Meetup : Tortuga Rationalists Meetup

1 divia 08 July 2011 09:34PM

Discussion article for the meetup : Tortuga Rationalists Meetup

WHEN: 14 July 2011 02:34:01PM (-0700)

WHERE: 850 Williams Way, Mountain View, CA

We are a South Bay LessWrong Rationality group who meets every Thursday at the Tortuga (http://tortuga.coop) lounge in Mountain View for discussions, activities, and socializing.

Discussion article for the meetup : Tortuga Rationalists Meetup

Comment author: moshez 24 March 2011 11:43:03AM 5 points [-]

OK, I was feeling very conflicted on this, until I realized this might just be an inferential distance thing. I tried to clarify my confusion....and realized: I am not sure why the encouragement to bring paleo-diet exists. Do you assume most people attending would keep to paleo-diet? (That's not my model, but perhaps I'm wrong) Do you want to encourage people to try paleo-diet? If so, is it because you assume most people haven't tried it, and would subscribe if they tried it?

I'm sorry to be a pain about this...but I think we should be, at the very least, able to discuss snacks at a less wrong meet-up in a rational way :)

Comment author: divia 29 March 2011 01:33:45AM 0 points [-]

Did you consider the possibility that I liked paleo food better and wanted it at the meetup for that reason :-).

Comment author: moshez 22 March 2011 11:42:49PM 1 point [-]

Hrm, apparently you do have concrete suggestions, that convinced me that I wouldn't be able to survive on paleo-diet for 12 hours :( How strict are the paleo-friendly rules? If they're really strict, I can just grab something to eat before coming, otherwise, I'll bring something nice and tasty...

Comment author: divia 23 March 2011 12:45:46AM 0 points [-]

There are no strict rules at all :-). I strongly encourage that food brought to share with the group be paleo-friendly, but you can do whatever, and certainly you can eat whatever you want yourself.

Comment author: moshez 22 March 2011 04:26:08PM 2 points [-]

Is that a euphemism for "lettuce"? Or do you have concrete suggestions?

[I must admit that I have been completely uninterested in the paleo-diet, so I have not researched how it can be made vegetarian friendly. My usual food to bring to potlucks is along the lines of veggie chow mein, which I understand is not paleo-friendly...]

Comment author: divia 22 March 2011 10:25:16PM 2 points [-]

I eat vegetarian paleo myself, so I can think of stuff. I eat lots of cheese, butter, coconut oil, eggs, vegetables, and tubers. I also don't avoid soaked and fermented rice and legumes. I also approve of very dark chocolate.

Comment author: moshez 21 March 2011 10:20:37PM *  2 points [-]

Will there be vegetarian-friendly food as well? Or should I just bring some to make sure I don't starve? :-D

Edit: I'm going straight from work, but if anyone needs a ride back to the San Mateo area (SM, Belmont, San Carlos, Foster City, Redwood Shores, Burlingame) please let me know.

Comment author: divia 22 March 2011 12:54:52AM 2 points [-]

Bring paleo-friendly vegetarian food :-).

Tortuga Meetups Starting this Thursday

8 divia 21 March 2011 06:11PM

Shannon and I are going to be hosting South Bay Less Wrong meetups at the Tortuga community in Mountain View on Thursday nights starting at 7.  Come prepared to reveal something you're consistently irrational about.  We'll spend some time throwing ideas around and then hang out and mingle.  

Bringing paleo-friendly food is a bonus but not required.  

If you'd like to come, request an invitation from our google group, Tortuga Rationalists.

Comment author: lukeprog 17 March 2011 10:37:40PM 1 point [-]

Do all your Anki decks go into the 'Less Wrong Sequences' deck, or are there a bunch of them all over the place? If the latter, is there a full list of your decks somewhere?

Comment author: divia 18 March 2011 05:50:08AM *  2 points [-]

These are the only lesswrong cards I've made other than what's in the Less Wrong Sequences deck, but I have tons of other Anki decks. If you're interested in hearing about them, message me.

Comment author: divia 28 February 2011 11:02:25PM 5 points [-]

I made an Anki deck of this post with the key 89ff552e6e8086a6.

Comment author: olimay 11 January 2011 10:23:36AM 5 points [-]

Okay, holy crap Divia. That is a lot of cards.

As an Anki user (yes I switched!), I would have the cards using a model where the source post is in a separate field, perhaps with the url as another field. I guess if we're trying to stick to Q/A for compatability with other SRS systems, that's not a good idea, and what I'm suggesting is a horrific amount of work if you were to do it by hand, because you'd have to redo all the cards. So, maybe these are goals for the long term, in case SRS learning really increases in popularity, and Anki decks become a good vehicle for delivery in of themselves.

Obviously I haven't actually worked my way through the new additions (or even through most of the existing ones) but I think the cloze deletions are a good change. Overall I think your later cards reflect your increasing wisdom for structuring and formatting the cards.

Thanks and keep up the great work!

Comment author: divia 12 January 2011 10:13:19AM 0 points [-]

Having the source post in a separate field seems like a really good idea, and it never crossed my mind before, so thanks! It would be enough work that I'd probably write some script to do it instead of doing it by hand, but it might be worth it to me to do so at some point.

Comment author: anemone42 12 January 2011 04:10:42AM 0 points [-]

I am not quite following this. I just downloaded AnkiDroid. When I open the menu and choose "get shared deck", I get a huge list of decks. Is there another way to find the Less Wrong Sequence than going through this long, long list?

Comment author: divia 12 January 2011 10:09:38AM 1 point [-]

I don't have AnkiDroid, so I'm not sure if there's a way to search the shared decks within it, but if not I bet it would work to get the desktop version, sync it with an online account, and then sync AnkiDroid with the online account.

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