Interesting things I have seen
The following is a list of some interesting articles/videos/books and other stuff that I have stumbled upon. I will try to keep this updated.
Philosophy/Life
Optmistic Nihilism. This post by Ryan Dahl talks about Optimistic Nihilism and some of his views on life overall
How To Become A Grandmaster In Chess. I don't know how to play chess nor am I interested in becoming a chess Grandmaster, but the advice and insights into mastering something are very good
Everybody is More Complex Than They Seem. A brief read that touches on comparison and life goals
Programming
- The Incredible Rise of North Korea’s Hacking Army. A very interesting article from The New Yorker that talks about competitive programming, cybercrime and more
Math
- Math's Fundamental Flaw. This video covers Gödel’s Incompleteness Theorems in a friendly way
Programming Books
The Ray Tracer Challenge. This awesome book guides you to create your own ray-tracer on the programming language of your choice
Competitive Programmer’s Handbook. This is a great book to dive into the most useful algorithms and data structures that one might come across
Automate the Boring Stuff with Python This is a great book to learn Python with no previous programming knowledge
Python Crash Course. Another great book to learn Python with no previous knowledge
The Linux Command Line. This is a great book to learn how to work with the Linux command line interface
Professor Frisby's Mostly Adequate Guide to Functional Programming. The name sums it up pretty well