<rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"><channel><title>Hacker News: AntoniusBlock</title><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=AntoniusBlock</link><description>Hacker News RSS</description><docs>https://hnrss.org/</docs><generator>hnrss v2.1.1</generator><lastBuildDate>Fri, 17 Apr 2026 09:14:10 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://hnrss.org/user?id=AntoniusBlock" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"></atom:link><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Terence Tao started a YouTube channel"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Slightly offtopic, but there are other Fields Medalists on youtube too, such as Richard E Borcherds. He has some very nice videos on number theory and abstract algebra.<p><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@richarde.borcherds7998" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/@richarde.borcherds7998</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 14 May 2025 10:41:05 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982926</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982926</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43982926</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Stockhausen: Sounds in Space"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>It was certainly the thing which made it click for me.<p>Stockhausen's Oktophonie did the trick for me.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 01 May 2025 08:13:12 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43854915</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43854915</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43854915</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "More Americans Are Eyeing Jobs in UK"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I've been hearing American accents more and more in London over the past few years, especially over the past few months, so this lines up with my experiences.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2025 09:21:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43703272</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43703272</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43703272</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Ask HN: Looking to Break into Cybersecurity – Where Do I Start?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>CTFs are a fun way to get started. Here are some that I like: Pwn.college, PicoCTF, and PortSwigger WebAcademy.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2025 08:53:29 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43591994</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43591994</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43591994</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Watching nature scenes can reduce pain, new study shows"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Anything by David Attenborough should do the trick.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 10:13:25 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43386799</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43386799</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43386799</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Math Academy pulled me out of the Valley of Despair"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>A more rigourous approach was tried after WW2, when Americans feared the Soviets were edging ahead mathematically/scientifically. It was called "New Math" [0]. For an example of the type of textbook high school students were taught from, check out Dolciani's Modern Introductory Analysis (the 1960s and 1970s editions only; the later editions were dumbed down, especially when Dolciani died) [1], which starts with set theory, logic, field axioms, and proof writing techniques.<p>[0] - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Math</a><p>[1] - <a href="https://archive.org/details/modernintroducto00dolc" rel="nofollow">https://archive.org/details/modernintroducto00dolc</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 18:05:50 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43283162</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43283162</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43283162</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Math Academy pulled me out of the Valley of Despair"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>The OU maths books are indeed very good. This is the way to go.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 06 Mar 2025 10:45:19 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278610</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278610</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43278610</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Norwegian fuel supplier refuses U.S. warships over Ukraine"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>>The only thing that US bases in the EU are doing at the moment is contributing to the local economies.<p>Some US bases double as spy bases. For example in the UK, RAF Menwith Hill is an NSA spy base, and RAF Croughton is a CIA spy base. One bargaining chip Europe has is to oust these spy bases from their territory. This would obviously negatively impact the US' global intelligence efforts. In any case, I see little point in allowing a hostile nation have spy bases on one's land.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 02 Mar 2025 10:38:32 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229135</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229135</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43229135</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Boris Spassky: 1937–2025"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>RIP. My favourite Spassky game is this 24 move win against Petrosian and Petrosian was no patzer: <a href="https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106864" rel="nofollow">https://www.chessgames.com/perl/chessgame?gid=1106864</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 28 Feb 2025 10:10:54 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43203904</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43203904</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43203904</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Ask HN: Moving to another country, how to make friends"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Most big cities in the UK have great clubs for all sorts of hobbies, and clubs are a great way to make friends. Do you like sports? Do you drink alcohol? Just wondering because pub culture is big here and it's an easy way to make friends.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 10:06:15 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42886286</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42886286</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42886286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Ask HN: How do I get good at math as a 42yo with kids?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Reposting some advice I gave to someone on HN a few weeks ago:<p>Here's some advice I've been given by maths professors that I've put into practise. This stuff really works.<p>-- Make sure you can do it cold, as in make sure you can do things without looking at notes, or looking at wherever you learned it from. For example, say I give you a calculus problem, you should be able to solve it without any outside help, just you, some paper and a pen. No notes, no Google, nothing else. If you can't, then you need to study more and do more problems.<p>-- Build a routine. Make sure you study whatever it is you want to study every day at the same time and you'll find yourself wanting to do it after a habit is built. And if you miss a session, for whatever reason, you'll feel quite bad about it, and want to try extra hard in the next session because you know you're "behind schedule".<p>-- Actively recall whatever you've learnt. You can do this by quizzing yourself (make your own problem sets, or do problem sets made by others), and by using flashcards/anki for the things you have trouble memorising. This is one of the best ways to retain info.<p>-- Don't stress or get angry. You'll just stop the learning process. If you find yourself stressed, or angry, take a break. Remain calm, happy and curious.<p>You can do it. I believe in you. Start today.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 13:03:38 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877345</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877345</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42877345</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Ask HN: How do I get good at math as a 42yo with kids?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is a great resource for self-learning mathematics: <a href="https://www.susanrigetti.com/math" rel="nofollow">https://www.susanrigetti.com/math</a></p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 30 Jan 2025 11:22:24 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42876804</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42876804</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42876804</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "IMDB's CEO, who founded the site 35 years ago, is stepping down"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I stopped using IMDB after they removed their message boards. What a strange move that was.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 22 Jan 2025 08:32:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42790459</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42790459</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42790459</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Second-Hand Bookshops in Britain: 2024 Report"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>This is going to sound bad but another upside to charity shops is that often they misprice their books, so you can get some real bargains.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jan 2025 09:02:53 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42755286</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42755286</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42755286</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Schola Latina Europæa and Universalis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I just looked at my backlog book and apparently I did read the first half of LLPSI 2. I don't recall much from it though. I think after a certain point in the book, I found it too difficult straight after LLPSI 1, which is why.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 18:20:51 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42636918</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42636918</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42636918</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Schola Latina Europæa and Universalis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I went straight into Hyginus and Caesar. Hyginus is not difficult at all. After LLPSI, you should be able to read this: <a href="https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/hyginus/hyginus5.shtml" rel="nofollow">https://www.thelatinlibrary.com/hyginus/hyginus5.shtml</a><p>Caesar is not too difficult either. The biggest problem I had with Caesar was that he used indirect speech a lot and LLPSI doesn't really prepare you too well for that, but you get used to it.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 16:16:49 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42635684</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42635684</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42635684</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Schola Latina Europæa and Universalis"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>I started with LLPSI along with Oerberg's companion books (Colloquia Personarum, Fabellae Latinae, Fabulae Syrae). After that I read Hyginus' Fabulae and then 
Commentarii de Bello Gallico by Caesar. Since then I've read more Caesar, Nepos, Apuleius, Seneca, some Livy, some Catullus, some Cicero, and I'm currently reading Ovid. I did this by reading Latin for at least 1 hour every day since the first COVID lockdown in 2020, even if I was sick or not feeling it I made sure to get my Latin reading in. I did do a lot of grammar drills in the beginning, and I made an Anki deck for vocab. Grammar drills definitely help big time, along with jumping in head first with a book like LLPSI and reading from the get go is the way to go IMO.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Wed, 08 Jan 2025 11:26:59 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42633110</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42633110</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42633110</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Ask HN: How do I efficiently use learning material?"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Here's some advice I've been given by maths professors that I've put into practise. This stuff really works.<p>-- Make sure you can do it cold, as in make sure you can do things without looking at notes, or looking at wherever you learned it from. For example, say I give you a calculus problem, you should be able to solve it without any outside help, just you, some paper and a pen. No notes, no Google, nothing else. If you can't, then you need to study more and do more problems.<p>-- Build a routine. Make sure you study whatever it is you want to study every day at the same time and you'll find yourself wanting to do it after a habit is built. And if you miss a session, for whatever reason, you'll feel quite bad about it, and want to try extra hard in the next session because you know you're "behind schedule".<p>-- Actively recall whatever you've learnt. You can do this by quizzing yourself, or by using flashcards/anki. This is one of the best ways to retain info.<p>-- Don't stress or get angry. You'll just stop the learning process. If you find yourself stressed, or angry, take a break. Remain calm, happy and curious.<p>You can do it. I believe in you. Start today.</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Mon, 30 Dec 2024 10:12:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42548042</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42548042</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42548042</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "List of books that will induce a mindfuck"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>No Gaddis? What a shame. Everyone ITT should check out Gaddis' `The Recognitions' and `J.R.' (and his other books, of course).</p>
]]></description><pubDate>Thu, 28 Nov 2024 10:37:13 +0000</pubDate><link>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42264187</link><dc:creator>AntoniusBlock</dc:creator><comments>https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42264187</comments><guid isPermaLink="false">https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42264187</guid></item><item><title><![CDATA[New comment by AntoniusBlock in "Chinese hackers preparing for conflict, US cyber official says"]]></title><description><![CDATA[
<p>Run a honeypot and see where most of the traffic comes from.</p>
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