(Part 3) Top products from r/IWantToLearn

Hi! It's great that you want to learn Latin yourself - I was in a similar position not long ago, and can share my experience. Firstly, it's not going to be very easy, but it will be a lot of fun - learning Latin will teach you a lot about linguistics, history, and even English.

It seems to be a consensus at /r/latin that Wheelock's, while being a good textbook, teaches to translate, not to read. It focuses on rote memorization of grammar. Lingua Latina, on the other hand, focuses on reading comprehension and is considered by /r/latin users to be a superior learning method. It's based on the natural method: it is written completely in Latin, beginning with very simple phrases which speaker of any European language can understand, and slowly progresses further. To give you an idea, its first sentence is "Rōma in Italiā est". You can understand it easily, and you've already learned 4 words!

While Lingua Latina is a great textbook, I would advise getting some supplements to augment your studying process. All of them can be bought on amazon, or acquired by other means if you wish to cut your costs. Excercitia Latina, which follow Lingua Latina chapter by chapter, will give you enough practice to get a firm grip on each chapter's material. I would recommend not just filling the gaps in, but writing whole exercises out in a separate notebook - making the mechanical memory help you memorize words and grammatical structures. Latine Disco and Neumann's companion are useful companions, which will help you understand grammar introduced in each chapter of Lingua Latina (you only need one of them).

Finally, memorizing words is necessary with any language, and Latin is no exception. Some students find Lingua Latina's method to be sufficient for spaced repetition of new words, but it wasn't enough for me. I used anki, a spaced repetition software based on flashcards, to study words. There is a Lingua Latina deck available for anki, divided into chapters: thus you can easily add words into your flashcard pool after completing every LL chapter.

I hope this helps! If you'll have any questions on the material, redditors on /r/latin are very nice and are always willing to help.
Good luck with your studies!

Valē, amīce!

Hey there! I'd like to consider myself a pretty experienced drummer, so hopefully I can be of some help to get you started.

If you aren't too familiar with reading music, I would highly recommend getting Syncopation for the Modern Drummer . It's a great starting book for reading music and familiarizing yourself with common snare & bass drum patterns that can be applied to the drum set.

If you want to learn more how to play the complete drum set, which I'm guessing you'd like to do, check out The Drumset Musician . It provides a basic intro to coordination and ability to use all your limbs separately. (One of my biggest struggles when starting out was forcing my hands and feet to not do the same thing at the same time on the drum set)

Other than those books, YouTube will definitely be your best friend, so don't be afraid to use it!

Best of luck to you, and I hope you end up enjoying the drums as much as I do!

If you're science/detail minded, The Food Lab is a great cookbook. You'd learn not just the basics, but also how small changes in ingredients, timing and technique have significant impacts on the end result. Lots of recipes and cookbooks just give you a series of steps to follow, and more often than not you'll be alright with just that. But having a book that details how different ingredients work by themselves and with each other is a huge help in getting started.

It's also important to note that cooking is combination of art & science (in contrast with baking, which can be very specific in its process...don't get too experimental with baking until you have more experience). A recipe may ask to cook for 20 minutes, but based on the heat you're applying it was already done in 18 minutes. Do you leave it in there longer just because the recipe said so? It's not always about following a specific set of steps, you have to be able to look at the process and identify the necessary changes to achieve the result you want. And that knowledge only comes through practice and experience.

So yeah, there may be some mishaps. I like to say, "eat your mistakes". Rarely is something so badly cooked that it's completely inedible. Every mistake is a lesson on what to improve upon, and there's always room to improve.

It sounds daunting at first, but it's like learning a new language or riding a bike. Eventually, the general knowledge from all the different recipes you cook compounds and you'll "just know" how the process is going without even looking at it. Have fun with it, it's a really useful skill.

This book, Level up your life might be helpful. It's about treating your life like a video game. You complete quests, fight bosses, and level up.

Oh yeah, and 4 Hour Workweek might be up your alley. I haven't read this one, but my best friend loves it and I've read some of his other books, which were very good.
It wasn't the best read - I felt like I was getting a sales pitch the entire time - but it definitely had some good ideas in it.

The best route is to take up a course on Logic.

Study introductory predicate logic. Break statements into predicates - identify their antecedent and consequent. Identify the differences between a predicate's negation, inverse, converse, and contrapositive; more importantly, how they can be used to derive logical Truth. Familiarize yourself with Gödel's completeness theorem.

Next, learn to identify a fallacy; study up on logical fallacies.

Cognitive Biases are the next most important step. Being aware of your own cognitive biases will help you identify when your analyses are being skewed.

Study everything about everything. More information about your domain of concern will granter you further insight for analysis.

Lastly, take care of yourself. Get lots of sleep, eat healthy, and exercise; your judgement will be impaired if you don't.


Some books to help:

• Aristotle's Organon: Amalgamation of Aristotle's work on logic and reason. The starting point for most Logisticians.
  
• Critique of Pure Reason: Kant's works on logic and reason are pretty much mandatory - but require careful study.
  
• Critique of Practical Reason: Another of Kant's works. Read this after the critique of pure reason.
  
• Science of Logic: Hegel's work is an extension of Kant and Aristotle - also mandatory.
  
• An Enquiry Concerning Human Understanding: Hume's works are a much easier read, but aren't as explicitly stated.
  
• Informal Logic a Pragmatic Approach: The best introductory logic book I've read.
  
• LANGUAGE, COGNITION, AND HUMAN NATURE: Steve Pinker has an unique perspective as a psychologist, linguist, and cog. scientist. This book highlights some of his more interesting insights.
  
• Thought and Language: Offers interesting insights into some innate biases in language and culture.
  
• A Rulebook For Arguments: This provides nice introductory reference material for fallacies and argumentation.
  
• Thank you for Arguing: Exploits fallacies and cognitive biases to pursuade an audience in an argument. Witty and easy to read.
  
  Edit: Added book suggestions.

Aerthe has some solid points, but let me add a few. I really like to use /r/kickassday as an online to do list. I've used lots of stuff like my phone's calendar, or Remember The Milk, but since they're never easily right there in front of me, publicly, I don't use them. Talking about your daily agenda sometimes helps you get them done. There is also /r/getmotivated.

And another one is a book, that I highly suggest reading: The 4-Hour Work Week by Tim Ferriss. It's mostly about freeing yourself from the standard style workforce, but I've found it extremely helpful in determining what you want out of life. His way for setting goals and working to achieve them is excellent.

I don't know a lot about baking, but one of my friends does and she recommended the below book.

The Food Lab: Better Home Cooking Through Science https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393081087/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_CkmZxb6RN2F39

Also, there is a great show called Good Eats I recommend for this. :)

So basically, this is the book people recommend for this: http://www.amazon.com/Objective-C-Programming-Ranch-Guides-ebook/dp/B005OR9ND4/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1342239885&sr=8-1&keywords=the+objective-c+programming+language

But I don't know if that's enough. I tried learning how to program when I was like 12 from a few game programming books and I couldn't understand a fucking thing I was reading. I'm not quite sure if this is because the subject matter was too advanced for a beginner programmer or if it's genuinely too difficult to learn to program reading a book.

Honestly, I would have less reservations if you said you wanted to learn LISP and I would recommend The Little Schemer To You: http://www.amazon.com/Little-Schemer-Daniel-P-Friedman/dp/0262560992 because the book is fucking awesome and I intuitively and deeply feel that its methodology is "the right way" to teach beginning programmers. Or any programmers who want to learn a new language, for that matter.

But because you probably don't want to go through the hassle of learning an unrelated language just to learn Objective-C properly, I'll recommend the previously mentioned Objective-C book and do you one better. I'm a programmer who has gone through the struggle of learning the basics, went through CS education, and now have a career as a software developer. I've done Objective-C programming and have done a few Cocoa projects on my own. If you have any questions that the book doesn't answer, PM me and I'll try my best to give you an answer that makes sense and isn't in some opaque programmerese. Or we can setup some kind of office hours deal on IRC or another chat program if you find you're frequently being left with unanswered questions from that book.

In any case, pick up that book, try to dig through it, and let me know if you feel like you have unanswered questions.

I was discussing with a friend about computers as I'm a Computer Engineer and learned all about the design and ground up construction from the principals of electronics up through logic gates operating systems and programming as a part of my college curriculum. He said he read through this book and it was very insigtful and was able to have a good proper discussion about it. I'm not sure if linking is allowed but here it is on Amazon.

http://www.amazon.com/The-Elements-Computing-Systems-Principles/dp/0262640686

It's The Elements of Computing System Principles by Noam Nisan.

From there if you're further interested you'll know which topics might be more interesting to you and you'll be able to better investigate it. It's really a lot of material, and after 4 years of school, I know quite a bit about it, but people tend to specialize due to the sheer amount of material there is to learn about each specific topic. Lifetimes have been devoted to singular aspects of computer design so don't feel bad if some of it is overwhelming.

my favorite book was "Advanced Techniques for the Modern Drummer"

It's been probably 10+ years since I bought that book, and I'll still pull it off the shelf and play through pages.

Another really fun thing to do is to go through the Syncopation book and play the quarter note and eighth note pages with just your left hand and kick drum while playing jazz time with your right hand and hi hat

I used to work in sales. I was pretty good at it according to the awards I won.

The first step is know your product. You should be able to answer every question. You need to be confident that you can answer those questions. That's just a lot of reading.

For the soft skills I recommend reading both of these books.

http://www.amazon.com/How-Win-Friends-Influence-People/dp/0671723650

http://www.amazon.com/Game-Penetrating-Secret-Society-Artists/dp/0060554738

Edit: Formatting.

What aren't you confident about?

My suggestion would be to practice meeting new people regularly. Just get out there and start talking to people. Talk to anyone, men or women, young or old. Especially talk to beautiful women. Be friendly and kind and go out of your way to start conversations with total strangers. It'll probably be awkward at first, and you'll definitely get shut down a few times and it will hurt, but it will get better. You'll start to realize that getting turned down is the worse thing that could happen and it won't kill you, and the conversations that do go well will really boost your confidence and make you feel empowered. You might want to check out The Game by Neil Strauss.

Honestly, though a lot of the information wouldn't be applicable to you, I highly recommend the book On Writing Well by William Zinsser. It helped me with my writing (across all uses) tremendously. My novels, non-fiction articles, personal letters, and even my reddit comments have improved! Hope I helped a little bit :)

I'm kind of in the same boat as you. First, what are you selling? A product you make? Ebook? Or are you selling something wholesale that's produced elsewhere? Dropshipping?

Some good places to start are by reading the 4 Hour Work-Week. Tim is great at showing how this is done, and how to start a successful e-commerce biz by filling in a gap in the market. I also appreciate his time management suggestions. I also turn to a lot of other places on the web for suggestions... Here's a few to get you started!

Entrepreneur.com

r/Ecommerce

r/SmallBusiness

Hopefully OP is still checking in on this thread.

You'll need to start with the basics by registering for 100 level courses at your school whether or not you're already familiar with the subject, so Intro to Microecon, Macroecon and International Economics would be a start.

If you'd like to do some independent reading (which I personally recommend), here is the recommended reading list from /r/Economics. Their wiki lists books by increasing difficulty starting form the basics.

I'd also like to throw in some non textbooks I've read (and are reading) that helped me get an understanding of important fundamentals and obtain an idea of how economists think.
Both of these authors do a great job of grabbing the reader with their outlandish and interesting examples to explain various theories.

Freakonomics - Steven Levitt
Naked Economics - Charles Wheelan

Like /r/falafel_eater says, check into nand2tetris. Here is the companion book: The Elements of Computing Systems: Building a Modern Computer from First Principles.

This is really good stuff. The book uses Java, but you can use another language (I used python). It starts by implementing a nand gate, and using that to implement and, or, xor gates. These gates are used to implement simple chips, then simple cpus. Further abstractions include a simple machine language, assembler, and finally a compiler for a high level language and a simple graphics library that is used to implement a Tetris game. Hence, nand2tetris.

This stuff is awesome. You will have a great time!

Further things you can look at (sorry I am to lazy to provide links) are 'Bebop to the Boolean Boogie' and 'How Computers do Math', both by Clive Maxfield, and 'Code' by Charles Petzold.

The Book Thank you for arguing is a good start.

But if you would like to focus more on clearly articulating your thoughts, rather than comparing your thoughts with others (i.e debate), I would suggest reading up on the following topics:

• Khan Academy: Focus on the "logic" lessons under the mathematics category.
  
• Understand the differences between converse, inverse, and contrapositive; Then, practice using them.
  
• Read up on Logical Fallacies.
  
• Study the differences between subjectivity and objectivity under as many contexts as possible.
  
• Practice swapping the context of a conversation in such a way that the previous dialogue is still consistent with the new, unrelated context.
  
• Keep posting on reddit and continue to facilitate a platform for rigorous intellectual discourse.

That's true I guess, I could just buy one from the same publishers/stores that colleges get them from, if I can actually find them.

Also, I think that /u/kavaler_d took care of that for me, mostly. According to the seller of Lungua Latina, they're the most popular Latin textbook for universities (although, I bet some others also claim that...).

If you’re willing to spend a little money, buy The Food Lab by J. Kenji Lopez Alt. It is amazing. It’s a beautiful book with detailed documentation of experimentation with various methods / times / ingredients.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393081087/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_.GhIAb1F6S6CG

Edit: misspelled dude’s name

In the philosophical direction I would recommend A Guide to the Good Life: The Ancient Art of Stoic Joy, which really helped me think about things in a way that made it easier to control my emotions.

Dr. Jordan Peterson wrote a pretty good template on it. Also if you have have time you could read On Writing Well by William Zinsser.

https://www.scribd.com/document/317511611/Template

https://www.amazon.com/Writing-Well-Classic-Guide-Nonfiction/dp/0060891548/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1497275862&sr=8-1&keywords=On+writing+well

Actually, this question is one of the major topics in Emergency: This Book Will Save Your Life.

Long story short, there are some countries that will grant you citizenship if you buy a home there, or make an equivalent investment. You probably want someplace cheap and politically stable, where they can speak English, and where you won't have to renounce your US citizenship at the same time. There are a few options listed in the book, sorry to say I can't remember all their names.

If you want to learn, I recommend the book What Smart Students Know. This book doesn't teach you how to "game the system", but will show you how to attain and retain information more efficiently. You will find some of his suggestions obvious- except you will realize you don't even implement them, even though you know them.

http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Chef-Learning-Anything/dp/0547884591/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1368200006&sr=8-1&keywords=4+hour+cookbook

I've heard very good things about that book, and concerning money, as mentioned elsewhere in this thread, when u use vegetables as your main part of a meal its pretty easy to get a cheap meal, at least cheaper than all the frozen pizza and other crap

I enjoyed reading Naked Economics. It talks about the big concepts in economics (mostly macro) in an intuitive way, and it's a pretty quick read, although it's lacking in math as a result.

I recently bought The 4-Hour Chef and it's pretty amazing. Not only does he teach you to cook in minimal time but I'm using his technique to learn a new language quickly. Highly recommended (1,348 reviewers can't be wrong).

Thanks. Here's an Amazon link if anyone else is also interested.

Books are everything here, friend.

Basic Food Science and Cooking Technique (Understanding how ingredients work, individually and in combination):

• Shirley O. Corriher - CookWise (I prefer this book, because it includes recipes as examples to demonstrate food science)
  
• Harold McGee - On Food and Cooking : The Science and Lore of the Kitchen (The more comprehensive of the two, zero recipes though.)
  
  References and Recepies:
  
  
• Wayne Gisslen - Professional Cooking (Pretty much the only recipe book you ever need. Very in depth.)
  
• Joy of Cooking (Including this because it used to be known as the bible of American cooking. Might be a little dated now.)
  
  Edit: Updated a book to its latest edition.

To add to this reading list:

When I say No I feel Guilty

And

No More Mr. Nice Guy

Very generally, both books helped me understand that I was looking to others for approval, rather than finding approval from myself. I think it would be worth reading for any man, but especially what OP is describing.

I absolutely loved "Naked Economics" by Charles Wheelan. The book provides great real-world context for so many fundamental economics concepts.

EDIT: Whoops; someone already mentioned this text. Apologies for the repeat, but 100% co-sign this suggestion.

Some great books for learning Scheme are The Little Schemer and The Seasoned Schemer by Daniel P. Friedman.

If you mean going off grid in the personal sense, you could check out the book Emergency by Neil Strauss. It's not perfect, but it has some unusual ideas and funny stories.

If you mean going off grid in the home sense, Check out Elon Musk's solar system or build an Earthship.

I cannot recommend Stoicism enough and here is a great place to get started: http://www.amazon.ca/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614

I've looked around online and never found anything satisfying. Just decided to go old school and bought You Can Draw in 30 Days (a physical book!) and it's been awesome so far. Can't recommend it enough.

Last Night A DJ Saved My Life
https://www.amazon.com/Last-Night-DJ-Saved-Life/dp/0802146104

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How To DJ Right
https://www.amazon.com/How-DJ-Right-Science-Playing/dp/0802139957/ref=sr_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1541779724&sr=1-1&keywords=how+to+dj+right

No More Mister Nice Guy -Beta to Alpha

Good book on this topic: http://www.amazon.com/Vagabonding-Uncommon-Guide-Long-Term-Travel/dp/0812992180

Take a class on learning how to learn!

https://www.coursera.org/learn/learning-how-to-learn

I also like this book:

http://www.amazon.com/What-Smart-Students-Know-Learning/dp/0517880857

Buy this book: what smart students know

Found the title, the author is actually Rolf Potts.

Here's the amazon link for anyone who stumbles through here interested in the book.

"On Writing Well," by William Zinnser may help you out.

I was interested in the same topic, I purchased this book:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0262640686

I haven't gone all the way through it yet, but it helps you learn where assembly code came from, and low loevel interactivty between hardware and software.

Marching or Concert Snare?

Either way, buy this book and work through it, varying the stickings and tempos. Also, learn these rudiments. The absolute best thing you could do is get a teacher.

As far as concert vs. marching. They are very similar, but concert snare is much more subtle. Concert snare utilizes a lot more buzz rolls whereas marching snare uses open rolls or diddles.

This is my go-to recommendation. It's a great book that focuses mainly on DJing, but also has a small section on remixes and production. It was written in 2003 so it's not up to date as far as software/equipment goes, but as far as mixing techniques it's still very relevant. I really think anyone who wants to get into DJing should spend the $10 and read that book.

The Game suggests putting on a smile before you enter a crowded room. You never know who's watching the door.

May I recommend "Vagabonding: An Uncommon Guide To The World of Travel"?

Lingua latina per se illustrata.

Learn using the natural method.

If you have the time check out the book 'Thank You for Arguing':
http://www.amazon.com/Thank-You-Arguing-Aristotle-Persuasion/dp/0307341445/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1321562253&sr=8-1

Not any online guide, but I bet you won't be disappointed.

http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Draw-30-Days/dp/0738212415

Read "No More Mr. Nice Guy" by, Robert A. Glover.

Read The Little Schemer

Check this book: http://www.amazon.com/You-Can-Draw-30-Days/dp/0738212415/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1371607474&sr=8-1&keywords=you+can+draw+in+30+days
Try to draw for a least half an hour everyday

Try this book

http://www.amazon.com/The-4-Hour-Chef-Learning-Anything/dp/0547884591

It uses cooking as the main example when teaching you to learn anything quickly.

Dunno if anyone has mentioned this, but:

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Guide-Good-Life-Ancient-Stoic/dp/0195374614

Buy the book ON FOOD AND COOKING the science and lore of the kitchen by Harold McGee. It is fascinating

I am surprised no one has mentioned this. Mavela Stop is what worked for me. It tastes awful. Whenever you find yourself chewing on your fingers without thinking the awful taste of Mavela will stop you. After about a week you will notice a drastic improvement. Plus, it helped me form a habit of being cognizant of any time I put my fingers in my mouth.

There are solutions you can buy, like clear nail varnish that tastes disgusting when it mixes with saliva but is generally inert. I used to not only bite my nails, but the skin on the tips of my fingers.. Usually when watching TV or generally bored. Other tips include developing another habit in it's place such as pen twirling, coin manipulation and other things to keep your brain and hands busy when normally idle

Similar to the spicy stuff on your fingers idea, there exists a product that you apply to your fingers sort of like nail polish. It's used to prevent nail biting. It's clear, odorless, and you can't tell it's there, but it tastes AWFUL. Probably the most terribly bitter taste you've ever experienced.

I found it in a joke shop in Sweden for putting on people's food to fuck with them, but I think that this or this is the same thing.

Slop some of that on your fingers and you'll regret nibbling. Similar to what SFL said, it usually happens to me when I'm really stressed out and concentrating hard on something. After finals are done, my fingers usually heal up nicely.