Arun2009

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Corporate America Turns Against China(tnr.com)
4 points by Arun2009 16y ago|3 comments
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Plus the fact that the upside (if any) to revealing the reason for no-fire is negligible.
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The art of slow reading(guardian.co.uk)
2 points by Arun2009 16y ago|0 comments
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by Arun2009 16y ago
While I wholeheartedly applaud all attempts at getting ANY government at all to spend more on science, technology and education, I am baffled at the constant American paranoia of its 'leadership' in science and math. A couple of points: 1.
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by Arun2009 16y ago
> anyone else think in pictures I have noticed that most of my thoughts originate as 'tendencies'. These tendencies are not verbal, but often vividly embody ideas. I then have to expend some effort to verbalize them. This is easily done
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by Arun2009 16y ago
Maybe they're just stupid, but then again maybe the name's intentionally creepy? Now it's registered in everyone's minds that they are being watched by Perfect Citizen (which is just a 'research program' really, wink wink). This could pote
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by Arun2009 16y ago
> if Paul McCartney said that someone should explain Perelman's proof of the Poincare Conjecture to him, and that if they couldn't, it meant that it was bunk. Sure, it's possible that Chomsky hasn't taken the time to truly understand Co
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by Arun2009 16y ago
Here's Chomsky on the same issue: http://www.cscs.umich.edu/~crshalizi/chomsky-on-postmodernis... A quote: "It's entirely possible that I'm simply missing something, or that I just lack the intellectual capacity to understand the profundi
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by Arun2009 16y ago
> I will hazard a prediction. When you are 80 years old, and in a quiet moment of reflection narrating for only yourself the most personal version of your life story, the telling that will be most compact and meaningful will be the seri
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Beautiful Minds(theaustralian.com.au)
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'Innovative' Math, but Can You Count? (nytimes.com)
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by Arun2009 16y ago
Alternatively, you could work HARD at being bloody good at what you do.
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Notation is a pretty big deal in Mathematics. As software people we should be able to appreciate how evocative notation can get rid of unnecessary cognitive load when dealing with complexity. Here is a link that talks about notation in Ma
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by Arun2009 16y ago
The article drops a couple of names. E.g., Fredrik Ullen, from where I got http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/05/100518064610.ht...
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Creative minds 'mimic schizophrenia'(news.bbc.co.uk)
81 points by Arun2009 16y ago|18 comments
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Why I left math (bentilly.blogspot.com)
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Developing Relationships Between Neuroscience and Artificial Intelligence(multimedialibrary.com)
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> Is it not remarkable that 6 sheep plus 7 sheep make 13 sheep; that 6 stones plus 7 stones make 13 stones? Personally, I find it rather remarkable that a pattern observed from pebbles, sheep or apples (i.e., 6 + 7 = 13) should hold for
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The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Mathematics(dartmouth.edu)
59 points by Arun2009 16y ago|42 comments
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The Legend of John von Neumann(stepanov.lk.net)
68 points by Arun2009 16y ago|4 comments
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by Arun2009 16y ago
> And no, I'm not "gifted". I'm just an average student who likes to understand how things work. The really smart thing to do would have been to both know how the formulae are derived, and also notice patterns in them that will help you
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by Arun2009 16y ago
Here are a few that I'd suggest: * The purple cow * Positioning * 22 immutable laws of marketing
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by Arun2009 17y ago
I find it TRAGIC that investment in science education is seen purely from an economic perspective. Look at the keywords Barret uses: "development, productivity improvements, and growth"! "determinant of economic growth"! "work force experti
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by Arun2009 17y ago
I am from Kerala. This is after a quick googling, but by world standards, we still have some way to go. From the article: > It has the highest per capita consumption - over eight litres (1.76 gallons) per person a year - in the nation H
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by Arun2009 17y ago
Some tricks that I've used: - Don't look at the eventual goal - it's discouraging to see the long road you have to travel to get there. Instead, focus on the little things you can do now, and make doing those things your intermediate goals.
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What Makes an Elite Performer?(coach.monster.ca)
1 points by Arun2009 17y ago|0 comments
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by Arun2009 17y ago
This may not be 100% relevant to your question, but am posting this FWIW. My last paid job (C++ and Java developer at an investment bank) required a 2:1 split between debugging and development work. I identified the following areas that cou
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A few lectures on the history of Mathematics(gresham.ac.uk)
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Paying Zero for Public Services(blogs.worldbank.org)
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Will financial success follow if you do what you love?(chrisguillebeau.com)
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