(Part 3) Top products from r/YouShouldKnow

I like this site quite a bit for major engine components and basics. It goes into things like firing order and octane ratings, and is a fun read if you have fifteen minutes.

This channel goes into serious detail about most of the major components of a car. He has loads of content, it's just a little dry sometimes. He also clears his throat in a somewhat abrasive way, but that's nitpicking.

/r/Cartalk and /r/Mechanicadvice are where you can direct car related repair questions, they're both very open and helpful.

If you're interested in doing your own car maintenance, I reccomend investing in a Haynes manual. They're a great resource, thorough, and reasonably priced. They're also tailored to every individual vehicle model. If you're really new, Auto Repair for Dummies is actually really helpful, I got through my first major project with that, a Haynes manual, and a shitty socket set. Hope this helps!

Everyone should read that book. I have some caveats though. For crowds to be wise, they must have four things:

1. Diversity of opinion: This is very hard in an age of mass mediated talking points. With cable news and the internet, you can get "facts" in any flavor you want.
   
   
2. Independence: People don't let their opinions be determined by those around them. HA!
   
   
3. Decentralization: People can draw on local (not top down/centralized) information.
   
   
4. Aggregation: Private sentiments can be converted into an organized collective judgment.
   
   I'm not saying that crowds can't be wise. They can under ideal conditions. For that to be the case though, the person has to be rational in how they construct their beliefs and all four qualities must be present. Good luck with that.
   
   I'm not trying to debunk a strawman. Surowiecki does say that all these qualities have to be present for the crowd to be wise. As is often the case with big ideas though, this one has taken on a life of its own, to the point where a lot of people think that crowds are always right, regardless of whether the qualities are there or not.

Wouldn't go so far as to say only useful knot but one I use a lot (aka the Teamsters' Hitch or the Wagoners' Hitch).

My dad is into knots and has the Ashley Book of Knots so I was really chuffed when loading up a trailer and I used that hitch and he'd never seen it before.

BTW, I find it easiest to form the loop by just doing a slipknot in the standing end rather than the more involved method of forming the loop I see in most instructions for the Truckers' Hitch. It will still pull out easily enough but it's a lot easier to tie.

If anyone is considering getting a PhD, I highly recommend reading the book A PhD is Not Enough. I read it when I was in my last year of undergrad, and was applying for grad school. It has a lot of practical advice on how to succeed in academia, as well as stories of people who failed.

At the end day though, even if you do everything right, your odds of success are not great. You will have to work really hard, for a long time, getting paid very little, and chances are you will get next to no benefit from it. That's why I decided after I finished my masters degree, I would take my chances with the job market. After 4 months of job searching, I still haven't landed a job yet, but I do not regret my decision at all.

The system is broken, and stories like OP's are all too common. I would love to make a difference as an academic, but the sacrifice required is just simply not worth it.

You gotta learn your scales, man. One other thing I see recomended a lot is solo transcribing. As for books, I really like [mark levine's] (http://www.amazon.com/Jazz-Theory-Book-Mark-Levine/dp/1883217040) for the theory, and this one, but since you're a bass player, you might get more out of a book specifically tailored to your instrument.

But the really most important thing is to practice improvisation whenever you can, preferably in a group. Maybe you can organize a small jazz combo where you live, or join classes with other aspiring jazz musicians like yourself?

YS(also)K about http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_Von_Clausewitz - his book "On War" laid the foundations for the academic study of warfare. Many (many) years later, Herman Kahn wrote "On Thermonuclear War", an amazing book, as a follow-on.

For those interested in this most morbid of subjects, I can recommend:

• The Evolution of Nuclear Strategy
  
• The Utility of Force
  
• We Now Know: Rethinking Cold War History
  
• and of course On Thermonuclear War.
  
  For an antidote, Joanna Bourke's superb Fear: A Cultural History may also be enjoyed.

Read the book this list says it was inspired from, The Introvert Advantage.
It's a very easy to read, eye-opening book.

The book Stealing Mona Lisa is a pretty good fictional account of the theft.

I strongly recommend this book. It covers the concept very well, then shows how it could apply to real life.
http://www.amazon.com/Power-Logical-Thinking-Lessons-Reasoning/dp/0312156278/ref=sr_sp-atf_title_1_1?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1371266980&sr=1-1

Everyone should read Sadie Plant's superb book Zeroes and Ones, where I first learned about Ms. Lovelace.

This book has documented many such cases with possible explanations:

http://www.amazon.com/Phantoms-Brain-Probing-Mysteries-Human/dp/0688172172

Fascinating read.

You may also enjoy a little book called Mathematician's Delight.

there are many recent books on general problems with higher education. look on Amazon. example yes I've actually read that one, but others as well.

I'll agree with you if you cite any

1. public policy examples where
   
2. even a single person
   
3. was mislead (i.e., by an intentional lie)
   
4. in a meaningful way (i.e., it had any consequence at all)
   
5. solely because of a failure to distinguish "accuracy" from "precision."
   
   If you don't get every element, it's not relevant.
   
   I think the actually harmful ignorance of statistics is much, much broader than this fine point. For great examples, see the book Proofiness.

A Link to the Amazon page for the book.

Reminded me of this Pratchett and Baxter book. In fact its very similar to how it goes in the book.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Long-Earth-Terry-Pratchett/dp/0552164089

Is this some sort of take down of Robert Asprin's books?

how to lie with statistics by darrell huff

Not that you asked for more book recommendations, but try The Boat of a Million Years, by Poul Anderson. The book explores some of those questions, although it was published in 1989 so The Future starts around 1990.

If the class is curved the professor doesn't know what they're doing.

Edit for those downvoting:

The evidence
in favour
of criterion
based assessment
is UTTERLY
overwhelming

There is far more out there if you have access to scopus/web of science.

Anyone grading on a curve post-2000 is someone who doesn't have the first clue how to teach and should not be involved in education.