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From: andrew cooke <andrew@...>

Date: Sun, 9 Aug 2015 17:44:56 -0300

More reading  / thinking and less programming this week (at last):

* Read all the way through "Quantum Computing Since Democritus" (Scott
  Aaronson).  Apart from skipping some details about complexity classes.
  Interesting, but not as good as hoped - I think I may just be too dumb.
  Much preferred his paper on philosophy and complexity.

* Worked out the notation in http://acooke.org/cute/EulersTheo0.html (maybe
  this should be obvious - I guess it's standard - but it took me some
  effort).

* Motivated by Aaronson's book, looked a bit at David Deutsch and Constructor
  theory - https://www.metafilter.com/151942/Reinventing-Science

* Read about 40% of "My Struggle" (Karl Ove Knausgaard) - not bad, but not
  sure I will bother finishing it.

Also, more practically:

* Bought a drawing board and various bits, and did some technical drawing.  In
  particular, looked at how two tubes intersect when drawn in isometric.

Other:

*  https://ask.metafilter.com/283899/UNpopular-Science-and-Arts-Humanities-Books

* Checkup w Doc (MS).  Need to get visual test re-done and then another MRI
  (still concerned about vision; now thumb has issues too).

Andrew