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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
This writing actually resonated with me. I, like the author, stumbled into programming, and I've been enjoying the journey so far. In a way, it feels like reading my future self a couple years from now. I think this article would be be
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
Was curious so looked it up in PISA[1] and TIMMS[2]. I agree the bottom deciles are being left behind educationally, but I disagree with the implicit sentiment that employers are able to objectively evaluate the intellectual achievement lev
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
I think we believe (implicitly or explicitly) that "signaling" and "credential gaming[1]" are all the name of the game. I believe the best thing a college can do is place you in a community of people trying to learn toge
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
Start with some online summaries. Girard's theories span multiple essays and books. Instead of jumping straight into one of his books, it will help to get some overall context. I personally read "The Scapegoat" but Girard is
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
I'm honestly tired of seeing mimesis and mimetic desire associated with Peter Thiel. Why is Thiel even mentioned?... To get twitter tech bro clicks? Girard was a literary scholar who focused on myths and mimetic desire was just one par
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
Vim is what got me into using terminal emulators, the shell, and linux. I started trying to use it because a mentor of mine said "it makes coding fun again." It's the reason I moved from Windows to WSL, and from WSL to Linux.
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by wrapupandkeepit 5y ago
Learning violin and music theory as an adult after putting it down in middle school. Brewing korean rice wine and other similar fermentation projects. Trying to learn linear algebra by applying concepts to solve advent of code problems with