Exploring thoughts https://www.fkarg.me/ it's wrong. stop demonstrating your ignorance - I really dislike the analogy that neural networks ‘are similar to’ our brains. It isn’t true, nor has it ever been. We have made about 50 years of progress in neuroscience research since the misnormer happened – if they would not have the same name, you would not confuse them... Sun, 22 Oct 2023 00:00:00 +0200 /2023-10-22-ann-similar-brains/ /2023-10-22-ann-similar-brains/ running jekyll locally with a few simple steps - When making (visual) changes on my blog, I used to make a commit and wait until GitHub pages rebuilt and published the site again, before I could verify that I liked the change or if I should modify it further. A single iteration often took several minutes. It worked, but... Mon, 09 Jan 2023 00:00:00 +0100 /2023-01-09-local-jekyll/ /2023-01-09-local-jekyll/ Deep Learning on Point Sets for 3D Classification and Segmentation - Abstract Point cloud is a crucial geometric data type. Due to its peculiar format, most researchers transform such data. This, however, tends to cause issues. PointNet (2017) is a novel type of neural network that directly consumes point cloud data while respecting input permutation invariance, an important characteristic of point... Sat, 22 Oct 2022 00:00:00 +0200 /2022-10-22-pointnet/ /2022-10-22-pointnet/ An Ancient Strategy for Modern Life - Review of Ryan Holidays book that ‘teaches us all how to maintain our focus and presence of mind amid the sometimes overwhelming conflicts and troubles of twenty-first century life’, according to Robert Greene. I got this book sometime in the end of September 2020, and read it from late November... Fri, 09 Sep 2022 00:00:00 +0200 /2022-09-09-stillness/ /2022-09-09-stillness/ Science Fiction from the Author of 'The Martian' - Review of Andy Weir’s third book, “an epic story of redemption, discovery and cool speculative sci-fi”, according to USA Today. Several people recommended it in a larger ratonalist group, so I bought and read it sometime last month. I can only recommend it to everyone interested in ‘hard’ science fiction,... Thu, 09 Sep 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-09-09-project-hail-mary/ /2021-09-09-project-hail-mary/ what you need to know about the numbers - Review of Karen Berman and Joe Knight’s book that helps you ‘understand what your income statement and balance sheet are telling you’. I recognized that I had to work on my financial literacy in Rich Dad, Poor Dad, this was one of the books highly recommended in Personal MBA, which... Wed, 25 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-08-25-financial-intelligence/ /2021-08-25-financial-intelligence/ master the art of business - Josh Kaufmanns international bestseller, which “takes you on a worthwhile tour of the key ideas in business”, according to Seth Godin. Even though many takeaways are methodical, I learned a lot while reading this book. I would recommend this book to everyone looking for a broad overview of what business... Wed, 18 Aug 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-08-18-personal-mba/ /2021-08-18-personal-mba/ The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us - Review of Daniel H. Pink’s ‘book that will change how you think and transform how you live’. I would recommend this book especially to those regularly frustrated or stressed, or otherwise with a high chance of burnout, but everyone else as well. This was the third suggested book of our... Sat, 12 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-06-12-drive/ /2021-06-12-drive/ Authors: fkarg (post on LessWrong), crtltab, wilm Backstory and Intentions In October 2020, wilm moved to Karlsruhe and was disappointed by the lack of a local LessWrong community. In order to change this, he reached out to fkarg and together they decide to try to establish a LW Meetup Group... Tue, 25 May 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-05-25-rat-meetup/ /2021-05-25-rat-meetup/ What the Rich Teach Their Kids About Money - That the Poor and Middle Class Do Not! - Review of Robert Kiosakis ‘starting point for anyone looking to gain control of their financial future’, according to USA TODAY. I received this book together with The Personal MBA as a birthday present and read it in early September, as it also became the second suggested book of our Book... Wed, 14 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-04-14-rich-dad-poor-dad/ /2021-04-14-rich-dad-poor-dad/ when you see shards of reality - Most of the time, we don’t want to see reality. Even more often than that, our brain doesn’t let us perceive reality. But sometimes - sometimes, reality pierces through and shatters our illusions. These moments are harsh. The struggle is real: why does it have to be like this. No... Fri, 09 Apr 2021 00:00:00 +0200 /2021-04-09-shattering-illusion/ /2021-04-09-shattering-illusion/ adventures of a curious character - Review of Richard Feynman’s autobiography, where ‘anyone who can read it without laughing out loud is bad crazy’, according to the Los Angeles Times Book Review. This book quite clearly is a masterpiece, and I can only recommend everyone to read it. I received this book together with Lean Startup... Thu, 18 Mar 2021 00:00:00 +0100 /2021-03-18-joking-feynman/ /2021-03-18-joking-feynman/ an antidote to chaos - Review of “the most influential public intellectual’s” bestseller, according to the New York Times. I got the book in early January and read it in the latter half of April 2020. I also bought the second part, Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, recently. The main reason I bought... Wed, 10 Feb 2021 00:00:00 +0100 /2021-02-10-twelve-rules-for-life/ /2021-02-10-twelve-rules-for-life/ how to set and achieve goals - This is the transcript of a pretty long workshop. It is among the most effective things I do every few months to keep me focused. This is an abridged culmination of the most effective exercises I found over the last few years. It does by far not include everything I... Tue, 29 Dec 2020 00:00:00 +0100 /2020-12-29-longtermplans/ /2020-12-29-longtermplans/ How US Navy Seals Lead and Win - Review of Jocko Willink and Leif Babins ‘absolute best and most useful leadership book’. The harsh take on responsibility and leadership resonated with me. This is a book for everyone looking to broaden their perspective on these topics, it certainly helped me. I received this book as a birthday present,... Tue, 10 Nov 2020 00:00:00 +0100 /2020-11-10-extreme-ownership/ /2020-11-10-extreme-ownership/ Personal Perspectives on the Lives and Ideas of Some Notable People - Review of Stephen Wolfram’s ‘remarkable book with flashes of insight that will engage computer scientists, physicists, historians […] as it weaves personal stories into the deep import of how and what they calculated’, according to Peter Galison. I bought this book after visiting the Museum of Mathematics in New York... Tue, 27 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0100 /2020-10-27-idea-makers/ /2020-10-27-idea-makers/ How to maximize your Efficiency, Productivity and Effectiveness - Review of Amy Branns book that ‘Not only provides us with greater understanding on how the brain works, but also gives us useful tools on how to make the brain work for each of us’, according to Stephen M R Covey. While the book delivers on its promise, typesetting and... Tue, 20 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200 /2020-10-20-brain-work/ /2020-10-20-brain-work/ The Art & Science of Getting Stuff Done - Will Pembles ‘practical guide to successful business leadership.’ I received a hand-signed, personally addressed copy from Will Pemble after attending a coaching seminar during CloudFest 2019. I only read the book in late 2019. It helped me understand critical aspects of high-performance teams better. Similarities to Getting Things Done (GTD)... Mon, 12 Oct 2020 00:00:00 +0200 /2020-10-12-goalboss/ /2020-10-12-goalboss/ The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent - Review of Ryan Holidays ‘valuable book for those in positions of authority’. I bought this book together with Amy Branns Make Your Brain Work in late July. While I was purely curious about the other, I’ve heard about Ryan Holiday before, and read reviews about this book. Noticing that I... Wed, 23 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200 /2020-09-23-ego-enemy/ /2020-09-23-ego-enemy/ Why we do what do and how to change - Review of Charles Duhiggs ‘right balance of intellectual seriousness [and] practical advice on how to break our bad habits’. I bought this book when I visited Freiburg in the end of June. I’ve heard about this book before, and just finished reading The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People a... Wed, 16 Sep 2020 00:00:00 +0200 /2020-09-16-power-of-habit/ /2020-09-16-power-of-habit/