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by kalid 2y ago
Congrats Paras, really happy for you!
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by kalid 3y ago
Not a full spreadsheet, but I have a passion project that can support units: https://instacalc.com/56734 I wanted a quick, shareable "back of the envelope" tool.
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by kalid 3y ago
Happy to help! To give some context: there was a GPT prompt which was something like "Act as a language tutor. I'll have a conversation with you, and you reply back. If I make a grammar mistake, keep the conversation going, but pu
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by kalid 3y ago
I've been meaning to brush up on Spanish and the app worked great to just hop in! The best part about using GPT is being able to talk about whatever is on your mind. I noticed the transcription APIs clean up my mistakes (which is good
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by kalid 3y ago
You probably understand logs intuitively. Don’t worry about notation, here’s the idea: sometimes we count digits, not values. When we say someone has a 6 figure salary, we are counting how many 0’s (10s) to takes to get there. For memory, w
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by kalid 4y ago
Congrats on the prototype! Signed up and looking forward to checking it out once it's launched =).
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by kalid 4y ago
y(t) = bank balance y'(t) = income y''(t) = raises
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by kalid 6y ago
Glad the site was helpful! Helping spread the word with people it could help (educators, students, curious autodidacts) is great. There are BetterExplained books/courses you can get as quick stocking stuffers, though helping support lo
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by kalid 6y ago
Hey Chris, thanks for the support! =)
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by kalid 6y ago
Appreciate it Paras! I remember our exchanges fondly as well :).
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by kalid 6y ago
Congrats Paras, it's great seeing far VWO has come!
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by kalid 7y ago
That's awesome to hear, thanks for helping share it :).
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by kalid 7y ago
Wow, that's awesome to hear! One of my fears is having to keep blogging continuously, but luckily math is pretty evergreen, so my intermittent writing schedule doesn't punish me too much.
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by kalid 7y ago
Thanks, one of my favorite aha! moments :).
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by kalid 7y ago
Thanks, appreciate it!
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by kalid 7y ago
Plug, but I have a blog for exactly this. As an EE/physics student you may appreciate this one on Euler's Formula: https://betterexplained.com/articles/intuitive-understanding...
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by kalid 7y ago
Shameless plug, I made https://instacalc.com (pastebin for calcs) for back-of-the-envelope number crunching. Fast, free, gets out of your way.
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by kalid 7y ago
Have you checked archive.org for a backup? It's saved me a few times.
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by kalid 8y ago
That's a great point. I think you could train a network on what clicks were meaningful or not by looking at whether the future game state was changed by the presence of the click. (I.e., if you click to attack 4 times, but clicks 2 3 a
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by kalid 8y ago
Is it necessary for the realization you've torn a muscle to be unpleasant? (It's that realization you're reacting to, not the pain.) Ultimately, we're making a prediction: my life is guaranteed to be worse off because my
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by kalid 8y ago
Here’s the best analogy I’ve heard. Imagine you wake up and your back is sore. Getting out of bed is a struggle, everything aches and you must move slowly. Without other knowledge, you may get worried, anxious, feel distressed. If you remem
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by kalid 8y ago
Thanks for the pointer -- I have an article here. https://betterexplained.com/articles/colorized-math-equation... If you hover any diagram, there are options for a colorblind-friendly version.
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by kalid 8y ago
As a side project, I made "pastebin for calculators" for these back of the envelope questions. Here's one for your scenario: https://instacalc.com/51462
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by kalid 8y ago
Congrats Drew and Arash, amazing job! I still remember meeting you at Startup school and wear account #27 with pride :).
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by kalid 9y ago
I appreciate it, thank you! I have a similar wish, hoping more people would share math in the way that truly helps them.
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by kalid 9y ago
Thanks! So, the red 1 represents the 100% interest we intend to earn; the pink n in the denominator represents the compounding pieces we divide it into. For example, an approximation of e would be (1 + .01)^100, where the 100% interest had
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by kalid 9y ago
Analogies on their own are limited if you don't continue to the technical definition. They are a raft to cross the river.
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by kalid 9y ago
Shameless plug, I write about math on BetterExplained.com For each symbol, I try to make an analogy. For "e", for example, I have the notion of "continuous growth". The formal definition is this: https://bette
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by kalid 9y ago
Much less mental stress; ~90% of the issues that used to bother me don't any more. Specifically, notice that emotions/thoughts tend have a physical component which you can observe without judgment (tightness, heat, tingling, etc.)
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by kalid 9y ago
Just seeing this now -- thanks for the recommendation!

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