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Coding Horror: Please Don't Learn to Code
Please don't advocate learning to code just for the sake of learning how to code. Or worse, because of the fat paychecks. Instead, I humbly suggest that we spend our time learning how to …

Research voraciously, and understand how the things around us work at a basic level.
Communicate effectively with other human beings.

These are skills that extend far beyond mere coding and will help you in every aspect of your life.
learning  programming 
8 minutes ago by Taryn
Gazler/githug
Githug is designed to give you a practical way of learning git. It has a series of levels, each utilizing git commands to ensure a correct answer.
github  git  learning  tutorial 
2 hours ago by lamnatos
The outer limits of the human brain - life - 01 October 2008 - New Scientist
Yet some brains are that little bit more remarkable than others. Why do the most gifted and talented brains stand out from the crowd? Is there anything physical or physiological that sets them apart? Here we take a look at some outstanding grey matter, and ask what brains are like at the outer limits of human achievement.
cognition  learning  genius  new_scientist  education  intelligence  neuroscience  brain  from delicious
5 hours ago by chrisdymond
Inside the mind of an autistic savant - life - 07 January 2009 - New Scientist
Autistic savant Daniel Tammet shot to fame when he set a European record for the number of digits of pi he recited from memory (22,514). For afters, he learned Icelandic in a week. But unlike many savants, he's able to tell us how he does it. We could all unleash extraordinary mental abilities by getting inside the savant mind, he tells Celeste Biever
new_scientist  Tammet  learning  memory  savant  psychology  autism  from delicious
5 hours ago by chrisdymond

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