Discussion article for the meetup : Pittsburgh - Presentation on Anthropics WHEN: 20 April 2012 06:00:00PM (-0400) WHERE: 151 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213. Apt #7C. Katja Grace will be giving a presentation on anthropics, a topic on which she is quite a bit more knowledgeable than me. Afterwards,...
Discussion article for the meetup : Pittsburgh Holiday Meetup WHEN: 16 December 2011 08:00:00PM (-0500) WHERE: Apt 7C, 151 N Craig St, Pittsburgh, PA Come celebrate the end of finals/the year/upcoming vacations! Feel free to bring friends, even irrational ones ;) I'll be providing food and drinks, so please RSVP...
Discussion article for the meetup : Pittsburgh Meetup: Expert Presentation on Motivation WHEN: 18 October 2011 05:45:00PM (-0400) WHERE: 151 N Craig St, Apt #7C, Pittsburgh, PA 15213 Welcome to the second Pittsburgh meetup of the semester! Nick will be presenting his experiences with various productivity and motivation hacks. Please...
http://www.amazon.com/Vic-Firth-Stereo-Isolation-Headphones/dp/B0002F519I/ref=pd_cp_MI_0
Only downside is sort of obvious--they're pretty tight on your head, but I can wear them comfortably all day.
I use classical conditioning on myself with genres of music to either help me focus or to relax. Basically I just always (and only) play a certain type of music when I'm working, and then switch to another type of music when I want to start winding down for the day.
I use these two stations because they have no words or commercials: (work): http://somafm.com/thetrip/ (relax): http://somafm.com/dronezone/
It definitely helps me. Sometimes if I forget to turn off the music I end up working way too late. Also, it's incredible how the focus and desire to work comes on almost instantly when I put my headphones on. I use very good passive noise cancelling headphones (they reduce ~25db of sound), so literally all I hear is the music, and I have to take them off to talk to people/leave the computer, which probably strengthens the effect
I went to the very first rationality workshop in May of 2011, and it was literally life-altering. See here for my review and discussion about it in the context of a similar post for the workshops that happened earlier this year:
http://lesswrong.com/lw/b98/minicamps_on_rationality_and_awesomeness_may_1113/66nz
It was just an error of omission. The company is called Addepar. For a variety of reasons, the website doesn't do the best job of describing what we do, but it is being fixed.
If you are a good programmer, the company I work for is looking to hire. We pay very well and offer great perks and benefits (catered breakfast/lunch/dinner, infinite snacks, they buy whatever you want to help you work better, completely flexible work hours and vacation days, plus everything else like health insurance, etc).
Also, the people are great (some even read LW), the work is fun, and the upside is huge. This company is working on a huge problem that will have a significant positive impact in the world, and has the resources to tackle it. There are about 60 people now, and it's set to double in... (read more)
Also a Pittsburgh one: http://lesswrong.com/meetups/8z
We will be having a presentation on "anthropics" by Katja.
I forgot to create the meetup post. Sorry about that!
Katja Grace will be giving a presentation on anthropics, a topic on which she is quite a bit more knowledgeable than me. Afterwards, we'll go get some dinner.
Also--this will be my last LW meeting in Pittsburgh because I'm moving to Mountain View, so you'd better all come and say goodbye, or at least hello if you still haven't come to one of these yet :)
See you all soon!
PS: the door code is *0511, or call 585 506 6900 when you arrive.
Someone else above asked for the negatives as well. Didn't we all submit suggestions for improvement and criticisms last year? Are those publishable? If you don't have permission, you could just email people for permission to publish their criticisms. You can definitely publish any of my comments.
I can definitely understand your perspective. I pretty much ONLY read the negative parts of reviews--if there is NOTHING bad, that is a bad sign in itself.
I also commented positively below, but since you asked, here are my complaints about the last minicamp:
I helped make some of the food last time. I would call that menu "college random" ;) It was basically left as a problem for us to solve.
I assume that this time they will have it straightened out (and is probably part of the higher price), but I am also curious.
Come celebrate the end of finals/the year/upcoming vacations! Feel free to bring friends, even irrational ones ;)
I'll be providing food and drinks, so please RSVP via email to thejash@gmail.com. Or you can just show up anyway.
Use this code to get into the main entrance: *0511 (or call me at 585 506 6900)
Welcome to the second Pittsburgh meetup of the semester!
Nick will be presenting his experiences with various productivity and motivation hacks. Please read this article before coming if you get a chance, but don't avoid coming just because you procrastinated and didn't read the article, that would be too ironic: http://lesswrong.com/lw/3w3/how_to_beat_procrastination/
Afterwards, we'll have another surprise activity, then go get dinner.
The meetup will be at Josh's apartment because it's nice and big and has drinks. Call or text 585 506 6900 to get in when you get there.
Can you report back any consensus here? I can't make it (nowhere near there), but am pretty interested in the answers and ideas...
A recording would also be of interest, if people were open to it.