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“ 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

An Intuitive Guide to Maxwell’s Equations

science of all kinds 🔬

Have you heard? No one wants to hear about your mental health anymore, if they ever did. It’s passé. It’s cringe. It’s a sign of a cultural decay which you, the individual, are responsible for upholding. We can all un-diagnose ourselves and breathe a sigh of relief that the powers that be have decided it’s over.

you people can't do anything

mental health, psychiatry, and friends 💊 🩺

Jones’s mistake is one she shares with much of the contemporary Democratic Party. She writes extensively about the need for more government funding to solve every problem imaginable, while disdaining religion and family—the very things that sustain working Americans. A dismissive quip about a family member “colonized” by Fox News epitomizes the... See more

Zoning Out - First Things

Part of our problem is we have this one word “science” to describe radically different fields. There is a massive gulf between the science of something like Physics and the science of Psychology.

Infinite Play • Philosophy, Not Science

Ludditry is just cowardice, specifically focused on the fear of change. Want to know a realistic worse case scenario for AI development? The same rich assholes that are rich today invest in developing AI tech to the point that the market value for human labor plummets to an unlivable point, and class mobility subsequently goes to zero. THAT's a... See more

Yann LeCun: AI one-percenters seizing power forever is real doomsday scenario | Hacker News

complexity 🤯

If you are using the completion module, there can be a conflict if other scripts are calling compinit too. Also, if you’re using this module, your should not do source ~/.zshrc when you want to reload your shell configuration, as this will cause compinit to be called twice. Do exec zsh instead.

Troubleshooting

One of the most intelligent case studies in design is the Chinese tea cup. They’re made without handles simply because if it’s too hot to touch, it’s too hot to drink.

Humans naturally want to add more. Add a cardboard sleeve, add a warning on the outside of the cup, add a handle. The result of all these things never cools down the actual contents.