This is how one student transitioned from a non-technical career as a translator to a demanding engineering specialty (malware analysis) in 2 years, through self study:

Birds flap their arms; bats flap their hands

Funny thing is, children's encyclopedias are better than ever, just organized quite differently (and mostly published by DK).

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My good friend @timolsh recently launched providing security + compliance as a service for early-stage companies. Take a look if you're in the market!.

I'm sure this is well intentioned, but how can you look at the US school system's track record with say mathematics and wish to condemn CS and AI to an even worse fate?. Better IMHO to support extra curricular programs like FIRST Robotics and @hackclub.

If you expect knowledge work to look very different in 20 years, and have reflected on how this should inform K-12 education, I'd be curious to hear your thoughts.

Huh, I had no idea that Travis Kalanick is a backgammon nerd. He just bought the best training/analysis program and hopes to push the state of the art. This is bold because backgammon is considered solved, enough that tournament scores are calculated against AI optimality

The meta challenge here is to debug the program based solely on the output!.

RT @LongFormMath: 🧵 My 3rd book is now out! It is on the fascinating history of math. How did people throughout history think about math?W….

RT @oznova_: I wrote what I hope is a balanced review of Math Academy. In short it can be very effective at building procedural fluency, bu….

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I wrote what I hope is a balanced review of Math Academy. In short it can be very effective at building procedural fluency, but you need to decide for yourself whether that's your core goal.

This question arose in a chat I recorded with @whatrocks yesterday that is now live :).

When is binge learning better than consistency? Some people seem to do better with highly structured study routines whereas others prefer compulsive deep dives. Or is it more about the topic than the person?.

RT @adecess: @oznova_ csprimer was the real gateway drug to lifetime technical learning because it proved to me I could simply - almost mun….

I feel like my main job as a teacher is to recalibrate students' beliefs about what's even worth learning and doing. So, it's very reassuring to get feedback like this!

RT @totocondo: @oznova_ A "Readings in Skill Progression" book would include DFW's essay about Michael Joyce and the gulf between level 6 (….

Are the kids growing up on 2x speed podcasts/youtube also able to think faster? Anybody actively trying to increase average human clock speed?.