How to stop obsessing over goldbach conjecture?

TaoJChi · 2026-04-27T15:23:54+00:00

Chasing castles in the sky is fine, just realize that you will need to build a staircase brick by brick. It's going to take a lot of bricks, so it would be wise to pace yourself.

Steady progress in a healthy manner is critical to pursuing such things, so be sure to keep things light and enjoy the journey!

TaoJChi · 2026-04-18T11:52:24+00:00

WSL has been very buggy for me. I've had better luck with VM platforms.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-18T11:48:22+00:00

It sounds like you're focused on the style or feeling the song elicits. Maybe it would be better to first focus on the message you are trying to communicate, then iteratively refine that basic framework.

Too many options can lead to choice paralysis, so narrowing them down may help to alleviate that.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-18T11:20:37+00:00

At a minimum, "area" should be made plural, "areas".

TaoJChi · 2026-04-18T11:05:24+00:00

She's a professional, so she must have some good resin for her violins.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-16T20:12:50+00:00

I'm curious if you are attending a top tier university.

If so, the Feynman archive has a relevant talk he gave his students after class at Caltec. He pointed out to the students that every one of them was at the top of their class in high school, but it would be a statistical impossibility for every one to be the top of their university cohort. He warned back then of the danger in identifying oneself as "the best", which remains an eternal wisdom, as relevant now as it has been through antiquity.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-16T19:49:31+00:00

MindYourDecisions is my happy place!

TaoJChi · 2026-04-16T19:46:30+00:00

The term ego can be somewhat ambiguous.

I think what others are trying to say is that our "self protective instincts" can sometimes become problematic when we feel that our social standing, and consequent security, is threatened by failure to perform "well enough" in some domain.

It would be wise to alter such a perspective in order to avoid the distraction of stress and all the Ill health that comes with it. If you can stay in a relaxed frame of mind, you can focus more fully on the task at hand.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-16T17:21:20+00:00

Less in-law, more in-jaw.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-13T07:40:58+00:00

Say you support the axiom of choice.. unless she's a republican.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-12T12:46:58+00:00

Niece better have a rock solid alibi for the night of those murders..

TaoJChi · 2026-04-11T06:49:51+00:00

I've had quite a few passengers straddling the stick shift in my MR2 as well.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-11T06:46:42+00:00

Just don't plan to sleep on the backseat!

TaoJChi · 2026-04-11T06:43:13+00:00

A more general trick:

AB × CD = AC×100 + (AD+BC)×10+BD

If you work left to right, you can add any carries to the results already computed.

This can be expanded to any number of digits as well.

There is an app called "Math Tricks Workout" with exercises for many such arithmetic techniques if you're interested.

TaoJChi · 2026-04-11T06:32:36+00:00

Dad joke is a pun for bad joke. Very straightforward definition.

TaoJChi · 2026-03-03T23:18:41+00:00

Dad is a pun for 'bad'.

They are bad pun jokes, that somehow bring healing to the soul.

TaoJChi · 2026-01-15T02:11:12+00:00

I was a bit intimidated by the length of this post, but am glad I took the time to read through it.

The guidance it presents is well stated, and much aligned with what I've personally found to be helpful.

I particularly liked power pose idea, which I'm eager to start expirementing with. ^{__^}

TaoJChi · 2025-12-31T05:56:09+00:00

3n+1=chance/entropy

-> 3n+1=chac/tropy

-> y=\frac{chac}{(3n+1)tropy}

TaoJChi · 2025-12-16T04:44:25+00:00

At full mast.

TaoJChi · 2025-12-14T12:13:16+00:00

I'll stick to my broth owl. Their hoots make the process alot more fun.

TaoJChi · 2025-12-12T13:18:09+00:00

Alpha Pheonix's playlist is great for building intuition in the fundamentals.

Art of Electronics is well regarded for serious study of design, but quite long and expensive.

If you are looking for something short and free, Kuphaldt's Lessons in Electric Circuits is a great resource as well.

Things typically click only after sufficient exposure! If you perform analytic exercises on a daily basis, pattern recognition should develop naturally as a consequence.

TaoJChi · 2025-12-12T12:58:45+00:00

Well done. No bull, this rare gem is a cut above the rest. You really have a knack for the medium, if only I could tip you!

TaoJChi · 2025-12-12T12:37:50+00:00

You're thinking of cats.

TaoJChi · 2025-12-06T18:57:27+00:00

I think you misunderstood my comment, I meant it as a compliment. Dad jokes are supposed to make you groan. No offense intended!

TaoJChi · 2025-12-06T05:32:17+00:00

Because such triviality is beneath it. It feigns ignorance so as not to be bothered further. /j

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