i got through all the homework and practice problems and 5 phases of the bomb lab but that last one got me, i had to admit defeat cuz what even is this 😭😭
spent the past month or so working through chapter 3 of CS:APP and oh my god i could not look at software the same way again, like i appreciate every person across the generations who got us to this point, especially compiler people, thats just magic
Learning is like a date.
you can’t rush it. You need to spend real quality time with the subject, understand its stories, its behavior, its little details. at first, it feels awkward. then curiosity turns into connection. connection turns into obsession.
And one day, you’re so deeply in love with the craft that the concepts start appearing soo vividly in your dreams loll.
Learning will always be with us.
It’s humanity’s prime karma.
Lex Fridman podcast, every single episode:
Lex: My guest today invented modern computing. Before we start. What is a computer?
Guest: Well it's a machine that
Lex: But what IS a computer. Is a rock a computer.
Guest: No.
Lex: The atoms inside the rock are computing.
Guest: That's not how any of this
Lex: Do you love your work.
Guest: Sure?
Lex: On a scale of 1 to 10 how much do you think Stalin loved his work.
Guest: What
Lex: We're 4 hours in. I want to ask you about consciousness.
Guest: You haven't let me finish a sentence yet
Lex: Beautiful. Beautiful question my friend.
take google translate. it lets you communicate in hundreds of languages instantly , but it doesn’t make you _know_ them. you can’t think in them, listen to them, or write poetry in them. that’s exactly what AI does