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by IsaacL 17y ago
I used to be a massive evo-psych fan, but somehow reading this post with it's tabloid 'aren't we daring to be politically incorrect' attitude really rankled me. I think it was reading Douglas Hofstadters 'Metamagical Themas' that made me mo
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by IsaacL 17y ago
I'm a couchsurfing afficionado as well, but this site appeals to me, partially because it ISN'T free. I always feel too obliged to my hosts, and handing over a small some of money would assuage my guilt that I hadn't thanked them enough.
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Solutions to class assignments don't generally "increase human knowledge". The only people they will be useful to are students looking to cheat. A lot of people on BoingBoing were saying that the prof should generate a new assignment each t
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Twitpocalypse and Facebook landrush to happen at the same time...
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by IsaacL 17y ago
I had a similar discussion with my friend about this; we're both students, looking to launch web businesses. I'm of the philosophy 'launch a crappy version one and iterate' (I read a lot of pg's essays), he's worried that if his site isn't
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by IsaacL 17y ago
I'm the same. I'm a bit of a noob with web dev, but I've recently started work on my second medium-sized web project. Since doing my first one, I've learned a bit about database normalisation, but in some ways it proved a stumbling block: I
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by IsaacL 17y ago
It's not just the networking; it's the status you get from going to such an institution, especially if it's 'elite'. I guessing there are relatively few 18-year-olds who consider the networking potential of university, wheras lots probably
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Agreed. The article is basically a defence of group selection against gene selection. Quite a few of his arguments seem to be about definitions, rather than any scientific issues. His bio: "Not too much to report, father of two scientists,
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Should add that the "Top n things" kind of posts are inordinately popular on these kind of websites (Digg is much worse). I wonder what the appeal is? Perhaps internet users are at the centre of a Venn diagram: geeky types, who like things
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Agree massively. This is one of the reasons why books are often still better than the internet: you're more likely to get some meaty information, rather than a list of vague points. These kind of posts are like knowledge candy, fun to consu
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by IsaacL 17y ago
I don't believe you, you're obviously Paul. It's not like anyone else visits these forums.
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by IsaacL 17y ago
"Values updated every 5 minutes". Looking at the source (I don't actually know JavaScript, but it seems pretty simple) I'm assuming that means they get the current TwitID AND the current rate of increase.
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by IsaacL 17y ago
That book sounds interesting, I had a look at the website. Has anyone else read it? I want to know if it's worthwhile (well-thought-out, researched, etc), or just another guy on the 'net with some opinions. Anyway, I agree with posters abov
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Tried three tests: my own name, "Clojure tutorials" (something I've been looking for recently), and ""ORG directives in assembly code" (something I had trouble finding recently). Scores - Google 1, Yahoo 1, Bing 1. Not a very large sample s
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Agree massively. If you read up on some of the ideas behind philosophy, it makes a lot of sense as a "philosophy of the modern age". Of course, there's a lot of garbage ideas in there as well, but it's worth at least reading up on the basic
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Currently a Warwick student. It's a great university, and I'm glad I chose to come here than try to apply for Oxbridge - I believe they are the best universities in the UK, but not by such a massive margin as people make out. If you say you
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by IsaacL 17y ago
Agree massively. If you read up on some of the ideas behind philosophy, it makes a lot of sense as a "philosophy of the modern age". Of course, there's a lot of garbage ideas in there as well, but it's worth at least reading up on the basic
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by IsaacL 17y ago
I think a lot of "startups" would be better off calling themselves projects. There's nothing wrong with being a project: Wikiepdia's a project, GNU/Linux is a project. But neither of them ever expected to make money; the same could be said
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by IsaacL 17y ago
StumbleUpon. Faecbook, as well, but not so much. There's not as much to do on there. StumbleUpon is a potentially infinite time sink. In fact, I'd say Google Reader has increased my productivity, since once I've skimmed the days articles fr