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would be nice to hear more about your self-directed learning, i'm in a similar boat right now.

how did you review fundamentals? how did you pick what topics to pursue? etc

... has a built-in repl. At any point you can press escape and pull it up, and it’s docked to the bottom of the page...

probably not a good decision to use `Esc` since browsers have default bindings for it. firefox exits fullscreen on `Esc`

The cited book has no information on how the surveys themselves were conducted. The book is an overall romanticization of pre-colonial india, and frequently indulges in nostalgia.

The following books have a good overview of education&caste in india.

A. L. Basham, The Wonder That Was India

Gail Omvedt, Understanding Caste

caste system in india is an evil that persists even today, and is a complex topic. majority of the indian-origin users on hackernews or people in the IT community are very likely upper castes. see [1] If you are interested to learn more about the caste system in india it is recommended to get your facts from multiple sources. start from [2]

[1] https://www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674987883 [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caste_system_in_India

this supports my flow-y experiences as well, i find it hard but if i can pace myself to the flow of my thoughts i end up being very productive.

EXPI by p01 3 years ago

i had to force quit firefox to stop playing it, even closing the tab didnt help.