Linda Xie

I was telling my husband about the whole Chappell Roan and Jorginho's daughter drama today and halfway through the story he just says he has no idea who Chappell Roan is lol

The further I get in studying electromagnetism the more I realize I need to improve mentally rotating 3d visualizations in my head better. It's not something I've really trained much. Going to practice on Rubik's cube (no algo) and origami (no instructions) daily to strengthen

In my 1st year physics self study, I finished mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics. I started electromagnetism and it's a big jump in difficulty. I'll get through it but def moving much slower to make sure I understand. Multiple people said it was their favorite subject though!

In my 1st year physics self study, I finished mechanics, waves, and thermodynamics. I started electromagnetism and it's a big jump in difficulty. I'll get through it but def moving much slower to make sure I understand. Multiple people said it was their favorite subject though!

My study location today! Biblioteca Vasconcelos in Mexico City

I started electromagnetism, the last section of my 1st year physics self studying. First thing that blew my mind was learning laser printers work due to forces between charged objects! e.g. positively charged toner adheres only to negatively charged areas "written" by a laser

I've always heavily associated my identity with work and poured myself into it. This past month was the first time I've taken a step back and spent time discovering / rediscovering other things I love like the joy of learning physics and how the world works. I feel really happy!

My talented sister-in-law @kellykate is a backcountry cook and hosting multiple riding and wilderness excursions in the eastern sierras (here's one or them for example!). Perfect for getting offline and touching grass http://www.thebackcountrycook.com/trips

Love this word of the day mini app built by @adrienne! 🙌

In my physics self study, I finished 1st year thermodynamics curriculum, doing more problem sets for next week to improve gaps. It's a lot of formulas and new info but fun I now know how engines and fridges work! Entropy is the most interesting to me and I want to learn more

My brokerage told me they had a backend bug they're fixing so I couldn't to sell my shares before market close and it would take a couple days to receive funds. Another example why crypto rails are powerful with permissionless access, instant settlement, and 24/7 markets

A nice side effect of self studying physics is it's improved my confidence. A lot of the material came across quite intimidating to me before but you can learn it gradually with time, consistency, and motivation. It only gets harder but I'm excited to keep building on learnings

Mexico City for the first time!

I got out of my comfort zone playing padel today with strangers who were way better than me. I was nervous I would just bring them down since I'm new but they were so nice and encouraging and I ended up improving a lot just learning from them! Feels good ☺️

My physics self study content consistently gets some the most engagement of anything I've posted and people keep asking for more updates. It seems there's a lot of interest in content where people learn new things from scratch out of pure interest and share as they go

I have a weird experience when some find out I'm taking a break from work for the first time to self study physics, they tell me I should go have kids instead. First, it's not mutually exclusive and second, there's a decision and timeline my husband and I made for ourselves

I'm self studying 1st year university physics, just finished mechanics + waves. It genuinely helped me see and understand the world differently already. Biggest adjustment was rotational motion and practicing more abstract stuff like sound waves. Starting thermodynamics now!

I can't think of anything I would want to do less than speak on 100 podcasts lol

I reduced my social media use by prob 90% in the past month. Biggest change is it's been really easy to spot ragebait and just mute/scroll past it vs getting caught up in it or upset. Highly recommend taking a break and then coming back if you find that happening to you a lot

The amount of people who have asked me for an intro but don't follow up when I ask for a short blurb with context I can pass along is really high. Good filtering for someone at least more serious about wanting to follow up on the intro