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May 2, 2020 | » | On Learning
11 min; updated May 27, 2023
Mental Attitude While Learning Distinguish Mere Facts From Conclusions or Opinions Discriminate between mere statements of facts, necessary conclusions which follow therefrom, and mere opinions which they seem to render reasonable. There’s no need to perform an experiment to verify that the atomic weight of oxygen is 16. That the sum of the angles of a plane triangle equals two right angles is not a mere fact, but an inevitable truth.... |
Jan 3, 2021 | » | Writing for Software Development
3 min; updated Sep 5, 2022
MUST and MUST NOT; On Writing Documentation Revise documentation, many times, and on separate days to catch confusing parts. Beware of ambiguities, e.g. X may not do Y. Refer to definitions, e.g. RFC 2119 . Put yourself into different roles, e.g. the person just looking for samples, the person who wants to read up on every nook and crany, the person who has no technical background etc.... |
Dec 9, 2019 | » | Writing
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Writing Meta; 00. An Introduction to Writing; The Writing Process; 01. Invention; 02. The Subject; 03. Classification and Order; 04. Beginning and Ending; 05. Expansion; 06. Momentum; Writing for Software Development; The New Strategy of Style [Weathers, Winston]; [Orwell] Politics and the English Language; |
Jan 1, 1978 | » | The New Strategy of Style [Weathers, Winston] |
May 23, 2016 | » | 00. An Introduction to Writing
2 min; updated Aug 14, 2021
You need to develop a broad spectrum of style and then be able to move from one end of the spectrum to the other as occasion demands. You’ll develop a basic style but inability to diversify is being like a baller with a drive but no jump shot. Questions to ask: What am I writing about? Who will read what I’ve written? Why did I write it? I’m writing about topics that I want to know more about.... |