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Contact, The Martian, The Andromeda Strain, and to a very large extent Jurassic Park.

I would ask you to consider that you have absolutely been the victim of hate speech. However you have not recognized it because your view of the world is one where you have personal agency, and the speech has been interpreted as a personal criticism instead of one of a group in which you identify.

Another data point that should point out the obvious, is this coincides with the unexpected rise in traffic fatalities in 2012-2013. It is the societal effect of smart phones.

A few tips. 1) If either you or you spouse feel you should go to the hospital, don't consider anything further and just go. It's not worth further consideration. 2) Don't expect milestones. They come when they come. Having preset expectations of sleeping through the night, rolling over, crawling, or speaking will make your experience worse. 3) Set a routine, and stick to it. 4) Find time to enjoy the experience, whether its feeding or strolls. 5) Find time for a regular break, whether its a quick lunch outside or a stroll around the block. 6) Take enough pictures, but take many more candid pictures than set pieces. 7) Take time to look at all the pictures you took. 7) As a dad, change all the diapers, wash all the dishes, and never mention that you are doing so.

This seems to be a human trait; where authority mixed with lack of responsibility leads to terrible outcomes. Not only in programming interviews, but across the spectrum. My first awareness of this is in teacher-student relationships, where faculty deem themselves in high regard because they are continually interacting with people who are ignorant of the facts they have been teaching for the entirety of their careers.

A pints a pound the world around.

Energy production is kit a self contained endeavor. Transformers, steel, copper, pipe, valves, digital equipment for monitoring and control systems are just some of the necessary inputs for construction and maintenance.

Beyond that, efficient use energy production requires some place for it to be used, Generally home and industry appliances.

Although downvoted, this is the right response. Its not harder for the US to move to metric than it was for any other large country. The change hasn't happened because there isn't utility in using metric, and a lot of cost.

Of course, there are clear examples when metric is both easy an intuitive. In everyday usage there are many cases where Imperial is beneficial (cooking -- metric is poor for individual servings, height and weight metric is inefficient as the modal height starts with the same digit, temperature requires more digits).

Augmenting intelligence through exploration. It is as much a tool for discovery as a conversation over lunch.

CEO salary transparency caused a rapid increase in C-level compensation, nearly 10 fold as it became a public race.

https://www.epi.org/publication/ceo-pay-in-2020/

I was in the same boat, and not choosing MIT took many years to overcome. One thing I was not aware of at the time, is that MIT will make sure you have the tuition assistance necessary to make it through. As _wallscratch_ mentions, it is in your best interest to contact them immediately.

Coal is used to establish a lower bound.

There is a lot of great advice in this thread here. And as you see if parallels the same advice as dieting; do more beneficial activity and do less non-beneficial activity.

If you can start saving $100 a month, and ramp that up over time you'll see yourself become more secure and less anxious in a relative short time.

From your spending, everything is in line with a comfortable lifestyle. Of your expenses, only the food and car seem like opportunties to diet. I would suggest finding a way in to a second hand car for half you monthly cost, and trying to get your monthly food budget to around $800. Eat out less, eat less prepared meals, and ask your children to help prepare meals.

For the "exercise more" side of things, finding a higher paying job is the simplest way forward. Perhaps the most straightforward way there is to ask for a raise, but also understanding your market value by interviewing may be beneficial. When you land an increased salary, don't change your spending habits.

I would very much suggest both biographical and idea focused sources.

For me, the absolute best written is Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes. It covers a large swatch of British Science from Newton to Maxwell.

Other good reads are

1. The Invention of Science by Wootton (which is very academic in style),

2. The Wizard and the Prophet by Mann

3. Galileo At Work by Drake

4. Newton by Gleik.

You will learn more and have more opportunities from that internship than anything else I can image. The program is very good and is well regarded.

Two responses, as the context differs dramatically.

For coursework, I would take notes. At the end of the day, I would reread the notes and complete them. Completing them means correcting errors, filling in details from examples, and using assignments and course material embellish the notes. Embellishment means adding notes of personal interest from other course material, and also adding examples from problem sets. My notes were my source of truth, and I kept them in good order. For exams and future coursework, I would only use my notes since they were complete.

In my professional life, I consume a lot of material but do not take notes. I find that there are two important aspects to learning. The first is high exposure to material. Being able to put a name or provenance to an idea is helpful in finding my way back there again. The second, which is similar to what nickjj mentions in a comment above, is to close the loop. To wit, my engagement with material is to find aspects for which I can test it outside of the scope presented or examine in in contrast to another idea. By engaging with the idea, I am able to come to an understanding of its verisimilitude and utility to me.

In the later, I do not take notes while attending lectures and reading. However I maintain complete lab notes for my work. Lab notes include random thoughts, references, uri:'s of data sets, links to papers and wikipedia articles. The lab notes are written for me, and are mostly in chronological order. By the contain as thorough an appendix as I have the patience to maintain.

There is another way that I have found myself more comfortable with as I get older. That is to simply not have an opinion, and at times actively ignore, things that are either irrelevant to my life or outside of my control.

On many topics people rebel against this attitude, because they see it as a moral imperative to be an activist. But that's not how I choose to live, and I find it is easier to be happy this way.

I agree on a social behavior point of view. However, there is nuance. Very strong recommendations don't close public and private schools, day care, public parks and beaches, nor significantly curtail economic activity in restaurants and other non-essential businesses.

This and the Alaska issue are the same, they are 'banned' in terms of being removed from the ciricullum. The books are neither removed from the library nor is there any mandate against ownership or possession.

The term 'banned' seems to get more clicks and more emotional reaction.

In my role as researcher and engineer, I've engaged with a lot of corporate lawyers in the patent process. The best interactions I've had have been with those that transitioned to their role from engineering.

Nearly everyone with great jobs didn’t find them, they built them. They built the network and opportunities that enabled them to make progress towards the change they want to see.

In my area all self-tests are connected and must be digitally reported. However self-diagnosis may be a cause of underreporting.

Two pieces of advice.

First, pick a topic that you believe you can be fully engaged with. Here are some examples. But you can look at the threads of these from middle school through first year graduate school.

* Geometry (From Euclid to Topology to tensor analysis)

* Linear Algebra (From vectors to Convex Optimization)

* Calculus (Trig to PDEs')

* Algebra (From Groups to Number Theory)

Second, is do the work. With math is easy to trick yourself, in the moment, that you know the solution and understand the concept. But that mistake acrues, you get to a point where everything is opaque and there isn't a starting point without a hint. This feeling of self-assurance needs to be challenged. You need to do the work, rewrite the proofs, do the exercises completely, and explore the concept on your own a bit.

There is only one direct democracy in the world, and it is Switzerland. What are other examples?

The Beatles were inspired and constant fans of Elvis and his music.

https://daytrippin.com/2018/10/08/john-lennons-lifelong-obse...

Reading this list was interesting, and I feel compelled to share my own. Reading these books won't guarantee a great career. But on reflection, they did shape my world view.

* ANSI C, Ritchie and Kernighan. This was my first real programming book.

* Essential C++, Lippman. This book helped me move from C to C++, and I usually reread the series prior to interviews.

* Introduction to Algorithms, CLRS. I've read this cover to cover many times, and it motivated me to go to graduate school.

* Zero to One, Theil. This book made sense of the world of tech startups.

* The Innovators Dillema, Christensen. This book shaped my world view of how business should operate.

Are governments not monopolies which eventually fail to serve their citizens the same way monopolistic businesses fail to server their customers?

When large claims like this are made, I often compare them against my personal experience. When they disagree, I do bias towards my experience and use the skepticism to dig deeper in to the result in search for the nuance.

However, for this discussion, my personal experience is surprisingly in line. I have worked with many colleagues whose primary decision to not have children is a result of worry over climate change. I have seen this response break up multiple marriages, motivate people to quit careers, and sprial in to depression.

You'll see a lot of advice, and my suggestion is to try a bit of everything until you start to see the right framework for your family. Whether this is allowance, family contribution, piece-work, incentives, etc really depends on how your family operates.

One thing that I believe my kids has responded well to is the re-assurnace that when they have earned money it is theirs to do with as they wish. It won't be confiscated for punishment, and we don't force our children to make specific purchases. Further while both parents will often advise on purchases, we don't stand in the way of kids making bad decisions (quality, quantity, utility, etc).

Fiasco remains Lem's work that has had the most profound affect for me. The creativity and style of Lem, as it has been brought it English speaking audiences, is unparalleled in bridging science fiction and literature.