Kindles last a month on a charge or two. It's very light. It's affordable.

It doesn’t show colors, but I have an android tab to read papers and technical content, anyway.

I tried looking at alternatives, but low price + extreme power efficiency + being able to sideload books is just great.

Does the author know about CAISc 2026 [0]?

[0]: https://caisc2026.github.io

I don't use AI tools in 90% of the projects.

It's snappy, fast, everything just works. I have the vim mode turned on while editing.

I have 0 community plugins. I use it for writing articles that becomes .qmd file for my quarto blog, I make lists, I track progress, and I have a standing file called scrip.md where I write tables, LaTeX equations, and screenshot and share them.

I have some folders, and I link some files. That's it. It has first class Linux desktop and Android experience, and that's all I want. No web browser, no internet dependence, no black box data processing, and complete freedom. If it is ever bought by potential enshittifiers, I just stop using it!

I don't use many Obsidian-only features to not be dependent on the benevolence of the creators.

I studied Physics fundamentals even though I had a microwave or could buy an airplane ticket. And I deeply enjoyed it. I still do.

I will keep doing it with CS fundamentals. Simply because I enjoy it too much.

There is no ethical teaching from a high pedestal in this book. This book teaches a practical meditation technique.

Practice it enough, you will start seeing minor benefits.

Will highly recommend. Will benefit everyone. Will work wonders for the right persons.

Stuff on CS, Programming, Deep Learning, Physics, Dynamical System, etc.

Quantum Mechanics and Quantum Computation by Umesh Vazirani (UC Berkeley course) - https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PL74Rel4IAsETUwZS_Se_P-fSE...

It's old, but really good.

Another nice one is:

Introduction to Classical and Quantum Computation by Wong - https://www.thomaswong.net/introduction-to-classical-and-qua... [PDF]

These are really nice.

My favorite QM book is the one by Eisberg, Resnick. I recommend it to other people.

There are some nice recommendations in this thread:

- Nielsen, Chuang

- quantum.country by Nielsen

- The IBM Qiskit ecosystem, community, platform, etc. are active and welcoming

Manning Publication has some books on the theme. It's worth it to search through them.

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When reading for long hours, or for a short time over days and weeks- it teaches you to concentrate, to have some kind of discipline. It helps you focus and develop empathy. Reading is fundamentally different for the reader, and it makes them do other things well. Reading trash trains you to graduate to serious books- this is true for many.

But consuming TikTok readies you for more TikTok. More Shorts and Reels and Snaps. Wathing short form stuff damages one's ability to do other things as well.

And from the creators' perspective, I think trying to keep up with short form media for engagement's sake actually impedes their ability to create more serious stuff.

I don't totally miss his point, though. When smartphones and "internet places" spread as media, those already ready for serious stuff will graduate to those. And yes, these places will have a small role to play.

But they are definitely more negative than positive.

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