{"id":1660,"date":"2021-09-12T20:47:40","date_gmt":"2021-09-13T01:47:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/?p=1660"},"modified":"2021-09-12T20:47:40","modified_gmt":"2021-09-13T01:47:40","slug":"weeknote-for-9-12-2021","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thinkulum.net\/blog\/2021\/09\/12\/weeknote-for-9-12-2021\/","title":{"rendered":"Weeknote for 9\/12\/2021"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Programming<\/h2>\n

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I got through chapter 3 of Haskell Programming from First Principles<\/em>.<\/strong> I’ll continue with the book this week. Even though the book is long, optimistically I think I can get through it in a couple of months total, although that’s probably the planning fallacy talking. The exercises are very helpful, so I’m glad I switched from a book that didn’t have any. Still, Learn You a Haskell<\/em> taught me enough that I can recognize a lot of the syntax, and it’s nice to know I haven’t immediately forgotten everything.<\/p>\n

Lean Software Development<\/em> by Mary and Tom Poppendieck<\/a> analyzes agile development from a production process perspective.<\/strong> The key task in the Lean framework is to eliminate waste from your workflow, and its practices generally derive from that. My workflows have a lot of waste, so I’ve been paying close attention to this framework. Especially helpful is the practice of set-based development, where you explore your options so you don’t lock yourself in to an ineffective or inefficient solution just because it’s the first one you thought of.<\/p>\n

Math<\/h2>\n

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Humble Bundle<\/a> has put math on my mind.<\/strong> Over the long weekend I bought a Humble Book Bundle on math by publisher Morgan & Claypool. While researching the bundle’s book on proofs<\/a>, I ran across the very interesting blog<\/a> of one of the authors, Daniel Ashlock, a university professor on a quest to improve Canada’s math education. His TEDx talk<\/a> summarizes a lot of his themes, such as the place of calculus in the curriculum, which interested me because I’m on a quest to self-educate in math, and I’m mapping out my own curriculum. Also helpful is his series on the “Islands of Mathematics<\/a>.” This has all reignited my interest in exploring math, and various trains of thought on the subject have continued on their way from where I left them.<\/p>\n

Movies<\/h2>\n

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The Seventh Seal<\/em> explores life in the context of death.<\/strong> The premise is a Swedish knight, Antonius Block, returning home from a crusade while the Black Death is sweeping the country, so death and doom are all around. The film covers a lot of themes, but the ones that stood out to me were Block’s struggle with doubt and the portrayal of Death as a character.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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