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by RK 18y ago
One of my most interesting interviews was at a defense contractor. "Can you do this job?" was a very difficult question to get at, because they couldn't even tell me what the job was! As you might imagine, they had to use a lot of very ge
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by RK 18y ago
Evolution simply means change over time. Your description is more akin to natural selection as a mechanism for evolution.
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by RK 18y ago
Now I know why everyone claimed they were a chemical engineering major my first semester of college. Most of those people ended up switching, but those that stayed had the reputation of being the most pre-med-like of the engineering world.
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by RK 18y ago
If you like these kinds of thought problems, I definitely recommend Thinking Physics by Lewis Carroll Epstein. http://www.amazon.com/Thinking-Physics-Understandable-Practi...
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Ask HN: How has the current economic situation affected your startup?
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by RK 18y ago
So you think only gays should have the right of polygamous marriage?
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by RK 18y ago
I think most "internet atheists" (for lack of a better term) would define atheism simply as a lack of a belief in god(s). Beyond that there is usually the distinction between those who claim that there is no god or gods (strong atheism) and
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by RK 18y ago
Of the classes I've taken within the past 4 years, all of the professors/instructors have placed their notes online. I figured that all classes were going this direction. I personally find taking (verbatim-ish) notes to be a big distracti
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by RK 18y ago
Also, try to get outside funding for yourself (grants, fellowships,etc., apply for everything). Your advisor will like it, but it will also make you more attractive to potential new advisors, even if they don't have money for an additional
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by RK 18y ago
My advice is to see what other projects are available in your department/university. Talk to other grad students (especially friends) to get a feel for what the other projects/professors are like and switch if something else looks better.
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by RK 18y ago
As I always say (without attribution), "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources."
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by RK 18y ago
Just FYI. FireGPG (PGP with Gmail via Firefox): http://getfiregpg.org Enigmail (PGP for Thunderbird): http://enigmail.mozdev.org/home/index.php
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by RK 18y ago
They don't really provide details, but generally yes. If you have achieved your desired energy, you might then want to irradiate something in air (remember some of this was used in weapons research). So he could have stuck his head in fro
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by RK 18y ago
If anyone is interested in sticking their head in a proton beam, you could try proton therapy. Like most things, the dose makes the poison. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proton_therapy
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by RK 18y ago
Maybe michael_nielsen can give us some insight on this story.
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by RK 18y ago
The book Blondie24 is an interesting popular science style account of this type of AI. http://www.amazon.com/Blondie24-Playing-Kaufmann-Artificial-... They partially trained their checkers algorithm by playing it online against humans. T
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by RK 18y ago
Like allowing you to buy in bulk?
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by RK 18y ago
I think it depends a lot on the school or the department. When I was in grad school for physics, C+ was considered failing. Beyond that, we were specifically told, as long as we passed, grades didn't matter. It was of course quality of re
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by RK 18y ago
GNU is Not Unix :)
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by RK 18y ago
My coworker is currently building what should be the highest yield Farnsworth-style fusor in existence. You may have read the article about the home chemist earlier, but there is also a whole group of "home nuclear engineers". http://onlin
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by RK 18y ago
I still can't send attachments... Anyone else still having problems? (5:53 PDT)
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by RK 18y ago
Anyone have experience with the machines from System76? I've been looking at their new Darter Ultra laptop: http://system76.com/product_info.php?cPath=28&products_i...
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by RK 18y ago
Sell your "problem solving skills". It's completely vague, but it's supposedly the essential skill you've learned (actually mathematical modeling, testing, and data analysis, hopefully). Apply to any and all entry level engineering type jo
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by RK 18y ago
Is this where you suggest becoming a bum in Menlo Park (Wisconsin)?
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by RK 18y ago
Mortgage.
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by RK 18y ago
This doesn't sound like a charity: http://www.canonical.com/services Actual profitability is, of course, another question.
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by RK 18y ago
It's definitely worse in some departments/fields than others. While we didn't have anything like the rotation that you mention, we were not expected to do research the first year I was in physics grad school, since we were all TA's. That'
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by RK 18y ago
The stipends available to a PhD student are actually very good, especially if you’ve come directly from the pasta & baked bean-eating life of an undergraduate. Things must be better in Ireland than in the US with regard to grad studen
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by RK 18y ago
Why not make the yearbook an online publication? It will just get scanned in (at poorer quality) down the road anyway.
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by RK 18y ago
True enough, though it seems a fair amount of software will pop it up in the installation process and make you agree to it as if it were. This could be due to using plug and play installation software, though. Maybe I should revise my orig

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