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  • alexpotato14 hours ago
    An &quot;algorithm&quot; that I used to great effect in business school was the following:<p>- Most well written books start each paragraph with a thesis statement<p>- The next couple sentences are usually in support of that thesis statement<p>- The final sentence of the paragraph is usually the thesis statement again<p>- Ergo, if you are in a hurry, just read the first sentence of each paragraph.<p>A friend had to read a book in only 3 hours and was lamenting that she didn&#x27;t have time to read and I suggested the above.<p>She came back the next day and said:<p>&quot;Everyone had only read the first 1&#x2F;3 of the book but I had &#x27;read&#x27; the whole thing and looked like a genius!&quot;<p>PS I also made it through 3 out of the 4 semesters of business school without buying any of the books&#x2F;pamphlets etc but that is a story for another time.
  • jackallis12 hours ago
    dont people just read for fun; grab a book and streach out in the lawn, deck or beach and just read? why does it have to optimized, algorithmized, systamized?
  • mbeavitt16 hours ago
    You can&#x27;t tease me with &quot;Algorithm&quot; in the title and then not actually define an algorithm... TL;DR: Read lots of widely acclaimed books that are close to the source of what you want to learn?
    • sunrunner15 hours ago
      It&#x27;s a reading equivalent to the Feynman Problem Solving Algorithm (which I personally think is really just a variant of the universal Nike Algorithm applied specifically to problem solving).
      • mbeavitt15 hours ago
        Is it though? The algorithm you reference is meant to be a joke:<p>1) Write down the problem.<p>2) Think real hard.<p>3) Write down the solution.<p>This is not a useful algorithm in any sense, apart from that it might be thought provoking.<p>What&#x27;s the &quot;universal nike algorithm&quot;? I didn&#x27;t find anything on google.
        • _Algernon_15 hours ago
          I assume it&#x27;s a play on Nike&#x27;s tag-line: &quot;Just do it&quot;
          • mbeavitt15 hours ago
            Oh, I get it. Missed the joke.
  • KnuthIsGod13 hours ago
    AI slop...
  • _Algernon_16 hours ago
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