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SebNag_on The open-plan office is a terrible, horrible, no good, very bad idea

> The Basecamp office has a row of desks out in the open which we govern by Library Rules. We also have four private work rooms.

Well it is still a bad decision. Libraries are an open work space and still manage to provide a reasonable working environment. This is less about money but more about a wrong perception of work.

SebNag_on Vim plugins I use

Missing the most important one:

https://valloric.github.io/YouCompleteMe/

SebNag_on How to Install Tensorflow GPU with CUDA 9.2 for Python on Ubuntu

Contains some buzzwords though

SebNag_on Mathematics for Computer Science: Readings

This analogy does not capture the problem that the human brain constantly forgets...

SebNag_on Einstein's boyhood proof of the Pythagorean theorem (2015)

Trying to figure out the proof of a² + b² = c² by myself, without looking up the solution, was somehow exiting. Being exposed to a riddle and trying to find the solution is kinda cool.

However, not solving it after 10 minutes left me feeling a bit dumb... :)

SebNag_on German cars have the most to lose from a changing auto industry

> Oh, and did I mention how munch money it saves not to own a car?

Yap. So true

SebNag_on German cars have the most to lose from a changing auto industry

Live in a german city and neither have a car. Public transport or even preferably bike

SebNag_on Would College Students Retain More If Professors Dialed Back the Pace?

> I deliberately selected a college where I knew I would be pushed hard.

Learning a lot in a short period of time is strongly coupled with coping strategies and discipline due to time pressure and the high requirements. After this process you probably have gained some insights about yourself and further, confidence to have capabilities to read and learn through whatever comes your way. At least to a certain degree.

> It depends on what you want. I didn't want to waste time in college. I wanted to get all I could out of the 4 years.

However, I think there's still a lot of space for improvement. Especially towards technical or math expertise. A lot of students even lack of the bare basics just a few months after the exams are over. And even more importantly, problem solving skills and critical thinking are, at least in my experience, neglected. One of the main reasons therefore is the lack of time. Thinking and solving a problem _yourself_ instead of looking up the solution or being able to reproduce a solution at your exams are two different things. With the former being the critical point at which universities currently fail the most.

SebNag_on Productive on six hours of sleep? You’re deluding yourself, expert says

Scientific sources?

> Prescribing one amount of sleep for every kind of person seems very obviously wrong.

That's, AFAIK, not.

SebNag_on Learning to Cooperate, Compete, and Communicate

> laws and regulations can hopefully keep up

I strongly doubt that.