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<blockquote data-quote="deaf_judger" data-source="post: 61110" data-attributes="member: 390">[PLAIN](Sylvan Franklin 2025)[/PLAIN][PLAIN]Key Points[/PLAIN]&nbsp;
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]Vim is not meant to speed up work, but to slow you down. This increases programmer sanity and gives room to think deliberately 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]Certain ideas are not easily conveyed verbally--Perhaps this is the purpose of art/poetry? 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]Treating math like a history/trivia class prevents mental/spiritual growth--Internalizing abstract mathematical principles changes your ways of thinking. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]The definition of networking has been ruined by linkedin/hustle culture. It is not about getting jobs, but exploring different viewpoints of the world. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]There are two different ways of looking at the world: 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]Everything is closed off. 
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<li data-xf-list-type="ul">[PLAIN]An interconnected puzzle. 
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</ul>[PLAIN]Story[/PLAIN]&nbsp; [PLAIN]Sylvan meets a programmer who follows logical first principles and uses discrete math concepts.&nbsp; He contrasts his thinking compared to this programmer: He relies on sketchy pattern recognition without heavy independent thought. He previously treated math as trivia, but was shocked when he saw someone apply it this way. His perception of the world(see: 1) changes with time. Sylvan finds talking to extremely introspective people interesting. He wants to start thinking with logical first principles, but it is hard. This is a completely new way of thought. He struggles with articulating these thoughts.&nbsp; [/PLAIN]&nbsp; [PLAIN]Sylvan Franklin, ed. 2025. [/PLAIN][PLAIN]Have I Been Thinking Wrong the Whole Time?[/PLAIN] [PLAIN]Directed by Sylvan Franklin. [/PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]XKsO42d1ByM[/MEDIA][PLAIN].[/PLAIN]</blockquote>

[QUOTE="deaf_judger, post: 61110, member: 390"] [PLAIN](Sylvan Franklin 2025) [/PLAIN] [B][SIZE=6][PLAIN]Key Points[/PLAIN][/SIZE][/B] [LIST] [*][PLAIN]Vim is not meant to speed up work, but to slow you down. This increases programmer sanity and gives room to think deliberately [/PLAIN] [*][PLAIN]Certain ideas are not easily conveyed verbally--Perhaps this is the purpose of art/poetry? [/PLAIN] [*][PLAIN]Treating math like a history/trivia class prevents mental/spiritual growth--Internalizing abstract mathematical principles changes your ways of thinking. [/PLAIN] [*][PLAIN]The definition of networking has been ruined by linkedin/hustle culture. It is not about getting jobs, but exploring different viewpoints of the world. [/PLAIN] [*][PLAIN]There are two different ways of looking at the world: [/PLAIN] [LIST] [*][PLAIN]Everything is closed off. [/PLAIN] [*][PLAIN]An interconnected puzzle. [/PLAIN] [/LIST] [/LIST] [B][SIZE=6][PLAIN]Story[/PLAIN][/SIZE][/B] [PLAIN]Sylvan meets a programmer who follows logical first principles and uses discrete math concepts. He contrasts his thinking compared to this programmer: He relies on sketchy pattern recognition without heavy independent thought. He previously treated math as trivia, but was shocked when he saw someone apply it this way. His perception of the world(see: 1) changes with time. Sylvan finds talking to extremely introspective people interesting. He wants to start thinking with logical first principles, but it is hard. This is a completely new way of thought. He struggles with articulating these thoughts. [/PLAIN] [PLAIN]Sylvan Franklin, ed. 2025. [/PLAIN][I][PLAIN]Have I Been Thinking Wrong the Whole Time?[/PLAIN][/I] [PLAIN]Directed by Sylvan Franklin. [/PLAIN][MEDIA=youtube]XKsO42d1ByM[/MEDIA][PLAIN].[/PLAIN] [/QUOTE]

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