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jagiammonaon Flipper One – we need your help

I came here to say this, too.

jagiammonaon Unbounded Books: Search by ~Vibes

This seems to work quite well!

Especially surprised by the options available for "Ghengis khan romance novel".

jagiammonaon Biomanufactured materials are coming

Great summary tweet thread here: https://twitter.com/tsungxu/status/1565322844418052098

jagiammonaon Ask HN: Where to find people who love to learn?

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Twitter!

I hang out in corners of physics, ML, EA, and Progress Studies Twitter and have made some great connections that have turned into real friendships IRL.

Often the next step after meeting on Twitter is setting up a video chat to have a deeper conversation together, but eventually I like to set up nice walk and talks on hikes or around cities.

I now have great friends that I make an effort to see in person in cities around the US and Europe!

jagiammonaon Ask HN: Anybody Started a Research Institute?

You should look into the Ronin Institute. Since it is very hard or impossible to get grants without being affiliated with an institute, the Ronin Institute is a remote institute that any researcher can apply to join. http://ronininstitute.org/

I think they've been pretty successful at attracting a network of interesting non-traditional researchers. I bet there are some good lessons there about how to grow an institute and bootstrap its prestige.

jagiammonaon Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

Thanks for the help!

jagiammonaon Help users in Iran reconnect to Signal

Noob question: Can a Signal proxy be usefully run on a Raspberry Pi (RP4 ModelB 8GB RAM)?

jagiammonaon Compact nuclear fusion reactor is 'very likely to work,' studies suggest

Here's a great article showing progress improving the triple product until now. https://www.fusionenergybase.com/article/measuring-progress-...

jagiammonaon ITER: World's largest nuclear fusion project begins assembly

An excellent quantity that indicates progress on fusion and how far designs are from breakeven is the triple product. Here is an EXCELLENT review of fusion progress so far. (https://www.fusionenergybase.com/article/measuring-progress-...)

jagiammonaon “Out of the Crisis” Podcast

Yes, please! I often read podcast transcripts. Conversations with Tyler, 80,000 hours, and Steve Hsu's Manifold all have great transcripts and because of that, they are the only podcasts I keep up with.

jagiammonaon Ignore Sunk Costs (2009)

Nick Szabo comes to a similar conclusion: http://unenumerated.blogspot.com/2012/08/proxy-measures-sunk...

jagiammonaon Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics (2015)

I would recommend Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur by Lancaster and Blundell. It has many clear worked examples and builds up lots of the conceptual and technical ideas in a way that felt comfortable. Also the chapters are quite short and are digestible in one sitting.