The post describes an innovative, openâschool format that uses interactive left and right panesâguidance and handsâon manipulationâto let students build products (from simple web themes to phone apps) without time limits or grades, relying instead on unit tests and a marketplace where customers post component requests with budgets; multiple students can submit solutions, the best is chosen by the poster, and payouts are distributed (e.g., $900 for the winner, $10 symbolic rewards for others), while the school collects a feeâan approach that aims to pay students for instruction and production, encourage realâworld product creation, and motivate continuous improvement through feedback from users; the author believes such an environment enables learning of math, physics, chemistry, and art via interactive visualizations (e.g., converting notation to code as in 3Blue1Brown) and Blender tutorials, with tutorial videos and live support seen as key assets that can lift students out of poverty.
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The post argues that teachers should let students pursue their own interests so that learning becomes meaningful rather than rote memorization, noting that overwork or stress hampers selfâeducation; it claims bad grades push students into temporary recall instead of real understanding, and that schools often kill creativity and need to be repaired by encouraging independent study of wise books and adventurous experiences, which ultimately leads to personal growth and greatness.
#0863 published 06:13 audio duration555 words2 linkseducationself-studybookslearningteachersschool
The post argues that building a successful soloâprogramming business is difficult because youâre up against multiâperson startups, but failure can become an asset: by learning what works and selling those solutions to other startups, you turn experience into reusable products. It contrasts the solitary coderâs chaotic creativity with collaborative teams, suggesting that solo developers thrive when they focus on code generationâusing simple template engines like ejs or AST toolsâto automate boilerplate and quickly produce marketable items such as website themes in JavaScript; this approach not only speeds development but also creates a repeatable product line that can be sold, turning individual coding effort into a scalable business model.
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After reflecting on how schools often fail to deliver lifelong learning, I argue that selfâeducationâbeginning with acclaimed nonâfiction titles and continuing through handsâon projects such as digital painting in Krita, 3D modeling in Blender, or JavaScript programmingâprovides the real path to intellectual independence. By embracing curiosity, treating learning as a joyful adventure rather than a graded test, and taking responsibility for oneâs own growth, students can become âgreat beingsâ who build better schools that lift humanity out of poverty.
#0861 published 08:22 audio duration771 words5 linksself-learningbooksdigital-paintingkritablenderjavascriptart-designsoftware-developmentstudent-loannon-fictionscience
The post explains that programming boils down to organizing data and behavior into a coherent structure using the core building blocks of variables, functions, ifâstatements, loops, and objectsâeach grouping the others in a natural hierarchy. Variables hold values (like âserverAddress = 'example.com'â), functions perform actions or return new variables, ifâstatements branch logic, loops iterate over collections, and objects bundle related variables and methods together (e.g., `player.go('north')` or `room.connect('north', createRoom('Bathroom'))`). The author illustrates this with a MUD example where rooms, players, and inventory items are all objects that expose methods such as `.go()` and `.drop()`. He further notes that HTML tags can be seen as dehydrated object hierarchies, and templating engines like Svelte hydrate them back into live objects. In short, the article shows how to think of a program as a nested set of objects whose properties (variables) and methods (functions) are orchestrated by control flow (if/loop), making JavaScript an ideal language for building such structures.
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The post proposes a cookbookâstyle guide for learning math and programming in a realâworld contextâspecifically as a tool to lift people out of poverty. It frames each lesson like a recipe, with clear examples (including links to video tutorials) that students can browse, test, and master at their own pace, gaining âpowersâ to tackle more complex tasks. The guide also includes practical challenges such as building a startup from idea to funding, all designed for one person to complete without discouragement. Finally it envisions the book being freely available in the public domain or under GPL, inviting community contributions of bugs, repairs, translations and enhancements, with the ultimate goal that learning âgrows upâ until everyone becomes wise and great beings.
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The author proposes reâstructuring education into a flexible, treeâlike system of subject clusters drawn from realâworld fields such as those listed in Y Combinatorâs RFS (e.g., Education, Software, VR/AR, AI, Healthcare, Government 2.0, Nature & Adventure, Art, Design, Music, Web/App Development, 3D Modeling, Openâsource OS, Jewelry via JSCAD, etc.), allowing students to explore and revisit topics at their own pace; they argue that current subject divisions are wrong, schools are misused, and war is a distraction for leaders; they envision an economy where universal income (US$100/day) supports students, who learn math by applying it to entrepreneurial projects; the system eliminates grades and graduation, keeping doors open for continuous learning.
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The post argues that creative pursuitsâpainting, programming, composing, rhyming, singing, sculpting, building, and inventingâare all forms of genuine knowledge because they interconnect and reinforce each other. It illustrates this with 3âD modeling, where understanding vertices, edges, and faces is essential not only for the models themselves but also for designing effective user interfaces; mastering these concepts enables richer UI design even when it seems complex at first glance. The author then describes a âhackerâ as an educated, crossâdisciplinary thinker who can surpass specialists by applying knowledge from one domain to another, and emphasizes that such versatility is rare but powerful. Finally, the post laments how modern schooling often delivers fragmented, preâpackaged learning that stifles this crossâstream thinking; it calls for a reformed education system that nurtures continuous growth and creative synthesis rather than rigid grades or standardized exams.
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The post argues that contemporary schooling relies on a system of threatsâbad grades, class attendance, lunch feesâand the promise of future benefits (military enlistment, college admission, student loans) to keep students obedient, but this approach neglects real learning and curiosity. The author claims that grades are merely a fabricated metric used by teachers and colleges to gauge performance rather than knowledge, and that interviews and standardized curricula further reinforce cramming over true understanding. He suggests that if education were truly based on knowledge and selfâdriven exploration, students could launch startups, deepen their expertise, and achieve real growth instead of merely pretending to succeed for future opportunities.
#0856 published 08:12 audio duration775 words2 linkseducationschoolsteachersstudentsgradesgpacurriculumstandardized tests
The author argues that many problemsâcrime, war, povertyâstem from a âsequenceâ of misapplied fixes rather than true solutions: people become criminals when stress turns ordinary individuals into hardened actors, yet prisons only lock them in that state; similarly, womenâs lack of education is a deliberate tool to keep them obedient and prevent uprisings. He calls for real, individualized learningâbeyond âfakeâ schoolingâto empower people to start businesses, innovate, and escape poverty. Finally he urges the world to adopt universal income and free, quality education as a means of rebuilding humanity, so that every nation can offer its citizens true learning and thereby unleash their greatness.
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The post opens with a rant about the endless troubles in programming and the irony that writing less code sometimes brings more success, then critiques confusing languages, startup advice, and broken interfaces; it proposes that real value comes from letting users build simple programs on their phones by composing small âactionsâ into sequential groups, providing an action marketplace and attaching conversational userâinterface components to those actions so that each step can pop up with its own UI when executedâan approach grounded in functional programming that keeps the program structure clear while giving users a tangible way to create, customize, and monetize their apps.
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The post paints a poetic picture of a âmultiplexâ that burns books, builds walls and prisons, destroys minds, and feeds on poverty and distractionâonly needing five books to infect the mind. It says its greatest fear is the nonâfollower, the hidden thinker, and proposes that the cure lies in the voices of young people who narrate their own knowledge: by reading, speaking out against old ways, they become philosophers, artists and scientists, understand politics, heal divisions, and bring humanity toward greatness.
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The post celebrates the accessibility of webâdevelopment tutorials by highlighting Svelteâs clean, stepâbyâstep guide (and its counterparts in Vue.js and React), and argues that learning programming is a matter of building mental scaffolds rather than memorizing formulas; it points out how prior knowledge speeds up the process and how freeâform tools likeâŻp5.js let you explore math through sound, graphics, and vector manipulationâso that the routine calculations become automatic and you can reinvent concepts such as vectors, magnets or attractorsâultimately stressing that programming offers limitless horizons for anyone who pursues it on their own terms.
#0852 published 04:07 audio duration331 words8 linkssveltevuejsreactp5.jsjavascriptcanvasgraphicssoundmathcomputer-mathtutorialswebdevlearning
The post reflects on individual learning styles and the need for personalized reading, asserting that each personâs pace and sequence of understanding are shaped by their own knowledge and experiences; it argues that no single textbook can teach everyone, but every book offers useful ideas suited to its reader. It notes how passion can be lost under waiting lists or insufficient prerequisites, and how authentic learning empowers one to spot liars and manipulators in a world overwhelmed by pretenders. The author calls for selfâeducation through countless powerful books, stressing that only by rising above poverty, stress, and misdirected curricula can we recover peace, safety, and wisdom.
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The post proposes a flowâbased programming model that relies on event listeners to drive streams of data through simple processing stepsâillustrated by tracking mouse X,Y coordinates across a web page, filtering them only when the button is pressed, and then painting colored pixels along the path. It envisions building such programs as a sequence of text paragraphs that describe each step (listener, filter, painter) and can be assembled into a visual graph using Cytoscape.js; this textâfirst approach lets developers describe functionality before it exists, while an automated code generator turns those descriptions into unit tests and bounty posts for missing parts.
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I started by learning hardâsurface modeling in Blender and built a box of wallets and dodads, then moved to Krita to improve my drawing skills with portraits and reference images; later I returned to Blender for sculpting, geometry nodes, and procedural generation of hinges and rings, leading me to design my first Captain Planet ring. During this process I discovered a Baroque kitâbash on CGTrader, purchased 150 neat decorations for $5, and imported them as .fbx files into Blender, setting origins and scaling appropriately. Using the lattice modifier (resolutionâŻ4) and mirror modifier I could distort and duplicate the flat arrangements around the ring, though my initial Boolean unions failed to fuse the rings into a single object; I plan to simplify by keeping one Boolean operation. Overall, the post stresses that keeping geometry simple, using mirrored copies, and limiting adjustments to one side helps avoid errors, and concludes with encouragement for beginners to practice jewelry modeling in Blender by loosely recreating Captain Planet or Dark Souls rings.
The post argues that a world full of liars can be redeemed by âfree and openâ books, especially those narrated or written by their authors, and that libraries are the key to shaping a wiser future. It calls for classrooms that become adventures rather than rigid factories, urging students to learn through exploration. The author then quotes Vonnegut, Rand, Thoreau, and Whitman as examples of how literature can spark personal growth and societal change, and ends with a rallying appeal: let wisdom be our treasure, and let the best of quotes and poems seed future writings.
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Drawing with reference images in Krita is simple and effective: set the image at 50âŻ% opacity, use the eyedropper for accurate colors, and practice with cheap penâandâtablet setups. Tutorials on YouTube help you master this workflow, while other creative fieldsâlike jewelry design or metal castingâcan be explored once comfortable. The post also stresses that many artists claim âtracingâ is a flaw, but using reference is simply disciplined practice; humility and honest selfâdescription (âIâm just practicing shapesâ) keep you on track. By consistently learning from references, sharing your progress, and teaching others, you can grow into a confident hyperârealist artist who exhibits in galleries and leads local workshops.
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The author describes the creative process behind writing a whimsical poem that blends their love for programming with playful wordplay and selfâlearning of English. They recount how they began the piece after waking up feeling bored, struggled to find an interesting topic, narrowed down from 47 options to 11, then finally chose one theme. The poem itself mixes technical references (e.g., âprogramming is a lyrical fleaâ) with playful rhymes and puns (âpeelâ/âkneedâ), reflecting both the joy of coding and the challenge of mastering language. Throughout, the narrator humorously narrates their journey from learning basic words to forming full sentences, illustrating how practice turns simple sounds into meaningful expression.
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The post explores the promise and pitfalls of visual programming, arguing that while it can make program flows more visible, its current implementationsâespecially those built on wireâbased frameworks like Rete.jsâoften end up with tangled connections, hardâtoâread layouts, and poor mobile support. It
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The post argues that todayâs schools prioritize rote memorization for teachersâ paychecks, which hinders true learning, while early, engaged educationârather than late, profitâdriven schoolingâequips students and leaders alike to make informed decisions and avert crises like war.
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The post opens with a fortuneâcookie proverb that âif you do the same things you've always done, you'll get the same results,â which the author applies to generations rather than individuals. He then argues that unless someone actively prevents it, nuclear war will happen and politiciansâ delayed sanctions will not stop it; this illustrates how repeating past mistakes leads to disaster. The writer stresses that real educationâselfâmade learning beyond school gradesâis essential for creativity, medical care, and avoiding poverty, and that only through intellectual independence can one break the cycle of repeated errors. He concludes by listing many philosophers and books as resources to inspire that selfâeducation, affirming that becoming a great being comes from mastering knowledge and wisdom.
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I noticed the delay/echo effect in songs after hearing GiorgioâŻMoroderâs performance, tried to replicate it with 16thânote patterns and LMMS but felt something was missing; then discovered the openâsource program MusE for drum sounds, and while exploring its composition features I also wrote a tiny code snippet using Tone.js that applies PingâPong delay to three notes (demo link), noting that visual programming frameworks like Rete could integrate with Tidal notationâconcluding that thereâs still plenty to learn about computer music and electronic history.
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The post argues that politics has ruined education: high tuition, low teacher pay and arbitrary curricula create a collapsed system that breeds cults, nationalism and war. It calls for removing politiciansâ control of schools, reâinvesting in teachers and students, and building a real, profound educational systemâideally supported by peerâreviewed materials or gameâbased learningâthat will produce educated voters who can govern wisely.
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