Jeremiah Ramsey

son of two wonderful parents, brother of four amazing siblings, and disciple of of an awesome God

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Elon Musk explains his 5-step algorithm for solving any problem:

"The most common mistake of smart engineers is to optimize a thing that should not exist."

"I have this very basic first principles algorithm that I run as a mantra."

Elon breaks it down:

Step 1: Question the requirements.

"Make the requirements less dumb. The requirements are always dumb to some degree, no matter how smart the person who gave you those requirements. You have to start there, because otherwise you could get the perfect answer to the wrong question."

Step 2: Try to delete it.

"Try to delete the part or the process step entirely. If you're not forced to put back at least 10% of what you delete, you're not deleting enough. Most people feel like they've succeeded if they haven't been forced to put things back in. But actually they haven't, they've been overly conservative and left things in that shouldn't be there."

Step 3: Optimize or simplify.

"The most common mistake of smart engineers is to optimize a thing that should not exist. So you don't optimize until after you've tried to delete."

Step 4: Speed it up.

"Any given thing can be done faster than you think. But you shouldn't speed things up until you've tried to delete it and optimize it otherwise, you're speeding up something that shouldn't exist."

Step 5: Automate.

"And then the fifth thing is to automate it."

Elon explains why the order matters:

"I've gone backwards so many times where I've automated something, sped it up, simplified it, and then deleted it. I got tired of doing that. So that's why I have this mantra."

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Iceland's goaly is so good!

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Pence: "Washington, DC vs reality"

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loved this tutorial: Test-driven development tutorial: What is test-driven development (TDD)?... https://t.co/GBlmuYGdR7 via @YouTube

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Is Obama Socialist or Fascist? Good article by Thomas Sowell
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character sets vs. collations; succinct explanation https://t.co/NUgCzsb0xv

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Russland - Wladimir Putin ist im Goldrausch https://t.co/F0mwJmq0Cs via @welt

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Zwiebelfisch: Weil er mich sitzen hat lassen https://t.co/Vm48DZ3xMy via @SPIEGELONLINE

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Visual Studio Code https://t.co/D99xvu02kM via @Code

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I am practicing my Japanese with Cooori! http://t.co/pszjWA1Nsf #languagelearning #japanese #cooori

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Transform your world with holograms. Microsoft HoloLens brings high-definition holograms to life in your world. https://t.co/WVpFRpSSOq

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@ianlrvd Happy Birthday!

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Please don't watch the new Noah movie.
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Check out ""The Drop Box" - Documentary Trailer" on Vimeo http://t.co/iUiXkGAY2t #Vimeo #documentary #childabandonment

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How Japanese Pupils Learn to Multiply. http://t.co/qGezJxYBSs via @youtube