Q: What are the best tasting things Iâve done as of 2023?
I think these activities constitute my main personal contribution to goodness(universe) to date. That said, I think thereâs a lot of room left to optimize how I contribute to goodness(universe). In any case, I think it was a useful activity to reflect on some experiences that Iâve enjoyed in the past.
Scheduling, allocation, hashing, P3âs vs C6âs, pigeons
- Beautiful aspects of these projects:
- I choose to care about them. Nobody made me.
- There were many epic battle plans, and epic battles.
- Ground won and ground lost.
- Creating really cool ideas and pictures.
- I love having incremental progress
- I like how you can âactually tryâ. Like, my best example of this is, on the day when I dedicated myself fully to solving that pigeon problem, it felt really good and I actually discovered something. Maybe not every day can be like that, but I think I have some power to create days like that.
- I like working closely with others on these projects.
- Unsatisfactory aspects of these projects:
- Failure to internalize your work is not your worth
- Sometimes worked on these too much, felt somewhat burnt out.
- Sometimes these problems felt a little bit âcuteâ, and I worry that they arenât important. But sometimes they feel fundamental and worth thinking about. Thereâs a mix here.
Enchanted forest / projects with Kevin
- I liked working with someone on a large project that we made up because we thought it was cool.
- I enjoyed the technical challenge of it.
- I liked that it was creative and beautiful.
hackathons
- I like coming up with a plan, breaking down a complex problem, and the rapid prototyping.
Outings
- Walking to the beach! and other places.
- Pizza w/ friends
- Cooking
- Contact (the game)
Talking to people about what Iâm working on, especially when they can listen well
Working on cool math problems with people
Corona coding club
- Enjoyed teaching peers and proactively responding to environment.
BHS Yearbook project
- big project with collaboration, and it actually had an impact on ppl.
- It had a big impact on me alone! I still read these notes. It wouldnât have happened without this app.
Talking to random people