great thread on hands-on autodidactism for programming, altho it applies just as well to any skill; I've found it easiest to learn something when I can anchor every question against a practical goal I'm trying to achieve, rather than floating in the midst of rootless abstractions
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RT @liminal_warmth
Someone asked me today what the minimum IQ to be able to code is because they were struggling with it and I think this is the wrong …
https://twitter.com/liminal_warmth/status/1475946827560067074
What's the minimum IQ for determining the effect size of a study that claims 2/25000 beats 1/25000 with enough certainty to alter the trajectory of the world's liberty and economies?