Hacker News: OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=OracB7Hacker News RSShttps://hnrss.org/hnrss v2.1.1Tue, 23 Jun 2026 09:44:19 +0000<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "Show HN: Psychedelic animation generator; (p)art of your next trip"]]>Nice! Where does one learn how to do this kind of thing (aside from the fractals)?

]]>Mon, 17 Mar 2025 20:28:28 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43392427OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43392427https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43392427<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "Try thinking and learning without working memory (2008)"]]>Every time I have googled for it, the only method of working memory training that comes up is N-Back.

So I'm happy that the article mentions another method. Apart from playing "Simon" (yes that circular game with lights), those are the only two I know.

Anyone know of any other methods?

]]>Tue, 18 Feb 2025 20:36:41 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43094749OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43094749https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=43094749<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "WikiTok"]]>Great site! The only improvement I would ask for is automatically opening the articles with the Wikipedia app, if installed.

]]>Tue, 04 Feb 2025 20:38:29 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938240OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938240https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42938240<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "How to learn hard things in tech"]]>Eugenia Cheng has some interesting and accessible videos, e.g.:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ho7oagHeqNc

and in a similar vein I am enjoying her book: "How to Bake Pi".

Getting more into the technical side of things, Bartosz Milewski has good lessons in this playlist:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I8LbkfSSR58&list=PLbgaMIhjbm...

]]>Thu, 11 Aug 2022 11:19:06 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32424051OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32424051https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32424051<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "Getting hired after fifty"]]>Could you elaborate on the mental math part - do you do particular exercises?

]]>Sun, 01 May 2022 02:36:19 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31221638OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31221638https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=31221638<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "Category Theory: Lecture Notes and Online Books"]]>I have some interest in the topic (thanks to Arraycast and Conor Hoekstra) and bought to Mock a Mockingbird by Raymond Smullyan, however it is still a bit too involved for my small brain.

On the other hand, I am very much enjoying How to Bake Pi by Eugenia Cheng, which is a few levels down in difficulty.

]]>Fri, 31 Dec 2021 03:13:48 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29744460OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29744460https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=29744460<![CDATA[New comment by OracB7 in "The Enduring Mystery of 'Jawn', Philadelphia's All-Purpose Noun"]]>Or "smurf" or "smeg".

]]>Sun, 27 Mar 2016 06:22:56 +0000https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11369111OracB7https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11369111https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11369111