reading

Explains Karpathy's reader3 method that uses an LLM as a private tutor to help readers actively engage with books chapter by chapter, turning passive reading into lasting understanding through summarization, Q&A, and note-taking.

User @watermiz3 recommends the OPPO Pad Mini, praises its stunning screen, and complains that previous Apple devices' screens are not as good.

Toku Reader is a language learning app that lets users read and listen to native Japanese and Chinese content, with tap-to-translate functionality.

This paper compares joint and stepwise approaches for estimating learning under competing cognitive diagnostic models, using data from reading games. It shows that the choice of approach can change conclusions about learner progress, and joint analysis is more reliable when item-skill structure is uncertain.

Elon Musk shares the case for reading biographies as a way to find ideas and mentors from history, in a Founders Podcast conversation mentioned by David Senra.

This is an open-source project on GitHub that aggregates ebook resources from multiple Chinese reading apps, categorizes them, and supports downloading in multiple formats.

A user describes how someone used an AI-powered tool to read a 134-page book in 15 minutes, generating atomic notes and flashcards without highlighting, highlighting the productivity gap from using proper infrastructure.

book-to-skill converts technical books into structured skills for Claude Code, allowing on-demand reference and eliminating hallucination.

Reader Alive is a tool that lets you translate, listen to, and ask questions about your ebooks.

In a speech at West Point, Elon Musk shares his views on innovation, emphasizing the importance of trying, cross-disciplinary reading, and embracing failure.

The author shares their experience with the XTEINK X4, a very small e-reader with excellent build quality, running the minimalist cross point firmware, and using OpenDyslexic font for comfortable idle reading.