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mangomountain··on Think Linear Algebra (2023)
I saw a linear algebra “textbook” on Twitter in maybe 2022? It was black background and bright text with a good amount of graphs like someone’s incredibly long blog post. I’ve tried a few times to find it since but haven’t had any luck.

This looks a bit more involved but lovely I think I’ll try it. I read Think Bayes and thought it was great.

mangomountain··on Markov chains are the original language models
When I first heard about chat gpt I thought it was a markov chain generator and totally dismissed it lol woops
mangomountain··on Eliminating JavaScript cold starts on AWS Lambda
This is cool attempt to make a lot of JavaScript run faster in lambda. I personally got a significant decrease in cold start and runtime by switching from js to golang and would recommend as well
mangomountain··on Coding Without a Laptop – Two Weeks with AR Glasses and Linux on Android
Actually not sure if the focal length prevents this, if so very exciting
mangomountain··on Cozy video games can quell stress and anxiety
That’s such a cool game. I also really like the sandbox music gardens. You might also like Melody of Moominvalley if you’re open to Moomin content
mangomountain··on The Lost Art of Research as Leisure
Sun conjures are so smart this makes me smile :)
mangomountain··on A mouseless tale: trying for a keyboard-driven desktop
On Mac so don’t know when I’ll try this but suggest uhk keyboard for anyone going mouseless
mangomountain··on The Tsunami of Burnout Few See
Looking at the hacker news posts from this source is making my blood pump
mangomountain··on Can AI do maths yet? Thoughts from a mathematician
In other news we’ve discovered life (our bacteria) on mars Just joking
mangomountain··on Procrastination and the fear of not being good enough
This is spot on for the audiobook I’m listening to “Mindset: The Psychology of Success” , it’s resistance to effort that preserves belief in effortless ability and prevents any real progress