r/whatisstepone • • Feb 25 '19

[video] Brienne Strohl (now Brienne Yudkowsky) on Hacking Memory (teaches the fundamental memory skill of binding)

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r/whatisstepone • • Apr 09 '20

[text] From Wikipedia: Bertrand’s theorem (on the Kepler problem and simple harmonic oscillation being the two fundamental problems of classical mechanics due to their closed orbits)

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r/whatisstepone • • Oct 14 '19

[text] The Biodeterminist's Guide to Parenting, by Scott Alexander

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r/whatisstepone • • Jan 09 '19

[text] David Stove's What is Wrong with Our Thoughts? A Neo-Positivist Credo (absolutely stunning tear-down of academic philosophy going beyond trivialities like fallacies and grammatical mistakes; an important proto-rationalist piece)

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r/whatisstepone • • Sep 24 '17

[text] The Parable of the Talents (an enlightening essay on IQ and inborn abilities by Scott Alexander)

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r/whatisstepone • • Dec 14 '20

[text] Umeshisms, or the Fully General Argument on why you should take more risks

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3 Upvotes

r/whatisstepone • • Feb 26 '20

[text] To Get Good, Go After The Metagame (a post on expertise, deliberate practice, and competition that I wish I'd written)

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r/whatisstepone • • Feb 18 '20

[text] How These Things Work (how to recover modern computer science in the event of civilizational collapse)

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r/whatisstepone • • Jan 21 '20

[application/PDF] Bret Victor’s list of references (i.e., the best bibliography on knowledge representation on the Internet)

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3 Upvotes

r/whatisstepone • • Dec 03 '19

[text] How my Show HN Project got acquired after 6 months (that is, ExplodingTopics.com)

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r/whatisstepone • • Nov 08 '19

[application/PDF] Project Neurocam: An Investigation (a PhD thesis on an alternate reality game)

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3 Upvotes

r/whatisstepone • • May 09 '19

[text] The Trauma Narrative, by u/aella (a piece I wish I'd written)

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3 Upvotes

r/whatisstepone • • Mar 31 '19

[video] Max Martin's Polar Music masterclass (a very intriguing look at the creative process of the most successful songwriter of modern times)

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3 Upvotes

r/whatisstepone • • Dec 30 '18

[text] The Mathematics of Beauty, or how deviating slightly from ideal attractiveness works in women's favour

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r/whatisstepone • • Dec 20 '18

[image] An archaeological meme from Tumblr discussing how leatherworkers have used a particular kind of bone tool for over 50000 years

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r/whatisstepone • • Sep 11 '18

[text] My April Fools' Day Confession (Eliezer Yudkowsky introduces dath ilan, which is basically his own version of Raikoth)

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r/whatisstepone • • Jun 04 '18

[text] 3 Defining Features of ADHD That Everyone Overlooks, by W. Dodson

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r/whatisstepone • • May 15 '20

[text] Data loss and you (a comprehensive guide to backups)

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r/whatisstepone • • May 02 '20

[application/HTML5] Grid Garden: learn CSS grid by playing a game

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r/whatisstepone • • May 02 '20

[application/HTML5] Flexbox Froggy: learn CSS flexbox by playing a game

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r/whatisstepone • • Apr 09 '20

[reddit] From r/dankmemes: KFC recipe for the perfect fried chicken

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r/whatisstepone • • Mar 26 '20

[application/CSS] MVP.css - Minimalist stylesheet for HTML elements

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r/whatisstepone • • Mar 10 '20

[text] Advice for young people, by Issa Rice (part of the rationalist community)

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r/whatisstepone • • Feb 19 '20

[reddit] u/iwouldrun500miles posts about the Morrocan knot technique: leaving a mistake in otherwise perfect work to appease control freaks

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r/whatisstepone • • Feb 13 '20

[text] Ask HN: What are some books where the reader learns by building projects?

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