Shortform #56 Travel; Hammertime Day 2 - Yoda Timers
I followed my media diet today except regarding Discord, plus didn’t get in my full reserved hours of work. On the whole, I was reasonably productive, but didn’t focus my actions very well today.
This evening we had a Houston Rationalists virtual meetup which went quite well! Had a new attendee, several regulars, and great discussion. We focused a lot of the discussion on timelessness, or, why is it some ideas, cultural practices, books, etc. survive over the long term whereas others do not (yes the lindy effect was mentioned). And discussed belief updating, making decisions under uncertainty, Bayesianism, Supermemo and spaced repetition generally, and more. Good stuff!
I figured out what kinds of bugs I can actually apply Yoda Timers to right now while I’m travelling (I am out of town for a week and off my normal routine for a week and a half or so), but haven’t made the time to do that yet. Realistically, I may not be able to make the time to do that in full, so I’ll do at least some Yoda Timer bug fixing, but may have to wait on a number of bug fixings using that technique until I’m no longer travelling. That’s fine. I’m looking forward to seeing what tomorrow’s Hammertime lesson entails.
The combination of doing Hammertime, going on my media diet, and changing some habits is already impacting me quite beneficially. I’m having fun doing lots of work and actually improving myself and my life, it’s great.
Shortform #56 Travel; Hammertime Day 2 - Yoda Timers
I followed my media diet today except regarding Discord, plus didn’t get in my full reserved hours of work. On the whole, I was reasonably productive, but didn’t focus my actions very well today.
This evening we had a Houston Rationalists virtual meetup which went quite well! Had a new attendee, several regulars, and great discussion. We focused a lot of the discussion on timelessness, or, why is it some ideas, cultural practices, books, etc. survive over the long term whereas others do not (yes the lindy effect was mentioned). And discussed belief updating, making decisions under uncertainty, Bayesianism, Supermemo and spaced repetition generally, and more. Good stuff!
Today was Hammertime Day 2 - Yoda Timers
I figured out what kinds of bugs I can actually apply Yoda Timers to right now while I’m travelling (I am out of town for a week and off my normal routine for a week and a half or so), but haven’t made the time to do that yet. Realistically, I may not be able to make the time to do that in full, so I’ll do at least some Yoda Timer bug fixing, but may have to wait on a number of bug fixings using that technique until I’m no longer travelling. That’s fine. I’m looking forward to seeing what tomorrow’s Hammertime lesson entails.
The combination of doing Hammertime, going on my media diet, and changing some habits is already impacting me quite beneficially. I’m having fun doing lots of work and actually improving myself and my life, it’s great.
Now for sleep.
Cheers,
Willa