so-cal-schemer
Joined 3 years ago
Joined 3 years ago
imwtk.
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.
And now we know they know.
Preferred books at the library.
I'll bring it to VCF someday.
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.
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.
bh's cs61a lectures from some years later:
https://archive.org/details/ucberkeley_webcast_itunesu_43829...
Do you know if there was video of the talk?
Also, I'm taking opportunities to link to relevant sections in SICP, so some suggested reading:
5.5 Compilation
https://sarabander.github.io/sicp/html/5_002e5.xhtml#g_t5_00...