so-cal-schemer

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Comment · 2 days ago
"What even is the point of cities in a world without work?"

imwtk.

Comment · 2 days ago
I doubt they were explicitly trained on this.. though, I may have seen it in a movie once. It does seem like a reasonable meeting place for NYC.

Think: What would Spock do?

But, why not Penn Station??

It would be fun to see who shows up and lurks expectantly at such places at noon or whenever. The basis for a plotline perhaps.

Comment · 2 days ago
And now they know.

And now we know they know.

Comment · 2 days ago
I never used stack overflow.

Preferred books at the library.

Comment · 2 days ago
I still have mine in my closet awaiting restoration.

I'll bring it to VCF someday.

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I'm interested in building a business around bikepacking. Internationally or domestic. Gear, guides, lodging, ...
Comment · 2 days ago
Thanks for the reality check. Urban vertical farms are such a great visual, but you are right, obviously they can't compete with actual staple crops on vast farmlands.

I wondered about growing crops in space with endless solar power.. the next frontier in monetizing access to space? Where would the elemental inputs come from? Not much C, O, N, or H to go around.

Just another raspberry pie in the sky for now..

Interesting reading about developments in space farming tho.

Comment · 3 days ago
I'm not sure what to say about this.

I came to math very late, due to poor school/environment perhaps, but later I took to it like a fish to water. At a jr college I stuffed my schedule with math classes, took everything available, and rarely missed a question on an exam. I really did enjoy working problems and became a math tutor and also graded exams for a favorite professor. Grading was quite a lot of time consuming, meticulous work, which I wouldn't claim to enjoy. I would comb over students' homework and exams and point out errors, docking points for each problem (I really wasn't paid enough for the hours I put in, but I had standards for my work..)

All I can think of, is if you really like math like I did, you could really excel in the environment today..

Also, it is important to know when you made a mistake, but that is enough. You'd learn more figuring out where you went wrong on your own. Which is why I believe you can teach yourself mathematics given a clear introduction to the concepts, a runway of problems to work, and a way to self check your answers.

Setting the curve was its own reward.

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I've linked to course sites in the past (@UW) and they were summarily blocked. Hopefully that doesn't happen.. If you go to Prof. Politz's personal site you might find some course info for CSE131.
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