hey netizens! i'm not sure how many people are aware, but youtube's been slowly rolling out a new anti-adblock policy that can't be bypassed with the usual software like uBlock Origin and Pi-Hole out of the gate
BUT, if you're a uBlock Origin user (or use an adblocker with a similar cosmetics modifier), you can add these commands in the uBlock dashboard (under My Filters) to get rid of it!
youtube.com##+js(set, yt.config_.openPopupConfig.supportedPopups.adBlockMessageViewModel, false) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.adBlocksFound, 0) youtube.com##+js(set, ytplayer.config.args.raw_player_response.adPlacements, []) youtube.com##+js(set, Object.prototype.hasAllowedInstreamAd, true)
reblog to help keep the internet less annoying and to tell corporations that try shit like this to go fuck themselves <3
hmmmm idk, this seems like an overgeneralization to me
this whole semester I've been slacking a lot even though I knew I could try harder, but at the same time I felt like even if I give a solid 30% from myself I can still pull it off, so that's what I did. there was no particular reason for it, many times I just didn't feel like studying. I wasn't tired or stressed, if anything I was too relaxed
right now I regret it, while I'm studying for exams I can tell that if I worked more regularly it would be much easier and I would learn much more, but yeah, it seems like I'm going to pass with pretty good grades. however, having had been more systematic I would get better outcomes, especially that I totally had the means to do that. what is this if not pure laziness?
"lazy" is not a negative word in my opinion, or at least it shouldn't be used as such. laziness is when I know I can do better but I choose not to, when I know I can make my future great, but instead I settle for making my future just okay. sometimes there is no underlying reason for it, I simply don't feel like doing more than borderline enough
but that happens sometimes and I think we shouldn't assume that if there is no reason then there must be a hidden reason, because it implies that the natural state of being is working hard and doing your best, which sounds a bit too capitalistic to me. I know for sure that unless there is a reason not to, I will be lazy, and I don't see why this is a bad thing
this was a great read. “Laziness Does Not Exist” by Devon Price
also i'm having a quarrel with my parents, i'm afraid they will disown me or kick me out
they are anti-vax and full-blown conspiracy theorist and my mother found out i took a covid vax
the fact that my father believes the earth is flat makes me so motivated to become a full-time scientist, being the very thing they hate. then they could not undermine what i say with "what the fuck do you know, you're just a student"
my father likes you only if you agree with him and he literally tells me every time we talk that i am stupid and should go fuck myself. not that i don't say the same things to him, i do, i hate the fact that this is how this relationship works
i am aware that doing things to prove something to someone is not the way to go but up to this point it was just my goal, one of many, to be a scientist, now it feels like a necessity
5x5 Diamond rule, iterates 1-32
Iterates 40, 48, 56
Iterate 64
Iterate 128
This is a 2D cellular automaton generating a 3D fractal layer by layer. I coded it in Microsoft Excel - each pixel is 1 cell.
See more MSExcel fractals
stepped on a plum (overripe plum) (barefoot) it was on the driveway got out of the car and accidentally (didn't know it was there) stepped on the plum (warm) (on the ground) (it had fallen from the tree) barefoot (no shoes) wearing long pants (too long) (need to hem them) plum viscera got on them (the pants) unexpected plum on the driveway (hot plum) (97 degrees out) already super hungover (throwing up all morning) (should not have been driving at all) and I stepped out of the car (black car) (97 degrees out) and onto the plum (unexpected) (didn't know the plum was there) and it burst (plum nightmare on my only good pair of sweatpants) still we find ways to keep ourselves going from day to day
A human-based organization method
click on images for better resolution; images also available here (link to google drive)
Other posts that may be of interest:
Getting stuff done: How to deal with a lack of motivation
Flexible time-blocking: A more breathable way to get things done
The ABCDE Method
guy next to me at work is french and fucking insufferable about it. "chebyshev's inequality? i'm not familiar... do you perhaps mean l'inégalité de bienaymé-tchebychev?" "snell's law? i only know of snell-descartes.." every day he emails me a list of all fields medalists from l'école normale supérieure
yes, this. taking photos of the blackboard and writing down only the "sketch" of the lecture usually does the trick for me: I have all the details I need but I'm able to actually listen
a thing that i didn’t understand as a student, that many of my students don’t understand, and that i still sometimes struggle to put into practice: taking the most detailed notes is not always the best way to learn the material. trying to write down every single thing a teacher (or other person who is presenting auditory information to you) says is not only slow but it also can easily stop you from being mentally present during the lesson, internalizing the main ideas and how everything fits together, which is what will actually help you learn the material.
10 IX 2022
today I need some extra motivation to study because I didn't sleep well these past few days and it has drastic effects on my productivity, energy, motivation and what have you
also I am struggling to make the choice as to what I should do today
yesterday I started solving some basic exercises from hatcher's textbook
Δ-complex structures are becoming more intuicitve with time. take my solutions with a grain of salt, I am just starting to learn about these things and won't vouch for them lmao
some more complicated objects (the last one is an example of a lense space)
I decided to study commutative algebra today
so far I'm enjoying it. not as much as algebraic topology (which will always be my number 1) but it has its beauty
right now I'm at hom and tensor functors, the structures are fairly complicated, but pretty, and they look like they need to be studied in stages, with repetition and breaks, to fully grasp what's going on
my sensory issues are terrible today and I'm exhausted and hyperactive at the same time uh
I'll try working through a lecture on commutative algebra and give an update on how it went later
update: I studied for a while, but it wasn't going great so I decided to take a nap instead. god knows I tried
⁕ pure math undergrad ⁕ in love with anything algebraic ⁕
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