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I spend a lot of time reading books and papers and sometimes watching videos and I get a lot out of them, but often my memory is so poor that I can't point out the exact thing I learned after a year or two. I think documenting the things that I read/study will provide a lot of value to myself, and maybe to you as well.

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Evolution Systematic Classification of Life by Aron Ra [PLAYLIST] This 50 video playlist by Aron Ra was what finally took me from someone who accepted evolution must be true because smart people said it was true, to actually wholeheartedly agreeing it was true. Though he can be pretty arrogant at time, I think it's good watching for anyone to watch -- for people who think it's probably true to become more convinced, and for people who think it's probably not true so that they can understand what the other side is saying.
Self-Help 6 Pillars of Self-Esteem [BOOK] My husband recommended this to me many times now, so I should probably read it.
Horror From [TV Series] Currently S1E3 just finished. I don't normally watch scary stuff, but it looked so good on Youtube shorts that I just had to watch it when I found out that it was something that my mom got through prime.
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Sex & Gender Sex and Character [BOOK] I was reading this with a friend, so it's important that I continue it soon.
HTML/CSS Responsive Web Design with HTML5 and CSS [TEXTBOOK] I'm going to focus on CSS a little bit more first.
HTML HTML Standard [DOCUMENTATION] This is probably going to be long and grueling.
COBOL Cobol tutorial for Beginners | Cobol Essential Training3h49 [VIDEO] This is a read-focused course on cobol.
Database Design Beginning Database Design [TEXTBOOK]
Working Notes Why a theory was devised and how it is now applied, can be more significant than the theory itself. Do i agree with that? (on pg 39)
Database Design Beginning Database Design [TEXTBOOK]
Working Notes Why a theory was devised and how it is now applied, can be more significant than the theory itself. Do i agree with that? (on pg 39)
Metal/Rock Edelweiss complete discography [MUSIC] Reviews and lyrics for the complete Edelweiss discography

Completed

August 2024
COBOL COBOL Course - Programming with VSCode1hr17 [VIDEO] Very basic introduction to the idea of COBOL and how it works.
COBOL COBOL Unit Testing - Anatomy of a Test Suite28m [VIDEO] A guide to begin unit testing COBOL.
COBOL COBOL Unit Testing - Stubs & Mocks19m [VIDEO] Dependency Injection for COBOL.
COBOL Changing Legacy COBOL Code Safely35m [VIDEO] A method for modifying legacy code that involves first the testing of the old code, separation of dependency, creating of automated testing, then boyscout refactoring.
Database Design Database Design, 2nd Edition [TEXTBOOK] Open Source textbook. It is poorly formatted with multiple typographic errors. The print is too small. Overall, I didn't find this textbook useful.
Database Design Database Theory | Key Terminology: Databases, RDBMS, and the Data Lifecycle13m [VIDEO] It's called a relational database because you can form relationships between tables and join tables.
Database Design Relational Database Principles13m [VIDEO] Pretty Much a useless video if you know literally anything on the subject.
Database Design Which Database Model to Choose?24m [VIDEO] It covers types of databases, rather than ideas for modeling inside of a relational database. I can't decide if it's a good video or not, but it doesn't cover my use case at all. Though, I wonder if you can have a use case where a document database works as a stand in for a relational database?
DNF Database Design Course - Learn how to design and plan a database for beginners8hr [VIDEO]Doesn't cover my questions at all.
2024
July 2024
Otaku Culture Is databased culture debased? Investigating how media has become dominated by tropes.
Otaku Culture The Cult of Character As overarching themes/narratives fall to the wayside, otaku consume media and buy products due to the characters involved. Characters composed of database element (tropes) but lacking in personality perform best, because they can be read into any situation.
Psychiatric Treatment The End of Psychosis Psummer I can really relate to the section where he talks about how people don't understand that Schizophrenics really believe their delusions. My husband's sister is Schizophrenic, and he just can't understand why she believes things that aren't true. I explain to him that that's exactly what makes it a mental illness, but he's a very logical person so it's hard for him to understand.
Japanese Culture Concrete Illusions I think this was an interesting look at the Japanese psychology. I would say though, that at least Japan has good infrastructure, while in the US we live in a crumbling, dangerous mess.
Japanese Culture Japanese Web Design: Weird, but it works. Here's why 11m [VIDEO] An interesting look at some of the differences between typical American and Japanese design, both on paper and digitally. The comments are also worth reading.
Japanese Culture Why Japanese Websites Look So Different An article about Japanese web design, which echos the information in the video "Japanese Web Design: Weird, but it works. Here's why" while providing more visual examples.

To Read / WatchNEW

Cobol
Learning COBOL Programming with VSCode16h [COURSE] 16 hour IBM Course
Michael Coughlan. Beginning COBOL for programmers. Apress 2014. [BOOK]Written by an important guy who owns a software company that makes IDE for COBOL
COBOL documentation [DOCUMENTATION] IBM's COBOL Documentation