An easy way to get into it is set a timer for 10 minutes and just sit staring at the wall. Build up your focus, clean things, head toward your goals,
It can be helpful to learn what other people are doing in their minds, too. The language is full of symbolism though, so it can be tough to figure out what they are talking about. In fairness, it's tough to talk about what's going on inside your mind without using symbolism. Some good places to start might be, Transmission of Light by Keizan, the Secret of the Golden Flower (best translation: Cleary), the Flower Ornament Scripture, or something by Nagarjuna. Pick one that interests you, or if nothing does, just meditate.
I also found meditation seems more effective when I do it with other people. Sometimes I sit at the local zen temple. I don't get too involved, though, I do my own thing.
You shouldn't need to touch a computer or write computer programs to study computer science. Computer science is the study of computation and all you need to study computation is a pen and paper.
I know someone who literally got a CS degree this way. He would be the first to tell you it's better to touch a computer.
That seems a little too pessimistic. We as a human race are good at figuring out new, useless jobs for people. The example I like to look at is that we pay people to clip our toenails.
Certainly, we have plenty of 'need' for PhDs, or at least we can find ways for them to contribute to society. There just aren't enough experts on the topic of Buddhism in old-western America, for example. That's a topic that can use more research.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an ammeter need to be put directly in series in the wiring? I seem to remember that voltage and resistence can be measured in parallel, but not current.....
I used to think personal data pods would be a good idea. Then I realized, almost everything on facebook is worthless. This definitely includes my stuff that I've put there. It's things that mattered for a moment, and that's it. You can tell because people rarely go back and look through their old posts (unless Facebook prompts them).
I may get my masters degree from Harvard Extension. That would cost me $20K, but I'd end up with a Harvard Master's degree. A master's from Harvard may increase my income by $10K-$20K per year, meaning it would pay for itself in just 1-2 years.
So what, you think Java will be ported to WebAssembly soon? Because I'm going to bet it won't be ported until after the GC becomes a WebAssembly standard.
I'm not really sure what you're criticizing. I've never met anyone who lived in a monastery who regretted it (although I know some people have), it's largely an enjoyable experience (I'm thinking zen here, not Opus Dei: no body mortification or what-not).
There are more strong programs and amazing schools too.
[Citation needed]
Don't be so quick to jump on the Millennial Hate bandwagon. Most of them, no matter their skill, wont see a middle-class lifestyle until the babyboomers start dying off.
"Millenials without jobs" are just a rehash of what we saw in the 70s.......kids with no direction, not making much money. Once Ronald Reagan came around and the whole "greed is good" vibe took off (even at Berkeley!), they all became yuppies. Same thing will happen to millenials. They won't call them yuppies though, I don't know what they'll call them.
It's not surprising, colleges have been weakening their standards for graduates for a generation. For example, you can get an English degree without ever reading Shakespeare. You can't even find a rhetoric class at many universities these days, and if you want public speaking experience you're better off at toastmasters (but that was once a common requirement). Foreign language and math requirements are dropping as well. In computer science, you can graduate with a degree without ever understanding how a computer works. In some cases, I've seen CS graduates who didn't feel comfortable programming. These are problems.
Then there is grade inflation. Which is fine if it corresponded to an increase in the skill level of graduates, but it doesn't. Because of the way student evaluations work, a professor who pushes students to work harder will end up with bad ratings. Too much homework? Bad rating. Hard tests? Bad rating. Whereas the clown teacher is entertaining, and gets a raise. Over time, there is evolutionary pressure downwards.
Then of course, students want to have fun in college. If I were designing a college, it would be like a monastery. Not many people would enjoy that, I admit. However, it encourages the universities to build new facilities, rock climbing gyms and saunas and such. Which aren't necessarily bad, but you can see these universities are not competing on the quality of their academics.
The problem comes directly from the "pay the bills" mentality
"Pay the bills" means clicks on advertizing, which translates to grabbing eyeballs and attention using any means possible.
This is why I think ad block is a moral imperative.
I used to oppose ad-block, because I thought it was good to support websites I like (I still leave it off on some certain sites).
Eventually I started using ad-block for practicality: until malware is kept out of ads, it's foolish to not use it. Websites with malware ads deserve to lose money, they are acting with hostility.
Finally I now use ad-block fundamentally: turning the internet into an eyeball machine has dramatically reduced the quality. I'd rather pay for content I like (and some websites have had success with that, Mother Jones, for example).
A lot of times the issue can be addressed by referring to the argument hierarchy, where lower levels are worse, higher levels are better. For a fuller exposition, Paul Graham goes into it.
TBH sometimes the lower levels are the most fun, but the top is the most satisfying.
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An easy way to get into it is set a timer for 10 minutes and just sit staring at the wall. Build up your focus, clean things, head toward your goals,
It can be helpful to learn what other people are doing in their minds, too. The language is full of symbolism though, so it can be tough to figure out what they are talking about. In fairness, it's tough to talk about what's going on inside your mind without using symbolism. Some good places to start might be, Transmission of Light by Keizan, the Secret of the Golden Flower (best translation: Cleary), the Flower Ornament Scripture, or something by Nagarjuna. Pick one that interests you, or if nothing does, just meditate.
I also found meditation seems more effective when I do it with other people. Sometimes I sit at the local zen temple. I don't get too involved, though, I do my own thing.
I still run Win 7 on a physically separate system for my Steam and VR stuff.
It doesn't run on Win 10?
Apparently they stole newlines from you. That paragraph is intimidating to read, a solid block of text.
I have no clue.
Unix is build with a one-system:many-users mindset......today's reality however is the other way around many-systems:single-user,
ok, that's actually a really interesting thought.
You shouldn't need to touch a computer or write computer programs to study computer science. Computer science is the study of computation and all you need to study computation is a pen and paper.
I know someone who literally got a CS degree this way. He would be the first to tell you it's better to touch a computer.
That seems a little too pessimistic. We as a human race are good at figuring out new, useless jobs for people. The example I like to look at is that we pay people to clip our toenails.
Certainly, we have plenty of 'need' for PhDs, or at least we can find ways for them to contribute to society. There just aren't enough experts on the topic of Buddhism in old-western America, for example. That's a topic that can use more research.
Cool, thanks.
Correct me if I'm wrong, but wouldn't an ammeter need to be put directly in series in the wiring? I seem to remember that voltage and resistence can be measured in parallel, but not current.....
I can foresee a day when Unix style operating systems will be obsolete, when that whole paradigm will be replaced by something better.
Better.......like what?
I often ask myself, would the web be like it is today if Firefox had remained a viable, popular web browser?
Firefox has surpassed IE.
I used to think personal data pods would be a good idea. Then I realized, almost everything on facebook is worthless. This definitely includes my stuff that I've put there. It's things that mattered for a moment, and that's it. You can tell because people rarely go back and look through their old posts (unless Facebook prompts them).
Twitter is even worse.
I may get my masters degree from Harvard Extension. That would cost me $20K, but I'd end up with a Harvard Master's degree. A master's from Harvard may increase my income by $10K-$20K per year, meaning it would pay for itself in just 1-2 years.
Good luck, that's cool.
So what, you think Java will be ported to WebAssembly soon? Because I'm going to bet it won't be ported until after the GC becomes a WebAssembly standard.
I don't think there are teacher's unions at most Universities. Certainly there wasn't at my university.
I'm not really sure what you're criticizing. I've never met anyone who lived in a monastery who regretted it (although I know some people have), it's largely an enjoyable experience (I'm thinking zen here, not Opus Dei: no body mortification or what-not).
Hard to say much about oit from their website, but their class list looks really good.
Go on medium.com and read anything written by James Altucher. Extreme shallowness hidden behind pseudo-motivational babbling.
Wow you're right, he is good. Now I'm going to have to go watch some JP Sears to clean my soul.
There are more strong programs and amazing schools too.
[Citation needed]
Don't be so quick to jump on the Millennial Hate bandwagon. Most of them, no matter their skill, wont see a middle-class lifestyle until the babyboomers start dying off.
"Millenials without jobs" are just a rehash of what we saw in the 70s.......kids with no direction, not making much money. Once Ronald Reagan came around and the whole "greed is good" vibe took off (even at Berkeley!), they all became yuppies. Same thing will happen to millenials. They won't call them yuppies though, I don't know what they'll call them.
Is that a joke? lol. You're at the bottom level of the argument pyramid.
Might add to it, Take Control of Your Education. Understand what you need to know, and read books/online tutorials/whatever to get you there.
It's not surprising, colleges have been weakening their standards for graduates for a generation. For example, you can get an English degree without ever reading Shakespeare. You can't even find a rhetoric class at many universities these days, and if you want public speaking experience you're better off at toastmasters (but that was once a common requirement). Foreign language and math requirements are dropping as well. In computer science, you can graduate with a degree without ever understanding how a computer works. In some cases, I've seen CS graduates who didn't feel comfortable programming. These are problems.
Then there is grade inflation. Which is fine if it corresponded to an increase in the skill level of graduates, but it doesn't. Because of the way student evaluations work, a professor who pushes students to work harder will end up with bad ratings. Too much homework? Bad rating. Hard tests? Bad rating. Whereas the clown teacher is entertaining, and gets a raise. Over time, there is evolutionary pressure downwards.
Then of course, students want to have fun in college. If I were designing a college, it would be like a monastery. Not many people would enjoy that, I admit. However, it encourages the universities to build new facilities, rock climbing gyms and saunas and such. Which aren't necessarily bad, but you can see these universities are not competing on the quality of their academics.
That seems like grounds for a lawsuit, tbh.
The problem comes directly from the "pay the bills" mentality "Pay the bills" means clicks on advertizing, which translates to grabbing eyeballs and attention using any means possible.
This is why I think ad block is a moral imperative.
I used to oppose ad-block, because I thought it was good to support websites I like (I still leave it off on some certain sites).
Eventually I started using ad-block for practicality: until malware is kept out of ads, it's foolish to not use it. Websites with malware ads deserve to lose money, they are acting with hostility.
Finally I now use ad-block fundamentally: turning the internet into an eyeball machine has dramatically reduced the quality. I'd rather pay for content I like (and some websites have had success with that, Mother Jones, for example).
A lot of times the issue can be addressed by referring to the argument hierarchy, where lower levels are worse, higher levels are better. For a fuller exposition, Paul Graham goes into it.
TBH sometimes the lower levels are the most fun, but the top is the most satisfying.