September 2016 - Simon Griffee

A friend with no programming experience asked how to learn to program a computer using the Python language, so I wrote this list:

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Learning How to Learn #: Also available in Portuguese (Português), Spanish (Español) and Chinese (中国).

Pope John Paul II Lying on the Ground After Being Struck by a Meteorite #: I like this one better than the golden toilet.

A Timeline of Earth’s Average Temperature Since the Last Age of Glaciation #: Uh oh.

The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.

Job Search, Career Advice and Graduate School Preparation Articles by Donald Asher #: Invaluable for both students and midlife career changers. Be sure to watch one of his presentations, too.

A list of books, stories and essays I have read made from memory in rough chronological order.

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STEM to STEAM #: Science, technology, engineering, math + art & design = STEAM. Coincidentally, Steam is also the leading computer games digital distribution platform.

Fighter Pilot’s Road Survival Guide #: A fighter pilot’s advice on road safety to cyclists and drivers. From the comments in the HN discussion : Tldr: if a vehicle is on a collision course with you, it will always be in the same position of your field of view, so there may not be enough apparent motion to draw your attention. To combat this, slow down a bit as you approach intersections to generate relative motion between yourself and anyone on a collision course with you. …continue