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Toki Pona
A machine-readable formal grammar for toki pona and then used a CKY parser to recognize valid and invalid toki pona sentences. Toki Pona is a philosophical artistic constructed language known for its small vocabulary.
People expect technology to suck because it actually sucks
If my screen were at 5% brightness, or if I couldn’t use my phone without hitting “Cancel” every five seconds, I’d spend hours or days on Google trying to find a solution if that’s what it took. That these people mostly just lived with it means that these problems couldn’t have been markedly worse than technology has already been for them historically.
The Generation Effect
In a research paper published in 1978 in the Journal of Verbal Learning and Verbal Behavior, scientists described it as the phenomenon where information is better remembered if it is actively created from one’s own mind rather than simply read in a passive way.
Following that train of thought, Document to Create.
Stop Taking Regular Notes; Use a Zettelkasten Instead
Here’s how a Zettelkasten works:
Write each idea you come across on a card.
Link idea cards to other relevant idea cards (idea -> idea link).
Sort cards into broader topic boxes (idea -> topic link).
How Reading Papers Helps You Be a More Effective Data Scientist
Reading papers also keeps us up to date. The field of NLP has made large advances in the past decade. Nonetheless, by reading the most crucial 10 or so papers, we can quickly get up to speed. By being up-to-date, we become more effective at work, thus requiring less time and effort. We then have more time to read and learn, leading to a virtuous cycle. Speed matters.
These are truly exciting times for the science of brain zapping
The ability to alter brain function with small currents of electricity has caused great excitement in recent years. Contemporary researchers are interested in tES as a medical treatment and as a way to enhance normal cognition. One application is in ‘minimally conscious’ brain-damaged patients. Electrical current applied to an area of the brain known as the frontal cortex can improve their responsiveness. Stimulation of this frontal brain area also improves depression symptoms, whether paired with cognitive behavioural therapy or delivered on its own. Researchers have also begun to apply stimulation to problems associated with age-related declines in cognitive performance.
worth mentioning
52 things I Learned in 2020. Tom Whitwell’s roundup for the year, including botanical sexism, buttons, lab-grown meat’s dirty secret, and much more.
Why we Sigh. “A recent theory proposes that sighing is not just a reset for the lungs and breathing, but for our emotions too, bringing us back to stasis from big emotions, whether they be positive or negative.”
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If Dieter Rams or Andrew Kim created an app. A much more improved Google Keep. iOS only for now #pray?
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👽 My latest YouTube video
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