Chocobean

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by Chocobean 16y ago
Yes, it's quite refreshing to see great literature quotes in a "technical" or "business" kind of blog post. His reference to Owen's poem is incorrect though: the phrase originates from one of Horace's Odes, which Owen is quoting from. In Ow
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by Chocobean 16y ago
Your post suggests that honesty is not only not the best policy, but will lead to personal failure, and should not be used. I agree with you that messages/information need to be delivered tactfully and with thought. But I disagree that the
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by Chocobean 17y ago
sorry for late reply. Book one, Newtonian Physics from http://www.lightandmatter.com/
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I found the colour okay, if a little distracting, but having to constantly scroll across slides was the most irritating bit.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
article makes a few interesting points : 1) is it fair to ask "children, 17, 18 or 19 years old, to try and assess how much of a student loan debt burden they can handle vis-a-vis their future income over their entire lives"? 2) "people und
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by Chocobean 17y ago
My Physics professor* uses one of the textbooks listed there. It's a very entertaining book, well outlined, informative and teaches in a way that inspires you to look at our physical world rather than "plus number into formula to receive an
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by Chocobean 17y ago
not nearly enough information on it as I would like, but it's a start. For now it's a bunch of csv on stuff like Community Centres and Schools. I'd like to see hours of operation, directory of phone numbers, link to pictures, link to maps,
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by Chocobean 17y ago
Sorry for being off topic, but the title really reminds me of a mad scientists' version of Hemmingway's short story : "For sale: baby shoes, Never worn." =) carry on.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
most carnivorous plants have tiny hairs and spikes that only point downward, making it very difficult for insects and other things to climb anywhere but down further into the digestive liquids. I would imagine that this one also has that fe
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by Chocobean 17y ago
" I needed to have a conceptual understanding of why you were doing something in order to understand the 'rules.' " That's exactly it. I frequently got frustrated in high school Calc class because I couldn't understand why we were doing c
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I've never used Schaum's outline series before, but I shall look that up. Thank you.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
thanks. =) my particular university has first and second year calc and then other maths and stats all the way up to 4th year level, unfortunately. I was always an A/B student back in highschool, but that was when I did this stuff day in day
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Ask HN: how do you learn Math?
6 points by Chocobean 17y ago|10 comments
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by Chocobean 17y ago
If you have no income and only 2 months of savings, you don't think about the first 10 resumes you send out -- you bloody send them everywhere, to everyone.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
ouch. Yeah, getting into debt to pay for a day of partying is a stupid idea, especially in your 20s, regardless of if your marriage lasts. [My will says that my burial/funeral is not to cost more than what i paid for my wedding, which, with
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by Chocobean 17y ago
Sir, of course I understand the crushing realities of divorce. My original point is this : when you're 20, you do not consider divorce; when you're 20, you think marriage is forever.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
They do provide valid services though: driving you and your family to and from many showings, talking to the owner/owner's Realtor, take care of the legal mumble jumble, provide info on the house's previous owner records, previous sale prie
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by Chocobean 17y ago
... you have to think of the 10% cut as a 10% discount on your debt PLUS recurring interests. Heck even 1% matters when it comes to paying down mortgages and debt.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I don't know about you, but as a young female of the 20-25 group, if my husband made me sign a pre-nup before the wedding, it will pretty well signal the end of the relationship. It will be interpreted as a sign of "if you don't trust me wi
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I think it's a sad state of affairs in divorce courts and that fathers usually get the short end of the stick, too But I don't understand why cjbos is getting downmodded for making a valid argument that $4k isn't that much money to raise a
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by Chocobean 17y ago
speaking of free press, the 20th anniversary of 6/4 is coming up... My prayers go out to the families. =..=
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by Chocobean 17y ago
actually I thought the article did a good job not China-bashing. It merely points out the problems nowadays, but it isn't saying that China can't change, or isn't changing. Just, if you are, this moment, ready to hire a Chinese plant to do
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by Chocobean 17y ago
The solution has been pointed out hundreds of years ago, that is, the people need to reform. The hardware (factories, buildings, businesses, investments, machines...) are all there, the software (human minds) isn't up to speed. I am no hist
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by Chocobean 17y ago
why throw out the baby with the bathwater? If you've left a faith (any faith) in a logical fashion, good. If you're leaving a cult to avoid having delusions, it's good too, but consider that many Christians live okay lives not worried about
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by Chocobean 17y ago
incidentally, isn't that Joel Spolsky's Stack Overflow?? Although the emphasis on SO is answering questions, as opposed to instruction material on how to learn a certain technology.
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by Chocobean 17y ago
So they went into details about how, exactly, "paying poorly gets you poor goods" works. We all know this, but perhaps not all of us understood the intricacies of 1) Quality Fade 2) 3rd party testing companies 3) cultural differences such a
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I agree. I have a lot more respect for quiet agnostics like Sir David Attenborough+. To the best of his knowledge, there is no God, and if there is likely God used evolution as a tool for creation. But he never insists that everyone believe
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by Chocobean 17y ago
Thanks for introducing me to Core Wars! Always wanted to learn assembly, so an abstracted version in a game format is exactly what I need to get started! Any such initiatives for Lisp.....?
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by Chocobean 17y ago
I think that's the idea behind answers.com ask.com and instructables.com and wikipedia. People have a lot of free time, hackers included. I think a central hub where senior hackers can teach younger hackers is a noble and profitable idea. S
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by Chocobean 17y ago
depends on what kind of bussiness you're running though... If it has anything to do with "exclusivity" or "privilege" or "be the first to do blah", you must charge. You can give "special" customers a free or heavily discounted pass, but y

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