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  1. johnsalvatier.org

    Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal with reality. You can see this everywhere if you look. For example, you've probably had the experience of doing something for the first time, maybe growing vegetables or using a Haskell package for the first time, and being frustrated by how many annoying snags ...
  2. metafilter.com

    Mar 18, 2024Reality has a surprising amount of detail March 18, 2024 1:28 PM Subscribe. Surprising detail is a near universal property of getting up close and personal with reality. You can see this everywhere if you look. For example, you've probably had the experience of doing something for the first time, maybe growing vegetables or using a Haskell ...
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  4. johnsalvatier.org

    Reality has a surprising amount of detail. 13 May 2017: I. My dad emigrated from Colombia to North America when he was 18 looking looking for a better life. For my brother and I that meant a lot of standing outside in the cold. My dad's preferred method of improving his lot was improving lots, and my brother and I were "voluntarily ...
  5. news.ycombinator.com

    Reality has a surprising amount of detail (2017) (johnsalvatier.org) 290 points by jger15 on Dec 3, 2021 ... then one can accept that any perceptions about reality he may have can only be at best a "useful model," and such models should be constantly updated in response to new data and observations. of course, this means that there is quite a ...
  6. taylorpearson.me

    The truth that Reality Has a Surprising Amount of Detail is why it is almost always a bad idea to "just do this one project real quick that's not the most important thing but seems like an easy win." It is not an easy win. If the thing you are working on is not something you want to spend 3-5 years of your life on, you should probably ...
  7. Apr 5, 2024Reality has a surprising amount of detail. I read John Salvatier's post Reality has a surprising amount of detail some years back, and then couldn't find it afterwards. It's an amazing piece, which starts out looking at the subtle complexity of a 'simple' task, building a set of stairs. ... Surprising detail is a near universal ...
  8. notesonliberty.com

    Reality has a surprising amount of detail. Here's the tl;dr: At a high level, most things are fairly simple. But understanding the high level (e.g. of carpentry, programming, economics, gardening etc.) only gets you so far. This relates to something I've been gradually realizing about wood working: it's straightforward, but it's not easy.
  9. forum.gcaptain.com

    But the real lesson: reality has a surprising amount of detail, best sorted out ahead of time by realistic training. 2 Likes. Related topics Topic Replies Views Activity; Anyone Ever Played Ship Simulator Extremes? Scuttlebutt. 4: 2116: September 30, 2013 Sea stories wanted!
  10. taylorpearson.me

    Reality has a Surprising Amount of Detail. The can opener effect is the product of a simple fact: Reality has a surprising amount of detail. 2. It is not merely that reality has a lot of detail, but that we constantly underestimate the amount of detail. It is continually surprising.

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