Goedel's completeness and incompleteness only apply if the initial set of axioms is powerful enough to express addition over all the integers.
The article misstates what 'sanitizing inputs' means. I agree with posters who recommend passing data as parameters to methods that don't require sanitized input (e.g. stored procedures or KeyValue APIs). Also,…
While at Amazon, I started a mailing list that sends one curated software engineering tip each day. It still persists, last I heard. While working there I noticed that other people did productivity hacks I didn't know,…
And thank you, atum47, for sharing this story! You'll encourage more people to develop and share their ideas in a virtuous cycle.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is blowing my mind.
Meditation. Download a free 20-minute guided meditation and do it every day. Maybe at some point read "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh. I can provide a good guided breathing meditation on request.…
Hi FSK, I'm part of a project to increase loving-kindness in the world through meditation and other techniques; we'd love to hear your thoughts on what practices/mindset/experiences facilitated the change in yourself…
THIS! This was exactly my Main Problem for decades. For me, it took psychedelics to see past it. I could see meditation getting me there (I meditate now), but it would take a LOT of meditation.
I second this. I exercise almost daily, and it makes a difference. I do a combination of low-impact HIIT (because I can watch TV while I do it :-) ) and push-ups + laying garhammers (because they make me look hawt -…
I'm reading The Procrastination Equation right now, and it has the following (excellent, IMO) advice: Find tasks of any sort at all that you can do. Do them, noting your success. Do this every day. Again, pay attention…
Aristoi is my favorite of Walter Jon Williams's work. I reread it every few years, just like Diamond Age, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Fire Upon the Deep.
Goedel's completeness and incompleteness only apply if the initial set of axioms is powerful enough to express addition over all the integers.
The article misstates what 'sanitizing inputs' means. I agree with posters who recommend passing data as parameters to methods that don't require sanitized input (e.g. stored procedures or KeyValue APIs). Also,…
While at Amazon, I started a mailing list that sends one curated software engineering tip each day. It still persists, last I heard. While working there I noticed that other people did productivity hacks I didn't know,…
And thank you, atum47, for sharing this story! You'll encourage more people to develop and share their ideas in a virtuous cycle.
Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind is blowing my mind.
Meditation. Download a free 20-minute guided meditation and do it every day. Maybe at some point read "The Miracle of Mindfulness" by Thich Nhat Hanh. I can provide a good guided breathing meditation on request.…
Hi FSK, I'm part of a project to increase loving-kindness in the world through meditation and other techniques; we'd love to hear your thoughts on what practices/mindset/experiences facilitated the change in yourself…
THIS! This was exactly my Main Problem for decades. For me, it took psychedelics to see past it. I could see meditation getting me there (I meditate now), but it would take a LOT of meditation.
I second this. I exercise almost daily, and it makes a difference. I do a combination of low-impact HIIT (because I can watch TV while I do it :-) ) and push-ups + laying garhammers (because they make me look hawt -…
I'm reading The Procrastination Equation right now, and it has the following (excellent, IMO) advice: Find tasks of any sort at all that you can do. Do them, noting your success. Do this every day. Again, pay attention…
Aristoi is my favorite of Walter Jon Williams's work. I reread it every few years, just like Diamond Age, Stranger in a Strange Land, and Fire Upon the Deep.