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tejaswidp

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tejaswidp··on Ask HN: How Can I Learn Music Theory?
I found "Composing music a new approach by William Russo" a good start this. It is a pretty Nifty guide to the topic.
tejaswidp··on Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs (1996) [pdf]
I read the book a while ago, It was quite an eye opener. The one thing I haven't been able to go through was the last chapter, building a "metacircular evaluator. I saved it for a time when I understood compilers/interpreters better.

Diving into codebases, like the octave and supercollider interpreters recently. might be quite interesting to re-read it.

tejaswidp··on Choosing to stay out of the community
I know what you mean, but it's not as clear cut as you think it is.

You don't operate in a vacuum when you work on projects. What if you think someone is wrong? Being direct might be a risk, because then the community might not be seen as "welcoming to newcomers" anymore.

I mean, ideas don't come out of nowhere for projects, and people who care about things, will be passionate about them. What if someone comes in the way of you building things? What then?

tejaswidp··on Choosing to stay out of the community
With the CoC in most projects, that's changing. See also: the Python Mailing list, where threads are locked and people are being banned for CoC violations.
tejaswidp··on Why I Left Academic Philosophy
Sure, but the primary point of her article was the abstract nature of academia which they should have expected going in.
tejaswidp··on Talk to Books
There's also recoll, a document indexer and search tool, which I've heard is pretty good.
tejaswidp··on Good News for Young Strivers: Networking Is Overrated
Why do you think PhD is a waste of time?
tejaswidp··on The Scientist and Engineer's Guide to Digital Signal Processing (1997)
Aren't wavelets analogous to the fourier transform. Wouldn't that mean it would be a fundamental aspect of DSP these days?
tejaswidp··on The Drug of Choice for the Age of Kale
Alan watts said that. Terrence Mckenna would probably say the opposite.
tejaswidp··on Programmer creates 800,000 books algorithmically, starts selling them on Amazon
could you tell us how many books have you been able to sell on amazon?
tejaswidp··on Audiogalaxy acquired by Dropbox
He isn't commenting on the legality of drugs. He is comparing drug cartels to the above mentioned websites.