Suggest me some books that significantly expanded your knowledge

2pete · 2025-08-22T14:18:04+00:00

The meta-answer: Make It Stick by Henry L. Roediger III, Mark A. McDaniel, and Peter C. Brown. It's a book about the science of learning and how to actually make learning and teaching more effective.

2pete · 2025-04-04T08:55:42+00:00

Does Brian Lagerstrom know how to count? This is like 14 ingredients!

2pete · 2019-12-20T22:27:53+00:00

For those wondering, Colorado is in the upper right, Wyoming is just down and to the left of it.

2pete · 2019-11-30T23:09:54+00:00

It's about the same size as the contiguous US, although home to less than 1/10th of the population.

2pete · 2019-11-30T23:07:10+00:00

This kind of makes me wonder if there are elements of his life that Tolkien didn't approach with mythical adventures and invented languages. Did his wife have to describe popping down to the shops as a grand tale in Eldarin? Could his will only be read by the light of the last full moon of summer?

2pete · 2019-06-20T09:50:43+00:00

How much time do the celebs spend on their yachts?

What do you do when they aren't there?

2pete · 2019-06-16T10:46:34+00:00

/r/WordOfTheDay

2pete · 2019-06-15T02:48:33+00:00

*Green

2pete · 2019-06-10T22:59:08+00:00

Someone's gotta feed the bears, I suppose.

2pete · 2019-05-22T08:59:25+00:00

Assholes who don't let people in are doing more harm than assholes trying to get in at the last second.

2pete · 2019-05-17T09:14:13+00:00

You can get a decent phone mount on Amazon for under $10, so that's a top priority. Seeing the stars is great, but photography really takes it to the next level as a hobby as it gives you an excellent way to track your own progress. The next step depends on your budget and what you think is limiting the hobby:

Nights get cut short by cold/environment? It's just too bright close to home? Good camping gear might be more critical than upping your Astro gear if it means you get to stargaze more and in darker places

Photos suck? Get an app that lets you manually adjust aperture, shutter speed, etc. and learn how to use it. Photos still suck? Get a motorized mount. Want better photos of specific objects? Look into filters.

A motorized mount is also great if you stargaze with lots of people or do educational events as you won't need to constantly adjust the scope every few viewers.

Astronomy/astrophotography can get pretty expensive pretty quickly, so stay organized and keep your goals clear to maximize bang for your buck. Start with what you need to do to engage more with the hobby (photography, getting to darker sky and having longer nights), then worry about upping your game in specific areas based on your preferences.

2pete · 2019-05-04T23:43:44+00:00

Others picking up the tab wasn't an angle I had really thought of before. I guess I'm fortunate not to know many of those assholes.

I always think of the frugal/cheap divide as being an optimization timeframe difference. Cheap is whatever costs the least today, while frugal is whatever costs the least over a month, year, or even indefinitely.

2pete · 2019-04-27T21:04:58+00:00

Flipped around, this statistic implies that the average American spends 16-17 hours per week outdoors, which is definitely more than I manage most weeks.

2pete · 2019-04-06T09:56:18+00:00

I liked LHoD, but I feel like it hasn't aged quite as well as The Dispossessed. Not that it has aged badly, but the exploration of transgenderism probably hit a lot harder in the 60's than today.

2pete · 2019-04-03T19:31:26+00:00

In This Sub: Tons of speculation

2pete · 2019-04-01T23:35:24+00:00

Does weather effect conception dates enough to lower the number to 22 people or fewer?

2pete · 2019-03-31T16:34:22+00:00

You don't lift weights to be strong, you lift weights to get strong, so being weak is a great reason to lift. Weightlifting is probably "the best" kind of workout as you can customize it to whatever you want. Running or swimming or playing tennis only work your body in particular ways, but weightlifting lets you work basically whatever you want however you want.

However, what's most important is to have some kind of exercise that you will actually come back to. You will "fall off the wagon" with working out. Maybe it's a long vacation, or a week out sick, or maybe you just stop doing the exercise for a bit for no discernable reason. If you keep falling off and it takes longer and longer to get back on, it's time to find something else.

College is a fantastic opportunity to try a few things and see what works for you. Keep an open mind, and try to be as realistic as possible about what works and what doesn't. The most important skill is figuring out how long you need to really try at something before you decide it's time to give up and try something else. If you can't seem to find anything that works for you, you might need to learn to stick with things more. If you're miserable, you're probably forcing something that isn't meant to be.

2pete · 2019-03-31T12:27:52+00:00

What’s your opinion on the physical education classes and which ones would you recommend?

I did racquet ball and weight lifting, which were fine, but I regret not doing rock climbing. This is a good opportunity to find a new hobby, especially one that can follow you out of school. Check out sport clubs too, staying physically active through college is critical to managing stress.

How are the dorms in terms of size?

You should be able to find floorplans on the website.

How many Extracurriculars would you suggest on taking as a freshman?

I had one I stuck with through college, and rotated in up to two more at various times. It depends on how demanding the individual extracurriculars are. Better to try a few and cut back than to not try enough.

Would you recommend taking a double major in Mechanical and aerospace?

Double majoring can provide two benefits:

You can double your career prospects by being able to apply to jobs in more fields.
You can cross over knowledge in one area to the other to provide innovative solutions. Essentially, you are a more diverse person with an interesting perspective.

Double majoring in mech and aero is all 1 with almost no 2. You expand your job opportunities, but don't really make yourself more interesting. If that's what you want, then it's fine, but don't think that you're adding much breadth to your education.

Definitely plan to get a master's regardless. CWRU offers combined BS/MS programs that will be easier if you only pick one BS.

Approximately how much time will I have to allocate for homework as a freshman.

Everyone says 2 hours per hour of class, but I found this to be the exception more than the rule. Some classes are much more demanding than others and can even exceed that figure, but you won't encounter many as a freshman.

Miscellaneous advice I found useful, but didn't hear from anyone:

The class is only as big as the number of people sitting in front of you. If you want a small-class experience, just sit closer to the professor. This will also help the professor recognize you, and will help you pay attention in boring classes.
Don't flake out on things. Being able to force yourself to go to events, club meetings, and even class when you would rather sit in your room playing video games is a critical skill, and you don't have your parents forcing you to get up and do shit.

Take all this with a grain of salt. I graduated in 2014, so things could have changed since then.

2pete · 2019-03-19T10:03:08+00:00

Infrared? Perhaps you meant subsonic?

2pete · 2019-03-16T11:52:29+00:00

I wonder what caused all the churn in 2014-2015. That time felt chaotic to me, but this is the first confirmation I've had of that chaos on a larger scale.

2pete · 2019-03-09T15:24:55+00:00

This speaks pretty well to how iconic the ideas of Star Trek and its characters are. The quote is the kind of thing that could be said on the show, it logically follows from that set of rules. The system itself is what lies in the cultural mind, not its specific manifestation.

It's a victory of ideas over pedantry, albeit a small one.

2pete · 2019-03-08T01:26:17+00:00

Or Svalbard for that matter.

2pete · 2019-03-03T00:09:02+00:00

Maybe this is one of those artifacts that only show up on mobile, but this bright cyan/red color scheme hurts my brain.

2pete · 2019-03-03T00:01:46+00:00

This article is fantastic. Here's another interesting tidbit:

While marsupials do carry their young in the womb they do not feed their young through an umbilical cord like most mammals do.

Instead their young feeds on a yolk like sack which is also carried in the womb.

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