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How I Rewired My Brain to Become Fluent in Math (nautil.us)
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[–] 10 points 2 years ago (9 children)

It reminds me of Barbara Oakley, who wrote books about how to learn. She was terrible at mathematics, but after a career as a translator she decided to study engineering and she succeeded

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (6 children)

    “* BY BARBARA OAKLEY 

    •   September 11, 2014”

    That’s cause it is lol

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  • [–] 3 points 2 years ago (4 children)

    Sorry, my bad

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  • [–] 4 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    Yesterday I saw a post on Lemmy about software tracking in cars. Reminded me of a Mastodon post I'd seen earlier that day, by journalist Kashmir Hill. I looked up the Mastodon post I had seen in the Explore time line, cursed somewhat because the time line was filled with newer posts, and gave up. Started searching with a search engine and found the Mastodon profile page of the journalist. Found the toot, and began writing a comment in the Lemmy post page, and just before hitting the Send button I noticed that the Lemmy post was about a newspaper article written by ... Kashmir Hill 😑

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  • [–] 1 point 2 years ago (1 child)

    Kashmir Hill sounds like the name of a newly-built neighbourhood of McMansions.

    I have nothing more to add.

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