nico λ
@nicomeemes
just a hacker tryna survive
nico λ
nicomee.com
Myself and people my age have been trained under the illusion that we can effectively eliminate any and all friction from our lives. We can work from home, Amazon prime everything we need, swipe through a limitless array of mediocre dates, text our therapist, and have a person go to the grocery store for us when we don’t feel like it, all while... See more
Rosie Spinks • The Friendship Problem
“ To see the beauty of the Maxwell theory it is necessary to move away from mechanical models and into the abstract world of fields. To see the beauty of quantum mechanics it is necessary to move away from verbal descriptions and into the abstract world of geometry. Mathematics is the language that nature speaks. The language of mathematics makes... See more
An Intuitive Guide to Maxwell’s Equations
This designation is based on the direction the compound rotates polarized light that's shined upon it. If it rotates the light clockwise, it's dextrorotatory, and it's referred to as right-handed. Counterclockwise = levorotatory = left handed. It's important in biochem, not only because biological systems tend to differentiate between the two, but... See more
Oh, The Places You'll Go When Trying To Figure Out The Right Dose Of Escitalopram
This shows you the two steps you need to go through. First extract the ReturnType and then await the ReturnType.
Use Utility Types To Extract a Promise's Result
Underneath the desire to flee she discovered a deep feeling of unworthiness. That feeling had been with her for her whole life.
Anne Berube • The Burnout Antidote
Defining yourself by your suffering is an effective way to keep suffering forever
lesswrong.com • 100 Tips for a Better Life - LessWrong
In a field like CS theory, you very quickly get used to being able to state a problem with perfect clarity, knowing exactly what would constitute a solution, and still not having any clue how to solve it. (In other words, you get used to P not equaling NP.) And at least in my experience, being pounded with this situation again and again slowly... See more
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Reciprocal Narrowing— refers to how the brain adapts to new experiences and environments. When we are immersed in addiction, this cognitive narrowing obliterates our capacity to see multiple perspectives. We become singularly focused on the thing, or ‘object,’ we are after. As a result, we become increasingly dependent on securing this object in... See more
Life Not Wasted
One thing I'd argue as a starting point is there is no "theory" or a "model" of addiction as a disease. The arguments associated with that claim are actually not that cohesive. A common position associated with addiction as a disease is that it is an essential category, which is an idea we can get our arms around a bit better and which I discuss... See more