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# Bookmarks
papers
Monday, January 15th, 2024
Attention Is All You Need — Vaswani et al.
The paper that introduced the Transformer architecture
books
Monday, October 1st, 2018
Book of Proof — Richard Hammack
This book is an introduction to the standard methods of proving mathematical theorems
Saturday, January 1st, 1972
The Computer from Pascal to von Neumann — Herman H. Goldstine
Tuesday, August 8th, 2006
Secrets of Mental Math: The Mathemagician's Guide to Lightning Calculation and Amazing Math Tricks — Arthur Benjamin, Michael Shermer
These simple math secrets and tricks will forever change how you look at the world of numbers.
videos
Saturday, August 6th, 2016
Essence of linear algebra — 3Blue1Brown
A free course offering the core concept of linear algebra with a visuals-first approach
Wednesday, July 2nd, 2014
MIT 6.042J Mathematics for Computer Science — MIT OpenCourseWare
This course covers elementary discrete mathematics. Mathematical definitions and proofs are emphasized. Topics include formal logic, induction, graph theory, asymptotic notation and growth of functions, counting principles, and discrete probability
posts
Tuesday, April 30th, 2024
Bloom’s 3 Stages of Talent Development — Justin Skycak (@justinskycak)
First, fun and exciting playtime. Then, intense and strenuous skill development. Finally, developing one's individual style while pushing the boundaries of the field.
Library
My personal library, mostly physical books. I have an old Kindle I sometimes use so I add those e-books here too.
Computer Science & Programming
- The Art of Computer Programming - Donald Knuth
- Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object Oriented Software - Gang of Four
- Introduction to Algorithms - CLRS
- Code: The Hidden Language of Computer Hardware and Software - Charles Petzold
- The C Programming Language - K&R
- Computer Systems: A Programmer's Perspective - Randal Bryant, David O'Hallaron
- The Mythical Man-Month - Fred Brooks
- The Rust Programming Language
- Computer Networking: A Top-Down Approach - Kurose, Ross
- Designing Data-Intensive Applications, 2nd Edition - Martin Kleppmann, Chris Riccomini
- Quantum Computation and Quantum Information - Michael Nielsen, Isaac Chuang
Mathematics, Logic & Formal Reasoning
- Linear Algebra Done Right - Sheldon Axler
- Discrete Mathematical Structures - Bernard Kolman, Robert Busby, Sharon Ross
- Elementary Statistics - Neil Weiss
- A Concise Introduction to Logic - Patrick J. Hurley
- Calculus Made Easy - Silvanus P. Thompson
- Graph Theory - Ronald Gould
- How to Prove It: A Structured Approach - Daniel J. Velleman
- Land of Lisp - Conrad Barski
- College Algebra - William Hart
- Analytic Geometry - Clyde E. Love
- Thinking, Fast and Slow - Daniel Kahneman
- The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable - Nassim Taleb
Philosophy, Politics & Social Theory
- The Republic - Plato
- Leviathan - Thomas Hobbes
- The Social Contract - Jean-Jacques Rousseau
- 1984 - George Orwell
- The Age of Surveillance Capitalism - Shoshana Zuboff
- The End of History and the Last Man - Francis Fukuyama
- Notes from Underground - Fyodor Dostoevsky
- The Art of Strategy: A Game Theorist's Guide to Success in Business and Life - Avinash Dixit, Barry Nalebuff
- Animal Farm - George Orwell
Futurism, AI & Technology
- A Brief History of Intelligence: Evolution, AI, and the Five Breakthroughs That Made Our Brains - Max Bennett
- The Age of Em: Work, Love and Life when Robots Rule the Earth - Robin Hanson
- Before the Golden Age: A Science Fiction Anthology of the 1930's - Isaac Asimov
- The Singularity is Near - Ray Kurzweil
- The Singularity is Nearer - Ray Kurzweil
- Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI - Yuval Noah Harari
- Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind - Yuval Noah Harari
- The Last Question - Isaac Asimov
World Literature & Classics
- Meditations - Marcus Aurelius
- The Iliad - Homer
- The Lord of the Rings - J.R.R. Tolkien
- The Silmarillion - J.R.R. Tolkien
- Great Tales of Horror - H.P. Lovecraft
- French Short Stories; Nouvelles françaises - Pamela Lyon
- On the Nature of Things - Lucretius
- Three Plays of Euripides: Alcestis, Medea, the Bacchae - Euripides
- One Hundred Years of Solitude - Gabriel García Márquez
- The Inferno - Dante Alighieri
- The Brothers Grimm Fairy Tales - Brothers Grimm
Language & Linguistics
- Dictionary of Languages, the Definitive Reference to More than 400 Languages - Andrew Dalby
- The American Heritage Dictionary of Indo-European Roots - Calvert Watkins
- Latin, an Introductory Course Based on Ancient Authors - Frederic M. Wheelock
- The New Testament of Our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ Translated from the Latin Vulgate - Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
- The Roots, Verb-Forms, And Primary Derivatives of the Sanskrit Language - William Dwight Whitney
Daily thoughts / learning notes
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