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This is funny - you mention two opposite cases and in the end give an example to one of the cases without explaining to which exactly. Is it on purpose?


its safe to assume op means the favoured option in their recommendation i think


The GP probably does, but it is kind of funny that they chose a really bad example of an expert. In light of the replication crisis, "Thinking - fast and slow" has been heavily criticised, and rightfully so.

In my opinion, it belongs more in the pop-sci category more usually written by non-experts.


Beautifull! Is there similar book on physics?


I'd say the Feynman Lectures of Physics [1] volumes cover a broad base with some topics in great detail as well.

[1]: https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/


No.

Feynman Lectures, to be properly understood requires one to be at least an advanced undergrad.

Most people just use it as home decor and many use it like a novel.

To properly appreciate the material, you need training in Physics. Otherwise you will be getting much less.


Fair enough -- to appreciate it really, one needs a motivated undergrad. But, it's similar in pedagogical style. It's not run of the mill concepts, but rather like a conversation that builds up with strong hints to form intuition.


Susskind's series does a pretty decent job walking the reader through topics in (theoretical) physics. At a somewhat more advanced level, you can try Schwichtenberg's No-Nonsense books. I also enjoyed Stevens' The Six Core Theories of Modern Physics.


Do you mean basic physics like mechanics (PHYS 101) ? If this is what you're interested, check out my MATH & PHYS book. Posted link to it in another comment this thread.


I think it is a good practice to push only working code, I think it stems from this. And it has a good point - you have finished something. Sometimes if you leave something “hanging” you keep thinking about it for a while, especially when falling asleep.


its a good idea to push code before signing off, what if you get sick and someone needs to pick it up, or your computer dies. A small broken test can be fixed likely faster than reinventing the whole thing again.


You commit and push your working code, then write a failing test and go home.


Yes, you are right about the technical aspect, but my comment was about psychology. Writing test and going to sleep is abit like asking a question to your friend and waiting for answer to the morning - it might get annoying.


Have you tried it? It's actually quite refreshing since you don't need to remember what you were doing in the back of your mind. The test is there for whenever you get back to it.


Would have been quite perfect app… if it worked. I have lost two out of two records. First one because after writing it I decided to create my profile and after logging in the post was gone. Second - well, there was something wrong with servers and apparently no way to save data locally


So, now if you explain clickbait title in first paragraph, it is not a clickbite anymore?


Latency wasn’t mentioned but seems to also be an issue.


At first I thought that the article will be about putting so many features, that “in the end it will be able to send e-mail”. Because this is what is killing products - adding, and adding and redoing design as if users really were begging for it. And then comes new product that is leaner and more simple and takes over the old product and cycle starts from the beginning. I think that in capitalism it is not possible to not overengineer a product.


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