Hi there everyone, I’m a programmer by trade and a video game maker by inclination. I first ran across Less Wrong while random-walking through tvtropes. I read a little of it, found it daunting but fascinating, and it… sat in my bookmarks for about a year after that.
Later, I random-walked upon Harry Potter atMoR, and it rekindled my interest. I’d read a chapter, get on lesswrong, and try and find all the tricks that harry (or other characters) used for that chapter. It was still slow going, because I wanted not just to read the material, but to absorb it and become stronger (Tsuyoku Naritai!)
I… pretty desperately needed it. I grew up in a rural community with an absolutely abhorrent school system, even by the standards of the american school system. I had a middle-school understanding of math and logic going into college, and am still recovering from the effects of a bad start (Bayesian theory and the QM sequence are on the very edge of what’s possible for me, but stronger, stronger, I will learn)
I ‘came out’ as an atheist two years ago to my parents, and began rearranging my life insurance to go to an Alcor membership two weeks ago. All in all, I’m not terribly new to ‘critical’ thinking in terms of not taking a claim at face value, but still learning how to truly deeply analyze claims as a rationalist.
Just a (very primitive) version of Space Hulk I made in school and a metroid-vania style platformer that never reached completion before the team split. I’m still building up a website for myself and a couple of my fellow designers (www.selfemployedheroes.com) that I’ll post them to as soon as I can.
Not much I know, but I literally just graduated at the end of February. Still hunting for that first job where I can really make a name for myself.
Hi there everyone, I’m a programmer by trade and a video game maker by inclination. I first ran across Less Wrong while random-walking through tvtropes. I read a little of it, found it daunting but fascinating, and it… sat in my bookmarks for about a year after that.
Later, I random-walked upon Harry Potter atMoR, and it rekindled my interest. I’d read a chapter, get on lesswrong, and try and find all the tricks that harry (or other characters) used for that chapter. It was still slow going, because I wanted not just to read the material, but to absorb it and become stronger (Tsuyoku Naritai!)
I… pretty desperately needed it. I grew up in a rural community with an absolutely abhorrent school system, even by the standards of the american school system. I had a middle-school understanding of math and logic going into college, and am still recovering from the effects of a bad start (Bayesian theory and the QM sequence are on the very edge of what’s possible for me, but stronger, stronger, I will learn)
I ‘came out’ as an atheist two years ago to my parents, and began rearranging my life insurance to go to an Alcor membership two weeks ago. All in all, I’m not terribly new to ‘critical’ thinking in terms of not taking a claim at face value, but still learning how to truly deeply analyze claims as a rationalist.
So um.. hi
Welcome! ’nother Programmer here, and game maker too (I think there are a few of us here). D’you have any nice games to show?
Just a (very primitive) version of Space Hulk I made in school and a metroid-vania style platformer that never reached completion before the team split. I’m still building up a website for myself and a couple of my fellow designers (www.selfemployedheroes.com) that I’ll post them to as soon as I can.
Not much I know, but I literally just graduated at the end of February. Still hunting for that first job where I can really make a name for myself.