__rito__'s comments

On: The Mind Illuminated [pdf]

[__rito__]

Man, just do the practices.

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.

On: The Mind Illuminated [pdf]

[__rito__]

Legit amazing book. Changed my outlook and life.

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

On: Ask HN: Share your personal website

[__rito__]

https://ritog.github.io

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

On: Ask HN: Quantum Computation, Computers and Programming

[__rito__]

I went through the comments, and one nice resource that's not on the list:

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.

[rramadass → __rito__]

The Umesh Vazirani lectures look great so thanks for pointing it out.

For a sampler, just watched the qubit ones and they are excellent.

On: Paperbacks and TikTok

[__rito__]

There is a fundamental difference in consuming short form content, and reading a book- no matter how trashy the book is.

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.

[theragra → __rito__]

I don't see how TikTok readies you for more TikTok. You can safely combine it with YouTube longs and movies/documentaries.

I set a limit to avoid too much TikTok. And also TikTok often shows me 3-10 minute educational content, which I consider pretty well made. Dan McClellan talks about bible, form example. Or Jason Pargin on different topics. Brittney Hartley on nihilism and atheism.

On: HN Time Capsule

[__rito__]

Here: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46220540

On: Quanta to publish popular math and physics books by Terence Tao and David Tong

[__rito__]

Not all Western sci-fi are gadget dangling spaceship displays. That might have appeared as the trend to Lem, and I don't blame him. I have only Solaris that's by him, and gotta admit- it's on another level.

On: America Has Become a Digital Narco-State

[__rito__]

Have you been living under a rock? US under Trump is cuddling up to Pakistan, and not India. India is facing among the highest tariffs for exporting to the US, and the narrative from the US Prez and cabinet has been visibly caustic on India.

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Forcing Europe to cuddle up to China and India.

[__rito__ → actionfromafar]

Okay, thanks. My bad. It makes sense. I apologize.

On: Chips for the Rest of Us

[__rito__]

Link to the BASICS course mentioned: https://engineering.nyu.edu/academics/programs/digital-learn...

Link to the Zero to ASIC course that they are collaborating with: https://www.zerotoasiccourse.com/digital/

I wish for free alternatives to these.

On: Python Data Science Handbook

[__rito__]

This is one of the few books that I read cover-to-cover when I was starting out learning Data Science in 2020/21. Will recommend.