Bookbytes

Adam and Jason finally learn about the guy who invented the Information Age and how the transmission of data over long distances is even possible.

Adam and Jason learn about how algorithms affect people in the everyday lives in very destructive ways as well as some ways to disarm them and how to use models for good.

Adam really wants cheap access to space, Jason really wants augmented reality, and they talk about other things that may or may not happen in the future.

Jason and Adam learn about making games for a fantasy console with a lot of constraints.

Adam, Jason, and Rizel talk about race and how to talk about race. They cover issues like privilege, intersectionality, police brutality, and microaggressions.

Jason has dipped in and out of Haskell over the years, Adam did very little of the problems, and Jason teaches Adam a lot about functional programming.

Going through Clojure was an eye opening experience for Jason, and for Adam it’s intriguing, but the learning curve is very steep.

Jason loved tinkering with Erlang, they both read a little bit of Learn You Some Erlang, and Adam had a hard time with concurrency.

Adam loves how it supports functional and object-oriented programming, Jason said it would take a long time to really wrap his head around it, and Adam had a hard time installing and running it.

Adam remembered using Prolog in college, Jason felt like he had no what he was doing, Adam thought it was fun and mind bending, and Jason felt like writing a Sudoku solver was like having cheat mode on.

Adam thought Io is a weird language, it changed Jason's perspective, and Adam thought the interview with the creator was insightful.

Adam and Jason talk about the benefits of learning new languages, they talk through their experience with Ruby, and discuss their solutions to the challenges in the book.

Adam tells the story of how Ellen got into programming, Jason describes the barriers of the current online courses, Megan talks about the sexism Ellen experienced, and they talk about Y2K and ponder the difference between life and AI.

Adam, Jason, and Megan learn about some of the amazing things AI can do, laugh at the dumb stuff it does sometimes, are a bit disappointed by its limitations, and come out more informed about what to realistically expect going forward.

Jason and Adam talk about working remotely amid a global pandemic. Adam got a standing desk, they agree that is better when everyone is remote, and they talk about having a good setup and routines.

Jason brings up the differences between Apple and Google, Jen talks about taking breaks, and they discuss gender politics.

Adam talks about an awful boss he had, Jen talks about 2 wolves, they talk about rockstars vs superstars, and the radical candor framework.

Jason and Jen interview Adam about Getting Things Done, Jen and Adam talk about bullet journaling, and Jen relates it all to imposter syndrome.

Adam talks about how he has used the book to prepare for interviews, Safia talks about the Microsoft interview process, Jason tells a story about arguing in an interview, and they each talk about a problem they solved.

Jason read Measure What Matters, and Adam and Safia have a bunch of questions about what OKRs are and how they work.