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Memory palaces link facts to places
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #245
Start small: about ten fixed locations you know well, visited in order
Summary
The creator argues memory palaces work by attaching facts to familiar places, and that they work best with spaced review.
The speaker teaches the memory palace, a technique more than 2,000 years old, in which you link items to fixed locations you know well. Start small with about 10 locations, make the images weird and vivid, use several senses, and walk the route repeatedly. He advises one palace per topic and pairing it with spaced review. He says it stores facts but does not replace understanding complex subjects.
Key points- Start small: about ten fixed locations you know well, visited in order
- Make images weird and vivid, and picture things rather than words
- Walk the palace repeatedly, then review with spaced repetition, not once
Paper2Audio: Text-to-Speech for Research Papers
Tool · paper2audio.com · Issue #243
Paper2Audio is a text-to-speech app that reads research papers, books and other documents aloud, skipping citations, reference lists and footnotes.
Summary
Paper2Audio is a text-to-speech app that reads research papers, books and other documents aloud, skipping citations, reference lists and footnotes. It summarizes tables, graphs and images, and offers a library for offline listening. The app emphasizes readers with limited sight, ADHD or dyslexia. It was founded by Joe Golden and Chandradeep Chowdhury, and its free tier allows 56 hours of audio generation per week.
CountryWheel: Spin the Globe and Learn a Country
Tool · countrywheel.com · Issue #242
CountryWheel is a free interactive spinner that picks one of 197 countries, or one region, and shows its capital, population, language, currency, local time, weather, a national dish and useful phrases.
Summary
CountryWheel is a free interactive spinner that picks one of 197 countries, or one region, and shows its capital, population, language, currency, local time, weather, a national dish and useful phrases. The site also offers a world map, country comparisons, a capital quiz, flag and geography games, and an embeddable spinner. Spinning, saving results and the Challenges quiz are free, and the core wheel needs no account.
Sampling comes before specialization
Short · tiktok.com · 1 min · Issue #241
World-class achievers early in life often try several sports and activities
Summary
The post argues that sampling, trying things casually, comes before specialization, and we narrow kids' worlds too early.
Angela Duckworth says the world-class achievers she has studied early in life were not white-knuckling a single goal. They were playing, trying track one year and another sport the next. Scientists call this sampling, and she argues it comes before specialization, so kids should relax and not be narrowed too early.
Key points- World-class achievers early in life often try several sports and activities
- Sampling means trying things casually, not with serious determination
- Early on you have to relax, because kids are narrowed prematurely
The Art of Breaking Your Own Ideas
Read · henrikkarlsson.xyz · 7 min · Issue #238
Henrik Karlsson argues that writing turns vague ideas into rigid claims whose flaws become visible.
Summary
Henrik Karlsson argues that writing turns vague ideas into rigid claims whose flaws become visible. He recommends stating bold claims, unpacking conclusions into premises, and testing them with counterexamples: local ones refine an explanation, while global ones call for a new model. Unease while rereading can signal a deeper problem. The essay draws on Imre Lakatos's Proofs and Refutations and mathematician Alexander Grothendieck's habit of testing conjectures.
The brain prunes most incoming information
Short · tiktok.com · 1 min · Issue #235
Most data is forgotten quickly because the brain discards what it does not need
Summary
Justin Sung argues the brain prunes most incoming information and keeps only what passes several filters of worth.
Dr Justin Sung argues that information in isolation is quickly lost. The brain decides with every new piece of data whether to keep it, and most of it is pruned because storing everything would be too costly. Only information that passes several filters of being worth keeping is stored, he says.
Key points- Most data is forgotten quickly because the brain discards what it does not need
- Keeping everything would cost the brain a massive amount of energy
- Information must meet multiple filters before it is stored
Kahoot: Game-Based Learning and Quizzes
Tool · kahoot.com · Issue #230
Kahoot!
Summary
Kahoot! is a game-based learning platform used in schools, workplaces and at home, with interactive quizzes that give real-time feedback and support group play. Kahoot! Plus starts at $3 a month, Kahoot! One and the business plan Kahoot! 360 start at $19 a month, and Kahoot! Study offers flashcards and AI study tools. Sign-up is free without a credit card, but the page mainly promotes paid plans.
Liquidity is how easily assets become cash
Short · youtu.be · Issue #226
A bank account is highly liquid, a house is not, and brokerage accounts sit between
Summary
The speaker says liquidity is how easily an asset becomes cash, and even liquid assets can freeze in a crisis like 2008.
The speaker explains liquidity as how easily an asset can be turned into cash. A bank account is highly liquid, a house is not even though it may be most people's most valuable asset, and a brokerage account sits in between. During the 2008 financial crisis, many sellers and few buyers froze markets, but the most liquid assets usually stayed liquid.
Key points- A bank account is highly liquid, a house is not, and brokerage accounts sit between
- During 2008 sellers outnumbered buyers, so markets felt frozen
- The most liquid assets usually stay liquid, even in a deep freeze
Review losses until the insight clicks
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #226
After a loss he replays the game to find what led to it and what he missed
Summary
The speaker says Josh Waitsnick's 'numbers to leave numbers' means reviewing a loss until the insight connects physically.
The speaker introduces the idea of numbers to leave numbers, from chess player Josh Waitzkin's book The Art of Learning. After losing a match, Waitzkin reviews the game in depth until the problems click, a process that felt physical to him. The speaker argues that real learning goes deep enough to change intuition, and that you know you are learning when you feel it in your body.
Key points- After a loss he replays the game to find what led to it and what he missed
- The insight arrived as blood rushed, he sweated, and the position suddenly clicked
- The speaker says real learning shows up as a physical signal, not just reading
Google Skills: hands-on AI and cloud training
Tool · skills.google · Issue #225
Google Skills is Google's learning platform for cloud and AI skills, with hands-on courses on topics such as Vertex AI, Gemini, AutoML and prompt design.
Summary
Google Skills is Google's learning platform for cloud and AI skills, with hands-on courses on topics such as Vertex AI, Gemini, AutoML and prompt design. It offers learning paths with shareable certificates, skill badges for completed course series, and proctored Google Cloud certifications. A GEAR program provides 35 monthly credits for hands-on labs at no cost, and a subscription option is also offered.
Admitting ignorance is the start of wisdom
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #224
Socrates was called wise because he knew he was not wise
Summary
The speaker says sophisticated thinking starts with admitting ignorance, and he claims he knows less with each passing day.
The speaker argues that people should regularly return to a basic ignorance. Citing Socrates, who said he was wise because he knew he was not, and Picasso, who relearned to paint like children in old age, the speaker says admitting how little one knows is a gift. Asked about wisdom on love or death, the speaker says that with each passing day they know less.
Key points- Socrates was called wise because he knew he was not wise
- Picasso, in old age, said he was now learning to paint like children
- Saying you know very little is a gift, not false modesty, he says
Ways to recover from post-grad burnout
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #223
Let yourself be bored instead of filling cooking, gym and shower time with podcasts
Summary
The speaker says post-grad burnout eases through boredom, writing, self-directed learning and hobbies that sit outside algorithms.
Drawing on a Substack article about post-grad decay, the speaker lists ways to recover mental sharpness when stuck in an unfulfilling job. Letting yourself be bored, rather than keeping music or podcasts on, gives the brain room to process. Writing should create space for thoughts to surface, not just vent them. The other two are self-directed learning outside algorithms and hobbies such as classes or book clubs, which build community.
Key points- Let yourself be bored instead of filling cooking, gym and shower time with podcasts
- Writing creates space so your thoughts can speak back, not just a way to vent
- Hobbies like a gardening class or chess club build community and light up the mind
Deconstruct, select, sequence and raise stakes
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #222
Deconstruct a vague goal like learning Japanese into parts, perhaps with an expert on a call
Summary
The speaker says faster learning comes from four steps: deconstruct the goal, select the vital few, sequence them and add stakes.
The speaker lays out a four-step method for learning any skill, called DSSS: deconstruction, selection, sequencing, and stakes. Deconstruction breaks a vague goal into parts, ideally with an expert's help, and selection applies the 80/20 principle to pick the most useful part. Sequencing sets a logical order for practice, and stakes use incentives, such as a bet with a friend, to ensure follow-through.
Key points- Deconstruct a vague goal like learning Japanese into parts, perhaps with an expert on a call
- Select the high-impact items; the most frequent words can reach conversational fluency in 8 to 12 weeks
- Stakes: give a friend money that goes to a candidate you dislike if you quit
Why, what, how, now structures a talk
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #221
Why: say why it matters now, such as rainforests dying
Summary
The speaker says the why, what, how, now frame makes a presentation land, because it answers each objection in order.
A speaker presents a four-part structure for explaining ideas, which he says a kindergarten teacher created and calls format. The why frame states why the topic matters now, the what frame outlines its main pieces, the how frame shows how each piece affects the listener, and the now frame ends with one concrete action. In his global warming example, that action is turning off air conditioning at 6 PM.
Key points- Why: say why it matters now, such as rainforests dying
- What: name the pieces, like four factors behind global warming
- How and now: show how each affects you, then give one action, like AC off at six
YouTube to Transcript
Watch · youtubetotranscript.com · Issue #221
YouTube To Transcript is a web tool that generates a transcript from a pasted YouTube link.
Summary
YouTube To Transcript is a web tool that generates a transcript from a pasted YouTube link. Users can copy the text, choose a language, translate it into over 125 languages, and click lines to jump to that point in the video. The site states it is completely free to use, with no limits on video length or number of transcripts. Transcripts are copied rather than downloaded directly.
Connections: a daily word puzzle
Tool · connectionsgame.org · Issue #221
Connections is a daily word puzzle in which players sort 16 words into four groups of four by finding the common theme in each set.
Summary
Connections is a daily word puzzle in which players sort 16 words into four groups of four by finding the common theme in each set. Four mistakes end a round, and the official version offers one new puzzle a day, with an unlimited version for replaying. The site says the game is 100% free to play on mobile and PC.
102 Lessons From 102 Books
Read · scotthyoung.com · 11 min · Issue #221
Scott H.
Summary
Scott H. Young's October 6, 2025 post distills lessons from 102 books he read in about 12.5 months. The lessons are grouped by theme, such as fitness, money, food, outreach, sleep and service. Examples include low-cost index funds generally beating actively managed funds after fees, and CBT for insomnia working better than sleep medication for many people. He also compares the health risk of loneliness to that of smoking.
Young employees can show leaders the future
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #220
Young people joining a company are closer to the future than leaders will ever be
Summary
Reverse mentoring lets young employees show leaders the future, the speaker says, using his daughter's edit of his keynote as proof.
A speaker argues that older leaders get caught in an age bubble and should use reverse mentoring to learn from younger colleagues, who are closer to the future. As an example, he describes his 25-year-old daughter, who offered to give his keynote at her high school. She cut his 300-slide deck to 27 slides, discarding about 90 percent of it as irrelevant.
Key points- Young people joining a company are closer to the future than leaders will ever be
- The speaker's 25-year-old daughter reworked his 300-slide keynote for her school
- She cut it to 27 slides, dropping 90% of what he had called relevant
Combining imagery and retrieval beats rereading
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #217
Control group reread each name four times, like studying notes
Summary
A name-memory study found that combining elaborate imagery with retrieval practice beats simple rereading.
The speaker describes a study testing four ways to remember names: a control, semantic elaboration, retrieval practice, and both combined. Semantic elaboration means linking each name to a vivid image, such as a big man bobbing for bread rolls for Bob Baker. The control group recalled under 20 percent of names, each technique roughly doubled that, and combining them reached about 70 percent in the lab.
Key points- Control group reread each name four times, like studying notes
- Semantic elaboration pairs each name with sound, meaning and a vivid image
- Retrieval practice recalls the last name after seeing only the first
New York Times Games: crosswords and word puzzles
Tool · nytimes.com · Issue #216
The New York Times crossword site offers the daily crossword, the short Mini, Spelling Bee, Wordle and a rotating set of word games.
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The New York Times crossword site offers the daily crossword, the short Mini, Spelling Bee, Wordle and a rotating set of word games. The crossword has run since 1942.
A Language Blog That Doesn't Feel Like Homework
Tool · englishinaction.com · Issue #212
The EiA Blog from English in Action publishes teaching ideas for teachers of English as a foreign language, including activities, games, quizzes and newsletters.
Summary
The EiA Blog from English in Action publishes teaching ideas for teachers of English as a foreign language, including activities, games, quizzes and newsletters. Recent posts cover using the TV show The Traitors for investigative speaking tasks, real-world English, World Cup lessons and why teenagers still need games. The site offers free EFL teaching resources through a sign-up and invites teachers to submit content.
Does AI really make us dumber?
Read · oneusefulthing.org · 6 min · Issue #212
Ethan Mollick argues that AI does not physically harm the brain, but using it without thinking can weaken thinking.
Summary
Ethan Mollick argues that AI does not physically harm the brain, but using it without thinking can weaken thinking. He advises drafting and generating ideas first, then using AI for feedback. He cites an MIT Media Lab study in which students who used ChatGPT for essays remembered less, and a Turkish high school study where plain ChatGPT use led to 17% worse exam scores, a drop a tutor-style prompt removed.
How to Absorb Everything You Read Like a Sponge
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #208
Dr.
Summary
Dr. Justin Sung's 17-minute video presents reading and learning techniques for absorbing textbooks and other material more effectively. Its sections cover the biological barrier, layman's language, layering, relevance framing, and real estate. Sung is a self-regulated learning expert and former medical doctor. He also offers a free learner type quiz, a learning system diagnostic, and a free summary of learning research.
Mnemonic Generator: Turn Facts into Memorable Phrases
Tool · automem.us · Issue #208
AutoMem is a web tool that generates mnemonics from facts you paste in, in styles including Funny, Rhyme, and Animals.
Summary
AutoMem is a web tool that generates mnemonics from facts you paste in, in styles including Funny, Rhyme, and Animals. Examples include the colors of the rainbow and planet order. Notes can be uploaded and turned into flashcards for spaced repetition using ChatGPT. Saving a mnemonic as a note card requires signing up. The site describes itself as fast and free.
Mental Models Used by History's Greatest Minds
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #205
Dante Borgese's video introduces mental models for better thinking.
Summary
Dante Borgese's video introduces mental models for better thinking. Its chapters cover the map is not the territory, circle of competence, first principles, second-order thinking, probabilistic thinking, inversion, Occam's Razor, Hanlon's Razor, and the Eisenhower Matrix. The description links a free weekly ideas Substack and a paid Gumroad PDF.
Feeling lost early in learning is normal
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #205
Feeling overwhelmed while learning is a feature, not a bug, the speaker says
Summary
Feeling lost for the first two or three months of learning something new is normal and not a reason to quit.
The speaker argues that people quit because they expect quick competence. Two to three months of not knowing what you are doing is normal when learning something new, and feeling overwhelmed is part of the process. Not knowing after a week means you are a beginner, not that you should stop.
Key points- Feeling overwhelmed while learning is a feature, not a bug, the speaker says
- Not knowing what you are doing after a week just means you are a beginner
- Many people quit at this stage, before the learning curve turns
Copylists - Lists for when your brain has tabs open
Tool · copylists.com · Issue #204
CopyLists is a site of ready-made lists in more than 30 categories, including animals, geography, food, space, names, and vocabulary in several languages.
Summary
CopyLists is a site of ready-made lists in more than 30 categories, including animals, geography, food, space, names, and vocabulary in several languages. Users can copy lists or download them as plain text, PDF, Word, Excel, JSON, or CSV. A List Sorter tool and a free Online Clipboard for organizing copied text are also offered. The lists are intended for social media, newsletters, teaching, and brainstorming.
How Absurdly Hard the Polish Language Is
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #201
A humorous video on the many ways Polish seems to make no sense, delivered with plenty of pain and humor.
Summary
A humorous video on the many ways Polish seems to make no sense, delivered with plenty of pain and humor. It is presented as a light watch for anyone who wants a laugh.
Start a first business in a weekend
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #198
It gives a step-by-step guide to starting a business in one weekend
Summary
A book shows how to start a first business in a weekend and check whether the idea can grow large.
The speaker recommends Million Dollar Weekend by Noah Kagan, a book that describes starting a first business over a weekend. It offers a step-by-step guide to validating an idea and judging whether it could grow into a million-dollar business. He calls it the best book he has read on starting a business, and notes that his podcast has an interview with Kagan.
Key points- It gives a step-by-step guide to starting a business in one weekend
- It teaches validating an idea before wasting time on it
- The speaker calls it the best book he has read on starting a business
ARTICULACY: From Monkey to Monk (Full Course)
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #197
Joseph Tsar's 36-minute course treats articulate speaking as a trainable skill.
Summary
Joseph Tsar's 36-minute course treats articulate speaking as a trainable skill. It covers managing anxiety under pressure, building vocabulary, controlling media inputs, keeping a commonplace book, and essence writing for clarity. It also names three blocks to authentic speech: fear of silence, perfectionism, and fear of not knowing what to say. Linked worksheets are included, and paid one-on-one coaching is promoted.
Heuristica
Tool · heuristi.ca · Issue #197
Heuristica is an AI learning platform that turns PDFs, YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, and links into concept maps, flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and study notes.
Summary
Heuristica is an AI learning platform that turns PDFs, YouTube videos, podcasts, articles, and links into concept maps, flashcards, quizzes, summaries, and study notes. Flashcards and quizzes use spaced repetition and active recall. Users can chat with models such as Gemini, Claude, and ChatGPT. Several standalone tools, including a flashcard generator and a PDF summarizer, are offered free.
Rewiring How We Learn: The Power of an Experimental Mindset
Watch · youtube.com · Issue #196
In this SXSW EDU 2025 keynote, Anne-Laure Le Cunff and Vanessa Van Edwards argue that educational practices often cause anxiety.
Summary
In this SXSW EDU 2025 keynote, Anne-Laure Le Cunff and Vanessa Van Edwards argue that educational practices often cause anxiety. Drawing on recent neuroscience, they present an experimental mindset that treats learning as testing and trying things, turning uncertainty into curiosity. The talk offers practical tools for learners and teachers and describes classrooms where failure supports growth.
Bookwatch: Animated Book Summaries
Tool · bookwatch.com · Issue #195
BookWatch is a subscription app offering animated summaries of non-fiction books.
Summary
BookWatch is a subscription app offering animated summaries of non-fiction books. Each summary is a 20 to 60 minute video with whiteboard-style animation and a voiceover that explains the main ideas. The app also includes monthly challenges and achievements, and a 7-day free trial applies to subscriptions bought through the App Store or Google Play.
A short take on critical thinking
Short · instagram.com · Issue #192
A short Instagram post on how to be a critical thinker.
Summary
A short Instagram post on how to be a critical thinker.
How to Take Notes
Read · scotthyoung.com · 25 min · Issue #192
Scott H.
Summary
Scott H. Young argues that note-taking is mainly a way to direct attention and build memory, not a transcript of the material. He says the right method depends on the learning goal, with flashcards for simple recall, practice problems for complex subjects and teaching others for understanding. When material is confusing he suggests copying closely, and once it is clear he suggests spending time on examples and applications.
A short take on workhorse words
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #191
A short TikTok about workhorse words.
Summary
A short TikTok about workhorse words.
ElevenReader: Text to Lifelike Audio
Tool · elevenreader.io · Issue #191
ElevenReader is an ElevenLabs app that reads PDFs, eBooks, articles and web pages aloud in AI-generated voices, with a library of audiobooks.
Summary
ElevenReader is an ElevenLabs app that reads PDFs, eBooks, articles and web pages aloud in AI-generated voices, with a library of audiobooks. The free plan includes 10 hours of text-to-speech per month, and the Ultra plan costs $11 per month or $99 per year for unlimited imports. It runs on iOS, Android, Chrome and the web, and audio cannot be exported from the app.
Hypothesis: Social Annotation for the Web
Tool · web.hypothes.is · Issue #190
Hypothesis is a social annotation platform that lets users highlight, comment on and discuss web pages, PDFs and course materials directly on the content.
Summary
Hypothesis is a social annotation platform that lets users highlight, comment on and discuss web pages, PDFs and course materials directly on the content. It integrates with Canvas, Blackboard, Moodle and D2L and is aimed mainly at higher education, with more than 300 institutions listed. The vendor reports gains in retention and comprehension, without sources.
Elicit: AI Research Assistant
Tool · elicit.com · Issue #189
Elicit is an AI research tool that searches academic literature, covering 138 million papers and 545,000 clinical trials, and produces reports with sentence-level citations.
Summary
Elicit is an AI research tool that searches academic literature, covering 138 million papers and 545,000 clinical trials, and produces reports with sentence-level citations. It can extract data from papers, support systematic review screening, save sources in a library and track new research. It also offers an API and an MCP server, and its site has a "Try Elicit for free" button.
STORM: Stanford's AI Article Writer
Tool · storm.genie.stanford.edu · Issue #187
STORM is a Stanford AI experiment that builds structured, Wikipedia-style articles from scratch by generating topic outlines first.
Summary
STORM is a Stanford AI experiment that builds structured, Wikipedia-style articles from scratch by generating topic outlines first. It is still in development.
Good Enough Prompting: Getting Started With AI
Read · oneusefulthing.org · 11 min · Issue #187
Ethan Mollick argues most people use AI poorly by treating it like a search engine, not because they lack prompt engineering skills.
Summary
Ethan Mollick argues most people use AI poorly by treating it like a search engine, not because they lack prompt engineering skills. He suggests about 10 hours of practice on real tasks, plus specific requests, examples, context, and permission to say it lacks information. He cites a study where doctors using GPT-4 diagnosed no better than doctors working without it.
Nomido Word Puzzle Game
Tool · thebrowser.com · Issue #185
Nomido is a daily word puzzle from The Browser, designed by Uri and developed by Karim Gehad.
Summary
Nomido is a daily word puzzle from The Browser, designed by Uri and developed by Karim Gehad. Players join overlapping letter tiles on a grid, so GA and ME make GAME, and longer words score more points. Four words that share a theme earn bonus points. Past puzzles can be played for free with a free account.
Learn skills by starting and shipping projects
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #183
Learn what moves you toward your vision, not status others assigned
Summary
Learn skills fast by starting a project first, learning on the way, and shipping it publicly.
The speaker argues that learning skills quickly matters most as AI and automation spread, since relying on one skill makes you easier to replace. He offers three steps: learn what serves your own vision instead of what school or status assigns, start a project before studying it in depth to avoid endless tutorials, and publish the work so real users can show whether it is valuable.
Key points- Learn what moves you toward your vision, not status others assigned
- Start the project first and learn only when you hit a roadblock
- Ship it even when embarrassed, because real users decide its value
Get paid for knowledge by serving a change
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #183
Combine your skills, struggles, hobbies, vocation and passions into a unique mix
Summary
Anyone can get paid for their knowledge by serving a specific desired change for other people.
The speaker says anyone can earn money from knowledge by finding the combination of their skills, struggles, hobbies, vocation and passions. Success depends on focusing on what others want, namely their desired transformation, frustrations and limiting beliefs. He says you must learn marketing, provide value in advance, and prove you can help people by helping them.
Key points- Combine your skills, struggles, hobbies, vocation and passions into a unique mix
- Map your audience's desire, frustrations and limiting beliefs
- Marketing is unavoidable, or you become the typical starving artist
HBR Idea Cast
Tool · hbr.org · Issue #183
A weekly Harvard Business Review podcast in which editors Alison Beard and Adi Ignatius talk with business and management thinkers about leadership, strategy and innovation.
Summary
A weekly Harvard Business Review podcast in which editors Alison Beard and Adi Ignatius talk with business and management thinkers about leadership, strategy and innovation. Episodes can be heard through Apple Podcasts, Spotify or RSS.
Simple rules can yield endlessly varied phenomena
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #181
The speaker says the final variety of phenomena comes from very simple rules
Summary
Simple rules can produce endlessly varied phenomena, but finding them took a complex scaffolding built over 400 years.
A scientist explains that simple fundamental rules of nature can produce a huge variety of phenomena, and that finding them required elaborate experiments. He says it is not complicated, just extensive. He notes that interviewers ask about the latest discoveries, not everyday phenomena like colours or butterfly wings, and that results look complex after about 400 years of scientific method.
Key points- The speaker says the final variety of phenomena comes from very simple rules
- He would rather be asked about an ordinary phenomenon, like the colours of butterfly wings
- He describes science as a 400-year method for finding things out about the world
Wordcraft: Vocabulary Through Latin and Greek Roots
Tool · playwordcraft.com · Issue #181
Wordcraft teaches English vocabulary by breaking words down into their Latin and Greek roots.
Summary
Wordcraft teaches English vocabulary by breaking words down into their Latin and Greek roots.
Counting in other bases follows one rule
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #179
Base 10 runs out of single numerals after nine, so ten uses a 1 and a 0
Summary
Counting in other bases follows the same rule: when you run out of numerals, you start again and double up digits.
Two speakers work through counting in bases other than ten. Base ten reuses its digits by adding a leading digit once it runs out of symbols, and the same logic applies to base five (digits 0 to 4) and base sixteen (0 to 9, then A to F). The exchange shows how the count rolls over in each base, with the sequence reaching 1A in base sixteen.
Key points- Base 10 runs out of single numerals after nine, so ten uses a 1 and a 0
- Base 5 has only 0 to 4, so the count doubles up digits after 4
- Base 16 adds A to F as six extra numerals, then doubles up digits too
How to sound more British
Short · tiktok.com · Issue #179
A short TikTok on how to sound more British.
Summary
A short TikTok on how to sound more British.
Blockly: Visual Block-Based Code Editor Library
Tool · developers.google.com · Issue #179
Blockly is an open-source JavaScript library for building visual programming editors with drag-and-drop blocks.
Summary
Blockly is an open-source JavaScript library for building visual programming editors with drag-and-drop blocks. The documentation describes APIs, generators and integrations that let it fit into most platforms, and it is built so everyone can engage with visual code. The documentation comes from the Raspberry Pi Foundation, a UK charity, and the page says Google supports Blockly.
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