaction fees, which end up ultimately getting passed down to the buyer through higher prices. Would be interested to learn more th
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by cpsempek 6y ago
correct, this is known as the chainstay in case you want the jargon
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by cpsempek 6y ago
Unsure of the exact metric you're referring to, and I'm about to be just as informal, but sports teams swing much more wildly and often than universities. In the NBA, most recently GSW, going from 5 straight finals with 3 wins to
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by cpsempek 6y ago
I think I get your point and I‘m open to ideas which drive home your point in a more precise way. However, the main difference between concerning ourselves with whether or not mathematical objects exists vs music or start-up ideas is their

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