E6: Can you develop an engineer's mindset?
05/04/23 • 30 min
Charlie wants to know if he can learn how to "think like an engineer", just like the Matt Damon/Mark Watney character in THE MARTIAN -- and Oz has some good suggestions, as per usual.
Shownotes:
- Von Neumann probes
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor
- Nibbles - Charlie's short story about von Neumann probes
- The Martian - Andy Weir:
- Shimmer - Charlie's short story about mining a giant diamond asteroid
- Ian Hubert's YouTube channel
- This week's XKCD reference
- Primer (movie)
- Farcaster social media protocol
- Charlie's "fling" experiment on Farcaster
Charlie wants to know if he can learn how to "think like an engineer", just like the Matt Damon/Mark Watney character in THE MARTIAN -- and Oz has some good suggestions, as per usual.
Shownotes:
- Von Neumann probes
- We Are Legion (We Are Bob) - Dennis E. Taylor
- Nibbles - Charlie's short story about von Neumann probes
- The Martian - Andy Weir:
- Shimmer - Charlie's short story about mining a giant diamond asteroid
- Ian Hubert's YouTube channel
- This week's XKCD reference
- Primer (movie)
- Farcaster social media protocol
- Charlie's "fling" experiment on Farcaster
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Shownotes:
- How to be consistent (Oz's recent article, featuring Omar!)
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