According to the links you gave:

Dumb and Dumber

Here comes the hotstepper

I haven't even heard of the song or the movie lol. Now I will give them a watch/listen.

Dark room. How dark though to get the effect?

Try pickling green mangoes, they come out great!

I don't know if those are the three most recent

Which browser do you use? I think the latest bookmarks usually settle at the bottom. But any three would do.

Looks like you are very much into geography! Super interesting!

you'd come across as a "salesman" and we don't want that, do we?!

Does "Salesman" have a negative connotation here in America? If so why?

Isn't it a reputable profession? Just curious :)

I live in Bangalore which is in south of India.

India is EXTREMELY diverse! Every 100km radius you have a different culture, different food and sometimes even a different dressing style. It is a very ancient civilisation. Hinduism, one of the major philosophies in India, dates BC's back.

Thus it has had years and years of change and diversity has settled in just like diversity in a rainforest with time and age.

I live in a dorm, I cheat-

I just microwave knorr kitchen sides. (Sobs slightly)

10 mins my meal is done.

I am reading:

Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman

Was recommended by a lot of people, finally borrowed it from somebody who had it and now digging through it.

Sounds sweet! Will check it out soon.

I surely will!

That's so Interesting!! Thanks so much for your valuable insight.

This will be great for kids to play and learn coding at the same time. Looks really good. Might give it a shot someday

All right hard work is a not-so-clear concept for most of us. I mean "hard work"? Am I supposed to do some blue collar stuff? What does it mean?

Let's break it down. Let's break down what we feel during our journey into "hard-work".

Stage 1:

What happens when you attack a challenging problem. You think, you re-think, slowly it drives you out of your comfort zone and now it starts to pain. Your body recognizes you are in pain and tries to put you off it. (Oh I don't wanna do it, so boooring. Oh wait the answer key would be here somewhere. Let me check my friends' code). But our brain is curious too. And if the problem is interesting enough to you you will persevere. You will look at it from different angles and you keep at it, until you reach stage 2

Stage 2:

Now you have tried a lot of possibilities and yet you are unable to wrap your head around it, you start to get agitated and irritated. "WTF man! Why why???" You'll start getting super frustrated. If your grandmom was looking at you now she would tell you to stop and take a break. But that problem is still crucial and interesting to you. Wise men would tell you to break the problem in super tiny chunks and go over the above process again, draw things out, start explaining your solution to yourself etc. etc. You start questioning everything you ever did trying to find a root cause. And when there is none in sight, anger seeps in and you start banging things (Fuck this shit, why is there a seg fault in a cout statement AAAAAHHHHH). After all the banging, hatred and blaming is over you move onto stage 3

Stage 3:

This is a very depressing stage, you are sad, you have tried everything and you have become emotionally very vulnerable. Even small things hurt you. You start thinking you are dumb and useless and probably all this is not meant for you. You become sadder and sadder due to helplessness. That is why it is not recommended that you traverse this stage alone. Make sure you have someone working with you on this. This is also the time most people take a break (take a nap best thing possible). But if you keep at it or come back and do it or you ask someone for desperate help you move onto stage 4

Stage 4:

You finally solve your problem and the deeper the stage you were in the more happiness you feel (and also the most exp you gain). This surge of dopamine is what makes you go through the whole process again. Take up another interesting problem and dig at it again.

You NEEED to go through this process multiple times and love it! Go through it and you will start appreciating hard work. Start looking forward to frustration and the above signs. This will tell you that you are getting closer to solve it, turn it into a game. Ohh I am in stage 3, shit if I solve it I would get butt loads of EXP.

SO to summarize(or TL;DR):

1.Find a interesting problem and (it should mean more than just that grade on your report card, else you will quit in the early stages)

2. Be conscious of frustration and start to love it. (If you are not getting frustrated you are not learning- I use this as my mantra)

3. Keep practicing and experiencing going through it again and again. (Hey, hard work is an acquired taste)

I really liked 5 and 6. Especially the optical illusion part. OOoooh exciting!

So the reason why we seek out the so-called "hipster" things is because we inherently want to be different from everybody else. It is a way of screaming to the world, "HEY GUYS!! LOOK I AM UNIQUE!!" It is just us trying to make a place in this universe, just elbowing our way in an already crowded place, trying to stand out among the masses.

Plus I am not a big fan of crowded places, yes even on the internet.

Thank you so much!

If you want to learn and get an intro to quantum physics I would recommend you:How to teach Quantum Physics to your dog by Chad Orzel

He even has his blog

String theory well there might be better books but I have only read this

For higher level math, read this answer on quora: https://www.quora.com/If-you-had-to-teach-yourself-math-from-basic-algebra-to-high-level-mathematics-what-would-be-your-strategy?srid=pbEj&share=1

Learn electric engineering and robotics by doing projects, you can find ALOT of them online. Just start searching and start doing. No better way of learning than doing

Good luck!

Take a book(or two) instead of a tablet. If you are travelling abroad or going anywhere for a vacation remove those headphones and see, smell and hear the sights and sounds of the world around you. You'll be amazed.

Portable battery chargers are great, they help out A LOT. I am not sure about the solar ones though never tried them.

You really don't need to carry a laptop(why carry all that weight?) , with the age of smartphones one can make do without a laptop. (You could go to a cyber cafe if something super important comes up which can't be done on your smartphones)

Can we do something like this but for books (those which can be freely available online)? It would be great if we could talk about it chapter or so every week. What do you guys think? (Make us read books too!!)

This just in: Europa is heavily populated with giant clams.

Umm, sources?

I still do it in India though. Because there are some theatres which are not linked to the web yet in my city.

I would love to play the violin, just because of how melodious it sounds to me. It leaves an impression upon anyone who listens to it.

Hey beatboxer here too!! Haha, I still continue to do so.

Thank You so Much!! :)